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B2017.011.178
Alaska ’48 – Chitina, Copper River valley & Mt. Sanford [scenic of river valley] [Ahtna. Tsedi Na' (Chitina). Atna (Copper River).]
Keywords: Tsedi Na', Chitina, Atna, Copper River, River, Valley, Mt. Sanford, Mount Sanford, Scenic, View, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B1962.001.0788
[Chitina (riverboat); Copper River; Hunt, P.S. photographer(?)] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River). Same as .0181]
Keywords: Chitina, River, Atna, Copper River, Riverboat, Boat, Paddle steamer, Steamboat, Paddle wheels, Mountain, Mountain range
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.0181
G1504 [Chitina (riverboat); Copper River; Hunt, P.S. photographer(?)] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River). Duplicate .0788]
Keywords: Chitina, River, Atna, Copper River, Ahtna, Territory, Riverboat, Boat, Paddle steamer, Steamboat, Paddle wheels, Mountain, Mountain range
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.0789
“Str. Chittyna, First on Copper River” [Chitina (Riverboat); Copper River] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River). Same as .0184 with caption]
Keywords: Str. Chittyna, Steamer Chittyna, Chittyna, Chitina, River, Ahtna, Territory, Atna, Copper River, Riverboat, Boat, Paddle steamer, Steamboat, Paddle wheels, Mountain, Mountain range
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2015.026.1590
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [scenic of Copper River] [Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na', Copper River, River, Mountain, Mountain range, Scenic, View
Collection: B2015.026
B1962.001A.136
River str. Chitana on Tasnuna Divide. P.S. Hunt, E395 [Chitina (Riverboat); Tasnuna Glacier; Transportation – Horses] [Ahtna Territory, Tsedi Na' (Chitina)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Territory, Tsedi Na', Chitina, P.S. Hunt, Alaska, Alaskan, River, Strait, Chitana, Tasnuna Divide, Tasnuna, Riverboat, Boat, Transportation, Sled, Haul, Gear, Equipment, Load, Tank, Horse, Animal, Tasnuna Glacier, Glacier, Travel, Winter, Snow, Mountain, Range, Men
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.235
Kotsina River grade near Chitina Bridge. P. S. Hunt J1903 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks with river at left]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.026.1596
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [scenic of Copper River at bridge] [Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Tsedi Na', Atna, Copper River, River, Bridge, Scenic, View, Mountain, Mountain range
Collection: B2015.026
B1962.001.0184
G15[?] [Photo cropped with loss of caption. See B62.1.181; Chitina (riverboat); Copper River; I. Hunt, P.S., photographer(?)] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River). Copy of .0789 without caption]
Keywords: Chitina, River, Atna, Copper River, Ahtna, Territory, Riverboat, Boat, Paddle steamer, Steamboat, Paddle wheels, Mountain, Mountain range
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2015.026.1591
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [view across bridge over Copper River] [Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na', Road, Bridge, Copper River, River, Mountain, Mountain range
Collection: B2015.026
B2016.004.117.46
Kennicott, McCarthy, Sheep Mtn., Chitina, 920607 [woman riding tram over Kennicott River, with dog and rifle]
Keywords: transportation, Animals
Collection: B2016.004
B1962.001.1989
Taral [Indigenous Alaskans] lived at the mouth of the Chitina River. Between Tiekhel and Chitina. [Taral; Chief Billum identifies standing left man as Tony Pete] [Group photo. Several women and children wearing Dentalium. Lower Ahtna, near Tsedi Na' (Chitina)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Taral, Indigenous, Group, People, Men, Women, Children, Tony Pete, Dentalium, Jewelry, Camp, Tent, BIPOC, Alaskans, Chitina River, River, Tsedi Na', Tiekhel, Community
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.203
Chitina River from near mile 136, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1905 [view of river valley from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.204
Chitina River from near mile 135, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1904 [view of river valley from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2016.004.25.28
Pipeline Pump 12, Adele French in pipeline, Bob & Adele French [at] Copper River, Chitina, 1975 [mine entrance]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.25.30
Pipeline Pump 12, Adele French in pipeline, Bob & Adele French [at] Copper River, Chitina, 1975 [mine entrance]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.004
B1962.001.911
Copper River [Indigenous people] Probably Goodleta & Family [same photo B62.1.1815; Ahtna; Athabaskan - Dwellings; Goodletaw, Ahtna Chief] [From .152 description: "Natives at Hanagita House at Taral, near mouth of Chitina"] [Atna (Copper River), Tsedi Na' (Chitina). Taral Band Lower Ahtna.]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Taral, Ahtena, Indigenous, Family, Men, Women, Children, Baby, Infant, Group, Goodleta, Goodletaw, Chief, Atna, Copper River, Tsedi Na', Chitina, Near Chitina, Hanagita House, Hanagita, House, Home, Dwelling, Structure
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.210
Kotsina grade near Chitina Bridge, looking up the Kotsina. P. S. Hunt J1902 [view along Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, river at left, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1987.056.256
Ma Goodlatau of Chitina, Aaa, one of the few remaining full blood Cooper River Indians. She took an active in the Indian War against the early Russian Settlers. H.W. Steward, 1927 [Copper River woman with two dogs, one wearing pack]
Keywords: animals, transportation, clothing
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1962.001.0154
(Taral?) [same photo B62.1.1873; Ahtna, Indigenous people; Houses and buildings – Taral] [Five children outside house at Taral, near mouth of Chitina. Possibly Goodletaw family. Young girls wearing dentalium earrings. Same older boy in .0152. Atna (Copper River), Tsedi Na' (Chitina). Taral Band Lower Ahtna.]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Taral, Ahtena, Indigenous, Children, Toddler, Boy, Young man, Girl, Young girl, Family, Goodletaw, Group, Atna, Copper River, Tsedi Na', Chitina, Near Chitina, House, Home, Dwelling, Structure, Dentalium, Earrings
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.2697
Church [Indigenous people] - Taral, Copper, Tatitlek [Ahtna; Churches] [Possibly Copper River in background. Taral is Lower Ahtna Territory, location possibly between Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center) and Tsedi Na' (Chitina)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Indigenous, Taral, Copper, Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Tatitlek, Ahtena, Tsedi Na', Chitina, Building, Log building, Church, River
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2017.029.1194
To McCarthy & Chitina [Edgerton Cutoff interpretive marker; print date Aug 76] [Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na', Tl'aticae'e]
Keywords: Marker, Sign, McCarthy, Chitina, Tsedi Na', Edgerton Highway, Edgerton HWY, Edgerton Hwy, Cutoff, Old pack trail, Copper Center, Tl'aticae'e, Copper River, Atna, Copper River Northwestern Railroad, Interior highway system, Major Glen E. Edgerton, Major Glen Edgerton, Chief Engineer Edgerton, Edgerton, Engineer, Alaska Road Commission, AK Road Commission, ARC, A.R.C., Kay McFarland Jackson, Kay McFarland, Kathryn McFarland, Kathryn McFarland Jackson
Collection: B2017.029
B1962.001.1367
Firebox for the first Copper River Steamer “Chityna.” Weight 5700 lbs. “Chever” Hazelet. George Meals. P.S. Hunt G1167 [Chitina (riverboat); Transportation-Horses; Hazelet, “Chever”; Meals, George; People-Valdez; The Imperial] [Likely Ahtna territory]
Keywords: Firebox, Steamer, Steamboat, Riverboat, River, Copper River, Chityna, Chitina, Chever, Hazelet, Chever Hazelet, George Meals, Transportation, Horse, Valdez, The Imperial, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Ahtna Territory
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.146
“Doc Billam” and two [wives]. Copper River [Indigenous people]. Copyright 1906 by P.S. Hunt, G798. E1016 [verso: Doc Billum in top hat, woman in striped dress Doc BIllum's wife, man at far right Tony Pete from Chitina] [same as B1962.001a.145, B1062.001.1338; Ahtna; Billum, Doc; Tiekel] [Famliy with horse sled. Tiekel Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Indigenous, People, Group, Doc Billum, Family, Children, Men, Young men, Women, Young woman, Tiekel, Roadhouse, Building, Log building, Sled, Horse, Transportation, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, BIPOC, Wife, Tony Pete, Chitina, Tsedi Na'
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.145
Dock Billam and his two [wives] at Teikhell Road House. Copyright 1906 by P.S. Hunt, G798. P25 [Doc Billum in top hat, woman in striped dress Doc BIllum's wife, man at far right Tony Pete from Chitina] [caption written over earlier caption:] "E1016 Copper River Natives" [same as B1962.001a.146, B1062.001.1338; Ahtna; Billum, Doc; Tiekel] [Family with horse and sled. Tiekel, Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Indigenous, People, Group, Doc Billum, Family, Children, Men, Young men, Women, Young woman, Tiekel, Roadhouse, Building, Log building, Sled, Horse, Transportation, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, BIPOC, Wife, Tony Pete, Chitina, Tsedi Na'
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson