Title from accompanying notes. Four mountain men: one is working with a camera, two are working with long lengths of rope. Two men have cigarettes in their mouths.
Two letters from George to Ila and her family describe life in Juneau in the mid-1930’s. Includes a poignant account of the landslide in downtown Juneau, November 1936 in which 15 people died and mud was 20 feet high on Franklin Street,...
The CYANE was designed to intercept "rum runners" during prohibition years; prohibition ended before she was put into service; however, her design proved effective for other Coast Guard missions
Following the war, U.S. Army forces in Alaska were primarily concerned with training. However, they rendered many services to the public in fighting forest fires, in search and rescue and medical aid. Soldiers from Fort Richardson guarded...
Description from photo verso. A Coast Guard rescue helicopter (turbin-powered Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King) from Kodiak prepares to hoist the crew from the ice-beset fishing vessel Alaskan Monarch off St. Paul Island, in the Bering Sea March 15, 1990. ...