George L. Harrington photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1909-1917.

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George L. Harrington photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1909-1917.

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Vol. 1, a U.S.G.S. scrapbook compiled in accordance with the survey order, primarily concerns geological formations and includes views of Ruby, Long City, Fort Gibbon, Fort Yukon, Anvik Mission, Eagle, Tolstoi, Holy Cross, Russian Mission, Marshall-Fortuna Ledge, Candle, Teller. Also included are views of Simel's Store and Sawmill on the Dishna, the steamer Oil City, the schooner Silver Wave, the Gasboat Standard, Mayflower of St. Michael. Vol. 2 is a personal photo album and contains commercial postcards & original photos of the Alaska Boundary Survey in 1909 & 1912, the Boundary Survey crew, Athabascans, birch bark canoes, fish drying operations, a fish wheel at Ruby, Fort Yukon, the White River, Nation River, Porcupine River, riverboats. The album also includes pictures of Asa Baldwin.

2 albums : b&w.

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Baldwin, Asa Columbus, 1887-1942

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Asa Columbus Baldwin was born in Austinburg, Ohio, in 1887. He received a B.A. in Civil and Mining Engineering from Case University, Ohio, and a B.S. in law from George Washington University. He was married to Lillian Louise Smith from 1917 until her death in 1933. They had 3 children. In 1935 he married Marguerite Holliday. Asa Baldwin had an extensive career as a civil engineer, surveyor, consulting engineer, and lecturer. He assisted in the first U.S. government marine survey of Kodiak and th...

Geological survey (U.S.)

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E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...

Harrington, George Leavitt

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George Leavitt Harrington was employed by the Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, to work on the Alaska Boundary Survey, ca. 1914-1917. From the description of George L. Harrington photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1909-1917. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 52884887 ...