Guide to the 528th Engineers Heavy Shop Company soldier photographs
1948
Collection number: HMC-0651.
Creator: Unknown.
Title: 528th Engineers Heavy Shop Company soldier photographs.
Date: 1948.
Volume of collection: 0.02 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Photographs from an Army soldier stationed at Adak.
Biographical note:
The U. S. Army soldier who took these photographs appears to have been a member of the 528 Engineers Heavy Shop Company and the 36th Engineers Battalion, serving at Davis Army Air Force Base on Adak Island, Alaska, in 1948.
Collection description:
The collection consists of the photographs of a soldier in the 528th Engineers Heavy Shop Company who served at Adak in 1948. The collection contains: the original U. S. Army album cover; 54 black and white prints; and an Army Alaskan Command shoulder patch. Subjects of the photographs include: soldiers at the base on Adak Island; the sign for the 528th Engineers Heavy Shop Company and the 36th Engineers Battalion on Adak; the sign for the 97th Ordnance Service Company on Adak; soldiers at a U. S. Army training base for Company A of the 10th Infantry Regiment; and people in a residential neighborhood.
Arrangement: The photographs were retained in their original order.
Digitized copies: Selected photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed on Alaska’s Digital Archives. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: The Archives does not hold copyright to the images in this collection.
Preferred citation: 528th Engineers Heavy Shop Company soldier photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: The collection was purchased by the Archives in an internet auction in 2003.
Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Jeffrey Sinnott in 2005. The collection guide was updated to meet current standard by Arlene Schmuland in 2015.