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B1994.022.927
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation, train
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.928
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation, train
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.929
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1962.001A.385
Auction sale of Alaska Central Railway at Valdez Courthouse, Oct. 9, ’09. P.S. Hunt, G2487
Keywords: Railways, Railroads, Auctions, Courthouses, Buildings, Towns, Crowds
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.381
Snap shot of first ambulance containing two men wounded by Northwestern Railway marshals in Keystone Canyon, Sept. 25, ’07. P.S. Hunt, G 1627 [Alaska Home Railway; Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Ambulances, Medical care, Railroads, Canyons, Dogs, Horses, Animals, Transportation, Landscapes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.395
The first tunnel, mile 47, A.N. Railway, showing the first loop. P.S. Hunt, G4214 [Alaska Northern Railway; Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Northern Railway, AK Northern Railway, AN Railway, A.N. Railway, Railroad, Tunnel, Mountain, Range
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.396
Second loop, A.N. Railway, mile 50 to 51 from mile 47. P.S. Hunt, G4215 [Alaska Northern Railway; Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Northern Railway, AK Northern Railway, AN Railway, A.N. Railway, Railroad, Mountain, Range, Tracks
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.393
A.N. Railway trestle Spencer Glacier flats, Alaska, from last tunnel. P.S. Hunt, G4206 [Alaska Northern Railway; Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Northern Railway, AK Northern Railway, AN Railway, A.N. Railway, Spencer Glacier, Glacier, Flats, Tunnel, Railroad, Bridges
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.394
Snow slide near mile 53, A.N. Railway, Aug. 5, ’14. P.S. Hunt, G4207 [Alaska Northern Railway; Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Northern Railway, AK Northern Railway, AN Railway, A.N. Railway, Railroad, Tracks, Snow, Slide, Winter
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.379
Panorama of C.R. & N.W. Railway Co.’s grade and Valdez, August 8, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G915 [same as B1962.001.728. Copper River and Northwestern Railway – Construction]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Construction, Lumber, Shorelines, Railroads
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1994.022.676
(Copper and Northwestern Railway-Snow plow)(Engine number 74)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2014.012.62
[wooden trestle railroad bridge, Alaska Central Railway]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.80
[wooden trestle railroad bridge, Alaska Central Railway]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1962.001A.380
C.R. & N.W. Railway grade in lower end of Keystone Canyon, Feb. 15, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G651 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway – Construction; Valdez-Fairbanks Trail]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Canyons, Trails
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1485
“Trout for Dinner Bear Creek” [Alaska Northern Railway] [Bridge]
Keywords: Cleaning, Fish, Fishing, Trout, Dinner, Bear Creek, Creek, Men, Shoreline, Shore, Alaska Northern Railway, Railway, Railroad, Train tracks, Tracks, Bridge
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1481
“Cleaning Fish. Bear Creek, 1910 [Alaska Northern Railway] [Bridge]
Keywords: Cleaning, Fish, Fishing, Bear Creek, Creek, Men, Shoreline, Shore, Alaska Northern Railway, Railway, Railroad, Train tracks, Tracks, Bridge, Mountain
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.2195
Street scene-Cordova [Copper River and Northwestern Railway; 1900-09]
Keywords: Street scene, Cordova, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Communities, Towns, Buildings, Pedestrians
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.1773
T92 Dawson Creek, BC, where hiway meets railway [same as .1770]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.001.2791
1-80. Picture below is Cannery, later Railroad Carpenter Shop-Cordova [Canneries; Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Canneries, Carpenter shops, Cordova, Buildings, Businesses, Wharves, Docks, Piers, Communities
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1984.077.6.005
[railroad tracks, train engine, railway car on ramp, lumber, buildings. neg. is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2227.16
(Eklutna Railway Station) [Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna, with train on tracks and passengers on platform]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.12.008
Juneau, Railway Express Agency [Dock scene. People waiting, woman with umbrella and man waiving.
Collection: B1984.077
B2008.015.1.32.1
A.N. Ry. Kern Creek Construction camp [Alaska Northern Railway camp with walled tents]
Keywords: railroads, transportation
Collection: B2008.015
B1962.001.1482
“En route to Bear Creek, June, 1910” N. Ry. A.24 (crewcar) [Railroads; Richardson, Wilds Preston; Alaska Northern Railway]
Keywords: Bear Creek, Crewcar, Crew, Men, Railroad, Tracks, Wilds Preston Richardson, Alaska Northern Railway
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1984.077.23.016
[scene, field, farm buildings in distance, double exposure, railway car at left. Neg. is damaged and deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.2265
[collapsed structure next to railroad tracks along water, Copper River and Northwestern Railway? Cf. .2245]
Collection: B1995.010
B2009.012.5
Caisson, Miles Glacier Bridge, Copper River Railway, June 2, '09. E.A. Hegg 272
Collection: B2009.012
B1962.001A.383
Secretary Walter L. Fisher and party viewing Childs Glacier on Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Cordova, Alaska, August 26, ’11. P.S. Hunt, G3693
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Walter Fisher, Glaciers
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.2227.17
(Eklutna Railway Station) [Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna, with train on tracks and men offloading sacks, passengers on platform]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001A.397
Valdez-Yukon Railway Co.’s waterfront from the pilot house of Str. Santa Clara, showing their saw mill, office bld., commissary, and barns. P.S. Hunt G934 [Valdez-Yukon Railroad Co.; Docks, piers & wharves; Santa Clara (Steamboat); Hubbard, Oliver P.; Hubbard, Alaska]
Keywords: Railways, Railroads, Sawmills, Commissaries, Barns, Docks, Wharves, Piers, Boats and boating, Shorelines
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1483
Fishing party, Seward, June 1910 [Richardson, Wilds Preston; Alaska Northern Railway.] [Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Territory, Qutalleq (Seward).]
Keywords: Fishing, Party, Group, Alutiiq, Sugpiaq, Territory, Qutalleq, Seward, Richardson, Wilds Preston, Alaska Northern Railway, Men, Meal
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.2018.1.50.002
20-3 Princess Alice; 105 mm [passengers aboard Canadian Pacific Railway steamship; likely July 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.50.002
20-3 Princess Alice; 105 mm [passengers aboard Canadian Pacific Railway steamship; likely July 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1979.002.Album1.71
Saw mill, A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway sawmill, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2227.15
(Eklutna Railway Station) [Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna, with train on tracks and men offloading sacks, building at right, flagpole at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.725a
324.5-6 [small format panoramic photograph, town or camp along railroad tracks,
probably Copper River & Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.725b
324.5-6 [small format panoramic photograph, town or camp along railroad tracks,
probably Copper River & Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.100
A. N. Ry. Warehouse, Seward. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway Warehouse C, with railroad tracks at left and mountains in distance, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.127
2D. Turnagain Arm. C. R. Breck [view down Turnagain Arm from Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.91
Car barn A. N. Ry. poor condition. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway equipment barn, Seward?, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.031.19
(Heinie Snyder on left, slippery mink)[two men and dog at the american railway express office in Wasilla with large wagon loaded with mink housed in crates]
Keywords: fur trade
Collection: B1989.031
B1979.002.Album1.115
1C. Looking south from Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [view railroad tracks, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.131
R24-2. Miles Glacier [view of glacier terminus, possibly taken from tracks of Copper River & Northwestern Railway, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001A.384
Copper River and Northwestern Railway Co.’s $1,500,000.00 steel bridge across the Copper River, Alaska, at Miles Glacier Station. P.S. Hunt, G3701 [Miles Glacier Bridge] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Atna, Copper River, Northwestern Railway Co., Miles Glacier Bridge, Bridge, Miles Glaciet Station, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.386
Antonelle & Nelson’s graders Camp No. 2, 4 miles from Valdez on Alaska Home Railway. P.S. Hunt, G1578 [same as B1962.001.1351. Alaska Home Railroad]
Keywords: Camps and camping, Railways, Railroads, Tents, Trails
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson