Interior and Exterior Views of the Alaska Ferry, Wickersham, 1968-1974
Dates
- 1968-1974
EAD
PCA0084Conditions Governing Access
The collection is unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
Historical Note
The Alaska ferry, Wickersham, was purchased by the State of Alaska from the Swedish Stena Line for $6,960,000.00 in April, 1968, having only been built and in service for 6 months. Originally named M.V. Stena Brittanica, the ferry left Gothenberg, Sweden on May 7, 1968, and upon arriving in Vancouver, B.C., the name was changed to Wickersham after Judge James Wickersham, a pioneer miner and Alaskan judge. The Wickersham operated an express schedule between Prince Rupert and Haines, with "passenger only" stops at Ketchikan and Juneau.
The Wickersham was reportedly sold October 15, 1974 to S.O.L. Lines of Rotterdam, a Dutch firm, however, payments were not received. It was sold again on April 19, 1975 to Spyros Maylivenos, a Greek firm in Italy, for $7,300,000. This deal also fell through, this time because of Italian import restrictions. On June 22, 1975, the ferry was sold to the Viking Line of Mariehamn, Aland Islands, Finland, and renamed Viking 6. [From: Ferries in the North : the Alaska Marine Highway, 1948-1989, Seattle : Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, 1992. p. 51-70.]
Extent
1 folders : 13 color photographs ; 1 envelope ; 1 document
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
Existence and Location of Copies
All photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.
Processing Information
Photographs have been placed in Mylar and then into an acid free folder. This collection has been digitized.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the photograph collection, Interior and Exterior Views of the Alaska Ferry, Wickersham, 1968-1974
- Subtitle
- Alaska. Division of Marine Transportation
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Staff ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann, July 2019 ; Revised by: Sandy Johnston, Sept. 2020 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Sept. 2020 ; Inventory Added by: Connie Hamann
- Date
- 2020 November
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov