(7:00 min.) (04 of 12) Weather at Amchitka and railroad to bering sea Apr '42 Engineers got word from Service and Supply (Roosevelt) find Railroad route from Fairbanks to sea.--Town meeting of the 3000 population of Fairbanks--Lots of...
(5:10 min.) (06 of 08) Repairing the engines and hauling supplies during Vietnam spare parts for repairing engine; engines -- Alaska Steam ships; workshop onboard; replaced cylinder -- in port; Knot Ships -- Vietnam; ran supplies -- Army...
(5:24 min.) (16 of 20) AK steam and NC co easy targets for dislike/canneries--accused of too high rates--NC co accused of too high prices--Alaska steam charged a tariff rate/charters charged per day--many ports would not make a profit each...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
From verso: "The 'Big T' operates between Kodiak and the Alaska mainland ports of Seward, Seldovia, Homer, and Anchorage. Note the elevator structure on the stern of the vessel. This innovation, not found on the other ferries, allows the TUSTUMENA...
From verso: "People, autos, trucks, and even boats board the Alaska State Ferry system at Prince Rupert in Canada's British Columbia en route for an Inside Passage trip to and through the Alaska panhandle. Ferry being loaded here is the TAKU, one...
Album of 53 photographs from the Swain family's 12-day trip to Alaska aboard the S. S. ALASKA. Beginning at Pier 42 in Seattle, the images show highlights of travel through the Inside Passage to Seward and then to Anchorage by train. Shore...
Title taken from map. Map of Canadian Pacific Railway Company's steamship routes between Seattle and Skagway on the pacific northwest coast and between Vancouver and Asia. Principal Alaskan ports named are Mary Island, Ketchikan, Wrangell,...
This series of menus was used by the Alaska Steamship Company for a cruise up the Inside Passage. This one shows a two-color print of tourists on the streets of an Alaskan village, probably Sitka, beneath the mountains and a Russian church. They...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...