The collection includes images of a 2,500 mile inspection trip to northern and interior Alaska which Governor Parks, Malcolm Elliott (President of the Alaska Road Commission) and R.J. Sommers (Territorial highway engineer) took in 1928.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
One minute 30 second, black & white/silent film clip. Images include travel on the Alaska Railroad from the Fairbanks railroad station, travel on the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad using a speeder, and views of Chitina.