Box PCA0142
Contains 68 Results:
Supplies for new construction leave Seattle – one of ten barges enroute to Port of Whittier.
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
The mammoth task of sorting 72 freight cars of supplies was accomplished at Port of Whittier. Goods departed in two increments, in order of need, to the disaster villages.
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
Unitized packing of some items speeded handling. No second repacking was required at Whittier.
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
From Whittier, smaller coastal barges beach themselves directly in front of the village sites. Severe weather conditions made heavy work of this.
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
Careful planning resulted in labor saving, prefabricated units wherever possible. These are roof trusses, ready for installation upon their arrival at the villages. [Port Lions R.C 16 and Old Harbor R.C 16 written on wood]
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
Graphic illustration of the usefulness of donated supplies. New construction in the background. [Old Harbor, sheets of lumber with “To our neighbors in Alaska” spray painted on the side]
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
The only surviving tree is sentinel over the buried accumulation of 150 years. Eight feet of fill provides a new site for the stricken community. [Old Harbor]
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
BIA forces and Native workmen labored ‘round the clock’ to create stockpiles. [Old Harbor]
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
The mountain of supplies grew. [Old Harbor]
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.
With the driving of the first foundation pilings a change comes over tent city. [Old Harbor Tent City]
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Photograph Collection, 1964 : Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Images includes residents, disaster workers and views of Chenega, Afognak, Kaguyak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and English Bay. A text narrative accompanies the photographs.