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B1962.x.015 CIHS US Army Engineer District.04
Collection: B1962.x_022 CIHS Morgan / B1962_x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District CIHS U_S_ Army Engineer District
B2017.011.168
Alaska ’47 – Fairbanks, brilliant birch on road to college [autumn scenic]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.17
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, Len Hall ready to go [man posed holding fishing rod, standing in front of tail of airplane]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.167
Alaska ’47 – Fairbanks, highway bridge & cloud over Chena Slough [Chena River Bridge, with boats and floatplane in slough]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.169
Alaska ’48 – Glen Highway, Palmer bridge over Knik River [distant view of Knik River bridge on old Glenn Highway]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, Palmer, Bridge, Knik River, River, View, Scenic, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1899.5
(Anchorage Fourth Avenue at dusk, Nov. 15, 1952) [bird's eye view looking east to McKinley Apartments and Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1269
(O74 Whitehorse, River boat Keno) [sternwheel paddle steamer at dock, likely on Yukon River, supplies, people at lower right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.903
L88 Anchorage-Palmer Hiway ("Green pastel exposure is about normal" #6f5.6 5 sec. 50 (1950?)) [gravel road, automobile in distance, mountain in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.165
Alaska ’47 – Anchorage, sunset from #301 Westward – over Cook Inlet [scenic]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1816
The Loop on Gov. R.R., Alaska. G.L. Johnson, Anchorage, Aaa. [bird's eye view of Loop District, Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.883
L76 along the Alaska Railroad (1947 postcard) [copy neg; same as .882]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.795
"L32 University of Alaska "1946 postcard" [college campus structures, hill, trees, road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.802
L36 along the Alaska Railroad (1946 POstcard) [copy neg; railroad track on right; water to left; mountains in background; possibly Kenai Lake]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.536
No. 35 Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [street scene with building 1917 McKinley Block, including McPhee & Taylor Reliance Grocery, Kennedy Hardware Co., The Dental Clinic]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.023.10
[rear and side view of modified automobile]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2016.023
B1989.016.2304.2
(Mountain scenery along Cook Inlet) [view of Turnagain Arm, with Seward Highway at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.882
L76 Along the Alaska Railroad (1947 postcard) [copy neg; railroad tracks, mountains, clouds in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.022.586
(Richardson Highway Freight and freightage-tractors-wagons)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1761
(T79 Ketchikan, Alaska, steamship "Alaska") [ship at dock, people at gangplank "Alaska SS Co (Alaska Steamship Company," automobiles on dock and on ship deck; cargo gear; town, structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.801
L35 Along the Alaska Railroad [copy neg, same as .800]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.929
L97 Mt Isanotski, an Aleutian landmark [copy neg, Unimak Island, volcano, dormant]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2033.9
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [man holding rifle standing next to caribou carcass. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Keywords: hunting, animals, firearms
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.15
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.338
(B69 Watson Lake Hotel, mile 635 & sign post) [sign posts along gravel road, Yukon Territory, Canada]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.803
L37 Along the Alaska Railroad [copy neg; railroad tracks, rock cutbank, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1722.2
Caribou on the shore of Medicine Lake, Circle Hot Springs, Alaska [copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1815.2
Hewitts, Anchorage [Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage looking east to Chugach Mountains, with automobiles and businesses including First National Bank, Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Building with sign for Fotoshop & Studio, and Masonic Temple. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1827
(Ice in Cook Inlet, Anchorage) [view of inlet with Anchorage docks at right, S.S. Sackett's Harbor at dock?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.288.24
Tazlina Glacier Lodge [dog team pulling away from lodge. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1267
O73 The totem with the "guilt" complex {Ketchikan guilty complex totem ([?] figure)} [Pointing Figure totem, Saxman Totem Park; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.339
B69 Mile 635, Alaska Hiway (Watson Lake Hotel) [log structure, Yukon Territory, Canada]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.818
L44 enroute to Alaska (via ship) [view from ship of water, mountains run reflecting off water, birds, likely gulls, ship and rigging in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.820
L44 Enroute to Alaska (via ship) [copy neg, reverse of .818]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.928
L96 Pavlov [actually Pavlof], Aleutian Islands [copy neg; close-up aerial view of volcano cone]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.08a.08851.27
Waterfall & buildings, Hatcher Pass State Park, Alaska [Matanuska Valley - Hatcher Pass], 1991
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Matanuska Valley, Hatcher Pass
Collection: B2016.019
B2017.011.19
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, Otto fishing near outlet [man smoking cigarette, angling from riverbank]
Collection: B2017.011
B1962.x.015.005
Mired in the mud – Permanently frozen ground, which turned into a bottomless bog when
cleared of topsoil, presented 1 of the major problems during construction of the AK Highway
by the U.S. Army Engineers. Here one D-8 tractor is shown mired in the Alcan mud 67 miles
east of Teslin, Y.T., during the construction days. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the
completion of the 1,600 mi. long highway built by Corps of Engineers troops. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1989.016.1765.3
(Arctic Valley Skiing, White Stag Races, Feb. 26, 1950) [view from top of slope looking west to Cook Inlet]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1805
Copper Center, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [Copper Center Roadhouse at end of gravel road, mountains in distance. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1807
Miller House, Stease [sic] Highway. Hewitt's Photo (Miller House, Steese Highway, 126 miles north of Fairbanks) [homestead with log cabins. copy neg]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.288.23
[Tazlina Glacier Lodge exterior with sign. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1268
(O73 Ketchikan, Totem with the "guilt complex" [Pointing Figure totem in right foreground, Saxman Totem Park]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.862
L64 Green Lake Park, Fort Richardson, Alaska (1946 postcard) [copy neg; children swimming, diving from diving board, dock, platform, buoy)
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley