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B1964.001.495
Arrival of the Midnight Sun Limited at Fairbanks
Keywords: railroad
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1993.020.1187
(Matanuska Ferry arriving at Haines terminal)
Keywords: ferry, transportation
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1997.019.10full
Arriving at the edge of the open water the boat is cached.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1971.014.06
East Cape Eskimo, in Oomiak arriving in Nome, Alaska
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1979.002.1306
Cronin#8 Limited from Healy arriving at Nenana 1920)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.456.4
6. Hewitt's [priests arriving, Providence Hospital construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1999.014.1392
Canneries. Red salmon arriving at A.P.A. Cannery, Karluk, Alaska.
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2006.023.7703
Larry "Cowboy" Smith arriving in Galena. Copyright Jeff Schultz.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1995.014.5.8
[parishoners and priest arriving at church, priest wearing robe and carrying cross]
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.091.C5300.6
Sam McKinney First Mail Truck arrival in Anch. 5-2-62
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.708.14
Cannery operations [fishing boat arriving at dock. At Emard's in Cook Inlet, Anchorage?]
Keywords: canneries, fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001A.276
Furs from interior of Alaska arriving Valdez. P.S. Hunt, G3195 [Fur trade; Sleds]
Keywords: Valdez, Dogs, Sleds, Sled dogs, Animals, Transportation, Furs, Pelts, Buildings, Fur trade
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.708.15
Cannery operations [fishing boat Tyonek arriving at dock. At Emard's in Cook Inlet, Anchorage?]
Keywords: canneries, fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.011.042
Seals ‘hauled out” along shoreline when they spend the summer. Cows arrive in early May and have a pup almost at once. Bulls would arrive ~weeks earlier. All would have left by mid-Nov. to go south. [Has neg; 1938; St George]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2015.008.615
(124_9 Arrival at Ridge Camp 9th day 7pm){mountaineer standing atop large rock outcrop}
Keywords: mountaineer, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
AEC.G1156
A.E.C. G-1156 March 4-1919 Mixed Train Arrives at Mile 227 End of Steel.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.G1732
AEC G-1732 HG Keiser First Steamer of Season Arrives at Anchorage March 29-1921
Keywords: steamer, transportation, shipping
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1998.025.30
(B24 on ramp at Elmendorf Field Cars are awaiting arrival of Mayor Fiorell LaGuardia on a tour of Alaska's war facilities)(airplanes)
Keywords: military
Collection: B1998.025 Candy Waugaman
B2008.015.1.41.2
Leaving Anchorage, Alaska, with $265,000.00, Iditorod gold dust, that arrived over the A.E.C. Ry. A.E.C. G264, P.S. Hunt
Collection: B2008.015
B1963.016.038
Arrival govt. surveyors, Knik, Alaska. 623 [AEC survey party with horses and wagons. Postcard] [Dena'ina Territory, Dena'ina Elnena]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Dena'ina, Territory, Dena'ina Elnena, Knik, Arrival, Government, Government surveyors, Surveyors, Workers, Crew, Team, Buildings, AEC, Alaskan Engineers Commissions, A.E.C., Survey party, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Wagons, Transportation, Shore, Postcard, Photograph
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B2015.008.288
The tractor arrives, April 6, 1917 [view down muddy drive to Beulah Farm barn, man standing in foreground at left]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.025.005-009
Arrival of Daphne on her maiden voyage to Anchorage, June 27, 1962, at Port of Anchorage [five images of barge Daphne approaching dock]
Collection: B2015.025
B2015.025.005
Arrival of Daphne on her maiden voyage to Anchorage, June 27, 1962, at Port of Anchorage [five images of barge Daphne approaching dock]
Collection: B2015.025
B2015.025.006
Arrival of Daphne on her maiden voyage to Anchorage, June 27, 1962, at Port of Anchorage [five images of barge Daphne approaching dock]
Collection: B2015.025
B2015.025.007
Arrival of Daphne on her maiden voyage to Anchorage, June 27, 1962, at Port of Anchorage [five images of barge Daphne approaching dock]
Collection: B2015.025
B2015.025.008
Arrival of Daphne on her maiden voyage to Anchorage, June 27, 1962, at Port of Anchorage [five images of barge Daphne approaching dock]
Collection: B2015.025
B2015.025.009
Arrival of Daphne on her maiden voyage to Anchorage, June 27, 1962, at Port of Anchorage [five images of barge Daphne approaching dock]
Collection: B2015.025
B2023.011.83
Alcan [one individual, possibly Patricia Volkman, standing with dirt road and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Patricia A. Volkman, Posing, Portrait, Dirt road, Mountains, Snow, Trees, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1996.035.10.3.001
Photo caption: “Larry on left and Dago after they arrived back in the States, 1946” [two men in Navy uniforms, woman with beer bottle between them]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1957.005.031
Mile 91. Turnagain Arm. A.E.C. R[ailwa]y. March 14-1918. Train arrives from Anchorage. AEC H36 HGK [on verso:] Alaska Railroad - Portage to Anchorage [Indigenous] Train arriving from Anchorage, 3/14/18, mile 91.5 Rainbow [men standing on tracks, dog teams with sleds resting at right, Turnagain Arm at left]
Keywords: Mile 91, Turnagain Arm, AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Railway, Train, Anchorage, Portage, Indigenous, Rainbow, Men, Tracks, Dog team, Winter, Snow, Hillside, Mountain, Range
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1989.016.2143.16
24. Anchorage residents await arrival of colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.016.1902
Kotzebue. Arriving in plane formerly owned by Gene Autry [children gathered on grass next to airplane with tail number NC59233, buildings visible across water in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2015.008.626
151.1. Last use for dogs. Arriving at base camp, 5th day, 10:50 A.M. [climbers on snowshoes and dogs pulling loaded sleds up glacier]
Keywords: dogs, mountaineer, Mt Blackburn, glaciers
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2143.13
21. Awaiting arrival of Matanuska Valley colonists at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.1424
AEC.G-1156 March 4-1919 Mixed train arrives at mile 227 End of Steel [Frontal view of steam locomotive 224 offloading or loading passengers and equipment]
Keywords: steam engine, railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2071.5
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [people seated at several tables in banquet hall, early computing]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2071.6
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [people seated at several tables in banquet hall, early computing]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.21
33. Transportation awaiting arrival Wisconsin colonists at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [three lines of automobiles parked alongside platform at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1977.005.022
Sushanna Stampeders Arriving on SS Mariposa Cordova, Alaska August 7 1913 (Copy from fire damaged photo album of Dr Romig loaned to Museum by Romig Jr.1/77)(4x5 copy neg)
Keywords: steamer, gold rush, transportation, shipping
Collection: B1977.005 Dr_ Romig Photograph Collection
B1962.001A.220
The first horse sleigh to arrive at Valdez from Fairbanks, Dec. 20, ’05. P.S. Hunt, G555 [Transportation – Horses; People; Hotel St. Elias; Valdez Mercantile; Valdez-Fairbanks Trail]
Keywords: Horses, Animals, Livestock, Transportation, Sleighs, Sleds, Valdez, People, Crowds, Hotel St. Elias, Hotels, Valdez Mercantile, Mercantiles, Buildings, Businesses, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, Pioneer Outfitters, Bars, Taverns, Saloons, Banks
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.658.2
Arrival of S.E.R.A. at Anchorage en route to Matanuska Valley. #2, Hewitt's Photo Shop [passengers on Anchorage depot platform with rail cars on tracks, station and other buildings on C Street Hill in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.71
(D-91?) [winter street scene, with two mushers with dog teams arriving in front of spectators, possibly sled dog racing, with banners strung over street, utility poles and buildings lining street; Nome? circa 1910?]
Keywords: transportation, communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2071.3
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [two men shaking hands in front of cartoon with text bubble "Jim, you're welcome to anything that's left," early computing]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2071.4
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [two men shaking hands in front of cartoon with text bubble "Jim, you're welcome to anything that's left," early computing]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.920
[pack train arriving at camp or roadhouse, log cabin in center background, log pen at
right, possibly Dora on horseback at left, with George standing holding reins of horse in center,
wedding day 1916? Cf. .729 et seq.]
Keywords: pack horse, cabin, mountain
Collection: B2015.008
AEC.G860
AEC G 860 KGH AEC RW Division Engineer Wn Gerig and Mrs Gerig. Arrive at Anchorage from Washington DC Feb, 27-18 { Three individuals deporting train and waiting for baggage standing by rail car # US 805}
Keywords: transportation, travel, railroad, train
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.2143.23
36. Wisconsin colonists en route to Matanuska Valley arrive at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, some people getting into automobiles parked at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1957.005.225
The Commission gas boat Betty-M. arrives at Indian River to take Mr. Edes and party down Susitna River to end of steel, Mile 210. AEC H111 [on verso:] gas boat B & B No. 2 [riverboat docked along river, tents at right, men and dogs on plank leading to boat]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Commission, Gas, Boat, Betty-M, Indian River, River, Mr. Edes, Susitna River, Steel, Mile 210, Riverboat, Docked, Tents, Housing, Men, Dogs, Shore
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1998.014.1.1361
PM10 Taking shape in 1935 with the arrival of the Colonists, this colorful section of Palmer came quickly into existence. The replacing of old buildings with new is now in progress. (Palmer street) [street scene with business signs: Frontier Bar, Horton Cafe, O'Harra Bus Lines; Frontier Liquor Store, Koslosky's; automobiles, pickup trucks; man walking; railroad tracks in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2071.1
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [four men stand next to sign reading "Manpower Planning: Seattle, 1 salesman per 8 blocks, Los Angeles, 1 salesman per 6.4 blocks, San Francisco, 1 salesman per 5.7 blocks, Anchorage, 1 salesman per 95,166 sq miles," early computing]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection