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Box PCA0296

 Container

Contains 37 Results:

Crane lowering motor launch over side to men waiting below in dory.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

C.W. Amos Jr., R.M. 3/C, taking weather observation to be reported each hour in code to Weather Bureau at Juneau Airport.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Weather Instruments ‑ L to R: mercury barometer, recording barograph (barometer below), wind direction and speed indicator.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Radio room with C.W. Amos, Jr., R.M. 3/C, on mid‑watch.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Living room with Howard Brenna, M.M. 2/C.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-15
Scope and Contents

[seated]

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Typical bedroom.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-16
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Cape Spencer Lighthouse, Christmas, 1944. L to R: Wallace Prosser, R.M. 2/C; Jack Brennan, R.M. 3/C (died October 1987); Richard S. Simms, B.M. 2/C, O.I.C.; Carl Hillesland, S 1/C; Alvin Jacobsen, R.T. 2/C; Howard Brenna, M.M. 2/C., 1944-12

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-17
Scope and Contents

[sitting under Christmas tree]

Dates: 1944-12
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Christmas Dinner, 1944. L to R: Richard S. Simms, B.M. 2/C, O.I.C.; Howard Brenna, M.M. 2/C; Alvin Jacobsen, R.T. 2/C; Wallace Prosser, R.M. 2/C; Jack Brennan, R.M. 3/C; Carl Hillesland, S 1/C (cook). All took turns cooking and/or baking. If cook was offended by comments on food, he would throw apron at offender who had to finish out cook's turn., 1944-12

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

Dates: 1944-12
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Christmas Dinner, 1944., 1944-12

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-19
Scope and Contents

[similar to #18 except C.W. Amos is seated in place of Alvin Jacobsen (third from left)]

Dates: 1944-12
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Summer 1944. L‑R (Rear): Jackson C. Goolsby, R.M. 1/C, "The Younger," always his signature. Richard S. Simms, B.M. 2/C; Alvin ("Jake") Jacobsen, R.T. 2/C; Wallace Prosser, R.M. 2/C. L‑R (Front): Howard Brenna, M.M. 2/C; Carl Hillesland, S 1/C; Walter H. Kallstrom, M.M. 1/C, O.I.C., summer

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

Dates: summer
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945