Alaska Railroad Collection Photographs. [microform].

Kaiser, H. G.

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Johnson, A.J.

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Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917

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P.S. Hunt was born in Michigan April 24, 1866. He married Rose Frazer of Ashtabula, Ohio, March 29, 1888, and they moved to California. In 1898, Hunt left California, his wife, and two sons and moved to Valdez, Alaska. He became the official photographer of the Alaska Engineering Commission in 1915. Hunt was Deputy Grand Master of the I.O.O.F. in Alaska, and a member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 7. He died suddenly in Seward Oct. 14, 1917. From the description of P.S. Hunt ph...

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...