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B1994.022.927
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation, train
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.928
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation, train
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.929
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1962.001.2195
Street scene-Cordova [Copper River and Northwestern Railway; 1900-09]
Keywords: Street scene, Cordova, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Communities, Towns, Buildings, Pedestrians
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.381
Snap shot of first ambulance containing two men wounded by Northwestern Railway marshals in Keystone Canyon, Sept. 25, ’07. P.S. Hunt, G 1627 [Alaska Home Railway; Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Ambulances, Medical care, Railroads, Canyons, Dogs, Horses, Animals, Transportation, Landscapes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.2791
1-80. Picture below is Cannery, later Railroad Carpenter Shop-Cordova [Canneries; Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Canneries, Carpenter shops, Cordova, Buildings, Businesses, Wharves, Docks, Piers, Communities
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.379
Panorama of C.R. & N.W. Railway Co.’s grade and Valdez, August 8, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G915 [same as B1962.001.728. Copper River and Northwestern Railway – Construction]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Construction, Lumber, Shorelines, Railroads
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1472
“Copper River. Bridge 27A [second negative very similar, not identical; Copper River and Northwestern Railway; Miles Glacier Bridge (?)] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Atna, Copper River, River, Miles Glacier Bridge, Bridge, Train, Locomotive, CR&NWRY, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Railway, Railroad, Transportation
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.725a
324.5-6 [small format panoramic photograph, town or camp along railroad tracks,
probably Copper River & Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.725b
324.5-6 [small format panoramic photograph, town or camp along railroad tracks,
probably Copper River & Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001A.380
C.R. & N.W. Railway grade in lower end of Keystone Canyon, Feb. 15, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G651 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway – Construction; Valdez-Fairbanks Trail]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Canyons, Trails
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.384
Copper River and Northwestern Railway Co.’s $1,500,000.00 steel bridge across the Copper River, Alaska, at Miles Glacier Station. P.S. Hunt, G3701 [Miles Glacier Bridge] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Atna, Copper River, Northwestern Railway Co., Miles Glacier Bridge, Bridge, Miles Glaciet Station, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1995.010.2265
[collapsed structure next to railroad tracks along water, Copper River and Northwestern Railway? Cf. .2245]
Collection: B1995.010
B1962.001A.383
Secretary Walter L. Fisher and party viewing Childs Glacier on Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Cordova, Alaska, August 26, ’11. P.S. Hunt, G3693
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Walter Fisher, Glaciers
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.585
{Copper River and the Abecrombie Canyon rapids}
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.595b
(childs glacier and copper river)
Keywords: Copper River, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001.1418
Looking down first cut entering Keystone Canyon. C.R. & N.W. Ry. grade. P.S. Hunt G927 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Atna, Copper River, River, Keystone Canyon, Canyon, Landscape, Scenic, CR&NWRY, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Railway, Railroad, Grade
Collection: B1962.001 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
B2015.008.582a
(Childs Glacier Copper River)
Keywords: Cordova, Copper River, river, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.582b
(Childs Glacier Copper River)
Keywords: Cordova, Copper River, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.805
82. Copper [bird’s eye view of glacial moraine on Copper River]
Keywords: glacier, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.234
Copper River rapids, Mile 52, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1894 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks, with river at right]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.209
Copper River rapids, mile 52, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1895 [view from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001A.382
The principle street in CR & NWR Co.’s town site, looking north from near The Beach, August 21, ’05. P.S. Hunt, G432 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Townsites, Towns, Buildings, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.586
(Copper River and the Abecrombie Canyon rapids Miles Glacier moraine)
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001.1417
Looking up Keystone Canyon showing C.R. & N.W. Ry. grade from top of first cut. Aug. 12, ’06. P.S. Hunt G920 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Keystone Canyon, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Grade, Rivers, Copper River, Mountains
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.595a
(116_10) {Childs glacier or Miles glacier and Copper River}
Keywords: glacier, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.804
81. Copper R., 1910 [bird’s eye view of Copper River valley, glacial moraine in
foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.131
R24-2. Miles Glacier [view of glacier terminus, possibly taken from tracks of Copper River & Northwestern Railway, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001.2950
Copper River Camp 1/78 [Copper River Valley; Transportation-Horses; Sleds] [Ahtna Territory. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Atna, Copper River, Valley, Camp, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Tracks, Trail, Mountain, Mountain range, Transportation, Horse, Sled
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.910
[view down railroad tracks to snow-covered mountains, Copper River & Northwestern
Railway. With stamp of Dora Keen. Cf. A.O. Quinn’s Iron Rails to Alaskan Copper (1995), p.115]
Keywords: mountain, railroad
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.912
[view down railroad tracks, pine trees along river at left, rock wall at right, snowcovered
mountains ahead, Copper River & Northwestern Railway. With stamp of Dora Keen.
Cf. A.O. Quinn’s Iron Rails to Alaskan Copper (1995), p.136]
Keywords: railroad, mountain, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
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
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
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
B2015.008.598
{milllion Dollar Bridge over the Copper River with Miles Glacier in the background}
Keywords: Copper River, bridge, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.4.SCN.21.17280
The Copper River near the confluence of the Big Tonsina River.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2015.008.593
(Copper River flooded 3 miles 3 feet deep)
Keywords: Copper River, flooding, rail road
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.594
(Copper River flooded 3 miles 3 feet deep)
Keywords: Copper River, rail road
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.228
Kuskulana River bridge, Mile 149, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1912 [distant view of Copper River & Northwestern Railway bridge in wooded area]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1