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B1989.016.2287
[log building with sign for Alaska Road Commission on dirt road]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2325.3
(Construction of Minnesota Bypass at Spenard Road, 1966) [view down road lined with buildings and utility poles, stop sign in foreground]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2001.002.25
Sign: Richardson Highway, Valdez-Chitina-Fairbanks Military Road constructed and maintained by the Alaska Road Commission. Several buildings behind sign, utility poles along road, mountains in distance.
Keywords: roads, communication, military
Collection: B2001.002 FIC
B2006.023.8821.jpg
[Dog team next to road sign reading "Nome 20"]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1983.091.S2060.13
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [Galion road grader plowing snow from city street, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2060.14
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [Galion road grader plowing snow from city street, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2006.023.4128.jpg
Dog team stopped next to road sign reading "Nome 20."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4128
Dog team stopped next to road sign reading "Nome 20."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2016.010.95
Boundary, Yukon [road sign “Welcome to the Yukon, the Magic and the Mystery”. 1987]
Keywords: tourism
Collection: B2016.010
B1983.091.S2060.15
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [automobile waiting for Galion road grader plowing snow from city street, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1273
(O76 Alaska Highway entrance sign) ["Entering Alaska, leaving Yukon Territory" sign along highway, gravl road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.338
(B69 Watson Lake Hotel, mile 635 & sign post) [sign posts along gravel road, Yukon Territory, Canada]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.028.27
[intersection of paved road, possibly Muldoon Road, with gravel Debarr Road, sign at left for “Beautiful Alaskan Village Mobile Home Park”. Alaskan Village was at 7800 Debarr in 1961]
Collection: B2017.028
B2017.022.416.4
[view down road in winter to Cook Inlet in distance, stop sign and street sign on curve at left, possibly Atwood Drive, Turnagain neighborhood]
Collection: B2017.022
B2023.011.52
Old Knik [view of dirt road with mailbox and sign to the left that reads: "Knik Bible Camp"]
Keywords: Alaska, Old Knik, Dirt road, Mailbox, Trees, Sign, Knik Bible Camp, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2017.028.29
[view down paved road, sign at left for entrance to Alaskan Village, totem poles in background next to small building, Debarr Road intersection with Muldoon Road in left background. 1961]
Collection: B2017.028
B2017.028.32
[view down paved Tudor Road looking east to Chugach Mountains, sign at left for College Park, drainage ditches along road. 1961]
Collection: B2017.028
B1995.014.97.6
[Quonset hut with sign "Out of Bounds" partially buried in snow, road in foreground, mountains in distance, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2023.009.203
Johnny setting overpass beams with crane [men walking on elevated beam, “Road Closed” sign in foreground]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Construction, Huffman Road, Huffman Bridge, Overpass, Johnny Irons, Ironworkers, Beam, Construciton signs, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B2023.009 Johnny R. Irons Collection
B1989.016.2307.1.2
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at night, automobiles on street, neon signs for businesses including Polar Bar and Anchorage Grill]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1272
O76 Alaska Hiway - different country - same road (Alaska Highway entrance sign) ["Entering Alaska, leaving Yukon Territory" sign along highway; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.19133
Rime collects on road sign atop Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, hiway to Arctic. Photographer's number: 19133
Keywords: winter, weather, snow, TAPS
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2016.006.2211
[view down dirt road, with pedestrians, sign at right for Roadhouse, buildings along river in distance, Fort Yukon]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B2016.006
B1989.016.1939.4
Spring Creek Lodge [roadhouse sign in foreground reads "Spring Creek Lodge Home Made Pies Short Orders Steak Sandwiches," log building in distance along curve in road. copy neg]
Keywords: roadhouses, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2325.8
(Construction of Minnesota Bypass at Spenard Road, 1966, Hewitt's New Store) [automobiles parked outside of brick building with signs for Hewitt's Drugs and Hobby Lobby, road under construction]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.1631
Junction Seward Hwy & Sterling [view down road in summer, signs with mileages to Homer, Moose Pass, and Seward in foreground]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1515
S82 Fort Richardson (cemetery) [entrance gate and sign for Post Cemetery, plaque set in stone, concrete, road; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.7.034
Alaska Road commission [log cabin, sign, two men at entrance, Lo Pinto?, one rings large dinner bell, triangle]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1517
S84 Skyline Service Club, Fort Richardson [structure, sign, entrance, pallets, paved road with curbs, sidewalks, automobile at far right
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1928
T172 Road thru Mt. View (Anchorage; The Spot on right) street scene at curve in road, winter; automobiles; Artesian Trailer Court sign at left; businesses: Auto Repair, Batteries, Garage; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2026
Business section, Mt. View, Alaska. T242 [Mountain View, dirt road, automobiles, school crossing sign, two young girls and dog at right, signs for National Body Shop, Mt. View Watch Shop]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.019
[men working on road construction on C Street, laying cable or structural support down lane, sign in right background for Alaska Territorial Employment Service, sign at left for Board Room Meals, Ship Creek in distance]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1403.1
[Anchorage street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street looking north, with Hewitt's Drug Store in Bevers & Pfeil Building, Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Logemann Building, parked automobiles, stop sign. photographer's shadow visible]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2290
"moose by road closed fence and sign, EB 4x5 neg" [winter scene with moose next to chain-link fence; truck in left background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.026.1595
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [road signs for O’Brien Creek and Notice to the Public] [Ahtna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Tsedi Na', O'Brien Creek, Creek, Road, Dirt Road, Unpaved, Notice to the Public, Notice, Sign, Signage
Collection: B2015.026
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.200
(Portage Glacier Lodge; August 1957) [sign for coffee shop, Alaskan souvenirs, film; structures, icebergs and mountains in background; automobiles, road, parking lots]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.2030
Spenard & Fireweed Lane Business Section. T246 [intersection of roads, with automobiles and signs for businesses including Tri-Corner Service and Parker's Department Store]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.7.035
Alaska Road Commission [sign, log cabin, two men at doorway, one possibly Lo Pinto?, metal triangle, dinner bell? mountains, trees in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.65.006
24-5 Tatsudas Bldg. [Wood structure along road "ASPSU Headquarters" and "ATA(?) Hall" signs above covered doorway; boardwalk; Ketchikan; likely August 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.65.006
24-5 Tatsudas Bldg. [Wood structure along road "ASPSU Headquarters" and "ATA(?) Hall" signs above covered doorway; boardwalk; Ketchikan; likely August 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.423
B127 Rehab Shopping Center, Bartlet, [Bartlett] AK "Seward?" gas station, The General Tire sign, automobiles, sign for Seward Sanitorium; person in medical coat and hat standing behind wood-peneled automobile; road and quonset in midground; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.17.003
5-1; April 1939; Panatonic x 40-24; Nefco cannery [New England Fish Company buildlings; boat; road in foreground; sign in background; clouds]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.17.003
5-1; April 1939; Panatonic x 40-24; Nefco cannery [New England Fish Company buildlings; boat; road in foreground; sign in background; clouds]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2023.011.73
Yukon River [view of metal bridge and road with Ųųg Han (Gwich’in) or Chu Nìikwän (Southern Tutchone) (Yukon River to the right. Sign reads: "Yukon River, 897.5"]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, Yukon River, BIPOC, Indigenous, Ųųg Han, Gwich'in, Chu Nìikwän, Southern Tutchone, Metal bridge, Sign, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1998.014.1.1373
(PT9 Valdez & print) [McKinley Street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, children, sign: "Richardson Hightway. Valdez to Chitina 131 mi Fairbanks 371 mi; United States Department of the Interior; Alaska Road Commission" sign; Pinzon Bar; Pabst, Valdez Liquor Store, City Market; Office of Alaska Road commission; food store delivery truck'
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.046.37
Solomon ferry, 8/52 [view down gravel ramp to empty ferry, sign at left reads “Solomon Ferry Service 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Daily, Alaska Road Commission”]
Collection: B1991.046
B1998.014.1.1940
T182 Nunaka Valley housing projet [sic: project] east of Anchorage [road, structures, mountains in background; sign: Nunaka Valley Homes rental office; Anchorage Park, Inc.; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley