<p>Colonel Mears led an engineering regiment during World War I, which was made up of experienced railroad workers from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
</p><p>Caption on photo: A. E. Commissioner - Col. F. Mears leaving Anchorage - Alaska - for the war front.
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Crowds--Alaska--Anchorage; Railroad cars--Alaska--Anchorage; Railroad stations--Alaska--Anchorage</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Anchorage Depot</li></ul>
H. G. Kaiser
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://content.lib.washington.edu/alaskawcanadaweb/index.html">Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection</a>