Cyanotype photograph of the schooner "Olga" under sail with men onboard, towing a small dinghy. Snow covered mountains are visible in the background. Photograph taken during the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition led by Edwin F. Glenn on...
From caption: "Sch[ooner] Nokatak arriving at Unalakleet enroute St. Michael to Nome, Alas[ka]." View of a two-masted boat with sails down, docked at Unalakleet, Alaska. Several men stand on the dock. Men on the ship appear to be folding one of the...
Full portside view of the C.S. Holmes with its sails set in Alaska. From verso: "Johnny Backlund's [John Backland] schooner C.S. Holmes. Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Looking across the water at the schooner "Olga" under sail. She is towing a small dinghy. Snow covered mountains are visible in the background. Photograph taken during the 1898 Edwin F. Glenn Cook Inlet U.S. Army Expedition. Cyanotype. Original...
Note: this ship, a National Historic Landmark, is now a museum ship ported at the San Diego Maritime Museum in San Diego; she is the oldest ship that still sails regularly and the oldest iron hulled merchant ship still floating. The ship is both a...