Alaska trip photograph album, 1931-1935 1931.

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Alaska trip photograph album, 1931-1935 1931.

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The collection consists of Lois Little's photograph album concerning her August 1931 trip from Sioux City, Iowa, to Southeast Alaska. The collection contains a xerographic copy of the original 82-page album, the original contents of the album, Lois Little's travel diary, and 7 original photograph negatives. Contents of the album include 159 black and white photographs and photo post cards, an Alaska Steamship Company map of Alaska, menus, a passenger list, passenger accommodation plan, and newsletter pages from the S.S. Dorothy Alexander, an article written by Lois Little on her Alaska trip published in the Teacher's Club Reports, and other small souvenir items. Subjects of the photographs include the U.S. Government Locks at Seattle, Washington, Victoria, British Columbia, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Skagway, Alaska, Lake Bennett, British Columbia, The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway, Taku Glacier, Auke Lake and Mendenhall Glacier, Wrangell, Alaska, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and Jasper National Park, Alberta. In addition, there are 15 black and white 4 x 5 copy negatives of selected photographs in the collection.

.25 cu. ft.

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7776925

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)

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The White Pass & Yukon Route built the White Pass Railway, a 110-mile, narrow-gauge railroad running from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada; construction began in 1898 and was completed in 1900. From the description of Payroll records, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171545 From the description of Payroll records, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80056574 The White Pass & Yukon Route built the White Pass Railway, a 110-mile, ...

Alaska Steamship Co.

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The Alaska Steamship Company, incorporated in 1894, shipped freight and passengers between Seattle and southeast Alaska, ca. 1901-1950. In 1953 the company expanded into container service, but due to increased fuel and insurance costs, strong competition from other types of container vessels such as barges and tugboats, and union demands, the Alaska Steamship Company ceased operations in 1971. From the description of Alaska Steamship Company photograph collection, 1939-1971 (bulk 195...

Little, Lois

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Lois Little was a schoolteacher from Sioux City, Iowa. In August 1931, she took a trip to Alaska with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Little, and friends Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rose and Miss Inez Cobb of Akron, Iowa. The tour was arranged by the National Education Association, Division of Educational Travel. The group traveled from Sioux City, Iowa, to Seattle, Washington, by train. On August 7th, the group sailed on the S.S. Dorothy Alexander from Seattle on a voyage up the Inside Passage to Skagway...