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B1973.079.65
[street view of Valdez 1907-1908]
Keywords: frontier, town, power line, street, shops
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1963.019.3
Lover’s Lane, Sitka, Alaska, 1908 [view of trail in Sheet'ká (Sitka), Sheet'ká Ḵwáan]
Keywords: Alaska, Sitka, 1908, 1900s, Trail, Trees, Foliage, Plants, Lover's Lane, Stumps, Sitka, Sheet'ká Ḵwáan
Collection: B1963.019 CIHS Barnet
B1971.055.1
Louis E. Boyen (Leaning on shovel) and partner. Nome, Alaska 1908 (Partner not identified)
Collection: B1971.055
B2015.008.1211
12. Ecuador, Nov. 1908. Near Guayaquil [traditional dwelling on riverbank, as seen from water]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.579
(Hydrolic giant driving ore laden gravel and rocks into elevator)(Handy M G 1908)
Keywords: mining, miner, hydrolicing, monitors
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1213
Ecuador, Nov. 1908. River Guayas above Guayaquil [distant view of boat under way]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1215
16. Peru, Dec. 1908. Payta, typical port & coastline [Paita waterfront as seen from water]
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.6
[Woman dressed in fur parkas walking past Russian Orthodox church at St. Michael in winter 1907-1908]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.1.23
Mr. Griffin, post master at Golovin and his clerk, Mr. MacCutcheon [probably H.H. McCutcheon, circa 1900-1908]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.1
B1990.014.1.23.crop
Mr. Griffin, post master at Golovin and his clerk, Mr. MacCutcheon [probably H.H. McCutcheon, circa 1900-1908]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.1
B2015.008.1210
Ecuador, Nov. 1908. Fruit, dugout canoes. River Guayas above Guayaquil [distant view of boat on river]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1216
18. Peru, Pacasmayo, Dec. 1908 [view down alley between buildings, two people walking in distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.797
1908 [five-dog team pulling sled stopped on winter trail, pine trees at left, mountains in
distance]
Keywords: dogs, dog team, winter
Collection: B2015.008
B2009.061.111
Through the Gap Thompsons Pass #109 Cantwell Ed S. Orr Stage Co. Received April 5 1908
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.1214
Peru, sugar cane being fed into factory on plantation near Trujillo. Dec. 1908 [man standing on processing machine]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.799
Handy M. Co., 1908 [photographic postcard. Monitor at hydraulic mining operation,
picks and pans on ground in foreground at right]
Keywords: mining, hydraulic mining
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001A.178
Copyright 1908 By P.S. Hunt G1960 Looking North from Valdez Fire Bell Tower, Aug. 08. [Valdez Fire Department]
Keywords: Valdez, Communities, Towns, Buildings, Fire Bell Tower, Bell towers, Fire Department
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1970.035.25
2002 - Old Russian Block House at St. Michaels, Alaska, Built 1833 Copyright 1908 by F. H. Nowell Postcard
Collection: B1970.035 Aleen Fowler Collection
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.58
(Anchorage Schools Mountain View Elem)(Jan 1954)(1 1908 54 17657)(Inlet View School)(School House and yard winter in Mountain View)
Keywords: education, school, students
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2011.007.8.3
Auntie Tetts, Nurs. School Graduation. [Etta Schureman Jones, Philadelphia Hospital Training School for Nurses, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1908.]
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2015.008.1218
21. Peru, Dec. 1908. Trujillo [view down railroad tracks between buildings, domed church at left, pedestrians on street]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1219
26. Peru, Dec. 1908. On Lima-Oroya R.R. [men leading pack mules down path to building in right foreground]
Collection: B2015.008
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
B1973.079.115
[moving the rec hall at Ft. St. Michael during the winter of 1907-1908. Woman dressed in parka standing in the foreground with workers and horses attending to the structure in the background]
Keywords: construction, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2015.008.800
Handy M. Co., 1908 [photographic postcard. Hydraulic mining operation, idle monitor in
foreground, man panning at left, three men standing next to wide sluice box in background]
Keywords: sluice box, gold mining, prospectors, mining
Collection: B2015.008
B2009.061.110
Freighting Near Icy Point, Thompsons Pass Shows width of trail nearing Icy Point going up summit. Ed S. Orr Stage Co. Received April 5, 1908
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.798
Handy M. Co., 1908 [photographic postcard. Monitor at hydraulic mining operation,
man bending over in foreground at right, log cabins in background at left, Handy Mining Co.
Cf. .579]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001A.495
Chief Goodlata-Tarral [Indigenous], Copper River, Alaska. Guy F. Cameron, V27, copyright 1908 [Goodletaw (Ahtna Chief); Ahtna, Indigenous people] [Studio portrait of man in hat. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Chiefs, Chief Goodletaw, Goodletaw, Taral, Atna, Copper River, Studios, Portraits
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1973.079.23
[U.S. 10th Infantry at attention with fire arms at Ft. St. Michael, Alaska 1906-1908. Officers in front rt to left Capt. M.B Stokes, 1st Lt. R.C. Humber. 2nd. Lt. Anton C. Cron]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2018.023.062a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “55” [caption:] “Union Mining Co. East Dump on Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska. May 3, ‘08” [two men and one horse at mining operation; ladders, structures, possible tailings pile, 1908 black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.062b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “55” [verso of slide] [caption:] “Union Mining Co. East Dump on Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska. May 3, ‘08” [two men and one horse at mining operation; ladders, structures, possible tailings pile, 1908 black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1962.001.953
The Thomas car used by the American autoists in the race around the world. Valdez, Alaska. April 9, 08. Mrs. Eames – Debney – Lang - ? Overfield, Carver – Will?? [Automobiles-1900-1909; Carver, Mr.; Debney, Mrs.; Eames, Mrs.; Lang, Mrs.; Overfield, Mr.; Valdez-1908; P.S. Hunt, photographer, G1825]
Keywords: Thomas car, Valdez, Eames, Debney, Lang, Carver Overfield, Will, Autpmobiles, Cars, Vehicles, Transportation
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson