Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
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 machinery in the 2000-level portal shops at Independence Mine near Hatcher Pass in southcentral Alaska. To the right of the photo is a compressed air driven forging machine used for forming and sharpening integral drill steels and to the...
Unknown military personnel standing beside a PBY Catalina seaplane during World War II on an airstrip at Adak Island, Alaska, with propellers in motion. Surface on the ground is Marsden matting (perforated steel plating that interlocks to provide a...
Two servicemen pose for a photograph on a vehicle used for towing aircraft. Verso: "Left to right: Charles Nicholls and Weldon Preddy." Marsden matting (interlocked steel plates) covers the ground. Original photograph size: 4 x 5 3/4 inch.
Descriptive Narrative: Playing cards (all original 52) and leather case. White Pass & Yukon Route. Different scenes.
History: Gift of Caryl Sale Krug and John W. Krug, 1998. Collected by William W. Sale and Neeta Tobey Sale, residents of Nome,...
Title taken from verso. View of Trans-Alaska Pipeline bridge pier during bridge construction at Gulkana River in Southcentral Alaska, with construction workers at right. Also from verso: "Note styrofoam insulation to protect permafrost from thawing...
Title taken from verso. View of Copper and Northwestern Railway tracks and bridge during construction in Cordova, Alaska area, with men working at end of bridge and locomotive on tracks. Sept. 1, 1910. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5...
Title taken from text. Album caption: Shows a 700 foot span of No. 13 guage steel wires to reach the top of a bluff opposite Delta station. From the top of this bluff the wires drop across the Tanana River, to the right. This in order to give...
Title taken from signs on image. Sign reads: "Anchorage International Airport Terminal Expansion 1968-1969". A view of a construction site during the expansion of the Anchorage International Airport.
Title taken from sign on image. A view of a billboard that reads "Anchorage Internatioal Airport Terminal expansion 1968 - 1969." Also on the sign: "General contractor MB Contracting Co, Inc.; Owner: State of Alaska; Architect: Manley & Mayer;...
Title taken from notes on the back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Curious Cargo -- Steel poles for the earthquake stricken community of Seward, Alaska, are offloaded from an Air Force C-123 'Provider' from the...
Title taken from note with photo. "A boat in the middle of Seward Railroad yard Seward Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/28/64." The boat Rich Queen sits in the rail yard covered by sheets of corrugated steel.
Title taken from label on front. Winter view of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad construction crew working near tunnel in Interior Alaska, with railroad ties on freight car at right. Also from label: "T 199." From front: "[...] ties front."...
Title taken from label on front. View of men with horse teams hitched to wagons at Alaska Engineering Commission railroad construction camp at mile 356 in Interior Alaska, with tents and buildings at left. Also from label: "T 233." An Alaska...