Box PCA0559
Container
Contains 58 Results:
[A man with three women stand on boardwalk outside cabin. Man with apron stands outside another cabin. Trees felled in background.]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-41
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
[Blacksmith? Stands with drill press, anvil, forge?]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-42
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
[Lady in long skirt and hat stands on rails that run between rock faces]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-43
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 working on slanted trestle, buildings, rails with cargo train cars, fenced-in field] [NO NEG]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-44
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
[Train engine on rails in the forest]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-45
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 and pile driver with burst of steam]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-46
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
[Buildings and tower]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-47
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
[Five women rest in the forest] [NO NEG]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-48
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
[Woman? On platform of station beside rails]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-49
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
[Four men stand on platform beside building next to rails]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-50
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