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B2015.008.882
Solo Flats [pack train on trail in valley. Poor quality print]
Keywords: pack horse
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001A.299
Camps at head of pack trail, elevation 1300 feet above Valdez. P.S. Hunt, G3454 [Valdez-Fairbanks Trail; Camps and camping]
Keywords: Trails, Tents, Mountains
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.301
“Mushing” the trail, mushing with pack dogs out of Valdez. P.S. Hunt, G2942 [written on back:] H.H. Box [same as B1962.001.938; Valdez-Fairbanks Trail]
Keywords: Trails, Dogs, Animals, Pack dogs, Dog packs
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1992
[Packs dogs; Indigenous people of North America] [Indigenous family on trail with pack dogs. Possibly Ahtna Territory]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Ahtna, Territory, Man, Women, Children, Child, Infant, Baby, Family, Group, Trail, Pack, Pack dogs, Dogs, Puppy, Supplies, Equipment
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.852
Scolai, 1912 [bird’s eye view of pack train on trail through Skolai Pass. Cf. .855]
Keywords: Skolai Pass, pack horse
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001.938
P.S. Hunt G2942. “Mushing” the Trail [same photo B62.1A.301; pack dogs]
Keywords: Mushing, Trails, Dogs, Pack dogs, Dog packs, Animals, Supplies
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.2236
Alaska Shop Alaskan Sourdough "John Dubriel & pack dog" [Likely this is John Dubreuil of Seward; man sitting alongside trail; pack with small axe and iron skillet; dog wearing pack on right side of trail, possibly "Murphy" from .2237]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.855
Scolai Pass, 1912. Panorama #1. Riggs [pack train on trail through Skolai Pass. Portion of
caption lightly erased]
Keywords: pack horse, Skolai Pass
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001A.204
Valdez from camps at head of Pack Trail. Elevation 1300 ft. P.S. Hunt. G3456 [?]
Keywords: Valdez, Camps and camping, Pack trail, Trails, Landscapes, Scenic
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.14
M-23. Trail scene. W. F. Milliken [group of pack horses on trail through wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.7
M-31. Trail scene. W. F. Milliken [group of pack horses on trail through wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.33.5
[five men resting on trail with packs, snowshoes, and rifle in snow, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1970.022.44
255. Dyea Trail over Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. View looking back up the trail in teh canyon, at a point two miles beyond the summit. In the foreground is an Indian woman, packing. The trail here leads for a long distance over this kind of rock. [1897]
Collection: B1970.022 Fridley
B1979.002.Album1.316
Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. R15-6. D. L. Reaburn [loaded pack horses passing log buildings, man on horseback at right, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.284
R15-2. Bridge Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. D. L. Reaburn. [line of pack horses crossing wooden bridge, rowboat on shore at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1957.005.210
Looking south over pack trail bridge, Camp 174, AEC Ry., Mar. 27, ’17. AEC G401 P.S. Hunt. Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska to Caswell, Houston.
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Pack trail, Bridge, Camp 174, P.S. Hunt, Caswell, Matanuska, Houston, Winter, Snow, Building
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1962.001.2849
Prospectors traveling the hard way. Probably Carl & Will Crarys outfit. The Arctic Mining Co. Valdez-Fairbanks Wagon Road [Crary family; Pack trains; Valdez-Fairbanks Trail; Miners]
Keywords: Prospectors, Miners, Carl Crary, Will Crary, The Arctic Mining Co., Mines and mining, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, Wagon roads, Families, Pack trains, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Transportation, Trails
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.304
Copper Center. R15-3, D. L. Reaburn [two men on horseback with pack horses on trail leading into settlement, with log buildings and walled tent, woman standing at right, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1