(3:22 min.) (02 of 24) 02 Dellwood returned to cable ship duty. Laid cable from Seattle, Washington to Adak, Alaska. Fell overboard and almost drowned. Stripped down and kept moving to avoid freezing. Sergeant found a dugout and they...
Title taken from caption. " Cable Office, Valdez, and sergeants in charge, Oct. 1, 1904. " Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G67. Reproduced from a glass plate.
Title taken from caption. " Land line batteries, Cable Office, Valdez, Alaska. " Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G63. Reproduced from a glass plate.
Title from caption. A building is labeled "Alaska Road Commission". Next to it, a sign above the road reads: "Steese Highway; Fairbanks - Circle - Military Highway; Constructed and Maintained by the Alaska Road Commission".
Title from accompanying notes. An American flag is stuck in the wall of a snow cave. On the cave floor are several batteries, a radio, gunny sacks, and cables.
Title taken from front. View of men using boats to haul WAMCATS (Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph Station) cable ashore from the ship "Burnside", Valdez, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's...
Shows commercial, Army, Navy, and other U. S. Government reservations. Shows aviation fields with list of locations. Shows locations for government offices, railroads, military cables, Native schools and reservations, hospitals, and reindeer...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...