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AEC.G642
Photograph taken from the deck of an unknown river steamer of AEC's Kroto Landing on the Susitna River. The landing is a small spit of land which has a collection of 6 walled tents and a barge which also has a walled tent set up on it's deck.
Keywords: river, tents, barge, outpost
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1998.014.1.1742
(T72 Cordova, Alaska, from hill) [scenic view, similar to .1742]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1735
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [scenic view of pier, structures on pilings]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1778
(T95 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the north begins) [scenic view of city looking over the North Saskatchewan River, bridge at far left; Alberta Legislature Building and possibly the Hotel Macdonald in skyline; agriculture, structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.447
All that remains of West Hartford Library is the gable of its attic, in centre [crowds of people gathered on riverbank, looking across river to damaged buildings opposite]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1737
(T70 Cordova Park) [Nirvana Park Cordova, Alaska, three children play in water, creek; toddler in right background sitting near tree stumps; possibly clothing on ground; bridge, burled post in center background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.1135
.1134 - 1138 – Winds raked Anchorage. Official Entry, Best Photo Series, Alaska Press Club Competition 1980 [Trifold mount. Five images from photo feature on November 1979 windstorm. Entry blank and original clipping adhered to back of mount.] Before the winds blew, this truck and trailer were parked neatly next to each other behind St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 2111 Muldoon Road. Now, they give new meaning to the term semi-trailer.
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.1136
.1134 - 1138 – Winds raked Anchorage. Official Entry, Best Photo Series, Alaska Press Club Competition 1980 [Trifold mount. Five images from photo feature on November 1979 windstorm. Entry blank and original clipping adhered to back of mount.] Boots Nelson is understandably upset. Her front yard is now littered with the roof of her house and the wreckage of her son’s motorcycle. And behind her home in the trailer park at DeBarr and Muldoon are the remnants of a shed taken by the wind, too.
Collection: B2016.004
B2014.016.1856
Kiana, on the Kobuk River. Eskimo cache above the Arctic Circle [Alaska Native man and White man stand near log cache, fish drying rack at left, fireweed in foreground]
Keywords: food, fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B1998.014.1.1986
"T212 Kenai by the road" [looking down gravel road; businesses and automobiles on left; log structures, Mount Redoubt in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1975
T204 Lawing, Alaska, on Kenai Lake "'Alaska Nellie' home & buildings" [cabins on supports; lake in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1777
(T94 Dawson Creek, British Columbia; mile "0" starting point over the Alaska Hiway) [sign in street: "Dawson Creek; Ft. St. John 49; Ft. Nelson 300; Whitehorse 918; Fairbanks 1523; Mile '0' Alaska Hi-way, Junior Chamber of Commerce" businesses and street in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1741
T72 Cordova and Orca Bay (Cordova, Alaska from hill) [scenic view looking toward town center, small boat harbor, breakwater on left, structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1740
(T71 Cordova, Alaska; Cordova Main Street) [street scene, similar to .1738, including two men sitting on a bench; dust from automobile on street]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2142.9
P-538B, 9/22/36 (Mr. Jacobs) [portrait of man, Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.112
(catastrophe)(September 1953)(2136)(Anchorage Fire dept. Gov Hill)
Keywords: fire truck, fire station
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.1807
(T113 Sitka, totem poles) Frank Morgan photo [copy neg; Lakich'inei pole in foreground, possibly Yaadaas Crest pole and Mosquito Legend pole in background; spruce trees, pathway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2029
T245 Spenard, Alaska [street scene with stoplight; automobiles; Piggly Wiggly store, LIquors Cold Beer; Gordon's Family Shoe Store]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1793
T103 Government hospital at Kotzebue, Alaska [wood structure with cross on rooftop, flagpole with American flag; chairs to right of Arctic entry and stairs; chimneys, stovepipe; structures to right of hospital including possibly an enclosed porch, steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1743
(T73 Cordova, Alaska; Cordova Main Street) [street scene, automobile supported by a jack and with open trunk parked in front of liquor store missing tire; businesses, store fronts, Cafe, Alaskan Hotel, Card Room, Cordova Hotel, Lutheran Mission, Liquor Store, Pop's Taxi, Cordova Steam Laundry, Cordova Studio - Developing and Printing; children riding bicycles; people walking on boardwalks; man in doorway of liquor store; woman walking at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1888
T152 Palmer, Alaska [street scene with railroad tracks in foreground, structures, businesses: Koslosky's Department Store, Palmer Drug; Valley Real Estate - Insurance, automobiles; quonset at far right; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.264
"Anch skyline, 8-10-65; Misc. skylines; Good seconds. from top of McKinley Bldg & 1200 L Bldg & Knik arms - L St at 7th (some duplicates. see different angles" [4th Avenue. note vacant lots in right side of image from 64 earthquake clean-up]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.312
Anch Skyline 4th Ave Anch East & West w exteme wide angle Lens-Hasselblad 1-29-65
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1979.002.Album1.257
R8-9. Ship Creek [view of Cook Inlet, near mouth of Ship Creek? Railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.1893
Seward, Alaska (T154 Main St) [4th Avenue Methodist Church, pickup truck, Spic & Span Cleaners, ladder, two gulls at side of street, fire hydrant, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
AEC.AN5
Results of Lowell Creek Flood at Seward Sept 9-12, 1917 ANRy [Several men surveying the damage done by floods to the railroad track]
Keywords: destuction, damage, railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1998.014.1.1889
T153 Matanuska Valley (farm scene) [road, structures, barn, house, sheds; fields, staked plants at left, gate, fence; mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1369
(PT5 Nome) [aerial view; water in foreground, harbor, beach, structures, roads, landing strip; hills in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1859
T134 At Homer, Alaska [copy neg; tree in foreground; structures; military truck, possibly soil being excavated]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1887
T151 Palmer, Alaska (Main St) [copy neg; street scene with railroad track in foreground; automobiles; businesses: Gas sation, Bakery, Clara's Variety, Shamrock Lounge, laundry, liquor store, Koslosky's Department Store, Palmer Drug]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.119.1
(catastrophe)(1949)(4th Ave at D street looking into south side of street. Kennedy Hardware and KFQD Radio station which in the twenty's was the Harmony Theater. Kennedy Hardware was in bldg that in the 20's was occupied by Mrs Ashton's clothing and dry goods store; on corner was a graocery store, but time of the Batles fire it was used as a bus depot.
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.1809
T114 Sitka, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo (Sitka, National Monument of Totem poles) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service sign between two totems, possibly Raven and Eagle; Waasgo Legend Pole and Raven/Shark Pole at center along pathway and plaque]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1734
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [similar to .1733]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.224.004
70-2 Doorway of Russian mission [fence and gate in foreground; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.224.005
70-2 Sitka Inn [Man wearing apron on front porch of boarding house; signs: Mrs. Salo's Boarding houise, rooms: Room, Board, Meals; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018