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B2015.008.583
{glacier and mountains as seen with reflecting pool in the foreground}
Keywords: mountains, Chugach, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.585
{Copper River and the Abecrombie Canyon rapids}
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.65.8
[soldiers wearing snowshoes and backpacks on traverse, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.81.4
[large tents in wooded area in winter, inflatable raft on snow in center]
Keywords: boats, camping, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.582a
(Childs Glacier Copper River)
Keywords: Cordova, Copper River, river, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4877
(Cronin #3 snowplow approaching Healy 1920)
Keywords: railroad, train, transportation, winter
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.79.14
[scenic with tracks in snow through wooded area, mountain peaks in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.858
White River, 1912 [distant view of two men on horseback leading pack train across
river]
Keywords: pack horse, river
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.582b
(Childs Glacier Copper River)
Keywords: Cordova, Copper River, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.163
R31-8. Ship Creek [group of men posed for camera, man standing at left possibly holding surveyor's tripod, tall birch or cottonwood trees in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.182
44. Line across Passage Canal flats. Thomas Riggs Jr. [railroad line? view of flats with water at left, mountains in back, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1483.2
49. Fox ranch, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four foxes eating out of metal bowls in wire enclosure, building visible behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.094a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [scenic view of mountain, trees, meadow; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.169
58. Keystone. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2039.2
[group portrait of men inside hall or banquet room, some wearing black tie, some in suits, some in military uniforms]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.117
9C. Alaska Northern Ry. C. R. Breck [view down railroad tracks running across gravel riverbed or flats, mountains in distance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.119a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “27” [scenic view looking toward a canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.120a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “24” [scenic view of aerial tramway across Colorado River, Grand Canyon at Bright Angel Fault; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2015.008.1217
20. Peru, Dec. 1908. Trujillo, a walled town at foot of Andes. Founded by Pizarro to keep the Incas out [distant view of buildings and pedestrians]
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.094b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: scenic view of mountain, trees, meadow; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.118
10B. North Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.119b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “27” [verso of slide: scenic view looking toward a canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.120b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “24” [verso of slide: scenic view of aerial tramway across Colorado River, Grand Canyon at Bright Angel Fault; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.579.1
A-37. Where they meet, Nenana, Alaska. Johnson & Tyler, Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [train and sternwheeler at Nenana dock, Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.165
M-36. Kashwitna River. W. F. Milliken [two men standing on logs near riverbank waiting for third man to cross river on rope line, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.189
E12 81025 Looking up Valley of 10000 smokes from lower end_Mt Mageik_First fuel water and feed{desolate landscape with mountains in the background}
Keywords: volcanic landscape, valley of 10000 smokes
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.863
Nizina, 1913 [bird’s eye view of river valley]
Keywords: river, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.051
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” [students, mostly girls, in back of pickup truck with star-spangled banner, Fourth of July at Eklutna] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
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, Girls, Boys, Children, Schoolchildren, Students, Indigenous, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Summer, Holiday, Truck, Star-spangled, Banner
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.002.Album1.170
51. Falls in Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [waterfall as seen from gravel roadbed at base, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1651
[street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage looking north, with automobiles parked outside Hewitt's Drug Store in the Bevers & Pfeil Building, Cook Inlet in distance]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.009
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Sunset on Cooks Inlet at 9:30 PM [scenic, with cache silhouetted in center] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
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, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Cache, Storehouse, Storage, Sunset
Collection: B2019.003
B2017.029.0995
Palmer old rd. [view down Old Glenn Highway in winter, with freezing fog and hoar frost on trees, snow on mountains; print date Jan 84]
Keywords: Palmer, Road, Palmer old road, Old Glenn Highway, Old Glenn HWY, Old Glenn hwy, Road, Highway, Freezing fog, Hoar frost, Frost, Fog, Kay McFarland Jackson, Kay McFarland, Kathryn McFarland, Kathryn McFarland Jackson, Winter, Midwinter, Mountain
Collection: B2017.029
B1979.002.Album1.164
R19-10. T. Riggs Jr., F. Mears. [written on back: "Riggs and Mears, Copper Center." Lt. Frederick Mears and Thomas Riggs Jr. standing outside log building, both wearing hats and high lace-up boots, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, clothing, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.853
Russell, 1912 [Russell Glacier moraine in foreground, possibly White River in distance]
Keywords: glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.1305
(Cronin#2 "Scurvy Kid" dog team 1919)(dog team service to Fairbanks)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2018.023.118a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “2” [Man sitting atop cage suspended by cable along a canyon wall; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.118b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “2” [verso of slide: Man sitting atop cage suspended by cable along a canyon wall; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023