Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.59.008
Accession#:
2005.59
Credit Line:
Donated by Steve and Carla Allwine.
Object Name:
Booklet
Title:
ACS Coastal Telephone Service Book 1955
Creator:
Signal Corps, U.S. Army
Date:
03/01/1955
Scope & Content:
Pamphlet with green cover and white pages bound with two stables. Cover of pamphlet reads top to bottom: ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; SIGNAL CORPS U.S. ARMY; COASTAL TELEPHONE SERVICE; SHIP——SHORE; MARCH 1955. Pamphlet contains information on; Description of Service, Typical Uses, Emergency Use, Facilities and Services Provided by the ACS, Radiotelephone Equipment Provided by the Shipowner, Types of Service, Rates, How to Place Calls, How to Receive Calls, International Distress Frequency, Marine Weather Forecasts, Phonetic Alphabet, Example Radiotelegraph, ACS Coastal Stations, Call Signs, Frequencies and Hours of Operation, 500kc Ship Watch, Time Conversation Table, Alphabetical List of Vessels Frequenting Alaska Waters.

Materials: paper, metal
Dates of Creation:
03/01/1955
Notes:
From fox farm on Spuhn Isl.
See "PIONEERING IN ALASKA" by E. E. Weschenfelder.
People:
Allwine, Steve
Allwine, Carla
Search Terms:
transportation
boat
communication
radio
signal corps
military
army
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