PCA 127: Captain Lloyd H. “Kinky” Bayers Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s-1950sAlaska State Library
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Bayers, Lloyd H., 1911-1968
Captain Lloyd H. “Kinky” Bayers Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s-1950s
PCA 127
1,364 photographs (1, 5” box) / Processed by: Staff0.4 linear ft. / Revised by: Jacki Swearingen March 2011
ACQUISITION: Lloyd Bayers’ mother, Vera Bayers Soboleff, donated his collection to the library after his death in the summer of 1968 (no accession number.) Manuscripts form a separate collection, MS 10.
ACCESS: The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.
COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.
PROCESSING: Selected images, from the many negatives, were printed. In the selection process an effort was made to represent each vessel. Some photographs are represented by photocopies; originals may be in scrapbooks and photopostcard albums (MS 10). Some images exist only in negative form. The images are sleeved in Mylar and housed in archival folders and boxes. Nitrate negatives were refrigerated.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Lloyd H. "Kinky" Bayers was born July 6, 1911 in Juneau to Vera Soboleff Bayers (daughter of Father John Soboleff) and Harry "Tay Bayers," a boatman from Maine, who came to Killisnoo with his two brothers and worked for the Alaska Oil and Guano Company, manufacturing oil and fertilizer from herring.
Lloyd and his five sisters attended school at Kake and Juneau. He was a member of the Juneau High School basketball team, played on the De Molay team and served as an official and judge for the annual Gold Medal Tournament. Most of Lloyd's life work was involved with the sea. He worked summers with his father on various boats towing logs, tending fish traps and general freighting. In January 1931, he worked as a deckhand on the ESTEBETH, the mail boat that ran between Juneau and Sitka and other boats. When his father died, in April 1932, he worked various jobs for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company to support his mother and sisters. In 1939 he purchased the M.V. FORESTER, a former cannery tender, and did towing, freighting, and charter work. Later, Bayers became captain of the fish packer, PELICAN. In 1941, he joined the U.S. Army Transport Service and commanded various Army small vessels, mostly in Southeast Alaska waters. After the war, Capt. Bayers went to work for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Resources Division as master of the vessel, WATRES (formerly the ELISHA P. FERRY) transporting survey personnel in Southeast Alaska. He retired from this position in 1967 because of poor health and died of heart attack Mar. 5, 1968.
Captain Bayers was well known in Juneau, a local activist who often represented the underdog position. He opposed water meters for Juneau, the Alaska ferry system (as it was organized) urban renewal and the organization of borough Government. For many years the City Cafe in Juneau, known as the unofficial city council, served as a center for discussions on local topics and controversy and Bayers was a major participant. The source of his nickname is uncertain however it has been attributed to his involvement in controversies and alternatively to his habit of kinking the edges of playing cards. [Information from Robert DeArmond.]
SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE
The images were either photographed or collected by Kinky. Not all of the negatives on file have been reproduced. Photocopies exist for some of the images and may have been made from the hundreds of photographs in the scrapbooks and (photo)postcard albums located with the manuscripts. Subjects include fishing vessels (the bulk of the collection), southeast Alaska scenics and individuals. More images are included in the scrapbooks, postcard albums and ship albums located with the manuscripts, MS 10.
INVENTORY
** Not all of the negatives on file have been reproduced**
1.Four men playing pool.
2.A man at mining smelter furnace.
3.Juneau waterfront.
4.Boat by Alaska Washington Airways dock, Juneau.
5.Dredging along Juneau waterfront.
6.Over-view of Juneau from hillside above St. Ann's Hospital.
7.Two men at mining smelter furnace.
8.Gold bricks from mining operation.
9.Mining mill interior.
10.Mining mill interior.
11.Equipment loaded truck and men.
12.Four men in work clothes by creek.
13.Loading ore at Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company?
14.Fishing boats at Juneau city dock.
15.Mining mill interior.
16.Man weighing gold bars.
17.Group of mine employees outside mill.
18.Creek with a wooden dam built across it.
19.Baseball field in Juneau.
20.Mine buildings.
21-26.Vessels and divers working on raising the ISLANDER near Juneau in 1934, the steamer had wrecked over 30 years previous.
27.View of the Juneau-Douglas Bridge under construction.
28.View of the Juneau-Douglas Bridge under construction.
29.Mine buildings on mountain side.
30-31.Fourth of July parade in Juneau.
32.Four buildings and board walk.
33.Two story building, men and boardwalk.
34.View of Juneau mine.
35.Juneau mine with rail running from mine to the waterfront.
36.Two buildings on hillside.
37.Buildings on mountainside.
38-39.Waterfront view of Juneau.
VESSELS
40.A.C. RUBEL. Lg.Union Oil tanker Juneau 1957
41.A.C. RUBEL. Lg. Union Oil tanker Juneau 1957
42.A.R.B. 10. Capt. Pat Kelly near Juneau ferry float. May 1958
43.A.R.B. 5. H. Museth seiner, Broadside view, port Juneau. June 10, 1949.
44.A.T.S.-694. U.S. Army transport-converted L.S.T.starboard bow at Army dock, Juneau. Sept. 29, 1948.
45.ABERDEEN. [Port broadside from] Lewis and Dryden.
46.ACANIA. Yacht on N.C. Co. ways.
47.ADAK. Port near broadside from top of N.C. Co. oil tanks. Owen's tug on N.C. Co. ways. May 3, 1949.
48.ADMIRAL ROGERS. Port broad, speed. 127 size neg.
49.ADMIRALTY. Stbd. broad. in Juneau Boat Harbor on 5/51
50.AFOGNAK. Wreck on Palm Point distant view.
5l.AFOGNAK. Wreck on Palm Point [close up].
52.AFOGNAK. Stbd. near broad. on N.C. Co. ways.
53.AFOGNAK. Near broad at Cash Cole's dock.
54.AFOGNAK. Broadside at Cole's dock.
55.AFOGNAK. At Std. Oil Co. – Dec. 1946 – Dec 23rd
56.AGNES FOSS. In Tongass Narrows near Charcoal Pt. Cannery Dock, 8/54
57.AGNES FOSS. In Tongass Narrows near Charcoal Pt. cannery dock, Aug. 1954
58.AGNETHE. Troller with poles at Outer Point, Aug. 1958.
59.AJAX. P.A.F. Cannery tender on Warner’s Grid.
60.AKSALA WHITEHORSE. At Whitehorse.
61.AKSALA. Freddy Baxter and Johnny Winthers on deck back of Wheelhouse, June, 1958.
62.ALAN. Stbd. broad. on N.C. CO. way. Aug. ‘48.
63.ALASCO IV. In Olga Strait.
64.ALASKA. N.T. Co. S.S. Port near broad. in Hbr. Juneau. A.J. Mill, left background.
65.ALASKA PRINCE. In Wrangell Narrows.
66.ALASKA PRINCE. Starboard near broadside backing away from Alaska line dock, Nov. 1948.
67.ALASKA QUEEN & POLARIS. Port Bow at N.T. Co. wharf (side by each other) Oct. 2, 1948. Both are converted landing craft.
68.ALASKAN. Old side wheel steamer foundering (from Lewis Dryden).
69.ALBERT J. MEYER. Cable ship at Juneau, 4/29/55.
70.ALCO. Towing A.J. dump scow to Hyder---picture taken off Cape Fanshaw, August, 1957.
71.ALEUTIAN. Coming into Juneau dock.
72.ALEUTIAN. Stbd. broad coming to A.S.S. Co. dock.
73.ALEUTIAN. At Juneau dock, no date.
74.ALEUTIAN. 1948, Iced up.
75.ALEUTIAN. 1948, Iced up.
76.ALEUTIAN MAIL. [At Juneau dock, no date.]
77.ALEUTIAN MAIL. At City Float [Juneau, no date.]
78.ALEUTIAN SALVOR and NILE. At Ketchikan, 9/57
79.ALEUTIAN SALVOR. 9/55.
80.ALEXANDER. Lg. old two stack Canadian Steam Tug from print in Lewis and Dryden book.
81.ALEXANDER. Lg. steam sailing sealer stbd. bow at old pier from Lewis and Dryden.
82.ALLIANCE. Print from old print in Lewis and Dryden.
83.ALLIANCE. Portland Coast Co. Steamer.
84.ALMA. On N.C. Co. ways early in Oct 1958 after grounding in Chiak Bay (Captain Gene Defango)
85.ALMA. K.D. Fish packer off Thane (speed) Capt. Dan Stanworth, Sept 1957.
86.ALMA. At Cold Storage dock.
87.ALMA & HOMER. Near Juneau Cold Storage, 5/24/55.
88.ALMOTA. Old River Steamer print from Lewis and Dryden.
89.AMBASSADOR. Lg. Sardine seiner at N.C. Co. float, 9/48.
90.AMELIE. (vessel) Under Juneau-Douglas Bridge.
91.AMY. Near DuPont, 4/58.
92.AMY and TROJAN. At A.J. Float.
93.AMY. A.J. Mine boat at Annex Creek Powerhouse dock, May, 1957.
94.ANACORTES. Tugs.
95.ANCON. Old side wheel passenger steamer print from Lewis and Dryden.
96.ANNETTE. Metlakatla cannery tender coming into dock in Ketchikan Port Bow, June 1950.
97.ANNIE FAXON. Port broadside by bare shore at Lewiston Idaho print from Lewis and Dryden.
98.APACHE. Cannery tender starboard broadside at dock in Ketchikan.(neg. scanned)
99.APEX NO. 1. At N.C. Co. repair float, Juneau, August 14, 1956.
100. APOKAK. Stbd. broadside on Boat Harbor grid in Juneau, August, 1948.
101. AQUILLO. Steam yacht - starboard broadside - speed, Salisbury Sd.
102. AQUITANIA. Stbd. broadside at J.S. Corp. dock.
103a. ARK OF JUNEAU. One 116 negative showing her after years of abandonment at Salt Lake. Close-up view..
103b.ARK OF JUNEAU. One 116 negative showing her after years of abandonment at Salt Lake. Distant view.
104a. ARK OF JUNEAU. Paul Satko's;Coming into Juneau--In Stephens Passage.[Close photo of ship in Stephens Passage]
104b.ARK OF JUNEAU. Paul Satko's; Coming into Juneau--In Stephens Passage.[More distant photo of ship in Stephens Passage with mountains in background] (2 negs)
105. ARMINTA. Stbd. broadside on N.C. Co. ways, Juneau, Oct 1949.
106. ASTOR. Fish packer at N.C. Co. float, 5/54.
107. ASTOR. Fish packer at N.C. Co. float, 5/54.
108. ASTOR. Speed passing Gold Creek Dolphin, May, 1954.
109. ASTORIA. Cruiser port broad anchored Juneau from dockside.
110. ATHERO. Yacht of Joe McNallen and Red Holloway on Juneau Marine ways, Jan. 57.
111. U.S.S. ATLANTA. Juneau, 7-4-48 “Monterrey” in fore-gd.
112. ATLAS. Halibut schooner (now a fish packer owned and operated by Buckshot Woolery of Port Protection.
113. ATTU. Pete Lundy's troller high and dry on Treadwell beach Port Broad, July, 1950.
114. AVILA. Lg.Union Oil Station 551 in. long moored at Juneau Union Oil Station, July 19, 1956.
115. U.S. ARMY B.C.L. 1329. At dock
116. U.S. ARMY B.C.L. Loading vessel with lumber [place, date?]
117. U.S. ARMY B.C.L. 1325. Port bow from astern ST-415.
118. U.S. ARMY B.C.L. 1330. Loading lumber on. [place, date?]
119. U.S. ARMY B.C.L. 1330.On grid [place, date?]
120. U.S. ARMY B.C.L. 1325. Dead astern of 415, under bridge.
121. B.S.P. 3142[3135]. On D.D. with all of dry dock showing.[place, date?]
122. B.S.P. 3142. Stern view on D.D.[place, date?]
123. B.S.P. 3142. Bow view on D.D.[place, date?]
124. B.S.P. 3143. Port broadside high and dry near Engrs. grid, May 6, 1949 picture taken from Standard Oil dock.
125. B.S.P. 3143. Bow view coming to Dry Dock to take F.S. 238 off. April 14, 1949.
126. B.S.P. 3143. Coming in with load of lumber. – Stbd. [place, date?]
127. B.S.P. 3143. Iced in Gov’t. Dock [in Juneau date?]
128. B.S.P. 3144. Bow view in D.D.showing all of D.D. [place, - date?]
129. B.S.P. 3144. Iced in at Juneau, 1950-51.
130. B.S.P. 3144. With loaded barge a/s. Juneau Hbr.
131. B.S.P. 3144. Close up on D.D. Gildersleeve in picture.
132. BAGADUCE. A.T.A 194 Navy tug stbd. broad at Juneau City Wharf, June 10, 1949.
133.BARANOF. Passing Sheep Creek Lt. from Douglas side, date?.
134.BARBARA FOSS. At Ketchikan Spruce Mill dock Ketchikan, Sept., 1954.
135.BARBARA FOSS. Photo Album 13, pg. 13; ex “Wego”, neg. is similar to this photo. [There is no negative for this boat, the negative believed to be for photograph 135 does not match this print, negative was printed and is now 135a]
135a.BARBARA FOSS. Port broadside in Stephens Passage, June 16, 1949.[Information from negative sleeve]
136. BARBARA FOSS. Capt. Don Barbeau picking up 3 unit tow at Ketchikan, June, 1955.
137. BARNEY JR. In Cradle at Anacortes.
138. BASIL O. LENOIR. Laying cable - Juneau.
139. BEACHCOMBER. Stbd. broadside speed in Stephens Passage, April, 1951.
140.BEACHCOMBER and SEA SCOUT PICKET BOAT at both port broadside, Boat Harbor, Juneau, July, 1948.
141. BEILBY. Stbd. broadside-main float, Petersburg, August 29, 1948.
142. BELANA. Front vessel of port broadside front lines abandoned in Lake Union, August, 1957.
143. BERNICE (vessel). [At a dock date- place?]
144a. BERTHA. A.C. Co. SS Bertha (The Greyhound) W.H. Case. Two old W.H. Case negatives (VG) coming into old P.C. dock, Juneau.
144b.BERTHA. Two old W.H. Case negatives (VG) coming into old P.C. dock, Juneau.
145. BESTY ROSS. [Out at sea date, place?]
146. BLACK - DOUGLAS. Broadside at C. S.[dock Juneau.]
147.BLACK - DOUGLAS. Near broadside at C. S. dock [Juneau.]
148. BLACK - DOUGLAS. Bow on at C.S. dock [Juneau.]
149. BLUE STAR. Burrow’s “abortion” on Engrs. grid, June, 1957.
150. BLUE STAR. On dry dock, Nov. 10, 1956.
151. BLUE STAR. 9-10-1956 Roland Burrows boat on N.C. Co. ways
152. BLUE STAR. (vessel) [No date, place?]
153.BOBBY. B.S.P. Capt. Scarbo on N.C. Co. ways, Oct 15, 1956.
154.BOBBY & VENUS. B.S.P. and Fish packer at Juneau City Float, May, 1957.
155.BONANZA KING. Abandoned at Whitehorse.
156.BOXER and CAPT. JAMES FORNANCE. Stbd. near broad at Govt. Dock; Juneau summer 1940.
157.BRANT. Stbd. Broadside at Engrs. Dock, Juneau, Oct 14, 1949.
158.BRANT. Stbd.Broad. on N.C. Co. Ways.
159.BREEZY. Cruiser troller on Juneau boat harbor grid, August 14, 1956.
160.BROTHER JONATHAN. Side wheel sail steam print from Lewis and Dryden.
161. BROWN BEAR. At Small Boat Harbor float of F.W.S. 5/51.
162. BUENA VENTURA. World War II Sub - chaser at Ketchikan City float just before being sold by the city for debts, June 1955.
163. BULK CARRIER No. 1. V.G. Stbd.Broadside, Stikine Strait as towed to S. end Wrangell Narrows by SALVOR.
164. BURTON ISLAND. Navy Ice Breaker, Juneau Subport dock, 7/19/1956
165. BURTON ISLAND. Navy Ice Breaker, Juneau Subport dock 7/19/ 1956.
166. C-40. Decked over J. Boat of Engineers. Stbd bow in cradle on 130’ barge 1362 at Engineers dock Juneau, June 11, 1949.
167. C.S. HOLMES. Loading for Manthey, Oct. 22, 1948.
168. CALIFORNIA. Old side wheel sail and steam print from Lewis and Dryden.
169. CALIFORNIA STANDARD. At Juneau Standard Oil dock, 5-26-1956.
170a. CAMEO. [Date, place?]
171. CAMEO. John Turner's troller on Carl Jensens ways, April, 1957. To put iron bark on.
172. CAMOSUN. [Date, place?]
173. CANCOLIM II. Yacht of American Can Co. Canadian Registry Stbd. broadside at City float Juneau, June 10, 1949.
174. CAPILANO. Small old freight rig propeller print from Lewis and Dryden.
175. CAPT. JAMES FORNANCE. [date, place?]
176. CAPT. O.G. OLSON. Speed-Olga Straits.
177. CARIBOO and FLY. Old P. Sd. screw type pass ferry frt. Port broadside at old dock print from Lewis and Dryden.
178. CAROL ANN. Walace George's packer Stbd. bow at side of Cold Storage Juneau.
179. CAROLANN. Stbd. broadside at Juneau Cold Storage dock, June, 1949.
180. CAROLINE J. Carl and Caroline near Pt. Haida, Sat. June 8, 1957.
181. CARONIA. Yacht anchored in Juneau harbor July 12, 1956, Capt. Studley formerly on the Tuna Boat "Western Ace". “Caronia” was formerly the U.S.E.D. "Cavanough".
182. CARRIE LADD. Port broadside speed - near wooded shore, print from Lewis and Dryden.
183. CASCADES. U.S. Government Steamer Port bow at Col. River pier print from Lewis and Dryden.
184. CATALYST. In Frederick Sound.
185. CELTIC. Bud Charle's tender packer, Ketchikan, July, 1957.
186. CERUS. Stbd. bow from dock. cannery tender. Rigging scow from stern of tender---being towed. [Spelled CERES on boat]
187. COAST GUARD VESSEL.. Three good negatives of the boat at Manzanita Bay. Pict. of Mayo in skiff. etc. [Only one negative found in sleeve]
188.COAST GUARD 65401-D. Arrival at Ketchikan C.G. Base, September, 1954.
189. COAST GUARD 83524. Starboard broadside on N.C. Co ways, September, 1954.
190. COAST GUARD - 95301. Gastineau Channel 1/57.
191. COAST GUARD - 95301. Juneau Boat Harbor, June, 1954.
192. COAST GUARD - 95301. Aug. 13, 1956.
193. COAST GUARD - 95301. On N.C. Co. ways August 13, 1956 after badly damaging both screws an stbd. shaft when she bounced off Colt Island Reef on the last day of the 1956 Golden North Fishing Derby.
194. C.G.C. CAHOONE. Port Broadside at City dock Juneau, March 18, 1949.
195. CHARLES W. Shrimping in Thomas Bay; 2/51.
196. CHARLES W. Thomas Bay 2/51.
197. CHEERIO. Cruiser troller at Ketchikan float, Sept. 1954, after being repowered with a 452 G.M. diesel.
198. CHENA. Juneau Harbor, 5-16-1958.
199. CHETZEMOKA. Near Whidbey Id. 6-22-49.
200. CHICHAGOT. Old mine tender.
201. CHIEF WASHAKI. 10-1948.
202. CHILCOTIN. A.S.S. Dock, 9-23-1948.
203. CHILCOTIN. 9-23-48
204. CHILKAT. As she was originally built by A.P.A. print from Lewis and Dryden.
205.CHILKAT (ferry)? Stern-loading deck.
206. CHILKAT (ferry).
207. CHILKAT. 3-29-59
208. CHILKAT. Haines ferry on N.C. Co. 3-29-1959.
209. CHILKOOT. Haines landing craft ferry July, 1950.
210. CHILKOOT. Haines landing craft ferry loading on rock dump flats, July, 1950.
211. CHILKOOT. Haines ferry on N.C. Co Ways, April 8, 1956.
211a. CHIPPEWA. New Black Ball Ferry.
211b.CHRIS FOSS. [Starboard view; out of water on ways]
212. CHUGACH. Anchored off Tenakee, 6 - 1955.
213. CITY of EVERETT. Old Whaleback Steamer. Port broadside still in stream print from Lewis and Dryden.
214. CITY of KETCHIKAN. Fireboat. 5-7-1955.
215. CITY of PUEBLA. Gold rush passenger liner. Port broadside speed print from Lewis and Dryden.
216. CITY of QUINCY. Partially sunk near river bank, port bow listing outward.
217. CITY of SEATTLE. Herring seiner unloading at Washington Bay, 5-1958.
218. CITY of STEILACOOM. Idled in Lake Union, Aug. 1957.
219. CIVAIR 18. Near Sunset Id. 4-1954.
220. CLIFFORD J. ROGERS. Canadian frt. at Juneau, Apr 1956.
221. CLIPPER II. Canadian Halibut sch. at N.C. Co float, 7-24-56.
222. CLOVER. U.S.C.G. (buoy tender) at Army dock Juneau, 5-21-1950.
223. COAST. Stbd. Newton float; Ketchikan, Aug 20, 1949.
224. COAST GUARD SHIP. U.S.G.S.
225. COAST GUARD?234.
226. COAST GUARD?234. Canadian Destroyer ca. 1960s
227. COAST GUARD C.G. 95301 (vessel).
227a.COAST GUARD CG 95301 (vessel) [View of starboard side of ship at dock]
228. COEUR D’ALENE. Port bow at Lake pier print from Lewis and Dryden.
229. COLONEL MOODY. Port broadside speed 2nd Steamer built in theVictoria districtprint from Lewis and Dryden.
230. COLUMBIA. A.S.S. Co. [Alaska Steam Ship Co.]
231.CASCA. Fantail view of steam wheelers at Whitehorse, June, 1958.
232. COLUMBIA. Old screw type coastal steamship. Stbd. broadside speed, from a drawing print from Lewis and Dryden.
233. COLUMBINE. Old U.S. lighthouse tender, print from Lewis and Dryden.
234. COMMISSIONER. Hull as barge Wrangell Sept 1957.
235. CONSUL-D. [Date, place?]
236. CONSUL-D. Near broad at Cash Cole's Wharf.
237. COOS. Small river side wheel steamer, Stbd. near shore with people on board, print from Lewis and Dryden.
238. COQUITLAM. Early screw type freight boat. Stbd. broadside, still print from Lewis and Dryden.
239. COQUITLAM. Union S.S. Co. Juneau, 6-9-57.
240. COQUITLAM. Juneau, Aug. 1957.
241. CORAL SEA. Small reefer, Juneau, 2-23-1956.
242. CORSAIR. Juneau.