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B2006.023.4013.jpg
Gen. Gettys breaking trail.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2015.008.597
(piece breaking off of Childs Glacier)
Keywords: glacier, Copper River, calving
Collection: B2015.008
B1994.022.792
Breaking Gulkana River May 16, 1918 (Gulkana River May 16, 1913 Break-up)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2006.023.3542.jpg
Gen. Gettys' helicopter, trail breaking.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B2011.007.8.78
Tanana River ice break-up, Tanana, 1920s.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2011.007.8.81
Tanana River ice break-up, Tanana, 1920s.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2015.008.201
I5 82225 Kanatak SW Alaska_Cabin with sod as a wind break
Keywords: Kanatak, cabin
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1025.2
GZ-207 (Winter Trail breaking in Golden Zone) [road in winter]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.614
Breaking Trail Fairbanks Alaska By Hoyt (Road Construction-Richardson Highway)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2000.014.760
Marie Peterson on ice flow during break-up Tanana 5/12/17)
Keywords: children
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2006.023.7589.jpg
A 10 minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7610.jpg
A 10 minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7765.jpg
A 10-minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7766.jpg
A 10-minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7589
A 10 minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.7610
A 10 minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.7765
A 10-minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.7766
A 10-minute break for tea. Dogs cover up with blowing snow.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1995.014.21.4
[portrait of dog sitting in front of wind break of tarp tied to fir trees]
Keywords: animals, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.13
[soldiers breaking camp in winter, mountains in distance, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: camping, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.094
[men taking a break at quarry, hard hats, wooden keg on table in midground]
Collection: B1997.003
B2006.023.1779.jpg
Joe Redington with lead dog Feets taking a break. Copyright Bill Devine.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 1001-2000
B2006.023.1779
Joe Redington with lead dog Feets taking a break. Copyright Bill Devine.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2015.008.043
(9_18_14)(910am)(Frozen fresh water around icebergs hard to break through){rowing through icebergs}
Keywords: Glaciers, ice bergs, boat, rowing, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.256.2
The Tanana River clearing of ice at Nenana after the 1940 break-up. Photo by Charles Wilson.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.256.6
The ice break-up at Nenana, 1940. Photo by Charles Wilson. [Nenana Ice Pool]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.M.26.6432
"Ice breaker in Cooks Inlet just north of the forelands is breaking for tug/barge." [aerial view of icebreaker, ice]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.23
Steel Ball breaks down Denali Theater wall after earthquake of 3/27/6 - D&B Inc. Demolished
Keywords: construction, demolition, debris, damaged buildings, crane, wrecking ball
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1995.014.103.11
[workers at hydraulic mining operation, possibly breaking down at end of season, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.004.38006
A small creek struggles to break the bonds of winter. Photographer's number: 38006 [print date Mar 92]
Keywords: ice, snow, rivers
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.19
Feeding ducks at Campbell Lake in late spring 1964 due to the dam breaking 3363 Lakeside Dr.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.10
Alley by Inlet Hotel Rooter breaks frost after earthquake. Is now the 4 & L parking lot.
Keywords: damaged buildings, power lines, cars
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1995.014.17.12
[ice in river at break up, possibly Yukon River, small wooden skiff at shore dock in foreground]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.512
D22 Rescue team - U.S. Army [sled dog team, musher, breaking trail, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.019.449
329. Nome. McCutcheon’s Foto, Anchorage [man stacking snow blocks for wind break or snow structure]
Keywords: residences, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.019
B2023.011.3
Break up, Anchorage [two individuals with shovels standing in a road with water and melting snow with buildings in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, People, Snow, Ice, Break up, Shovel, Houses, Automobile, Vehicle, Truck, Puddle, Powerline, Telephone pole, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2006.023.7779.jpg
Snow machines preparing to depart from the Knik Bar to break trail for the 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7780.jpg
Snow machines preparing to depart from the Knik Bar to break trail for the 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7779
Snow machines preparing to depart from the Knik Bar to break trail for the 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.7780
Snow machines preparing to depart from the Knik Bar to break trail for the 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.Scn.9.004
Scn; Knik Glacier, clean break; 30 July 1961 [outcropping of land in foreground, glacier face, river below]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.2199.2
The Storm. Lomen Bros. Nome, Alaska. #73 [Small sail boat, caught in waves breaking along the shore. copy neg]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2199.4
[Small sail boat, caught in waves breaking along the shore. Possibly same vessel as in Lomen Bros. #73. copy neg]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection