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B1998.014.1.2314
"Key-key-rumie its cold up here" The Alaskan key bird is an ex-sea gull who flew off course when it mistook the North POle for a totem pole. "Key bird cartoon" [artwork depicting bird wearing earmuffs and boots and covered in snow flying between signs reading "North Pole" and "Alasak" World War II era design Kee Bird refers to B-29 Superfortress and nose art design]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1981.145.82b
These are operated by the Alaska railroad from Nenana to Fortunahedge on the Yukon {back of post card}
Keywords: post card
Collection: B1981.145
B2000.014.885
(885)(Laurence Vachon on bike intensified Tanana Oct 14 1917)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1991.009.35
Tyonic (Ship). See p. 44 J. Klein History of Kachemak Bay. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1991.009 Simonson
B1990.014.2018.1.28.001
11-1; May 1939; Plus x 64-40 Dev in DK 20-26 min c 65 degree FAR; Park Street [street scene with delivery truck, structures, stairways, boardwalk, fire hydrant]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1984.077.23.015
Armour regrigerator line] Railrod cars, tracks, switch, double exposure. Neg. is damaged and deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.AKNative.7.96
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.381.6
Ice hockey team, Anchorage, 1939 [Fairbanks-Dawson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.125.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B90.14.5.AncAir.18.2.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 18
B1990.014.004.permafrosttunnel.large
A permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. Cold weather engineers study ice lenses.[medium format slide]
Keywords: science, research
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.339
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.43.78
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1997.019.23full
stones around their necks. One cuts a hole in the whales stomach, gets in and cuts away enough blubber and meat so others may get in to help carve and throw the meat to the women
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1989.016.2176.6
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [sled dogs in harness resting on snow along street, automobiles parked along curb, Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1457
S39 Recreation area - Fort Richardson, Alaska (service club & theatre) [copy neg; same ad .1456]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.024.054
Approach to Annette, Apr. ’53 [aerial of runway, airplane wing in foreground]
Keywords: Annette Island
Collection: B2016.024
B1995.014.85.12
[distant view of military installation at Adak, with buildings, Quonset huts, fence in foreground, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.663
F6 Drying salmon on the Copper River [same as .662, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.44.1A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1975.175.013
Alaska. Elephant Point. Lomen Elephant Point Plant. Store and Living Quarters. July, 1938.
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1998.014.1.1150
(O24 An Alaskan totem pole; 1946 postcard) [possibly thunderbird, likely tourist, non-authentic, rock base; birch forest in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.58
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.030
A 14 Wild wolf w/man. photographer Harold young release letter [wolf with tied muzzle, held by man in snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.0105B
12-8/47 To provide an adequate water supply for the settlement, the railroad erected this 100,000-gallon capacity water tank. Photo taken Dec. 8, 1947 shows the new water tank with the old tank alongside. New & Old Water Towers
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2013.063.1.3
[news clipping, Seattle Times, Feb. 14, 1971, "Indian and white delegates posed for this official photograph during the Fairbanks parley." copy neg]
Collection: B2013.063
B2015.008.852
Scolai, 1912 [bird’s eye view of pack train on trail through Skolai Pass. Cf. .855]
Keywords: Skolai Pass, pack horse
Collection: B2015.008
