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b1969.015.1.64
[Man driving horse-drawn wagon, stopped in front of log buildings.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
AEC.G959
"Wagon road in Matanuska Valley" [team of horses on road]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2019.003.067
Mt. McKinley Park [passengers and two men wearing ranger hats on horse-drawn wagon, cabins in background, possibly Camp Eielson]
Keywords: Denali, Denali National Park, Denali Park, Denali National Park and Reserve, Mt. McKinley, Mount McKinley, Mt. McKinley Park, Park, Men, Passengers, Wagon, Horse-drawn wagon, Horse-drawn, Horse, Horses, Cabins
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.914
P-527. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Haying Time) [two men with horse-drawn wagon gathering hay from field in Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.915
P-527B. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Haying Time) [two men with horse-drawn wagon gathering hay from field in Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.870.1
P-23. Hewitt's [horse team hitched to wagon, Matanuska Valley?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.870.2
P-24. Hewitt's [horse team hitched to wagon, Matanuska Valley?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.870.4
P-50. Hewitt's. [man with horse pulling wagon next to building, Matanuska Valley?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.061.105
[horse-drawn wagon of U.S. mail service stopped outside log roadhouse with sign for Ed S. Orr Stage Line Chitina-Fairbanks Winter Circle Line, pile of firewood at right]
Keywords: businesses, transportation, animals, postal services
Collection: B2009.061
B1989.016.2055.7
7 (July 4, 1938, parade) [men on horseback, horse-drawn wagon, and truck carrying logs assembled on field, possibly baseball field, with advertisements along back wall, truck with banner advertising a sawmill]
Keywords: businesses, animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.14
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 14) [people riding in horse-drawn wagon with shrubbery, American flags and banner reading "We had cows in 1776, we have them now but we had no pasteurized milk in 1776 but we have it now at Ohl's Dairy"]
Keywords: food, animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.906
P-519. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Hayfield at Palmer) [horse team with wagon among hay stacks in field, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1972.046.131
712.Teams starting from Dyea for canyon, Chilkoot Ry. & T. Co., April 24, 99. E. A. Hegg [several horse-drawn wagons stopped outside three-story wood-frame building in Dyea, water visible in distance]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B2013.007.058
[horse-drawn wagon stopped outside 36 Roadhouse, men and dogs on building’s roof, signs on walls “Take trail at No. 77 for 30 Below Lower Dominion Ck & Dawson Short Cut,” “Dog feed for sale,” “The Nugget Express”]
Collection: B2013.007
B1966.010.10
4th of July Parade 1919, Anchorage. [two horses pull decorated wagon, dog drinks from puddle, people watching from windows and boardwalk]
Collection: B1966.010 CIHS Anderson
B1989.016.2143.36
76. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Alaska [man loading supplies into wagon being pulled by horse team, woman and child sitting in wagon, another man looking on, outside building with sign for The Alaska Telegraph System, Signal Corps U.S. Army]
Keywords: communications, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.307
Packhorse of D. L. Reaburn. R15-1. D. L. Reaburn [man holding horse carrying pack, log stable, log cabin, and wagon in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.4687
"Exp sta threshing scene, 1918" [sleeve 25; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466; three men working, strawstack, threasher, barn, wagon, tractor, horses, shovel, Engine distallate can on ground, funnel, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1963.016.006
The first snow fall in Anchorage. 4th Ave Oct 8, 1915 (Anchorage 1915-1916 Townsite) [an elevated view of downtown Anchorage showing people walking along the street and board walk, business store fronts; horse team and wagon]
Keywords: frontier, town
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1979.002.4670
"north hillside May 1, 1918. Plenty moisture here" [sleeve 1; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, two horses hitched to sledge; harness, yoke, two men standing in knee-deep snow; two dogs on wagon; fields in distance]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.1764
T89 Lesser Slave Lake Village, approach road to Dawson Ck. (Alaska Highway) [Alberta, Canada, road scene; railway crossing, fences, structures, "Imperial Dealer," "Coffee shop, meal"; tractor in roadway, automobiles, two horses hitched to wagon at left; church]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.147a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [from verso] “0785 Pioneer Square, Seattle, Wash; Detroit Publishing Co.” [street scene with men, women walking; horses pulling wagons; Hotel Seattle at center; structures; utility poles; street lamps; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.147b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] “0785 Pioneer Square, Seattle, Wash; Detroit Publishing Co.” [verso of slide: street scene with men, women walking; horses pulling wagons; Hotel Seattle at center; structures; utility poles; street lamps; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023