O. W. Waldrip photograph collection, 1910-1920.

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O. W. Waldrip photograph collection, 1910-1920.

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The O. W. Waldrip Photograph Collection consists of twenty black-and-white photographs and real-photo postcards. Fifteen of the photos depict equipment, housing, personnel, and construction activities during construction of the Alaska Railroad, particularly at Hurricane Gulch, in 1919-1920. Other photos depict the ships "Northwestern" and "Princess May" and street scenes in Nome and Cordova, Alaska.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6922404

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Alaska Railroad

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The Alaska Railroad began operating in 1923, under the Alaska Railroad Commission (previously the Alaskan Engineering Commission). From the description of Alaska Railroad tour lantern slide collection [graphic], 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 56507928 During World War II, the Alaska Railroad was used by the army to transport military personnel, supplies, and construction materials between Seward, Whittier, Anchorage, and Fairbanks. To facilitate these activities and to...

Waldrip, O. W.

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O. W. Waldrip worked for the Holt Company, which sent him to Alaska to operate the heavy equipment in preparing the bed for the Alaska Railroad. He also went to Nome to break trail for the building of their roads. Waldrip was in Alaska for a year and then sent for his family. They lived in various government camps for two years. Other residents were Mr. Secrest (an engineer on the railroad) and wife, Dr. and Mrs. Berthold, and several other families. The time was around 1919 and 1920. (From note...