River boat Yukon's first trip of 1923, with a close up view of the barges full of 1,000 tons of gold ore from the Mayo district with a value of $500,000.
Title from verso. Photograph of a load of gasoline drums being lowered into an umiak. Verso reads: "Four of 16. Gasoline for Pribilofs -- A slingload of gasoline-filled drums is lowered into a waiting bidar, a 40-foot canvas covered...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
(9:33 Min.) (02 of 09)
Barging
landmarks -- sandbars; night navigation; freight -- food, machinery, lumber; 120 tons a trip; short season; steamboats; Peterson, Don; changes in handing freights; forklift; building of the barge; barge history; army;...
(9:00 min.) (05 of 09)
Barging
Martha; working close to the land; barge; waves; advice for young people; hovercraft; year round; 75 tons; 30 miles per hour; follows the river; demand; fuel; propane; airlines; schedules; develops better...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. "9355 -- (3) The two oldest transportation companies operating on the Yukon are the Alaskan Commercial Company and the North American Trading & Transportation Company. They are located on the little harbor about a...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...
Title taken from caption. "A homestead near Palmer, on the Matanuska Branch of the Government Railroad. The many sacks noted in the distance contain the harvested potato crop. The oats in the foreground have been partly cut. The farmers in...
Title taken from caption. " S. S. Portland unloading railway supplies, and the John C. Potter with 1000 tons of coal, at Alaska Home Ry. wharf, Valdez, Sept. 23, 1907. " Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G1625.
Title taken from caption. " Telephoto of face of Miles Glacier constatly moving hundreds of tons of icy break off daily from near Miles Glacier Station C. R. & N. W. Ry."
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- TOYS ARE LOADED -- The first 2,000 pounds of some six tons of toys donated by the Greater Seattle Merchants and residents are loaded aboard an Air Force vehicle at...
Title taken from accompanying note. "A demolished home in the Turnagain area Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command -- OVER THE BLUFF -- Those Anchorage residents...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905 Steamer Santa Ana". "Our first trip to Alaska - 16 days to Valdez. The boat was small, only 700 tons, and it was slow. We were to land at Valdez, a thousand miles north and seven hundred miles west,...