Title from verso. Photograph of sealskin harvest barreled for transport on the USS Thuban, seen in the background. Verso reads: "Seven of 16. Precious Cargo -- In neatly spaced barrels, part of a four million dollar sealskin harvest...
Title from verso. Alternate title from verso: "Navy ship resupplies Pribilof Islands and brings back seal skins(Nine of 16)" Children swing as other children look on from a boat landing. Verso reads: "Nine of 16. Bering Sea Playground...
Title from verso. Four sailors walk across the mud of Adak. Verso reads: "It may not look like a main stem to you, but this is "Main Street" to the men at Uncle Sam's base at Adak, in the Aleutians. Here, four sailors slosh through the mud...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
53 second film clip, color/silent, of a blanket toss and a high kick and umiak race in Nome, Alaska, 1958-1961.
A crowd watches as athletes compete in traditional Eskimo games.
This clip has been modified from the first release on this...
81 second film clip, black & white/silent, showing a thermometer reading 48 degrees below zero, and scenes of Fairbanks in winter. Scenes are from rooftops and elevated perspectives showing downtown's 1st and 2nd avenue, Cushman Street and the...
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"This Icepack, once used by Station personnel for ice skating, washed up to higher ground and broke up surrounding Navy Exchange warehouses with foot-thick ice slabs. For immediate...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Natives of Old Harbor standby [stand by] during their evacuation by the Navy following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/27/64. Official U. S. Navy Photographs for immediate release. ...
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"Kodiak's Earthquake of March 27th caused this separation in a runway apron, aboard the U. S. Naval station. The earthquake caused minor damage compared to the amount of destruction...
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"Marginal Pier aboard the U. S. Naval station, Kodiak, shows the destructive power of Alaska's tidal waves which struck March 27th. For immediate release official U. S. Navy photograph,...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Partially demolished by the tidal wave, this haberdashery in the city of Kodiak was washed right off its foundations and rested with its rear portion in the harbor. For immediate release...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Shore Patrol and Seabees take a much needed breather among the rubble in the city of Kodiak after the devastated area was struck by a tidal wave March 27th. For immediate release U. S. Navy...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Third tidal wave hits the Naval Station with 30 feet overflow from the area's low tide mark. Hangar #1 gets thorough tidal saturation. For immediate release official U. S. Navy photograph....
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 taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Emergency Powerhouse displays the oily water line when the tide came in behind the station administration building 3/27/64. For immediate release official U. S. Navy photograph. Public...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "A pickup immersed by the waters off the point of Nyman's Peninsula aboard the Naval Station, Kodiak, forced two seamen, William D. Maule of Canoga Park, Calif., and Bruce Reid of Selah,...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Jeep almost floated away from its parking spot on Nyman's peninsula on the U. S. Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska when the tidal wave struck March 27th. For immediate release official U. S....
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "The wife of a Coast Guardsman left this car for higher ground after leaving her husband aboard the Coast Guard Cutter BITTERSWEET (WAGL-389) on Nyman's Peninsula. The car literally floated...