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B1962.001.1922
[Nome Beach, 1909]
Keywords: Nome, Beaches, Waterfront, Communities, Buildings, Houses, Homes
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1963
Anderson Irving-Nome 1909. Paystreak Roadhouse 1909 [Anderson, A.A.; Irving, ?; Automobiles-1900-1909; Nome-1909; Paystreak Roadhouse]
Keywords: Anderson Irving, Nome, Paystreak Roadhouse, Roadhouses, Lodging, Automobiles, A.A. Anderson, Transportation
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1910
Wharf at Nome [1909; Nome-Docks; People-Nome]
Keywords: Wharves, Docks, Piers, Nome, People, Communities, Boats and boating, Children
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1921
Shriners - Nome [People-Nome; 1909; Masonic Hall]
Keywords: Shriners, Fraternities, Nome, Masonic Lodge, Masonic Hall, Lodges, Masons
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1965.018.350a
Pans of gold after a clean up on Anvil Creek Nome 1909
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1971.014.20
On Yukon River, Alaska Indian in Birch bark canoe [1909?]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1962.001.1911
Front Street [Album notation: B62.1.2731. Nome; 1909; Miners Hotel]
Keywords: Nome, Front Street, Street view, Pedestrians, Miners Hotel, Lodging, Hotels, Businesses, Shops, Stores, Boardwalks
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1956
Entrance Pay Streaks Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (1909) [Seattle]
Keywords: Entrance Pay Streaks, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Exposition, 1909, Seattle
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.2306
P.S. Hunt photo copy 1909. Banquet tendered the Alaska Road Commission April 17, 1909. [Copy of B62.1.971 also B62.1.764. Alaska Road Commission; Houses and buildings Interiors; G2186]
Keywords: Banquet, Meal, Alaska Road Commission, AK Road Commission, ARC, A.R.C., Building, Interior, Men, American flag
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1924
[Album notation, see B62.1.2731. Nome Beach, 1909; Boats and Boating; Nome-Churches]
Keywords: Nome, Beaches, Waterfront, Communities, Shorelines, Boats and boating, Churches, Buildings
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.2731
[Album cover:] Nome trip Steamer “Yucatan” 1909 [Yucatan (Steamship); Aboard ship]
Keywords: Nome, Travel, Passengers, Transportation, Boats and boating, Steamships, Yucatan, Ships
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2012.028.187
“October Morning” Copper River, Alaska / Copyright 1909 / E. A. Hegg
Collection: B2012.028
B2015.008.801
Hubbard Glacier, 1909, fr. Osier Island [view from gravel beach to glacier terminus]
Keywords: Hubbard Glacier, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001.1239
Cold Bay [Unangax̂ people] - 1909 [Indigenous people - Aleutian Islands; Baidarkas; Cold Bay]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Unangax̂, Unangax, Baidarkas, Bidarkas, Boats, Boating, Cold Bay
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1912
Second Street [Album notation: B62.1.2731. Nome; 1909; Post Office; Golden Gate Hotel]
Keywords: Nome, Second Street, Street views, Post Offices, Golden Gate Hotel, Hotels, Lodging, Buildings, Town, Communities, Boardwalks
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.196
Valdez, Alaska. Copyright 1909 by P.S. Hunt, G2338 [Houses and buildings; Docks, piers and wharves]
Keywords: Valdez, Wharves, Docks, Piers, Houses, Buildings
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.197
Valdez, Alaska. Copyright 1909 by P.S. Hunt, G2339-40 [Houses and buildings; Docks, piers and wharves]
Keywords: Valdez, Wharves, Docks, Piers, Houses, Buildings
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1994.009a.indianboy
1991. Indian boy and his bear cub pets. Copyright 1909 by Edw. H. Mitchell [tinted postcard]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B2017.029.1898
[young women wearing kuspuks and blue jeans dancing indoors; print date Jun 90. Cf. .1909]
Collection: B2017.029
B1962.001.1917
Golden Gate Hotel [Album notation: B62.1.2731. Nome; 1909; Second Street; Post Office; Whiting Drive; Briner’s (Store?)]
Keywords: Golden Gate Hotel, Hotels, Lodging, Businesses, Street views, Nome, Second Street, Post offices, Whiting Drive, Briner's, Stores, Shops, Boardwalks, Flags, Pedestrians, Towns
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2008.015.1.18.2
Strs. Nora & Northwestern, Seward, Alaska, N.E.A. Aug. 2, 1909. L. H. P. [Louis H. Pedersen?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B2008.015
B1962.001.1920
Nome Water Front, 1909 [Beach; U.S. Lifesaving Service; Rose, Thomas A., Boatman; Beach Boat House; Houses and buildings-Nome]
Keywords: Nome, Waterfront, Beaches, U.S. Lifesaving Service, Services, Medical services, Thomas A. Rose, Thomas Rose, Boatman, Boat houses, Buildings
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1994.022.462
Komot and Pungi, Eskimo Village, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wash., 1909. Official Post Card [same image as B1994.022.461]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1962.001.1913
Barrick Square [1909; Nome, Barrack Square; Steinmann and Adams; Hotel Sheldon; Lomen Brothers, Nome Photographers; People-Nome; Postal service; Flyer (Steamship)]
Keywords: Barrick Square, Nome, Street views, Pedestrians, Barrack Square, Steinmann and Adams, Hotel Sheldon, Hotels, Lodging, Businesses, Buildings, Photographers, Postal service, Post offices, Shops, Boardwalks
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.1254
Punta Arenas, S.S. Condor, escampavio of Chilean Navy. 44. Chile, Mar. 1909. In which 21 of us went on 11 day trip to Última Esperanza [ship at anchor]
Collection: B2015.008
B2013.050.1030
Rev. Alexander Panteleev family & servant in Bishop's House parlor, Unalaska ca. 1909-13 Unalaska Aleut Development Corp. & National Park Service
Collection: B2013.050
B2011.014.11
.11—[Log house with woman and man seated on porch, “Abe Stein” nameplate on front door. Abe or Abraham Stein is listed on First or Second Avenues in Fairbanks in Polk Directories for 1902, 1903, 1907, 1909-10]
Collection: B2011.014
B1990.003.010
Motor Launches P.V. Valdez, Swan (TMO's boat purchased from Bill Murphy) 1909 or 1910 @ Fire Island Tom Odale pix PV (Ellickson) Valdez (McCarthy brought it in.) first gasoline boats on Cook Inlet
Collection: B1990.003 Alyce E_ Anderson Collection
B2018.023.027a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [caption from verso: "Walrus killed on ice floes off Siberian coast, Bering Sea by G. Madsen. June, 1909" hunting scene; harpoon; parkas; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.027b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: caption from verso: "Walrus killed on ice floes off Siberian coast, Bering Sea by G. Madsen. June, 1909" hunting scene; harpoon; parkas; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2015.008.962
Note especially the heavy 1914 line of the Barry Glacier and former tributaries and
progressive recession shown by lines of previous years. Letters show the photographic
stations of Grant and Page whose map it is. (Enlarge if possible) [Map of Harriman Fiord, Port
Wells (1909)]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.962a
Note especially the heavy 1914 line of the Barry Glacier and former tributaries and
progressive recession shown by lines of previous years. Letters show the photographic
stations of Grant and Page whose map it is. (Enlarge if possible) [Map of Harriman Fiord, Port
Wells (1909)]
Keywords: note
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001.2035
Richardson Highway ½ m from Tiekel Roadhouse (1963). Then (1909) called Tiekel Mile 52 (one print says mile 49 ½) on right side of road going to Valdez. Roadhouse is mile 50 now (1963). S.S. more this way [Tiekel River; Transportation-Horses]
Keywords: Richardson Highway, Highways, Tiekel Roadhouse, Roadhouses, Tiekel Mile 52, Tiekel River, Rivers, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Transportation, Trails
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1302
First Valdez School Old City Hall 1. Alice LIEDY-governor Liedy’s daughter (not Gov. of Alaska). 2. Miss Moorehouse teacher about 1901 on Broadway or 1902. [Valdez-Schools; People-Valdez, 1900-1909; Moorehouse, Miss; Liedy, Alice; Valdez-City Hall; Valdez, Broadway (street); School teachers]
Keywords: Valdez, Schools, City Hall, Alice Liedy, Moorehouse, Teachers, School teachers, Pupils, Students, Children, Broadway Street
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
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