First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
View of two men using a rope to climb up from Valdez Glacier, Southcentral Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." n.d. Original photograph size: 5 1/4" x 4 1/4".
View of man on skis holding poles near Ship Creek in Anchorage, Alaska, with other people visible in background and at right. Ski jump and rope tow are visible in background, while water tower is in far background. Original photograph size: 2 3/4 x...
View of large sinkhole in street after flood in Fairbanks, Alaska. A rope barricade surrounds the hole which is still filled with water. 1967. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
View of horse being transported off S.S. Dora in rope sling, Portage Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Photographer's number G1347. n.d. Photographer: P.S. Hunt.
View of four men hauling in a large rope, most likely at the pier, in Whittier, Alaska. The blurred object to the left of the photo in the photographer's finger. From front: "1965". Photo taken in 1965. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
View of flooded street in Nome, Alaska, with man standing near boat at left. Rope stretches across street in foreground. One sign on building reads: "Laundry & bath." From verso: "Nome Scene - Alaska." ca. 1902. Photographer: B.B. Dobbs.
View of buildings and rope tow at Arctic Valley Ski Bowl, Anchorage, Alaska. From front: "Hewitt's Drug collection. Arctic Valley 1945." 1945. Photographer: Sid Hamilton. Original photograph size: 7" x 10".
View of boat with crabs in traps near Alaska-Fresh Crab Plant on Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska. Oars, bucket, and rope are also visible in boat. Aug. 1952. Photographer: Robert Mounteer. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
View of a Seattle street in 1898, possibly 1st Avenue South, the current location of Schwabacher Hardware Building. Several pack mules leaden with goods and tied to a rope handrail are seen, as men and boys walk along a wooden sidewalk and in the...
Title taken from verso. Skier being pulled up rope tow at ski slopes, Curry, Alaska. From verso: "Official Alaska Railroad photo." n.d. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from the back of the photograph. " Seal skin pokes and walrus skin swings ". Cataloguer's note: The grils are playing on the swing, as the suspended sealskin hangs overhead.
Among the indigenous people of Alaska, the seal...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Our rope (Bob Working, & Pete Haase) leading the exodus from camp at approximately 2AM for the summit bid."