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B1996.035.10.3.001
Photo caption: “Larry on left and Dago after they arrived back in the States, 1946” [two men in Navy uniforms, woman with beer bottle between them]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.InsideCover
Inside front cover: taped leather label, gold-stamped with “S.L. KIRBY / AMM USN”.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.cover
Front cover of scrapbook, 11 ½ x 17 inches, plywood covers tied together with white braided string, front cover decorated with color map of Alaska featuring towns and resources.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.11a
[U.S.O. phonograph record, yellow plastic-coated cardboard, 6 ½ inches diameter, “From Wa, To Sugar,” in mailing sleeve labeled “To Sugar.”] [Christmas Day Dinner menu, N.O.B. Adak Alaska, December25, 1946]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.11b
[Inside of Christmas Day Dinner menu, N.O.B. Adak Alaska, December25, 1946]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.11record
[U.S.O. phonograph record, yellow plastic-coated cardboard, 6 ½ inches diameter, “From Wa, To Sugar,” in mailing sleeve labeled “To Sugar.”]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.12a
[typed letter, A.R. Brady, Captain, U.S. Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska to Mr. E. H. Kirby of El Centro, California, regarding his son, Stanton L. Kirby’s extension of his tour of duty, June 27, 1947 (folded)] [handwritten note card with itinerary for “Trip to Kodiak, Alaska 4/17/47.” Includes list of seven crew members and schedule for early morning take off]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.12b
[typed letter, A.R. Brady, Captain, U.S. Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska to Mr. E. H. Kirby of El Centro, California, regarding his son, Stanton L. Kirby’s extension of his tour of duty, June 27, 1947 (unfolded)]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13a
“Rest room? Hell, I ain’t tired. Where’s the can?” [rough-looking older women in overcoat with printed caption beneath; commercial photo?] [accordion-fold black & white souvenir postcards of Kodiak, twelve images with captions, 1940s?] [typed poems: “One Aleutian Island” and “Adak”]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13b
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13back
[accordion-fold black & white souvenir postcards of Kodiak, twelve images with captions, 1940s? (6 per side)]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13front
[accordion-fold black & white souvenir postcards of Kodiak, twelve images with captions, 1940s? (6 per side)]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.15
[cocktail napkin, “The Town Club / Kodiak Alaska”] [mimeographed Special Liberty Pass for Stanton Kirby, April 18, 1947] [homemade greeting card, construction paper, paper lace, crayon: “To My Swabbie /Gob Bud [?] / On Valentiane Day”] [printed wallet card, authorizing Stanley Kirby to wear uniform decorations and insignia listed on back of card]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.16a
[Cover of four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on first page that “Cot sent this to me” back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.16b
[four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on first page that “Cot sent this to me” back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.16c
[four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on third page that reads “we are about here on the X”; back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.2a
[pictorial sleeve with photo inside] Souvenir Photograph / The Spinning Wheel /Seattle, Washington.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.2b
Folder caption: “Here’s that picture. You know that girl, don’t you? That’s Dago’s Eilene. I wouldn’t let my gal in the picture. Larry.” [references image: B1996.035.10.3.1]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.3
[original penciled cartoon on back of Adak stationary, showing ape-like creature wearing tiny hat, offering a banana to caged man labeled as Kirby: “Yo-ALL Sho Do Look Sickly”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4a
[Page 1 of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4b
[Page 2 of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4c
[Page 3 of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4d
[Page 4 of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4e
[Page 5 of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4f
[Back of page 5; of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4g
[cartoon from Adak newspaper] "Now, Wilbur, I'm going to give you something you missed all those months in Adak."
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.5a
[printed Christmas menu, U.S. Naval Barracks, Bremerton, Washington, 1945] [printed postcard with blanks to fill in, to “Family” from Kirby (?), about breakfast at the Army & Navy Y.M.C.A. in Seattle. “Talk about hotcakes!”]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.5b
[printed Christmas menu, inside pages, U.S. Naval Barracks, Bremerton, Washington, 1945]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.7a
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 1 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.7b
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 2 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.7c
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 3 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.7d
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 4 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.7e
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 5 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.7f
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 6 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.8
[baggage tag]: Kirby, S. L. S1/C Jose Gonzales El Centro Kid; Printed “Beer Chit” made out to Stanton L. Kirby, N.A.S. Operations [handwritten note] “Wake MAA at 0530 and duty cook. 0600 Call Ordance [sic] on field phone. 0630 Wake OOD and POOW. Wed. Dec 25 Xmas. Merry Xmas Kirby. Ha Ha
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.9
[newspaper clipping from Adak Tribune, daily schedule for radio station WXLB, March 15, 1946] [handwritten label, addressing envelope to S. L. Kirby at “Adak, Calif” with Calif crossed out and Alaska written in pencil, and note: “Don’t believe I ever heard of the place”] [newspaper clipping, letter from executive officer S. O. Cole detaching from duty at Adak: “The people and not the locality make a station. It is with this thought that I regret leaving Adak.”]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook