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Box PCA 5

 Container

Contains 35 Results:

PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

 File — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-Folder2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Bethel Housing Project, 1968. The 8x10 inch black and white photos record the various stages of the project, from unloading the barge to the nearly completed houses. Several are aerial views of Bethel and the surrounding area. Eskimo carpenters and laborers are shown working on construction. Each view includes detailed information. A summary of the detailed information is provided in the inventory section in brackets.

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968

[Off-loading plywood bundles from barge.]

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-20
Scope and Contents

(#10990)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

[3 men setting treated foundation timbers.]

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-21
Scope and Contents

(#10993)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

Surveyor using an Eskimo crew establishes grade and level for portion of the foundation of the prefabrication plant for the Eskimo Housing Project. Note the flatness and treeless tundra in background.

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-22
Scope and Contents

(#10991)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

[Surveyor at work- water tank in background.]

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-23
Scope and Contents

(#10992)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

Approximately 200 pilings will be drilled into the permafrost to provide the foundation plant for the Eskimo Housing Project. Here is Dick Breeden (background) general superintendent on the project.

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-24
Scope and Contents

(#10996)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

[2 men dumping insulating sand around pilings.]

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-25
Scope and Contents

(#10994)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

[Steel water tank being constructed.]

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-26
Scope and Contents

(#10995)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

A pair of Eskimo workmen bevel timbers for the skid/foundation of a 20' x 24' house… [Crew building the first house.]

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-27
Scope and Contents

(#10997)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"

Once the floor joists are set, another team of Eskimo carpenters applies 1/4 inch exterior type plyboard. This sheathing will act as the support base for insulation… [Crew building the first house.]

 Item — Box: PCA 5
Identifier: PCA0005-28
Scope and Contents

(#10998)

Dates: 1968
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 5, Steve and Dolores McCutcheon photograph collection, 1968 / PCA 5 Folder 2, #20-33, "Album Bethel Housing Second Section"