Sign for Earthquake Park, where huge tracts of land slid into the Inlet during 1964 Alaska Earthquake, in Anchorage, Alaska. Seal with totem pole and Alaska flag at left. Sign reads: "Alaska Purchase Centennial 1867-1967. Earthquake Park. 'And...
Title from attached caption. Photograph of a soldier and a civilian helping a refugee child off a bus following the 1964 earthquake and resulting tsunami.
Full caption reads: " Evacuees Arrive In Fairbanks. Citizens of Valdez arrived by bus...
Title from sleeve. Four Russian cannons on a wooden platform along the harbor at Dutch Harbor. Buildings visible across water on hillside. Also on sleeve: 'neg damaged in quake of 27 Mar 1964. An 8.7 intensity lasting 5 1/2 minutes - our shop...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Civil Defense team as they move cargo destined for aid and reconstruction after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- HEAVY CARGO -- Civil Defense members of the...
Full caption from verso reads:"Operation Helping Hand, helps another type of victim of the earthquake and that is feeding one of the many homeless dogs, found wandering the city looking for food and their masters, during...
Full comments from verso read: "HQ AAC -- TIDAL WAVE DAMAGE -- Inrushing seas at Seward, Alaska, following the Good Friday earthquake, accounted for more damage than the 'quake itself. Here, a gigantic 200 ton diesel switch...
Title taken from a slide. Damage to carport and automobile in Anchorage, Alaska caused by the March, 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes houses, automobiles, a damaged carport, and a mailbox reading 1444 G L Scott. The street address is...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Destroyed home in the Turnagain area Anch. [Anchorage] Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Many of the homes in the...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Tom Edwards, Glennallen, Mr. Henry Eichman, St. Louis Red Cross disaster director, and George Ashby, Civil Defense head for Glennallen - Copper Center area of Alaska. Discussing the ways...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Kodiak Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/28/64". One view of the wreckage in downtown Kodiak. Collapsed buildings and strewn-about lumber are in the foreground. A man...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Kodiak Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/28/64". View of four fishing boats grounded in mud and debris. One is labeled "Belief - Port Wakefield".
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Kodiak Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/27/64". The fishing boat "Yukon", grounded by the tidal wave, sits tipped over amid the wreckage. Kraft's Store is visible in...