(2:49 min.) (11 of 20) How train/ship developed--Mr. Skinner--first container shipping industry in the world--Too expensive for American flagged ships--City of New Orleans (Ship) Renamed Alaska (Ship)--denied American registry--Clair Engle...
(3:57 min.) (04 of 24) 04 After the war. Worked the passenger ships for years. Moved ashore into receiving ship stores. Did receiving for Korea and Vietnam wars. Moved up to the main office. Got to make deals for a million dollars. ...
(4:00 min.) (20 of 24) 20 Purchasing agent
Nicky Jones was the purchasing agent, but he got too sick to do the job. They hired a replacement from Boeing. Buying for an airplane company was very different from buying for a ship. He quickly...
(4:17 min.) (07 of 08) Unions and changes in the engineering job Marine Engineers Benevolent Association; MEBA Union Hall; union meetings; strike -- Alaska Steam; strike -- American Mail Line; animosity -- company, union representatives;...
(4:45 min) (10 of 20) Tariffs--East bound fish--Northern Transportation Company--Eastbound Tariff 2c--Rates from west to east cost--loading ships and trains--Protests against tariffs--Train/ship--Setting tariffs--Section 1 Interstate Commerce...
(5:10 min.) (06 of 08) Repairing the engines and hauling supplies during Vietnam spare parts for repairing engine; engines -- Alaska Steam ships; workshop onboard; replaced cylinder -- in port; Knot Ships -- Vietnam; ran supplies -- Army...
(6:08 min.) (12 of 20) How train/ship developed--Mr. Skinner--first container shipping industry in the world--Too expensive for American flagged ships--City of New Orleans (Ship) Renamed Alaska (Ship)--denied American registry--Clair Engle...
1 map on 6 sheets; sheets from atlas with facing pages joined to make 3 sheets. Shows tracks of various voyages. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations. Relief shown pictorially. ...
1 map on 6 sheets; sheets from atlas with facing pages joined to make 3 sheets. Shows tracks of various voyages. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations. Relief shown pictorially. ...
1 map on 6 sheets; sheets from atlas with facing pages joined to make 3 sheets. Shows tracks of various voyages. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations. Relief shown pictorially. ...
47 second, black & white/silent, film clipof earthquake damage in Seward and Kodiak. The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake left the waterfronts devastated -- fires burning, automobiles and other debris floating in the water, ships cast up on shore,...
"AF Lucini Fece"--on lower left corner. From Dudley's Dell' arcano del mare. "D'America carta XXXII." Decorative cartouche. Illustrated with ships and compass rose.
Published in [Florence] by [Nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri] in...
A large group of people on the deck of an unidentified ship, two other ships are in the distance. This group is probably just about to enter Nome, Alaska.
Accession Number: 81-3-3 Descriptive Narrative: Bronze medal. Octagonal shape (oblong with corners cut). Bust of man in military uniform on one side, sailing vessel and Russian inscription on reverse. Notes: Bronze medal issued by...