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B2019.003.120
Juneau [scenic of Mount Juneau, buildings including Goldstein’s Emporium and Thomas Hardware in foreground]
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.732
"Bingles" used by colonists at Palmer, Alaska. 72. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [coins from Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: money
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.339
Brood sows thriving with only a shed all winter [two large pigs in pen in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.148.003
49-1; Sept. 22; Panatomic X 24-16; DK 20-13 min @65°; Panorama of Ketchikan; 1/2 meter reading no filter [view looking over water; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.148.004
49-1; Sept. 22; Panatomic X 24-16; DK 20-13 min @65°; Panorama of Ketchikan; 1/2 meter reading no filter [view looking over water; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.148.005
49-1; Sept. 22; Panatomic X 24-16; DK 20-13 min @65°; Panorama of Ketchikan; 1/2 meter reading no filter [view looking over water; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.148.006
49-1; Sept. 22; Panatomic X 24-16; DK 20-13 min @65°; Panorama of Ketchikan; 1/2 meter reading no filter [view looking over water; boat in foreground; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.149.001
49-2 Panorama of Ketchikan, meter reading - no filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1582.5
(Air Views of Anchorage) [aerial of winter landscape with river, circa early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.653b
Keywords: mountains, glaciers, Harvard Glacier, Prince William Sound, College Fjord
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.126
Native method of splitting logs [three men using hand tools to cut timber on rack in wooded area]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.127
Native method of splitting logs [three men using hand tools to cut timber on rack in wooded area]
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.2018.1.14.004
3-6; Fish house; Nefco 1/8 c 6.3 [Exterior view of New England Fish Co. as soon from possible road; wood structures; boat leaning against fence; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.14.004
3-6; Fish house; Nefco 1/8 c 6.3 [Exterior view of New England Fish Co. as soon from possible road; wood structures; boat leaning against fence; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.14.005
3-6; 1/8c 6.3 3.6; Stella Llanos [woman wearing coat, glove; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.14.005
3-6; 1/8c 6.3 3.6; Stella Llanos [woman wearing coat, glove; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.001
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1582.6
(Air Views of Anchorage) [aerial of winter landscape with road and homestead, circa early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1582.7
(Air Views of Anchorage, Camel Point) [aerial of winter landscape, circa early 1940s; Campbell Point?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1582.8
(Air Views of Anchorage) [aerial looking east with cemetery and 9th Avenue on right, 13th Avenue at left, Chester Creek?, circa early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.1
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence) [copy neg]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.2
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence, part #2) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.700
236.3 [Yale Glacier terminus, man seated in boat in foreground. Cf. .28]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Chugach Mountains, tidal glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1082
256.11 [portrait of man standing in yard, white picket fence in background, William
Williams Keen?]
Keywords: man, portrait, trees, fence
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.669
223.5. Geography. Right to left. Bryn Mawr, Vassar and Wellesley Glaciers, College
Fjord, Alaska. They are the remnants of a great glacier which once filled the fjord, and were
once tributary to the Harvard Glacier now 4 miles up the fjord (to the right) [bird’s eye view
looking down fjord, small rowboat in water, gnarled pine tree at left. With stamp of Dora
Keen. Cf. .16]
Keywords: tidal glacier, Prince William Sound, glacier, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.668
222.11 [bird’s eye view of glacier terminus. Original image blurry]
Keywords: tidal glacier, Prince William Sound, glacier, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.851
[view across water to glacier terminus, driftwood in foreground]
Keywords: glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.658
Keywords: mountains, glaciers, Harvard Glacier, Prince William Sound, College Fjord
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.940
View north from Mt. Tebenkof, Mt. Hendrickson foreground, Disenchantment Bay over
ridge from Mt. Tebenkof. Riggs. 8003 [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: Tebenkof, Disenchantment, Bay
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.150.002
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.003
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.004
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.005
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.151.001
50-1; Sept. 22; Pan X 12 min @65º DK 20 Panorama of Ketchikan, meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.262
3_10_92925 Port Wells Alaska Good bye to our little cabin
Keywords: port wells, prince william sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.677a
226.11 [base camp on rocky slope, three men under tarp with stick poles, small tent in
center background, two men holding pots over camp fire, one man looking through pack,
glacier in distance. cf. .779, .1296]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.147.004
48-6; Portrait of Sylvia Olsen [likely 1940 Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.147.005
48-6; Portrait of Sylvia Olsen [likely 1940 Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.147.006
48-6; Portrait of Sylvia Olsen [overexposed; likely 1940 Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.148.001
49-1; Sept. 22; Panatomic X 24-16; DK 20-13 min @65°; Thomas Basin [boats in harbor; structures in background; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.148.002
49-1; Sept. 22; Panatomic X 24-16; DK 20-13 min @65°; Panorama of Ketchikan; 1/2 meter reading no filter [view looking over water; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.685
229.2 [climber standing above large crevasse, looking down]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains, crevasses, climbing
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.672
[panorama with two images, 223.12 and 236.1, of Yale Glacier terminus, man seated on
shore with rowboat at left. Cf. .25]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, tidal glacier, glacier, row boat, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B2015.008