REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Archivist

TITLE: Leonard and Geraldine Thomas Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2017.007

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1951-1965, bulk 1964

Extent: 3 boxes; 2.1 linear feet

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Leonard Thomas; Geraldine Thomas; Steve McCutcheon

Administrative/Biographical History:
Leonard G. Thomas was working for J.B. Warrack Company on construction of the north tower
of the Anchorage Westward Hotel at the time of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. An
executive with the Alaska General Contractors Association, Thomas was tapped to lead AGCA
and union workers in recovery and cleanup efforts.1 Leonard and his wife Geraldine were both
amateur photographers. Leonard took Geraldine to the top of the Westward’s north tower on
the day after the earthquake, and both took many photographs of Anchorage at that time and
over the following months. Leonard was awarded the first Golden Hard Hat award from the
AGCA for his work on earthquake recovery and reconstruction. He died in 1990. Geraldine
died in 2002.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of 89 black-and-white prints, 390 black-and-white negatives, and 3
color negatives, taken by Leonard and Geraldine Thomas. The images primarily depict the

1 National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake. The great Alaska earthquake of 1964.
Human ecology. Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1970.

aftermath of the 1964 Alaska Earthquake in Anchorage and Seward. Many of the photographs
of Anchorage are bird’s eye views taken from the top of the north tower of the Anchorage
Westward Hotel, which was under construction at the time of the earthquake. There are also
11 photographs of construction projects under taken by J.B. Warrack Co. in the 1950s,
including buildings for the military and the Alaska Railroad. For more information, see Detailed
Description of Collection.

Arrangement: Arranged by format and subject.


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in good condition.

Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Leonard and Geraldine Thomas Photographs, Anchorage Museum, B2017.007

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by daughter Kay Thomas in May 2017.

Processing Note
Several copy negatives discarded as duplicates. Duplicate prints also discarded.

Notes
Original envelope captions retained. Corrections noted in descriptions.

RELATED MATERIALS
CIHS McCutcheon Collection, B1964.x.006
AHFAM Earthquake Photographs, B1969.011
Betty Bannon Collection, B1970.015
Zappa Earthquake Papers, B1972.060

Portage Earthquake Photographs, B1973.070
Patricia Mayo Earthquake Time Ticket, B1974.013
Kroninger Photograph Collection, B1976.118
Army Corps of Engineers 1964 Earthquake Photographs, B1977.118
Corps of Engineers 1964 Earthquake Photographs, B1979.038
Woodman Photograph Collection, B1980.027
McDermott Collection, B1987.083
Ron Aldrin Earthquake Slides, B1994.024
Though the Earth Be Moved, B1997.021
Sanborn Recording of 1964 Earthquake, B1997.023
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Collection, B2002.002
Charles Koppel 1964 Earthquake Collection, B2002.008
Norman Campbell Photographs, B2005.041
Bronitsky Letter, B2006.021
4th and H St. Demolition Collection, B2007.002
Opal Myers 1964 Earthquake Collection, B2007.003
Christenson Slide collection, B2007.016
Bangkok Embassy Teletype Collection, B2009.044
Truth Coven Gray Earthquake Album, B2009.056
Kleihauer Slide Collection, B2010.004
Johnny Sartor Collection, B2010.020
Lankford-Ose Photograph Collection, B2011.002
Kenneth C. Allen Earthquake Slides, B2012.027
Jean Kaufman Earthquake Photographs, B2012.032
John Mull III Alaskan Earthquake Reflections, B2012.036
Sportsman's Club Earthquake Photographs, B2013.001
Bill and Ellyn Frye letter regarding the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, B2013.011
Harold and Malita Hitchen Collection, B2013.010
Milo Fritz Letter to Folks, 1964, B2013.046
Grace Tucker Letter to Folks, 1964, B2013.051
Col. Paul W. Stephens 1964 Alaska Earthquake Photographs, B2013.061
J. O. Anderson 1964 Earthquake Collection, B2014.006
Helen M. Bucy 1964 Earthquake Collection, B2014.008
Walter Deane 1964 Alaska Earthquake Photographs, B2014.011
Joan Hurst Letter regarding the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, B2015.010
Col. John H. Sullivan 1964 Earthquake Slides, B2015.013
Maj. William D. Wright 1964 Alaska Earthquake Collection, B2016.001
Colleen Ryan 1964 Alaska Earthquake Letter, B2016.003
Lovell Letter to Chandlers and McGrews, 1964, B2016.015
Rose Kerfoot Slides, B2016.018
Andrea Ramsey 1964 Earthquake Collection, B2017.003

SUBJECTS
J. B. Warrack Company

Alaska Railroad
Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Earthquakes–Alaska
Anchorage (Alaska)
Seward (Alaska)
Seward Highway (Alaska)
Fort Richardson (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection

Color negatives
B1
1 — [Color bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southwest in summer. With Woolworth’s, Holy Family Cathedral, Anchorage High School, 4 th Avenue Theater marquee advertising Don Knotts in “The Incredible Mr. Limpet”]
 2 — [Color bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With National Bank of Alaska in foreground, Chugach Mountains in background, damage to J.C. Penney parking garage in middle distance]
3 — [Color view from Government Hill looking south. Damaged houses in foreground, downtown Anchorage in distance] Black-and-white negatives
4 — [Copy negative. Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Parking lots between 2 nd and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground. Pre- earthquake]
 5 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking west. With Matanuska Valley Bank, Roosevelt Hotel in foreground, Anchorage Presbyterian Hospital in distance]
 6 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
7 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Damage to buildings between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 8 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Damage to buildings between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
9 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Close-up of damage to parking lots between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues]
10 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage]
 11 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage]
12a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. J.C. Penney parking garage in middle ground]
12b — [Geraldine Thomas on roof of Westward Hotel]
13a — [Geraldine Thomas holding camera on roof of Westward Hotel]
13b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, Army/Navy Store at right]
14a — April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southwest. Close- up with Holy Family Cathedral in foreground, damaged houses beyond, trees in Turnagain in distance]
14b — April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage]
15a — April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking north. Close-up with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, damage to Government Hill School in center, Elmendorf Air Force Base buildings beyond]
15b — April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southwest. With 4 th Avenue Theatre advertising “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” at left, Holy Family Cathedral in center, Turnagain in distance]
 16a — April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. With Ship Creek, houses in foreground, Port of Anchorage in distance]
 16b — April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking north. With Sharilyn Arms Apartments and Alaska Railroad headquarters in foreground, Ship Creek and Port of Anchorage beyond]
 17a — April 26, 1964 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground. Has print]
 17b — April 26, 1964 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking straight down. With original roof of Anchorage Hotel and damage to intersection of 3 rd Avenue and E Street, C Street steps in center, The Gilded Cage at left]
 18 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking north. With Sharilyn Arms Apartments and Alaska Railroad headquarters in foreground, Ship Creek and Port of Anchorage beyond]
 19a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With Alaska Mutual Savings Bank at left, First Presbyterian Church in center, Inlet Tower in distance]
 19b — [Roof of Westward Hotel north tower. Errant shot]
 20a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southeast. With 4 th Avenue including Dicy’s, Finley’s, Kennedy Hardware, Dykes Building, Dolly’s in foreground, damage to J.C. Penney parking garage at right]
 20b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northeast. With Dalton & Co. in foreground, Alaska Railroad yards in middle ground, Government Hill and Elmendorf Air Force Base in distance]
21 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With cleared area along 4 th Avenue in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 22a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east down 3 rd Avenue. With McKinley Apartments and Native Health Service Hospital in middle ground]
 22b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northeast. With Alaska Railroad yards in center]
 23a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 23b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
24 — From Westward. McKinley Apts. [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
25 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southeast. Demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues in foreground, Army/Navy store at right. Has print]
 26a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east down 3 rd Avenue. With parking lots in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground. Has print]
 26b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east down 3 rd Avenue. With parking lots in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 27a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking north. With Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, damage to Government Hill School in middle ground. Has print]
 27b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage. Has print]
 28a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With The Color Center on 5 th Avenue at left, close-up of damage to possibly Hollmann Apartments in center]
28b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking north. With Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, damage to Government Hill School in center, Elmendorf Air Force Base buildings in distance]
 29a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southwest. With 4 th Avenue Theatre advertising “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” at left, Holy Family Cathedral in center, Turnagain in distance. Has print]
 29b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With parking lot in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 30a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With intersection of 4 th Avenue and E Street in foreground, damage to J.C. Penney parking garage in middle ground. Has print]
 30b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With damage to 4 th Avenue businesses including The Fling, Anchorage Hardware & Sporting Goods, Koslosky & Sons, D & D Bar & Café, Denali Theater, McKinley Apartments in middle ground. Has print]
 31a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With parking lots in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 31b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With parking lots in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 32a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With parking lots in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 32b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With damage to J.C. Penney parking garage in center]
 33a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northeast. With C Street Bridge in center, damage to buildings on 1 st and 2 nd Avenues near Berry’s Service in foreground]
 33b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With parking lots in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 34a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking north. With Berry’s Service in foreground, Alaska Railroad yards in middle ground, Government Hill in distance]
 34b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking north. With Berry’s Service in foreground, Alaska Railroad yards in middle ground, Government Hill in distance]
 35a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northeast. With C Street Bridge in center, damage to buildings on 1 st and 2 nd Avenues near Berry’s Service in foreground]
 35b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. With Port of Anchorage, Cold Storage and Ketchikan Spruce Mills buildings at right]
 36a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking west. With Matanuska Valley Bank and Roosevelt Hotel in foreground, Providence Hospital and Anchorage Presbyterian Hospital in distance]
 36b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. With houses in foreground, Alaska Railroad yards, Cook Inlet in distance]
 37a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With National Bank of Alaska in foreground, Chugach Mountains in background, damage to J.C. Penney parking garage in middle distance]
 37b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. With houses in foreground, Alaska Railroad yards, Government Hill in distance]
 38 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With National Bank of Alaska in foreground, Chugach Mountains in background, damage to J.C. Penney parking garage in middle distance]
 39a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northeast. With Berry’s Service, Aurora Grill and Eckmann’s Furniture in foreground, Alaska Railroad yards, Elmendorf Air Force Base in distance]
 39b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. With Sharilyn Arms in foreground, Port of Anchorage in middle ground, Cold Storage and Ketchikan Spruce Mills buildings at right, ships in Cook Inlet]
 40a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. With damage to J.C. Penney parking garage in middle distance]
 40b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With parking lots in foreground, demolition and clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues at right, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
41a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Close-up of damage to D & D Bar & Café. Has print]
41b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Close-up of damage to D & D Bar & Café]
42a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Close-up of damage to businesses, with sign for Koslosky & Sons. Has print]
42b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage. Has print]
 43a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With parking lots in foreground, clearing between 4 th and 3 rd Avenues completed, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
 43b — [pre-earthquake photo enlargement on easel]
 44 — [pre-earthquake photo enlargement on easel]
 45 — [View from Government Hill across Alaska Railroad yards to downtown Anchorage, with Anchorage Westward Hotel at left]
46a — April 9/10 [damage to houses on unpaved road, Bootlegger’s Cove?]
46b — April 9/10 [damage to houses on unpaved road, automobile in foreground, Bootlegger’s Cove?]
47a — April 9/10 [fissure in ground in foreground, buildings and mountains in distance, L Street slide?]
47b — April 9/10 [fissure in ground next to house]
48a — April 23 [tricycle outside damaged houses. Has print]
48b — April 23 [close-up of damage to house, with box from Glamorene Wool Rug Cleaner]
 49a — April 26, 1964 [construction workers making repairs between buildings across street from Alaska Sales & Service, 3 rd Avenue and E Street]
 49b — April 26, 1964 [construction workers making repairs between buildings across street from Alaska Sales & Service, 3 rd Avenue and E Street]
 50a — April 26, 1964 [close-up of damage to steps of house]
 50b — April 26, 1964 [couple and small child walking past damaged buildings on K Street, man holding camera at right. Has print. Identified by donor as west end of 9 th or 8 th Avenue]
 51a — [view of damage to J.C. Penny parking garage from corner of 6 th Avenue and E Street, with Book Cache and Craig’s, automobiles and pedestrians passing barricade]
 51b — [view of damage to J.C. Penny parking garage from corner of 6 th Avenue and E Street, with Book Cache and Craig’s, automobiles in foreground]
 52a — [damage to buildings at corner of 6 th Avenue and K Street, with street sign in center, man walking at right]
 52b — [car passing damaged office or apartment building]
 53a — [view down row of damaged houses, with fissure in ground, downed picket fence, communications tower in distance, automobile at right]
 53b — [damaged buildings on K Street, man walking at center]
54a — [view down gully on Government Hill with damaged building in center, houses to left and right, large building in distance probably Native Health Service Hospital, location possibly end of Birch Street]
 54b — [close-up of damage to Alaska Sales & Service]
 55a — [fissure outside damaged house with number 515A]
 55b — [view of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage from D Street, with pedestrians, barricades, and signs for Gene’s Shoe Repair, Rendezvous, Pacific Finance Loans, Mehner’s Restaurant]
56a — [men working in front of damaged houses, people walking on street at right, Jeep at left]
56b — [close-up of downed tower of Four Seasons Apartments]
 57a — [house tipped into fissure, log house with picket fence behind]
 57b — [excavator moving earth between apartment or office building and houses, automobiles parked at right]
 58 — [construction workers doing repairs, possibly outside office building]
 59a — [damage to buildings at corner of 6 th Avenue and K Street, with street sign in center, man walking at right]
 59b — [damage to house, fissure in yard]
60a — [damage to office building at corner of 4 th Avenue between K and L Streets, Inlet Hotel across street at left]
 60b — [crane demolishing damaged building next to Anchorage Cold Storage. Has print. Identified by donor as 1 st Avenue and C Street]
 61a — [damage to Inlet Hotel, Bob Seaman’s Sport Shop at left. Has print. Identified by donor as 4 th Avenue and K Street]
 61b — [view along major fissure in downtown area]
 62a — [view down dropped sidewalk, houses at left, automobiles at right]
 62b — [house tipped into fissure in foreground, damage to apartment or office building in background]
 63a — [house tipped into fissure, log house with picket fence behind]
 63b — [damage to apartment building]
 64a — [house tipped into fissure in foreground, damage to apartment or office building in background]
 64b — [close-up of fissure in ground]
 65a — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With damage to 4 th Avenue businesses including The Fling, Anchorage Hardware & Sporting Goods, Koslosky & Sons, D & D Bar & Café, Denali Theater, McKinley Apartments in middle ground. Has print]
 65b — [close-up of fissure in ground]
 66a — [view along side of house, ladder across fissure in middle ground. Has print. Identified by donor as area of 9 th Avenue and L Street]
 66b — [close-up of fissure in ground]
 67a — [damage to Hillside Apartments]
 67b — [view down 5 th Avenue between K and I Streets, with signs for Northern Hotel, AFL Labor Local, Alaska Orthopedic Appliances, Conright’s, Holy Family Cathedral in background]
 68a — [lumber piled alongside building. Cf. .159-161]
 68b — [damage to Hillside Apartments]
 69a — [close-up of damage to Alaska Sales & Service. Has print. Identified by donor as Chevrolet dealership on E 5 th Avenue]
 69b — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. Close-up of Port of Anchorage in center, Kaiser Permanente Cement tanks at left, Cold Storage and Ketchikan Spruce Mills in foreground. Has print]
 70a — [view along fissure between two houses]
 70b — [house tipped into fissure, with house number 822]
 71a — [house tipped into fissure, with house number 822]
 71b — [house with damaged foundation in foreground, possibly on L Street, with Four Seasons Apartments in background]
 72a — Westward Hotel [view from street up tower of Westward Hotel]
 72b — Westward Hotel [view from street up tower of Westward Hotel]
 73a — [damage to businesses on 4 th Avenue, including D & D Bar & Café, BJ’s Billiards, Mac’s Foto]
 73b — [view looking east down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including Hofbrau, Harold’s Shoes, Anchorage Athletic Club, Shimek’s, Anchorage Hardware & Sporting Goods, Northern Jewelers, D & D Bar & Café, Denali Theater, McKinley Apartments in distance, Army- Navy Store at right]
 74a — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including Denali Theater, D & D Bar & Café, McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in distance. Has print]
74b — [damage to office building at 4 th Avenue and B Street, B Street side of Denali Theater. Has print]
 75a — [view looking east down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including Pioneer Loan, D & D Bar & Café, Denali Theater. Has print]
 75b — [damage to Anchorage Hardware & Sporting Goods]
 76a — [men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4 th Avenue businesses including Sedalia Shine Parlor at left. Has print]
 76b — [closer view of men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4 th Avenue businesses]
 77a — [damage to BJ’s Billiards and Mac’s Foto. Has prints]
 77b — [damage to McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in background. Has print]
 78a — [damage to Flowers by Bagoy, Denali Theater at left. Has print]
 78b — [damage to building on 4 th Avenue. Has print]
 79a — [damage to Flowers by Bagoy]
 79b — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including Mac’s Foto, BJ’s Billiards, Pioneer Loan Co., D & D Bar & Café, McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in distance. Has print]
 80a — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including D & D Bar & Café and McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in distance]
 80b — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including D & D Bar & Café and McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in distance. Has print]
 81a — [damage to Mac’s Foto and Hangar Bar. Has print]
 81b — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including Mac’s Foto, BJ’s Billiards, Pioneer Loan Co., D & D Bar & Café, McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in distance]
 82a — [view looking east down 4 th Avenue, men wearing hard hats walking in street, with damage to businesses including Hofbrau and D & D Bar & Café at left, businesses at right including National Bank of Alaska, The Hub Clothing, and Alaska Treasure Shop]
 82b — [view looking east down 4 th Avenue, with damage to businesses including Hofbrau and D & D Bar & Café at left, businesses at right including National Bank of Alaska, The Hub Clothing, and Alaska Treasure Shop]
 83a — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue, people standing at left, with damage to businesses including D & D Bar & Café and McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in distance]
 83b — [damage to Denali Theater, Corral Bar, and Anchorage Pawn Shop]
 84a — [demolition of damaged businesses on 4 th Avenue, Flowers by Bagoy building at right]
 84b — [pile of debris from demolished building, single story building at right]
 85a — [view down street to damaged building, possibly Ship Creek industrial area with Westward Hotel on bluff in distance]
 85b — [crane demolishing building]
 86a — [wrecking ball demolishing building]
 86b — [wrecking ball demolishing building]
 87a — [wrecking ball demolishing building]
 87b — [wrecking ball demolishing building]
 88 — [trucks parked on 4 th Avenue next to area being demolished with cranes]
 89a — [two men standing next to fencing on 4 th Avenue watching wrecking ball demolish building, possibly Denali Theater]
 89b — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue at C Street, with pedestrians on sidewalk in front of Hunter Bar, Ole Joe’s, and Panhandle Bar at left, crane demolishing buildings at right, Westward Hotel in distance]
 90a — [two people standing near truck parked next to demolition debris on 4 th Avenue, crane at right]
 90b — [view looking west down 4 th Avenue near D Street, with pedestrians on sidewalk in front of Kennedy Hardware at left, partially demolished Hofbrau building at right next to businesses including Hewitt’s Drugs, Cheechako Tavern, and Highland Fling, Westward Hotel in background right]
 91 — [dump truck filled with debris coming up side street to 4 th Avenue, Government Hill in background]
92 — [looking east up possibly 8 th Avenue near O Street past houses, with downed tower of Four Seasons Apartments at right, hospital in background]
 93 — [looking past damaged house on O Street to downed elevator shaft of Four Seasons Apartments]
 94 — [view from 10 th Avenue of collapsed Four Seasons Apartments]
 95 — [view from 10 th Avenue of collapsed Four Seasons Apartments]
 96a — [view from M Street of collapsed Four Seasons Apartments]
 96b — [view from M Street of collapsed Four Seasons Apartments]
 97a — [view from M Street of collapsed Four Seasons Apartments. Has print]
 97b — [view from M Street of collapsed Four Seasons Apartments]
 98a — [damaged houses on Government Hill bluff, with Native Health Service Hospital and hospital water tower on bluff across Ship Creek in distance]
 98b — [damage to Government Hill school with water tower in background. Has print]
 99a — [damaged houses on bluff, one with sign ‘My Neighbors Have Left But I’m Staying’, Government Hill. Has print]
 99b — [damage to Government Hill school with water tower in background]
 100 — [damage to Government Hill school with water tower at left]
 101a — [close-up of damaged utilities in Ship Creek industrial area, with damaged buildings in background, sign for Eckmann’s Furniture at right, Westward Hotel on bluff in background. Has print, with notation “Nagely” on verso]
 101b — [totem pole at Gilded Cage on 3 rd Avenue at E Street overlooking Alaska Railroad yards looking northeast]
102 — Gov. Hill [damaged houses on Government Hill bluff, with Westward Hotel on bluff across Ship Creek in distance]
103a — [damage to Government Hill school with playground equipment in foreground]
103b — [damage to Government Hill school]
 104 — [view down dock at Port of Anchorage, Mount Susitna in distance]
 105 — [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking west. With Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Mount Susitna in distance]
106 — [leaning utility pole next to barricade with sign ‘Danger Area Enter At Your Own Risk’, Turnagain]
107 — [damaged house on bluff, Turnagain]
108 — [view looking down into subsided houses, Turnagain. Cf. 109]
109 — [view looking down into subsided houses, Turnagain. Cf. 108. Has print. Identified by donor as Ed Rasmuson home on Marston Drive]
110a — [fissures in ground next to house off its foundation, Turnagain]
110b — [view looking down into subsided house, Turnagain]
111a — [view along bluff showing several damaged houses, one at far left on flats, one at right at new edge of bluff, Turnagain]
111b — [house damaged with uplift at one end, Turnagain]
112a — [view across fissures to damaged house, Turnagain]
112b — [view looking through trees down onto roof of subsided house, Turnagain. Has print]
113a — [view up slide area to houses above, Turnagain. Has prints]
113b — [view of bluff edge, ship in Cook Inlet in background, Turnagain]
 114a — [view through trees to damaged house at right, landslide at left, Turnagain]
 114b — [view up slope to houses, clay ridge at left, Turnagain. Has print]
 115 — [view down onto house crushed by landslide, Turnagain]
 116a — [fissure in yard, house and automobile in driveway in background, Turnagain]
 116b — [view across slide area with several houses, one roof in foreground, Cook Inlet in background, Turnagain. Has print]
117 — [debris and destroyed house in slide area, toilet in center, Turnagain. Has print]
 118a — [close-up of doll in debris from damaged house, Turnagain]
 118b — [view through trees in slide area to damaged houses, Turnagain]
 119a — [view across slide area, with one subsided house at right, one apparently undamaged house in background, section of pipe in foreground, Turnagain]
 119b — [ground in slide area, damaged house behind trees at right, Turnagain. Has print. Identified by donor as possibly Lu & Edna Liston’s home on Marston Drive]
 120a — [house bent into U-shape, Turnagain. Has print]
 120b — [view down row of four houses, one house tipped into fissure, Turnagain]
 121 — [house flattened by shifting earth, another house in background, Turnagain. Has prints]
 122a — [debris from destroyed house, automobile at left, clay ridge at right. Turnagain. Has prints]
 122b — [clay ridges and heaved earth along shoreline, Cook Inlet at high tide in background, downtown Anchorage visible at far right, Turnagain. Has prints]
 123a — Art’s downtown [debris from several houses on mud flats, Cook Inlet in background, Turnagain]
 123b — Art’s downtown [three men standing next to debris from multiple houses, garbage can at right, Turnagain]
 124a — [fissures in ground, small pile of bricks in center, Turnagain]
 124b — [view down on damaged house, short brick fence in foreground, Turnagain]
 125 — [view looking out to Cook Inlet, damaged house at left, clay ridge at right, second damaged house in distance. Has print]
 126a — [fissures and toppled trees, Turnagain]
 126b — [two people standing below new bluff, one man holding camera, undamaged house above, possibly chair at left, Turnagain]
 127a — [mailbox for 1900 Turnagain Boulevard, Marston home, Turnagain. Has print]
 127b — [two men standing atop pile of debris including concrete steps, Turnagain]
 128a — [view looking toward Cook Inlet with debris field in foreground, Turnagain]
 128b — [view along fissure to house debris at shoreline, Cook Inlet in background, Turnagain]
 129a — [view down to house at base of landslide, Turnagain]
 129b — [view through trees looking toward Cook Inlet, house standing at edge of new bluff at right, damaged house in distance at left, Turnagain]
 130a — [view looking toward Cook Inlet with flattened house in foreground, Turnagain. Has prints. Identified by donor as Bob and Evangeline Atwood home on Marston Drive]
 130b — [view across debris field to two damaged houses, Turnagain. Has print]
 131a — [shattered tree trunk, Turnagain]
 131b — [damaged house in right foreground, second house on edge of new bluff above left, Turnagain]
 132a — [view past damaged house on crumbling bluff edge to man standing between damaged houses, one in center background apparently undamaged, Turnagain]
 132b — [two men working on damaged house, crumbling bluff at right, Turnagain]
 133a — [view past crumbling bluff edge to damaged houses, Turnagain]
 133b — [view up to house standing on edge of new bluff, damaged house at lower right, Turnagain]
 134a — [view down road ending at bluff, people standing at left, two automobiles parked in distance, house at right cracked in half, second house in right background apparently undamaged, Turnagain]
 134b — [toppled Four Seasons Apartment building]
 135 — [view past crumbling bluff edge to damaged houses, people standing along shoreline at left, Turnagain. Cf. .133a]
 136a — [two people standing next to automobile outside house with unattached garage, fissures in foreground, Turnagain]
136b — [double exposure, possibly L Street slide?]
 137 — April 12, 1964 [view along shoreline at high tide, damaged houses at right, Turnagain]
 138a — April 12, 1964 [woman standing on heaved ground in foreground, two damaged houses up slope in background, Turnagain]
 138b — April 12, 1964 [view looking out to Cook Inlet, with damaged houses in foreground, Turnagain] .139.1-21 – Turnagain [21 35mm images] .1 – [view across folded earth to Cook Inlet] .2 – [two men with cameras standing at edge of bluff] .3 – [crates, sawhorse, and coiled wire in foreground, house on bluff above. Has print] .4 – [damaged house, crate at left. Has print. Notation on verso: Neil] .5 – [view through trees up slope to house on bluff] .6 – [damaged house. Has print]
7 — [house tipped into fissure in foreground, apparently undamaged house in background. Has print. Identified by donor as probably Ed Rasmuson home on Marston Drive, with destroyed Asa Martin home]
 8 — [view through trees to Cook Inlet, fissures in foreground, damaged house at left]
9 — [fissures, trees, and small structure in center]
10 — [view along shoreline to Point Woronzof, small structure at left]
 11 — [fissures in trees. Overexposed]
 12 — [view through trees to damaged house. Has print. Notation on verso: Neil]
 13 — [view past crumbling bluff edge to damaged house]
 14 — [view down temporary access road to Cook Inlet, damaged houses at right]
 15 — [view down row of damaged houses, chain-link fence in foreground]
 16 — [several damaged houses, temporary access road in foreground]
 17 — [damaged house, street number 2226. Has print]
 18 — [damaged houses, Cook Inlet in background. Overexposed]
 19 — [view through trees to damaged house, fire hydrant in right foreground]
 20 — [chain-link fence sunk into fissure in yard of single-story house]
21 — [view along fence line between houses, house at right tipped up]
 140a — [construction workers repairing West High School roof]
 140b — [construction workers repairing West High School roof]
141a — [construction workers taking a break inside West High School]
141b — [view down damaged hallway at West High School]
 142a — [crane removing sections of West High School roof, sections piled in foreground]
 142b — [Mitch Bennett Co. Crane & Rigging crane removing sections of West High School roof, sections piled in foreground]
143a — [construction workers on roof of West High School]
143b — [construction workers on roof of West High School]
 144a — [debris piled next to West High School]
 144b — [partial image, man standing next to section of bent rebar, West High School]
 145a — [view from roof along damaged façade of West High School]
 145b — [view from roof of damaged façade of West High School, construction equipment in yard, Chugach Mountains in distance]
146a — [damaged ceiling in hallway, West High School]
146b — [façade of West High School, construction worker shoveling debris out window]
 147a — [view from roof of Mitch Bennett Co. Crane & Rigging crane removing sections of West High School roof, sections piled on ground]
 147b — [construction workers on roof of West High School, with piles of supplies]
 148a — [view from ground to two construction workers on roof of West High School]
 148b — [construction equipment in parking lot in front of West High School, sections of roof piled in center]
 149a — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [Mitch Bennett Co. Crane & Rigging crane next to West High School]
 149b — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [view from ground showing damage to ceilings and roof, West High School]
 150a — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [view from ground showing damage to pillars, ceilings and roof, West High School]
 150b — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [view from ground to two construction workers on roof of West High School]
 151a — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [sections of roof piled next to West High School]
 151b — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [sections of roof piled next to West High School]
 152a — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [view up interior stairway at West High School, with posted sign ‘Danger Demolition]
 152b — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [interior of West High School showing support columns]
 153a — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [close- up of ceiling, West High School]
 153b — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [close- up of ceiling, West High School]
 154a — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [close- up of ceiling, West High School]
 154b — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [close- up of ceiling, West High School]
 155a — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [view between damaged façade and piles of roof sections at West High School]
 155b — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [view between damaged façade and piles of roof sections at West High School]
 156 — J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964, demolition-repair, W. Hi School, earthquake repair [view from roof along damaged rear of West High School, Mitch Bennett Co. Crane & Rigging crane in parking lot] .157.1-23 – J.B. Warrack, Nov. 8, 1964 & Nov. 26, demolition-repair, West High School, earthquake damage [23 35mm images] .1 – [portrait of woman, Geraldine?] .2 – [scaffolding erected on roof, two cars in parking lot] .3 – [scaffolding erected on roof, ladder against wall] .4 – [scaffolding in front of façade] .5 – [close-up of damaged walls] .6 – [close-up of damaged walls] .7 – [construction materials on roof] .8 – [close-up of wall framing] .9 – [close-up of wall framing] .10 – [close-up of wall framing] .11 – [cabinet next to doorway] .12 – [close-up of damage to ceiling] .13 – [close-up of damage to ceiling and wall] .14 – [man standing next to ladder inside school] .15 – [scaffolding next to section of piping] .16 – [view past trucks in parking lot to scaffolding on roof] .17 – [debris in parking lot, scaffolding along façade, crane in background] .18 – [scaffolding and supplies or debris along exterior walls] .19 – [debris in parking lot, scaffolding along façade, crane in background] .20 – [close-up of damage to exterior corner of building] .21 – [heavy equipment in parking lot, scaffolding around building] .22 – [crane and other construction equipment in parking lot] .23 – [scaffolding and ladders alongside building] .158.1-10 – West High, May 16 [10 35mm images] .1 – [workmen on scaffolding outside West High School]
 2 — [bird’s eye view of F Street near 5 th Avenue, with First Presbyterian Church and Woolworth’s store, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banner visible above street] .3 – [façade of West High School] .4 – [façade of West High School] .5 – [façade of West High School] .6 – [façade of West High School] .7 – [façade of West High School, with close-up of damage to columns and windows] .8 – [façade of West High School] .9 – [young woman doing yardwork] .10 – [tree in yard]
 159a — Jack’s lumber, Jerry’s, June 4, ’64 [pile of lumber]
 159b — Jack’s lumber, Jerry’s, June 4, ’64 [pile of lumber]
 160a — Jack’s lumber, Jerry’s, June 4, ’64 [pile of lumber]
 160b — Jack’s lumber, Jerry’s, June 4, ’64 [close-up of lumber]
 161a — Jack’s lumber, Jerry’s, June 4, ’64 [close-up of lumber]
 161b — Jack’s lumber, Jerry’s, June 4, ’64 [close-up of lumber] B2
 162a — [ice chunks on mudflats of Turnagain Arm. Has print]
 162b — [ice chunks on mudflats of Turnagain Arm]
 163a — [view down Seward Highway cleared of debris from landslide]
 163b — [close-up of landslide along Seward Highway]
164a — [view of underside of damaged bridge, ice chunk in foreground]
164b — [sandbags piled along road to protect against tide. Has print]
165a — [automobile passing area of rock slide along Seward Highway]
165b — [close-up of bridge damage, deck slid away from piers]
166a — [view down road across trestle with rolling heaves, Seward Highway]
166b — [view of underside of road trestle shown in .166a, Seward Highway]
167 — [remnants of destroyed bridge at left, new bridge at right, Seward Highway]
 168a — [water pouring over destroyed bridge, new bridge visible at right, Seward Highway]
 168b — [water pouring over destroyed bridge, Seward Highway]
 169a — [view down Seward Highway heading into Seward, debris along waterline at left, storage tanks at port in distance at left. Has print]
 169b — [ship Celtic run aground, Seward. Has print]
 170a — [small bulldozer next to several ships run aground, including the Regent, Seward. Has print]
 170b — [view down road, damaged trestle in middle ground with heaved roadbed. Has print]
 171 — [man standing next to ship run aground, Alaska Railroad boxcar at right, Seward. Cf. 172, .174b]
 172 — [ship run aground, Alaska Railroad car at right, Seward. Cf. 171, .174b]
 173 — Seward waterfront, May 4, 1964, boat & mt. & school [ship and other debris in foreground, school in background. Has print]
 174a — [damage to Alaska Railroad yards in Seward, with boxcars and other debris. Has print]
 174b — [man standing next to ship run aground, Alaska Railroad boxcar at left, Seward. Cf. 171-172. Has print]
 175 — [Alaska Railroad boxcars and storage tanks, Seward]
 176 — [damage outside Alaska Railroad Shop, with sign ‘Danger Hazardous Area Authorized People Only By Order of Chief of Police’, Seward]
 177a — [damage to Seward docks]
 177b — [damage to Seward docks]
 178a — [damage outside Alaska Railroad Shop, with boxcars, Seward]
 178b — [Alaska Railroad locomotive 1828 on its side amid debris, Seward]
 179 — [view from docks into town, debris in foreground, man standing at right, Seward]
 180 — [Alaska Railroad boxcar on beach, Seward]
 181 — [Alaska Railroad locomotive 1828 on its side amid debris, Seward depot at left]
 182a — [storage tanks and building damaged by fire, Seward]
 182b — [automobile, Alaska Railroad tanker cars and boxcar, and other debris on beach, Seward]
 183 — [automobile, Alaska Railroad tanker cars and boxcar, and other debris on beach, Seward]
 184 — [automobile, Alaska Railroad tanker cars and boxcar, and other debris on beach, Seward]
 185 — [Alaska Railroad tanker car and boxcars on beach, Seward]
 186 — [damage to Seward docks]
 187 — [Alaska Railroad locomotive 1828 on its side amid debris, Seward]
 188 — [damaged fuel storage tanks and Alaska Railroad tanker cars, Seward]
 189 — [Alaska Railroad car 7107 on its side on beach, Seward]
 190 — [damaged fuel storage tanks and Alaska Railroad cars, Seward]
 191 — [damage to Alaska Railroad yards, with Seward buildings in background]
 192 — [damaged fuel storage tanks and Alaska Railroad cars, Seward]
 193a — [damage to Seward docks. Has print]
 193b — [Alaska Railroad cars and other debris on beach, Seward]
 194a — Government Hill School [damage to Seward docks. Has prints. Identified by donor as Seward ferry terminal]
 194b — Government Hill School [damage to Seward docks, man standing at right. Has print]
 195a — Government Hill School [damage outside Alaska Railroad Shop, locomotive 1027 at left]
 195b — Government Hill School [damaged fuel storage tanks and Alaska Railroad cars, Seward]
 196 — Gov. Hill (frost) 2/4/65 [Port of Anchorage dock, Mount Susitna in distance]
 197 — Gov. Hill (frost) 2/4/65 [view from Government Hill of downtown Anchorage, with hoar- frosted bushes in foreground, Westward Hotel in distance]
 198 — Gov. Hill (frost) 2/4/65 [view from Government Hill of downtown Anchorage, with hoar- frosted bushes in foreground, Native Health Service Hospital in distance]
 199 — Gov. Hill (frost) 2/4/65 [view down road to water tower]
 200 — Gov. Hill (frost) 2/4/65 [gantry cranes at Port of Anchorage]
 201 — Gov. Hill (frost) 2/4/65 [gantry cranes at Port of Anchorage]
 202 — 521. Scen. Trees [scenic with trees]
 203 — 569. Sled in trail [two rifles propped against freight sled on trail in winter] B3 Print photographs
 204 — Downtown in the area of 9 th & L Street, 1964 [people walking along row of damaged houses, truck at left]
205 — West end of 10 th Ave & P St. [people walking near large fissure in paved road, houses in background]
 206 — [aerial of frozen lake, showing earthquake-induced cracks in ice]
 207 — Job #451, July 19, 1952. Fort Richardson Theater, showing the front and the west side of the bldg. Looking southeast. A progress photo [bird’s eye view of automobiles and truck parked next to construction supplies at building site]
 208 — Job #451, Nov. 1, 1952. Fort Richardson Theater, showing the front and the west side of the bldg. Looking southeast. A progress photo [exterior of building with ‘Theater’ sign]
 209 — J.B. Warrack Company. The Alaska Railroad Car & Coach Shop, contract no. 1-3arr-9504. Mac’s Foto Service. Dec. 1, 1951 [Ship Creek railroad yards in winter, with tracks at right, Chugach Mountains in background]
 210 — Job #452, July 2, 1952. Alaska Railroad Coach Shop, J.B. Warrack Inc. Showing the structural steel work of the west and north side. Looking southeast [bird’s eye view of building under construction, Paint Shop and Quonset hut in foreground]
 211 — Job #452, July 2, 1952. Alaska Railroad Coach Shop, J.B. Warrack Inc. Showing the structural steel work of the east end and the eastern end of the north side. Looking southwest [building under construction, turntable in foreground]
 212 — Job #452, July 2, 1952. Alaska Railroad Coach Shop, J.B. Warrack Inc. Showing the structural steel work of the east end. Looking west [building under construction]
 213 — Job #452, Oct. 1, 1952. Alaska Railroad Coach Shop. Showing the east end and part of the south side of the bldg. Looking north. A progress photo [building under construction, siding going onto steel frame, supplies and heavy equipment in foreground]
 214 — Job #452, Oct. 1, 1952. Alaska Railroad Coach Shop. Showing the west end and part of the north side of the bldg. Looking east. A progress photo [bird’s eye view of building under construction with siding going on to steel frame, Paint Shop and Quonset hut in foreground]
 215 — Job #452, Nov. 1, 1952. Alaska Railroad Car and Coach Shop. Showing the east end and south side of the bldg. Looking northwest. A progress photo [snow on construction supplies in foreground, building with siding completed]
 216 — Job #452, Nov. 1, 1952. Alaska Railroad Car and Coach Shop. Showing the west end and the north side of the bldg. Looking southeast. A progress photo [bird’s eye view of building under construction with exterior nearly completed, Paint Shop and Quonset hut in foreground]
 217 — Job #456, Aug. 16, 1952. Elmendorf Cold Storage Plant. Showing the west side and part of the south end of the bldg. Looking northeast. A progress photo [wood frame building under construction next to railroad tracks] Guide written: June 7, 2017