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.
(4:03 min) (03 of 19) Young adult #2 Traveled north. Shucked corn and by the end he was averaging 95 bushels a day. Went back home and got a job with his brother-in-law on a dairy farm. Took a class to become a railroad fireman. Train...
A group of military personnel march past a brass band during a unit dress parade at the 179th Station Hospital, Adak, Alaska, August 1943 - October 1945.
A group of nurses is marching in formation down a dirt road past officers on a reviewing stand, while the nurse leading the unit salutes. They are taking part in a unit dress parade at the 179th Station Hospital, Adak, Alaska, August 1943 - October...
A group of tourist walk along railroad tracks in Kennecott Copper Mine area in Kennicott, Alaska. From caption: "From 1913 to 1938 these tracks were used to haul copper ore from Kennecott [sic] down to McCarthy and then on to Cordova, where it was...
A procession of people with umbrellas, walking on a boardwalk past wooden houses. Totem poles stand adjacent to the houses. Planks of steamship warf in extreme foreground.
Army Band marching past Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska. Columbia has a neon sign reading Columbia Lumber. Next door to Columbia Lumber is a sigh for Schoen Paints.