Box PCA0559
Container
Contains 58 Results:
[Family stands outside tent. Couple with small child standing in a wagon outside a tent. Tent in woods. Fishing gear leaning against tree. Tent has door.]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-31
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Unidentified view of mountains and river?]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-32
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Pile driver on trestle approaching shoreline]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-33
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Trestle in construction with pile driver follows shoreline]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-34
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Men using pile driver to construct train trestle over water]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-35
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Logs rolling into river?]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-36
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[View of boilers and men behind pile driver]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-37
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Curved trestle tracks]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-38
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Surveyor tripod in front of end of trestle structure]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-39
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Steam venting in front of trestle track]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-40
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914