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B2015.008.583
{glacier and mountains as seen with reflecting pool in the foreground}
Keywords: mountains, Chugach, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.65.8
[soldiers wearing snowshoes and backpacks on traverse, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.81.4
[large tents in wooded area in winter, inflatable raft on snow in center]
Keywords: boats, camping, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.585
{Copper River and the Abecrombie Canyon rapids}
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.79.14
[scenic with tracks in snow through wooded area, mountain peaks in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.582a
(Childs Glacier Copper River)
Keywords: Cordova, Copper River, river, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.163
R31-8. Ship Creek [group of men posed for camera, man standing at left possibly holding surveyor's tripod, tall birch or cottonwood trees in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.182
44. Line across Passage Canal flats. Thomas Riggs Jr. [railroad line? view of flats with water at left, mountains in back, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1970.019.435
W.R. Nelson and I at Fire Lake, May 12/23 [men sitting with stringers of fish]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1979.002.4877
(Cronin #3 snowplow approaching Healy 1920)
Keywords: railroad, train, transportation, winter
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2018.023.121a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “23” [scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.169
58. Keystone. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.134.2
Sydney Laurence painting, Rock Mt. McKinley.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.858
White River, 1912 [distant view of two men on horseback leading pack train across
river]
Keywords: pack horse, river
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.121b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “23” [verso of slide: scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1984.077.1.011
[Log cabin, smaller cabin, trees, mountains in backgroud. Road in foreground. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.1.012
[Scenic view; mountains, valley, river in mid-ground. Neg. has deterioration.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1483.2
49. Fox ranch, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four foxes eating out of metal bowls in wire enclosure, building visible behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.582b
(Childs Glacier Copper River)
Keywords: Cordova, Copper River, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.019.1.06f.06610.33
A.R.R. Tunnel Whittier construction [Construction], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Construction, People, Alaska Railroad, ARR
Collection: B2016.019
B1998.014.1.2550
"Army Corps of Engineers" [man standing within scaffold or tower structure that is covered in ice. Adjoining building with door]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.181
Alaska ’47 – Lake George Glacier, air shots (about ½ hr. flying time in Widgeon east of Matanuska) [aerial of glacier and lake]
Collection: B2017.011
B1979.002.Album1.117
9C. Alaska Northern Ry. C. R. Breck [view down railroad tracks running across gravel riverbed or flats, mountains in distance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.119a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “27” [scenic view looking toward a canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.120a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “24” [scenic view of aerial tramway across Colorado River, Grand Canyon at Bright Angel Fault; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
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
B1979.002.Album1.118
10B. North Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.119b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “27” [verso of slide: scenic view looking toward a canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.120b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “24” [verso of slide: scenic view of aerial tramway across Colorado River, Grand Canyon at Bright Angel Fault; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.579.1
A-37. Where they meet, Nenana, Alaska. Johnson & Tyler, Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [train and sternwheeler at Nenana dock, Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.009
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Sunset on Cooks Inlet at 9:30 PM [scenic, with cache silhouetted in center] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Cache, Storehouse, Storage, Sunset
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.002.Album1.165
M-36. Kashwitna River. W. F. Milliken [two men standing on logs near riverbank waiting for third man to cross river on rope line, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.189
E12 81025 Looking up Valley of 10000 smokes from lower end_Mt Mageik_First fuel water and feed{desolate landscape with mountains in the background}
Keywords: volcanic landscape, valley of 10000 smokes
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.094a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [scenic view of mountain, trees, meadow; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023