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B1995.014.61.1
[soldiers wearing snowshoes stopped on mountainside during ascent, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, transportation, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.008.77
Peg, Santa, & Dot Smith, ’57 [Peggy and Asian American woman identified as Dot Smith posed with man in Santa Claus costume, all holding wrapped presents, decorated Christmas tree at left; print date Mar 58]
Keywords: Mullins, Peggy Farmer, 1907-1993, Smith, Dot
Collection: B2019.008
B1989.016.1574
162. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [workers harvesting crop in field, one man with tractor, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.8.6
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, men carrying coffin]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.301
R32-2. Chulitna at Ship Creek [several boats near shore or pulled onto banks for Ship Creek, including the sternwheeler Chulitna and a canoe in the foreground, men unloading supplies near a large walled tent next to a two-story building, Chugach Mountains in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.308
D. L. Reaburn [view through fir trees to rushing river with rocky banks, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.76.8
[soldier carrying backpack and walking stick crossing snow field, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.37
M-30. Part of pack train. W. F. Milliken [man on horseback leading three pack horses down gravel bank of creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.302
D. L. Reaburn's camp. D. L. Reaburn [bird's eye view of white tents in a valley, termination dust on mountains in distance, railroad exploration party, Kenai Peninsula or Matanuska Valley, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.010.6102
[passengers waiting on Alaska Railroad platform at Ship Creek, one man holding camera taking photograph of photographer, hospital visible on bluff in background, Anchorage, 1940s. Cf. .5748]
Collection: B1995.010
B2019.008.81
Dot & dogs, Feb ’58 [Asian American woman identified as Dot Smith posed with four dogs on road in winter; print date Mar 58]
Keywords: Smith, Dot
Collection: B2019.008
B1989.016.1575.2
(Dog and bear at Curry, Alaska) [bear on luggage cart on platform at Curry depot, Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1666.1
[fishermen along river, angler in hip boots in stream n foreground, others along bank, mountains in distance, Southcentral Alaska]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.90.15
[group of soldiers preparing for hike in mountainous area in winter, snowshoes and backpacks on ground, one man wearing sun goggles, Willow Creek area?]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.305
Bluff on Susitna. D. L. Reaburn [view down Susitna River, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2006.023.5450.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Alaska cotton. Photo by Walt Williams.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5483.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Golden grain and Colony farm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5450
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Alaska cotton. Photo by Walt Williams.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.5483
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Golden grain and Colony farm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1979.002.Album1.206
Looking ahead across Spencer Glacier flats to Mile 53. P. S. Hunt J1858 [view down Alaska Northern Railway/Alaska Railroad tracks running over glacial outflow, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2012.031.02
Admiral Evans at Anchorage, Nov. 18, 1916. Rupert A. Moon and family on dock.
Collection: B2012.031
B1979.002.Album1.226
Corduroy road near mile 150, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1914 [view of corduroy road from Copper River & Northwestern Railway car]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2019.015.4
JUL 65P [View of railroad tracks with a river and trees to the right, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B1979.002.Album1.197
Corduroy road built by C. R. & N. W. Ry. Co. for construction purposes near mile 145. P. S. Hunt J1911 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway track with corduroy road at left, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.39
M-24. Fording Sheep Creek. W. F. Milliken [man on horseback leading two pack horses across creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.010.5787
[passengers preparing to board railroad motorcar No. 111 at Anchorage. Has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B2006.023.6402.jpg
Vi Redington. Camping on Iditarod Trail between Little Sue [Susitna] and Fish Creek. Flat Horn Lake 1953
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6402
Vi Redington. Camping on Iditarod Trail between Little Sue [Susitna] and Fish Creek. Flat Horn Lake 1953
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1979.002.Album1.176
54. Houses at Passage Canal. Thomas Riggs Jr. [cabin and two walled tents in flat at base of mountains, rowboat visible at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, residences, houses
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1576.2
(Curry Bridge) [pedestrian bridge over Susitna River at Curry Hotel, ice in river]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1576.3
(Curry Bridge) [pedestrian bridge over Susitna River at Curry Hotel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2590
"Map of AK over USA" [map of Alaska superimposed over Lower-48 states]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.31
M-43. Talkeetna near mouth. W. F. Milliken [wide riverbed with driftwood and snags, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1573
101. Palmer blacksmith shop. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [small shack with men shoeing horses at right, children playing at left, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection