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B1989.016.1743.2
(Anchorage railroad yards, Aug. 1951) [view of Alaska Railroad yards at Ship Creek, looking northwest towards Government Hill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.17.025
[Anchorage, overlooking Ship Creek, railroad tracks, creek, buildings, Government Hill, houses in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.17.028
[Anchorage, ship Creek, Government Hill in distance, railroad, locomotive, warerhouse in mid-ground, automobiles.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1743.3
(Anchorage railroad yards, Aug. 1951) [view of Alaska Railroad yards at Ship Creek, looking northeast towards water tower, Government Hill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1178
A.R.R. Depot, Anchorage [view of top of Alaska Railroad headquarters looking north to Government Hill. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.12
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view, probably from Government Hill overlooking Alaska Railroad yards and downtown beyond]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.2
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view, probably from Government Hill overlooking Alaska Railroad yards and downtown beyond]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.3
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view, probably from Government Hill overlooking Alaska Railroad yards and downtown beyond]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.15
[Alaska Railroad yards at Anchorage in winter, looking north from downtown with Ship Creek and Government Hill, Cook Inlet at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1597
[bird's eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters and depot under construction at Anchorage, with rail yards and Government Hill in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1179.1
Alaska R.R. Depot, Anchorage. Hewitt's [view of Alaska Railroad headquarters in winter, looking north to Government Hill. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1957.005.182
Map, railroad route, Anchorage to Chickaloon and main line to Houston showing agricultural mining & industrial development, in vicinity of government railroad. Feb. 1918 Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch [AEC H55. cf. .33] [3 copies]
Keywords: Railroad route, Railroad route map, Railroad map, Chickaloon, Route to Chickaloon, Anchorage to Chickaloon, Anchorage to Chickaloon route, Houston, Railroad main line, Main line to Houston, Agricultural development, Mining development, Industrial development, Government railroad, Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaskan Engineering Commission H55. cf. .33, AEC, AEC H55. cf. .33, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Willow Creek Mining Dist., Willow Creek Mining District, Matanuska Coal Field, Matanuska River, Alaskan Engineering Commission, Matanuska Branch
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1989.016.1772.10
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view, possibly Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Ship Creek in middle distance, downtown or Government Hill beyond?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.11
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view, possibly Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Ship Creek in middle distance, downtown or Government Hill beyond?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1743.4
(Anchorage railroad yards, Aug. 1951) [view of Alaska Railroad yards at Ship Creek, looking northwest towards Cook Inlet and Government Hill, N.F. Nelson Warehouse and Henry F. Wolf Lumber in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.9
14. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band playing at Anchorage depot, with spectators crowded around Kiwanis Club grandstand, Government Hill in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1710.5
(Anchorage Depot and Waterfront, June 1950) [bird's eye view of Alaska Railroad yard in Anchorage with Government Hill, Ship Creek, Anchorage docks at left. cf. 1593]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1710.7
(Anchorage Depot and Waterfront, June 1950) [bird's eye view of Alaska Railroad yard in Anchorage with Government Hill, Ship Creek, Anchorage docks at left. cf. 1593]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1901
(ANS Hospital, 1952) [view from Government Hill looking east to Chugach Mountains, with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, water tower and Alaska Native Service Hospital in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.005.153
Ship Creek and Government Hill area this includes trains and all of the railroad buildings and support operations along the Ship Creek drainage corridor. Mt Mckinnley (Denali is visible in the distance)
Keywords: trains, mountains, Cook Inlet, railroad, construction, cars, trees, house
Collection: B2008.005
B2019.003.025
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Waiting station in summer [two women posed in front of Eklutna depot] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet. Alaska Railroad depot.]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Waiting station, Eklutna Waiting Station, Alaska Railroad waiting station, Alaska Railroad depot, Alaska Railroad, Railroad depot, Women, Women waiting, Summer, Train cars
Collection: B2019.003
B1983.146.304
Government Right of Way Anchorage Alaska.Pyatt [man standing on railroad tracks passing tents, wooden buildings, two flag poles, Montana Pool Room] negative, printcf. 327
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.1914.1
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1914.2
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1914.3
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1952
T190 Anchorage, Alaska (Air view; postcard 1946) [aerial view looking northwest over Fairview, Downtown, Ship Creek, Government Hill, Alaska Railroad, Fort Richardson, Elmendorf, Knik]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1622
T28 Anchorage - Alaska [view looking north from downtown toward Alaska Railroad Building, Ship Creek at low tide, docks, pier, canneries, strucutures, quonset huts, railroad cars, tracks, boats, automobiles, Knik Arm, Government Hill in right background; Knik in left background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1710.1
(Anchorage Depot and Waterfront, June 1950) [bird's eye view of Alaska Railroad yard in Anchorage with Government Hill, Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; S.S. Sackett's Harbor at dock? cf. 1593]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1667
(T45 Anchorage, Fort Richardson and vicinity; 1948 postcards, 400) [aerial view looking northwest from near Westchester, Park Strip, Merrill Field, Ship Creek, Government Hill, piers, port, railroad tracks, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1875
T142 Anchorage, Alaska (aerials) view looking northwest over Fairview, South Addition, Park Strip, Downtown, Ship Creek, railroad, port, Government Hill, Cook Inlet, Knik, cemetery at center, McKinley Building; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1864
T138 Anchorage, Alaska {Anchorage, aerials (same as T190 [1.1952])} [aerial view looking northwest showing neighborhoods, McKinley Building, Native hospital, Ship Creek, railroad yard, train, port, Government Hill, cemetery, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.001
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Waiting station [two men and woman posed at Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna). Man on left identified in 2022 as possibly Shem Pete per Aaron Leggett]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Waiting station, Alaska Railroad, Depot
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.036
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Pre-school children [children posed in front of Eklutna depot in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Eklutna school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Waiting station, Eklutna Waiting Station, Alaska Railroad waiting station, Alaska Railroad depot, Alaska Railroad, Railroad depot, Indigenous, Indigenous students, Students, Schoolchildren, Children, Group photo, Pre-school children, Preschool children, Preschoolers, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.027
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” The school in winter [distant view of buildings, people standing on depot platform in middle ground] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Waiting station, Eklutna Waiting Station, Alaska Railroad waiting station, Alaska Railroad depot, Alaska Railroad, Railroad depot, School, View of school, School grounds, School campus, Campus, Dorms, Dormitories, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.001.087
Driving the first spike, April 29, 1915. [caption attached to image:] Driving the first spike on the Government railroad at Anchorage on April 29, 1915. Participants in the event have not been identified. [from verso:] Miss Martha White of Ladd Station near Tyonic, 19 years old. [men observe while woman prepares to swing spike driver tool]
Collection: B1979.001 AHFAM FIC
B1979.002.5023
"Babe" "White" Driving First Spike on ARR, Ship Creek, Alaska. Apr. 29, 1915 Hist (Early Anchorage) Daughter of owner of the "Whitehouse" Workers bunk house Ship Creek (Anchorage) beginning of track, N. & S. of Anchorage. Thwaites. 20013 Driving the First Spike On The Government Railroad Ship Creek, Alaska
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2019.003.032
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Boys basketball team [boys wearing uniforms posed in front of Eklutna depot in winter, coach standing in center] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous students, Indigenous young men, Young men, Students, Indigenous athletes, Athletes, Basketball, Basketball team, Basketball team photo, Boys Basketball, Boys Basketball team, Boys Basketball team photo, Team photo, Basketball uniforms, Basketball jersey, Basketball coach, Sports, Winter, Waiting station, Eklutna Waiting Station, Alaska Railroad waiting station, Alaska Railroad depot, Alaska Railroad, Railroad depot
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1666
T45 Anchorage, Fort Richardson and Vicinity (1948 postcards, 400) [aerial view overlooking Westchester, South Addition, Ship Creek, port, Government Hill, railroad, Merrill Field, Park Strip, East Anchorage, Chugach Mountains, snow; object near center of image appears to have been obscured with pen; copy neg; emulsion separting from base at right edge of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1957.005.023
Anchorage Seward train obstructed by snowslide at mile 72 Gov't R[ail]road. Nov. 29, 1918. HGK AEC H122 [on verso:] J.T.C. Supt. Of Transp., W. Gerig Assist. Chief Engineer, F.A. Hansen District Engineer, Chas Mathison? Locomotive Engineer, Henry Howard, Clarence Olsen Conductor [Group of men standing beside train partially hidden by avalanche at mile 72 of Alaska Engineering Commission government railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, AEC, Train, Snowslide, Mile 72, Superintendent of Transportation, William Gerig, Chief Engineer, F.A. Hansen, District Engineer, Chas Mathison, Locomotive Engineer, Henry Howard, Clarence Olsen, Conductor, Avalanche
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd