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B1991.048.194
[H.E. Auringer, probably atop Empire State Building circa 1934]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B2012.006.632
[man in military uniform next to bank of control panels inside electrical room at radar site, identified in 2014 as Unalakleet Air Force Station personnel with equipment in the background; no date]
Collection: B2012.006
B2018.023.091a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [group of foxes resting on straw; structure in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.127a
Chicago Transparency Co; 143 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. [from verso] “CT/202 Hermit camp” [view of outcropping, structures, road, at Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.091b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: group of foxes resting on straw; structure in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.123a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “25” [view looking across canyon at structures, possibly hotel on rim of canyon; likely Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.127b
Chicago Transparency Co; 143 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. [verso of slide] “CT/202 Hermit camp” [view of outcropping, structures, road, at Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.128a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “13” [scenic view of petrified forest; structure in center; mesas in left distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.133a
Chicago Transparency Co; 143 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. [from verso “CT/90 Home of the Havasupai Indian, Grand Canyon” [bird’s eye view of canyon bottom; fields, agriculture, ponds, cliffs; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.134a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “16” [scenic view looking across Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.135a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “6” [scenic view of Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.136a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “5” [scenic view of Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.117a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “1” [bird’s eye view of horses and riders climbing up dirt trail, likely in desert Southwest; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.124a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [scenic view from gravel road looking across trees toward mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.129a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “22” [petrified forest; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.132a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “14” [scenic view of petrified forest; man at left using a camera; hand colored; note that small fibers are encased inside the slide]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.122a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “3” [scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.123b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “25” [verso of slide: view looking across canyon at structures, possibly hotel on rim of canyon; likely Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.128b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “13” [verso of slide: scenic view of petrified forest; structure in center; mesas in left distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.133b
Chicago Transparency Co; 143 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.“CT/90 Home of the Havasupai Indian, Grand Canyon” [verso of slide: bird’s eye view of canyon bottom; fields, agriculture, ponds, cliffs; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.134b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “16” [verso of slide: scenic view looking across Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.135b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “6” [verso of slide: scenic view of Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.136b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “5” [verso of slide: scenic view of Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.137a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “11” [scenic view of Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.113a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [man standing near three convertible automobiles parked near flagpole; wood structure at left; trees in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.117b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “1” [verso of slide: bird’s eye view of horses and riders climbing up dirt trail, likely in desert Southwest; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.124b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [verso of slide: scenic view from gravel road looking across trees toward mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.129b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “22” [verso of slide: petrified forest; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.132b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “14” [verso of slide: scenic view of petrified forest; man at left using a camera; hand colored; note that small fibers are encased inside the slide]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.11948
Barrow 6-30 4-957-45 Alaska Territorial Guard in formation Photo by T/4 Walter T. Smith 3900710
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.114a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [view looking down road toward entrance to most likely Mt Rainier National Park; automobiles; trees; gate hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
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
B2018.023.122b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “3” [verso of slide: scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.137b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “11” [verso of slide: scenic view of Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.113b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [verso of slide: man standing near three convertible automobiles parked near flagpole; wood structure at left; trees in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.116a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [four men, one on horseback, pose; possibly at Mt. Rainier National Park; hand colored
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.126a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “17” [scenic view of outcropping above canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.050a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print photograph:] “Porcupine Indian woman ‘batching’ caribou skin with a stone.” [summer scene; women work animal hides while girls, dog watch; laundry hanging from pole; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.114b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [verso of slide: view looking down road toward entrance to most likely Mt Rainier National Park; automobiles; trees; gate hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
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
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
B2018.023.112a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [men in boat with white flag and red crescent sail near shore; oars; men at shore with motorboat; beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.115a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “12” [man standing atop log held by stone supports; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.116b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City ['verso of slide: four men, one on horseback, pose; possibly at Mt. Rainier National Park; hand colored
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.118a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “2” [Man sitting atop cage suspended by cable along a canyon wall; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023