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B2015.008.848
[view across water to glacier terminus. Proof print]
.849 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
.850 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.8
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.169
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.11.8
(timber)(July 1966)(Rock Pit at end of road )(Rio Beaver NP)
Keywords: logging, natural resources, lumber, construction, forestry
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.20.52
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B2016.007.634
Mt. McKinley Nat. Park, Alaska, park sign “Teklanika Campground,” Sept. 1975, Konica
Collection: B2016.007
B1989.016.1146.20
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Dec. 25, 1939) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with wheelbarrows, supplies, and a string of lights down a hallway]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.2.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.334
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.18
Penny Building Demolition
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B1989.016.1880.26
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [female musher at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, and Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.2.35.10B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1998.014.1.995
L132 Mt Spur [sic, Spurr], active volcano near Anchorage, Alaska [copy neg, same as .994]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1903.6
(Dairy farm in Palmer) [man stands looking out over cows in pasture, log cabin in left foreground, mountains in distance, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: animal husbandry, agriculture, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.3.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 3
B1979.002.Album1.46
M-8. Packing horses first time at Knik. W. F. Milliken [man in foreground attempting to load horse, two horses with packs tied at left, men standing near pile of supplies at right, building and outhouse behind log fence, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1