Title and description taken from photo verso. A Coast Guard patrol boat from Station Juneau darts across the bow of the Exxon Valdez as the tanker is towed to Naked Is., Prince William Sound for temporary repairs, April 5 1989. Photo by PAC Ed...
Title taken from verso. On verso a letter from the Public Information Division of the United States Coast Guard, dated 14 November 1948, is printed. The letter says the following about this photo: "Offical U.S. Coast Guard Photo. United...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows two airplanes. One is either taking off or landing, and the other is sitting on the water. Caption from finding aid reads "Mail plane 1954-1956. Fishing Wildlife Patrol plane" The nearer airplane's...
"SP3 Johnny L. Deston, Engr. Service Company, Ft. Richardson, Alaska, (cook) talks with KP's peeling potatoes (l-r) John Gregory of Bethel, Alaska, Pvt Louis Beebe of Eek, Alaska, and Ham Cleveland of Eek, Alaska. All the Kp's are memebers of the...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "First tidal wave, which crested at 22 feet above the area's low tide mark, deluged the Station ramp which leads into Old Woman's Bay. Hangar #3 and the northern slope of Old Woman's...
Title from accompanying material. Duplicate photo of UAF 2004-93-24, with poem about Bering Sea Patrol. Poem reads: "Full many a sailor points with pride / To cruises o'er ocean wide; / Buth they cannot compare with me, / For I have sailed...
Portrait of the headwaiter at the Curry Hotel standing beside a cash register. A sign and a collection tin are visible on the counter. The sign reads "The Ski Patrol needs your help. Do your share." Photo taken during an Anchorage Ski Club outing...
Interior shot. Image shows three ski patrollers, one female, two male, attending to two "patients" strapped to makeshift stretchers made of skis. A fourth patroller standing to the side is partially visible. Original photograph size: 4 1/2" x 3...
View of the Tallapoosa life ring. From May's journal, dated May 22nd: "The Tallapoosa is a small boat but has a very neat appearance. It is 160 feet long and has 900 tons displacement. It served in the Atlantic waters from April 1917 until November...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Skipper Hansen, ashore." Hans Hanson, Captain of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert, poses for a photograph on a pier in Unalaska. There are several buildings in the background. Photograph taken by Alan...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Left to right: Osborne, the customs inspector, and major; aboard U.S.C.G. “Alert”." View of "Ozzie" Osborne, Mr. Sides, the customs inspector, and Alan May on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat...
Title taken from caption. View of a young man posing for a photograph on deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the deck aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert. The life preserver reads: "U.S. Coast Guard Alert." From May's journal, dated June 28th: "The Alert is about 120 feet long and has five hundred tons...