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B1991.048.204
[man and woman on steps of brick building]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B2013.029.007
Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage 1971. National Photo and News Service image #2427712
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage
Collection: B2013.029
B2013.029.003
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. National Photo and News service image number 106481.
Keywords: panoramic, anchorage; 1948
Collection: B2013.029
B2013.029.004
Panoramic photograph of civilian employees from the 57th Fighter Wing, Air Installations standing in front of plane hanger containing several Pacific Northern Airlines airplanes. National Photo and News Service image #72719491
Keywords: panoramic; 1949, airplane, hanger, military
Collection: B2013.029
B2013.029.005
1965 Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage looking northwest towards Knik Arm, Mt Foraker and Mt Mckinley (Denali), National Photo and News Service image number 1910651.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage; 1965
Collection: B2013.029
B2013.029.006
1971 panoramic photograph of Anchorage, Alaska. Looking west north west down I street to include, the park strip, Cook Inlet, Mt. Susitna, Mt. McKinley(Denali). National photo and news service image #242712.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage, 1971, park
Collection: B2013.029
B2015.008.606
(Mt Blackburn still a day away)(cold camp){two tents set up on glacier with Mt Blackburn in the back ground}
Keywords: Mt Blackburn, mountains, camping, tent, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.719
319.12B [view across water to glacier terminus, steel bridge beams in foreground,
Childs Glacier?]
Keywords: Childs Glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.720
320.2-3 [small format panoramic photograph, view from gravel beach to glacier
terminus, brush in foreground at left, Childs Glacier?]
Keywords: Childs Glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1991.035.1
Steam whaler "Thrasher," Behrings Sea, 1886
Keywords: whaling, hunting, boats
Collection: B1991.035 Berta Walsky Collection
B2015.008.608
121_11_ The pool in the glacier_where we broke half inch of ice to wash for 6 days DK_3rd Camp 5th day 945am{glacial abstract features as seen from camp}
Keywords: glacier, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.827b
From moving train, ice 2 or 3 miles away [view across river to glacier terminus]
.827b – [same as .827a]
Keywords: glacier, copper river
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.897
[man and horse near creek, glacier in background at left, mountains in distance]
Keywords: glacier, horses
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.605b
120_4_crossing the countless crevasses on the upper Kennecott Glacier_3rd day_230pm
Keywords: glacier, Kennecott, expedition, Mt Blackburn, sled
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.548
With lambs in pasture, I grow and can vegetables all summer. “Doing our bit” to raise food [small format panoramic photograph, bird’s eye view of house and farm]
Collection: B2015.008
B1991.36.1
Panoramic photograph of lake showing Mt Mckinley (Denali), the Alaska Range and float plane. National Photo and News image #1825571
Keywords: Panoramic photograph, Alaska Range, Mt Mckinley, Denali, float plane, lake, mountains, Denali National Park
Collection: B1991.036
B2013.029.001
Panoramic photograph circa 1920 of Anchorage, Alaska. Looking west down 4th avenue towards Cook Inlet. Included in the photo are the A.E.C hospital, public school, ball park,Terminal hotel, Kootney Inn.
Keywords: panoramic; 1920, anchorage, 4th avenue,
Collection: B2013.029
B2015.008.607
120_12_Mt Blackburn from2nd camp 3rd day 630am
Keywords: glacier, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.718
319.9B [view from beach with driftwood across river to glacier terminus, barge in water
at right]
.718 – 319.10B [similar to .717]
Keywords: barge, glacier, shipping, Childs Glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2013.029.002
Panoramic copy negative of 1959 downtown Anchorage. The photograph looks to the South East and shows the federal bldg, 4th Avenue Theatre, Kimball's and the Chugach Mounatins. National Photo and News Service image # 106482
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage, 1959
Collection: B2013.029
B2013.028
Panoramic portrait of SEALASKA Heritage Foundation gathering in Juneau on June 4th 1998.
Keywords: panoramic; native, celebration, heritage, Juneau, traditional, foundation
Collection: B2013.028
B2015.008.1065
Bathing in the Susquehanna near camp_Camp Geo G Meade PA USA 1898[ view from bluff along beach man on horseback on beach at left swimmers in water in distance]
Keywords: swimming, horse, river, beach
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.716
319.2 [close-up view of glacier terminus from gravel beach in foreground]
.716 – 319.3 [similar to .715]
Keywords: Childs Glacier, Cordova, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008