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Box PCA0296

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 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-26
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

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 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-27
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

Engine room with diesel air compressor engine and air tank in background. Flywheel approximately 5‑6 feet in diameter.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-28
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

U.S.C.G. Buoy Tender HEMLOCK accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, April 14, 1944 ‑bolt pulled out of bow while lowering men over side to take a man over to Five Finger, dumping all on board and seabags, etc. into icy water., 1944-04-14

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-29
Scope and Contents

[swamped boat alongside ship]

Dates: 1944-04-14
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

U.S.C.G. Buoy Tender HEMLOCK accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, April 14, 1944. Five or six men ...adrift, waiting for motor lifeboat to be lowered..., 1944-04-14

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-30
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: 1944-04-14
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 296, C. W. Amos Photograph Collection, 1944 1945

Cape Spencer Lighthouse crane lowering motor launch over side to men waiting below in small boat. When launch was in water, engine would be started before casting off from hook. Then waiting men would enter motor launch and tow small boat behind.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-31
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 engine room. Howard Brenna, M.M. 2/C, in front (with a member of a work party in rear) overhauling diesel generator.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-32
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

Grocery storage room in basement... [food] brought out approximately twice a month on mail boat, depending on weather.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-33
Scope and Contents

[from Juneau and Ketchikan]

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

Beacon transmitters for aircraft and ships ‑ synchronized with fog horns...

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-34
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

Kitchen.

 Item — Box: PCA0296
Identifier: PCA0296-35
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