Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- 200 yards inland -- Heavily damaged and left high and dry is a modified WWII landing barge, which was used to haul freight in the Seward, Alaska, area. Although the...
Title taken from caption. View of small single sail fishing vessel from Ugashik, Alaska. Photo probably taken near village of Naknek. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1918.
Title taken from caption. Aft view of the sternwheeler Gen'l J. W. Jacobs in Nenana, Alaska. Major Gillette sits on a dock piling next to the vessel. From verso: "The river boat that took us from Nenana to Russian Mission. This boat is run by the...
Aerial of fishing vessel "Granny Rosa" stretching its end of containment boom during the boom deployment test, Ship Escort and Response Vessel System (SERVS) - Valdez Harbor.
Aerial of lightering vessel "Florida Bay" with tug boat wait to respond to a leaking oil tanker or to collect oil from skimmers during boom deployment test, Ship Escort and Response Vessel System (SERVS) - Valdez Harbor.
Aerial of support and boom deployment vessel "Foss Energizer" with fishing vessel "Glacier Island" pulling boom from deck during deployment test, Ship Escort and Response Vessel System (SERVS) - Valdez Harbor.
Aerial of support and boom deployment vessel "Foss Energizer" with tug boat in calm waters during boom deployment test, Ship Escort and Response Vessel System (SERVS) - Valdez Harbor.
Aerial of support and boom deployment vessel "Foss Energizer" with tug boat in calm waters during boom deployment test, Ship Escort and Response Vessel System (SERVS) - Valdez Harbor.
Aerial of tanker pilot boat heading back towards Valdez after its escort, Ship Escort and Response Vessel System (SERVS) - Valdez Narrows (Prince William Sound).
Aerial of tanker vessel "Brooks Range" entering narrows heading towards the Alyeska oil terminal, in the background a 2nd tanker with tug boat escort leaves the narrows - Valdez Narrows (Prince William Sound).
Aerial of the "Biehl Trader" with containment boom stretched in the water during boom deployment test, Ship Escort and Response Vessel System (SERVS) - Valdez Harbor.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Five Anchorage Garden Club members pose with three Russian sailors during trip to Kodiak, Alaska. From caption: "Over a dozen of our members had the special opportunity to attend the state convention in Kodiak where our own Della Barry, president,...