Cover title: Alaska. Rand McNally indexed pocket map, tourists' and shippers' guide, main highways, railroads and electric lines, counties, cities, towns, villages, post offices, lakes, rivers, etc. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. ...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption. Photograph shows men, women, and children sitting on the edge of a boat on the shore at Nenana, Alaska. They are tourists; one woman holds a camera. Caption also reads: "No. 07. A. J. Johnson, Official photographer, A. E....
Title from caption. Photograph of the Muir Glacier. Caption reads: "In vicinity of Sitka Alaska, this is one of the largest and longest glaciers in south eastern Alaska, it is many miles long and most all the Alaskan tourists go to see...
(4:47 min.) (14 of 24) 14 Chief Steward's duties Dealt with VIP's. Directed tourists to local attractions such as the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau or Totem Pole Park and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka. Arranged transportation. ...
(4:20 min) (18 of 24) 18 Strikes and Seattle in the 1930's
Smith Towers. Strikes caused lots of problems with tourists; they only had limited time and couldn't afford the time loss. The Steward and the Purser would have to work things out...
41 second, black & white/silent film clip of scenes from a trip up the Inside Passage, Southeast Alaska. The scenery includes a steamship, clouds, mountains, and a coastal town. The people may be tourists.
Title taken from caption. "9291 -- The good ship "Queen," after passing the "Seminole," sped on to Skagway, discharged her freight and passengers and then returned to Portage Cove just as the reindeer ship was dropping anchor, on March 27th....
Title taken from caption. "9359 -- (4) A permanent residence at St. Michaels is not a thing to be desired, particularly by persons of a sociable disposition, for the winters are long and dark and cold; for hundreds of miles in every direction...
Title by cataloguer. A group of young men are seen here standing in front of the Eielson Memorial Building. This group appears to be tourists. The man in a dark suits stands out, perhaps he is a tour guide or a University official.
View of tourists departing from a passenger rail car at Whittier, Alaska. Photo taken between 1962 and 1973. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of four seal hides pegged out on the ground to dry in the village of Kotzebue, Alaska. Village buildings can be seen in the background and two tourists can be seen in the front right of the picture. Photograph taken...
A group of Cordova Airlines passengers gets into jeeps at the May Creek Airfield, prior to exploring McCarthy, Alaska and the Kennecott Copper Mine operations in Kennicott. From caption: "This is our cavalcade of tourists at the May Creek airfield...
Interior of the bar in McCarthy, Alaska, where a bartender pours drinks for the tourists standing at the bar. A Great Northern Railway calendar is visible on the far wall. From caption: "Just a shot of the old bar where we had a beer before supper....
Tourists look at the Model T Ford railroad car and open-air cars, their "express", at the old train depot in McCarthy, Alaska. Wilma Knox is in the foreground. From caption: "Our passengers are arriving at the depot to board the "express" which...