Accession:

1965, July 13 Mrs. Harriet Whittington


Photographs, 1920s, photographs of a snow slide trapped train, and Alaskan scenes
including whaling.

Donated. Mrs. Harriet Whittington. 234 29^th
/ Place, Anchorage, AK.

67 Photos.




Whittington B65.4

Scope and Contents

The Whittington collection consists primarily of photos of a snow slide in 1920
and of a train stalled and packed in as a result of that snow slide. The photographs of the
snow slide include photos of a snowplow clearing the snow slide, a temporary track, an
engine, train cars, and views of the slide. Other photographs in the collection include
Spencer Glacier, a photo of where the Portage Bay tunnel now begins from 1920, Child’s
Glacier, Port Armstrong, Whaling, a Labor Day Parade with the ARR commission float
and Shriner’s Float, Shakan, Tenakee Inlet frozen over, Kodiak, Ft. Liscum, Valdez, a
blizzard, and Sitka. Also in the collection are photos of Joe Magill and Mrs. Magill.
Steamship photographs include the Estebeth, Alonguin, and Alaska. The collection is
housed in the photo file. Photographers of the collection include L.L. Brown and Merrill.
Please see photo list for specific photograph information.

Historical Notes



Donated. Mrs. Harriet Whittington. Anchorage, AK. 2003 SLL

67 Photos.



Whittington B65.4

Photo List

B65.4.1 Snowplow, clearing snow-slide Sepia 1.5 x 2.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.2 Mountain between Seward and
Anchorage
Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.3 Glacier at Mile 51, Spencer
Glacier
Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.4 Spencer Glacier Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.5 Temporary track built around a
snow slide
Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to portage
(?)
B65.4.6 Trestles, snow problems Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.7 Engine trying to get to stalled
train
Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Equipment
B65.4.8 Stalled at “Mile 52” Sepia 4 x 2.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.9 Where Portage Bay tunnel will
begin 3/29/20
Sepia 2.5 x 4
B65.4.10 Looking up the “Hell hole”
from mile 52 between
Anchorage and Seward,
3/29/20
Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.11 Ice pack in Turnagain Arm Sepia 2.5 x 4 Turnagain Arm
B65.4.12 ?? B&W 2.5 x 4.5* Alaska Railroad –
Snow problems
B65.4.13 Stalled train, tunnel Sepia 2.5 x 3.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.14 Snowplow, “Here they come to
dig us out.” 3/30/20
Sepia 3.5 x 2.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.15 Alaska Railroad, trestles, “It’s
our relief in sight and coming
to us”
B&W 2.5 x 4* Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.16 Four engines to haul seven cars Sepia 3.5 x 2.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.17 Stalled train Sepia 2.5 x 3.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.18 Glacier B&W 2.5 x 4 Icebergs
B65.4.19 Child’s Glacier B&W 2.5 x 4 Child’s Glacier
B65.4.20 Entrance to Port Armstrong
bay, 7/65
B&W 2.5 x 4.5 Whaling
B65.4.21 Whaling station at Port
Armstrong
B&W 2.5 x 4.5 Whaling
B65.4.22 Buildings, Port Armstrong Sepia 3 x 4 Whaling
B65.4.23 Alaska Railroad, snow
problems
Sepia 4 x 2.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage

B65.4.24 Photo front shows mile 56,
“we were stalled here, mile
48”
Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.25 Engine, after snow slide, snow
packed all around
Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.26 Train cars after snow slide B&W 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.27 Front of train engine B&W 4 x 2.5 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.28 Trestle Sepia 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.29 Mountain, Trestles B&W 2.5 x 4 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B65.4.30 Chatham Straits returning from
Sitka, boat
B&W x 2.5 Boats and Boating
B65.4.31 View down boardwalk with
Totem in background
B&W 2 x 4 Sitka , Alaska
B65.4.32 Beluga Whales B&W 2 x 3 Whaling
B65.4.33 Nets across entrance of twin
channel to catch whales
B&W 3 x 4 Whaling
B65.4.34 Ketchikan Dock, 1920 B&W 2.5 x 4.5 Ketchikan
B65.4.35 Alaska Steamship Co.,
Ketchikan 1929
B&W 2.5 x 4.5* Ketchikan
B65.4.36 Mrs. Magill and Jim
MacGonaghey about to start
on dog team trip. 3/24/20
B&W 1.5 x 2.5 Anchorage – 1920
B65.4.37 Float in Anchorage Labor Day
Parade
B&W 3.5 x 4.5* Anchorage – 1919
B65.4.38 Labor Day Parade, ARR
commission float
B&W 3.5 x 4.5* Anchorage – 1919
B65.4.39 Shriner’s Float, Labor Day
Parade
B&W 4.5 x 5.5* Anchorage – 1919
B65.4.40 Band, Anchorage B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Anchorage – 1920-29
B65.4.41 Shakan, people, houses B&W 2.5 x 4.5 Shakan, Alaska
B65.4.42 Salvation Army, Barracks of
Shakan, Alaska
B&W 4.5 x 2.5 Shakan, Alaska
B65.4.43 Salvation Army, Barracks at
Shakan
B&W 4.5 x 2.5 Shakan, Alaska
B65.4.44 Icy Straights B&W Icebergs
B65.4.45 Tenakee Inlet frozen over, Feb.
1920
B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Tenakee, Alaska
B65.4.46 Kodiak, Erskine (W.J.) Co.,
Houses, Buildings
B&W 3 x 4*
B65.4.47 McKonehey Canery at Kodiak
next to W.J. Erskine Store
B&W 3 x 4.5 Kodiak, Alaska
B65.4.48 Kodiak Harbor, 1938 B&W 3 x 4 Kodiak, Alaska
B65.4.49 Frozen bay and mountains near
Valdez, Ft. Liscum
B&W 4.5 x 2.5 Valdez, Alaska
(vicinity)
B65.4.50 Street scene in Valdez B&W 4.5 x 3 Valdez, Alaska
B65.4.51 Town of Valdez and bay
frozen over, Algonquin (Coast
B&W 2.5 x 4.5 Valdez, Alaska

Guard Steamer)
B65.4.52 Sledge dogs B&W 3 x 5 Dogs
B65.4.53 Alaskan Blizzard, Chinese
with dog sled
B&W 3 x 5 Sleds
B65.4.54 Estebeth steamship B&W 5.5 x 3.5 Boats and Boating
B65.4.55 Mail boat iced down B&W 5.5 x 3.5* Boats and Boating
B65.4.56 Estebeth steamship B&W 3.5 x 2.5 People
B65.4.57 Alaska steamship B&W 4.5 x 2.5 People
B65.4.58 “Baluga” Joe Magill and his
wife
B&W 4 x 2.5 People
B65.4.59 The boss of the Magill
household
B&W 5 x 3 People
B65.4.60 Algonquin Coast Guard
Steamer
B&W 5 x 3 People
B65.4.61 Leo and Mrs. Magill B&W 4 x 2.5 People
B65.4.62 Halibut Fisher in the Gulf of
Alaska
B&W 2.5 x 4.5 Boats and Boating
B65.4.63 Sgt. Wise of the 21^st
Infantry,
with King Salmon
B&W 2 x 3 People
B65.4.64 Sepia 3 x 4 Alaska Railroad
B65.4.65 Sitka, postcard B&W 3.5 x 5 Sitka, Alaska
B65.4.66 Sitka, postcard B&W 3 x 5* Sitka, Alaska
B65.4.67 Steamship at Cannery? B&W 3 x 5.5 Canneries

*Has Negative