Margaret Lewis collection [graphic] : images from a cruise to Alaska, 1950.

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Margaret Lewis collection [graphic] : images from a cruise to Alaska, 1950.

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All of the photographs and film clips in this collection were taken during a 12-day cruise aboard the S.S. ALASKA, August 3-15, 1950. The F. Garland Swain family boarded the S.S. ALASKA at the recently opened Pier 42 of the Alaska Steamship Line in Seattle, Washington. The ship stopped at Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, Seward (where the family took a train to Anchorage, returning by bus), Valdez, and Cordova.

53 b&w photographs on CD, 10 images of travel brochures (on CD), DVD of an 8mm. film plus film clips

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8196314

Alaska State Library

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Lewis, Margaret Anne

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F. Garland Swain was born in California in 1908 and died of cancer in 1965 at the age of 57 years. His main occupation was as a real estate appraiser, but he was also an amateur photographer for most of his life, setting up his own darkroom for developing his film and photographs, all in black and white medium. He had a natural eye for composition, and his subjects included his four children, his grandchildren, relatives, vacations, homes, and landscapes. Margaret Lewis's mother died in 2001 at ...

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...

Swain family

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Swain, F. Garland.

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