Title taken from creator's notes. Notes read: "A case of 'hurry up and wait.' These fellas had orders to meet someone down town but the other party didn't show." These two soldiers are sitting on the hood of a jeep, probably an ordnance jeep...
(5:25 min.) (07 of 28) 7. Across the Atlantic Georgetown, French Guyana was the next stop, not Africa. The ship was zigzagging; the Captain and First Mate would open orders each day and set a new course. On board was a Pan Am navigator;...
Title taken from sign in photo. This photo captures a military facility. A large sign in the center of the room is in full view and reads: "Transient service information. Billet assigned here. Orders taken for in-flight lunches Other smaller...
Title by indexer. A group of military personnel are seen standing in front of a circular counter. The sign above the counter reads: "Transient service information. Billet assigned here. Orders taken for in-flight lunches." A sign reads...
Title taken from creator's notes.
Color photograph of a sternwheeler with the following notes: This riverboat connected Fairbanks with Anchorage. The captain notified the military when they could come to pick up their shipments. This included...
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. A group of nuns from the Ursuline convent in Valdez, Alaska, on a winter outing. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number P198. March 1914. Photographer: P.S. Hunt. Original photograph...
Title taken from front. Group of Ursuline nuns on convent grounds, Valdez, Alaska. From verso: "On Alaska Avenue. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number C3860. n.d. Photographer: P.S. Hunt. Original photograph size: 7" x...
Group photo of Sisters of Providence at shrine on grounds of Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. May 31, 1956. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".