E. Perry, Kuskokwim Reconnaissance cook, cooking on camp stove on raft, Kuskokwim River, Alaska, September 1914

Caption under photo: Perry waiting for Raft crews. McPherson number: K456 PH Coll 495.2-44c Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroa...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Cooks
Outdoor cookery > Alaska
Cooking utensils
Pots & pans
Rafts > Alaska
Rivers > Alaska
Perry
E.
Camp stoves
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3897
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Summary:Caption under photo: Perry waiting for Raft crews. McPherson number: K456 PH Coll 495.2-44c Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers.

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