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B1989.016.471.8
View of Fairbanks, 1939. [automobile on hoist in garage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.6411.jpg
[Redington children posed with dead moose on hoist]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1989.016.1653.4
(Healy Mine) [bird's eye view of mining operation, with pipelines, hoisting machinery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1653.6
(Healy Mine) [bird's eye view of hydraulic mining operation, with pipelines, hoisting machinery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.57.16
[men filling platform with large rocks for hoisting at mining operation, possibly Fairbanks-Exploration Co.]
Collection: B1995.014
B1962.001.1387
Hoisting a kicker from S.S. Dora in Portage Bay, Alaska. P.S. Hunt G1347 [Dora (Steamship); Horses]
Keywords: S.S. Dora, Steamships, Boats and boating, Portage Bay, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Hoisting, Freight
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1995.014.29.3
F-E Co. 1942 [man atop crane hoisting bucket at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.2
[soldiers with hoisting machinery erecting large cross near water, Jeep parked at right, mountains in background, Adak]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.1
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.10
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.11
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.2
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.3
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.4
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.5
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.6
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.7
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.8
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.13.9
(timber)(July 1966)(Surface)(booming hoist)Trucks with logs and so forth)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp Co.)(NP){boom hoist lifting logs from trucks and loading onto barges}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction, clear cut, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.1
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.2
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.3
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.4
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.5
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.6
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.7
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.8
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B2014.001.758
[same women as in .757, with more boats tied to shore, fishing nets and floats near hoisting machinery; print date Oct 80]
Collection: B2014.001
B2014.001.877
[port area on low gravel beach or spit, with hoisting machinery, shipping containers or mobile housing units; print date Mar 91]
Collection: B2014.001
B1974.040.009
Unloading off Army cargo at Seward, 1940, Alaska RR dock [automobile being hoisted off Alaska Steamship Co. ship, soldiers in uniform on decks]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B1989.016.669.1
2. Putting on finishing touches, A.R.R. and C. Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [construction crewmen with hoisting machinery and tractor working on Alaska Railroad construction at Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.1
M-2. Unloading horses, Ship Creek. W. F. Milliken [docks at mouth of Ship Creek, men watching horse in hoist, sailboat visible behind, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.716.1
[Ptarmigan Airlines Ford Tri-Motor NC 8403 airplane, first Ford Tri-Motor in Alaska, crashed at Flat airport near Willow Creek on Oct. 26, 1934, being hoisted by crane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.716.2
[Ptarmigan Airlines Ford Tri-Motor NC 8403 airplane, first Ford Tri-Motor in Alaska, crashed at Flat airport near Willow Creek on Oct. 26, 1934, being hoisted by crane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection