U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photograph collection [graphic] : Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964, 1964.

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photograph collection [graphic] : Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964, 1964.

The views in this collection show damage from the 1964 Alaska Earthquake primarily in Anchorage. Includes aerial views of downtown, road and building damage, and also general and aerial views of other south central Alaskan communities: Cordova, Seward, Homer, Kodiak, Portage, Seldovia, Tatillek, and Whittier.

268 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. and 16 x 20 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7759074

Alaska State Library

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...