Accession:

1970.x.2 Alaska Railroad


Photographs primarily of the Alaska Railroad, the Alaska Engineers Commission, and
Matanuska Valley. Also in the collection are photographs of boating, Chikaloon, Dyea,
Fairbanks, Mt. McKinley, Mendenhall Glacier, Nenana River, Seward, and Sitka.

Donated. Alaska Railroad.

71 Photos.

Railroad B70.x.2

Scope and Contents

This Alaska Railroad collection consists of photographs of the Alaska Railroad,
the Alaska Engineers Commission, Anchorage, Matanuska Valley, Boating, Chikaloon,
Dyea, Fairbanks, Mt. McKinley, Mendenhall Glacier, Nenana River, Seward, and Sitka.
Alaska Railroad scenes include baseball, Chickaloon, Anchorage, Birchwood, Montana,
Curry, Healy to Nenana, Moose Pass to Portage, Moose Creek, Indian, and Rainbow.
Matanuska Valley scenes include photos of Ranches, cultivation of potatoes, and
Matanuska River. Photographers of the collection include P. (Phineas?) S. Hunt, H.G.
Kaiser, Gordon, Gilbertson, George L. Johnson, and Guy F. Cameron. The collection is
housed in the photo file collection. Please see photo list for specific photograph
information.

Donated. Alaska Railroad. 2003 SLL

71 Photos.


Railroad B70.x.2

Photo list

B70.x.2.1
ARR G181
First train leaving new depot, 1916 B&W 6 x 8* Alaska Railroad –
Anchorage
B70.x.2.2 Labor Day Parade, Anchorage, 1916 B&W 6 x 8 Anchorage – 1916
B70.x.2.3 Mole being constructed to be used as
coal loading station for U.S. Navy,
Alameda Steamship, Anchorage
B&W 6.5 x 8.5 AEC G1733
B70.x.2.4
ARR G531
Empress Theater, Anchorage B&W 6.5 x 8.5 Anchorage
B70.x.2.5 Ike Heffentrager, Maurice Scott, Boiler
room, AEC Ry. Power Plant
B&W 6 x 8 AEC G483
B70.x.2.6 AEC Ry yards from Chris. Road hill,
Anchorage
B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Anchorage
B70.x.2.7
ARR G170
Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage B&W 6 x 8* AEC
B70.x.2.8 Baseball players, 1 Van Houton, 8 Jim
Powrie, 9 Curtiss (Grover), Anchorage
B&W 8x 10 Alaska Railroad –
Personnel
B70.x.2.9 Baseball team, “Pennant Winners”,
Anchorage, 1921
Sepia 8 x 10* Alaska Railroad –
Personnel
B70.x.2.10 Railroad YMCA Committees, 1916 B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Personnel
B70.x.2.11 Seven Unidentified men B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Personnel
B70.x.2.12 B&W 4 x 7* U.S. Army, Alaska
B70.x.2.13 Ptarmigan Creek and Kenai near mile 23 B&W 8 x 10* Kenai Lake
B70.x.2.14 Suspension bridge, Placer river canyon,
Alaska Central Railroad
B&W 8x 10 Alaska Railroad –
Moose Pass to Portage
B70.x.2.15 Men constructing switchback and the
trestle “mile 49”, 1919
B&W 8 x 10 AEC G1465
B70.x.2.16 Station gang, camp mile 249, Miss E.
Swanson, only woman contractor on the
government R.Y.
B&W 8 x 10* Alaska Railroad –
Curry to Cantwell
Curry
B70.x.2.17 King, Alaska Mile 24 B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Matanuska Branch
King
B70.x.2.18 C.R. Breck, E.D. Archibald, camp 24,
Kings river
B&W 6.5 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Matanuska Branch
King

B70.x.2.19 Eska Creek B&W 6 x 8 Alaska railroad –
Matanuska Branch
B70.x.2.20 Laying steel into camp 14, Moose Creek B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Matanuska Branch
Moose Creek, AEC
G41
B70.x.2.21 U.S. Railroad steam shovel, near Moose
Creek,
B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Matanuska Branch
Moose Creek, AEC
G40
B70.x.2.22 Twin screw river boat, B&B Number 1 B&W 6 x 8 Boats and boating
B70.x.2.23
ARR G83
River steamboat Omineca at Croto
Landing, Susitna river
B&W 6 x 8* Boats and boating
B70.x.2.24
ARR
Susitna Bridge from N.W. end B&W 6 x 8 AEC G1721
B70.x.2.25 Susitna River Bridge B&W 6 x 8 AEC G1765
B70.x.2.26 Station 3030, Turnagain Arm Division B&W 6 x 8 AEC G72
B70.x.2.27 Camp 94, Rainbow Creek, Turnagain
Arm
B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Portage to Anchorage
Rainbow
B70.x.2.28 Fill and tangent from Station 9326, Camp
Sunshine Mile 213
B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Caswell to Curry
Montana
B70.x.2.29 AEC trail built for construction work,
mile 91.5 Turnagain Arm, (75.134.261*)
B&W 6 x 8* Alaska Railroad –
Portage to Anchorage
Indian
B70.x.2.30 AEC Coyote shot at time of explosion B&W 6 x 7* AEC G488
B70.x.2.31

Railroad building. M. Rasmunson &
CO’s coyote shot
B&W 6 x 8 AEC G4543
B70.x.2.32
ARR G313
Bernard Nelson & Company’s 750 keg
coyote, Mile 95
B&W 6 x 8* AEC G313
B70.x.2.33 Looking south from mile 139 (57.5.175) B&W 8 x 10 AEC H 64
B70.x.2.34 Mile 175 B&W 8 x 10 AEC G127
B70.x.2.35 Mud slides, mile 139, May 10, 1918 B&W 8 x 9.5 Alaska Railroad –
Anchorage to
Matanuska Birchwood
B70.x.2.36 Mile 3 Chickaloon Branch of
Government Railroad, October 3 , 1918
Alaska Railraod –
Matanuska Branch.
Chickaloon
B70.x.2.37
ARR G1852
Chickaloon coal mines, July 20, 1921 B&W 6.5 x 8.5* AEC G1852
B70.x.2.38
ARR G1857
Miners rescue hall, Chikaloon, July 19,
1921
B&W 6.5 x 8.5* Chickaloon, Alaska

B70.x.2.39 Coal viens, railroad belt, Healy area B&W 3.5 x 3.5 Alaska Railroad –
Healy to Nenana
B70.x.2.40 Matanuska River Bridge B&W 6 x 8 AEC G30
B70.x.2.41 Chulitna Station, mile 275, December 19,
1920
B&W 6 x 8 AEC G1692
B70.x.2.42
ARR G576
Kinsinger and Winchester ranches B&W 6 x 8 Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.43
ARR G37
Edward L. Saindon’s Ranch, Matanuska
Valley
B&W 6 x 8* AEC G37
B70.x.2.44
ARR G34
Potatoes at Mr. A.A. Cobb’s Ranch,
Matanuska junction
B&W 6 x 8* Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.45
ARR G577
Harman and Nyland Ranches B&W 6 x 8* Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.46
ARR G587
A.W. Walters ranch, experimental
nursery
B&W 6 x 8* Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.47 Edward Saindon cultivating potatoes B&W 6 x 8* Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.48
ARR G567
Rudolph Weiss Ranch house, Matanuska
Valley
B&W 6 x 8 AEC G567
B70.x.2.49
ARR G582
Edward Saindon’s Ranch cultivation
potatoes, June 28, 1917
B&W 6 x 8* Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.50
ARR G581
Mr. A. Church’s Ranch, Matanuska
Branch
B&W 6 x 8* Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.51
ARR G146
Potatoes, Farmington, Alaska B&W 6 x 8* Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.52 Matanuska river, looking up stream,
hole-wall-bluffs
B&W 6 x 8 Alaska Railroad –
Matanuska Branch
B70.x.2.53 Mt. Marathon, Seward B&W 10 x 8 Seward, Alaska
B70.x.2.54 Entrance to Resurrection Bay, 1906 B&W 8 x 10 Resurrection Bay
B70.x.2.55 Oatfield, Matanuska Experiment Farm,
1924
B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Matanuska Valley
1900-1930
B70.x.2.56 Aerial view of Sitka Sepia 7 x 10.5* Sitka
B70.x.2.57 Lover’s Lane, Tlingit totem, Sitka hd tint 10 x 8
photo 8 x 6
Sitka
B70.x.2.57a Lover’s Lane, Tlingit totem, Sitka hd tint 10 x 8
photo 8 x 6
Sitka
B70.x.2.58 Lover’s Lane, Tlingit totem, Sitka hd tint 10 x 8
photo 8 x 6
Sitka
B70.x.2.59 Mount McKinley from Broad Pass, 1919 B&W 4.5x 9.5 McKinley, Mount
B70.x.2.60 Captain Healy’s Old Trading Post, Dyea B&W 3.5 x 5.5* Dyea
B70.x.2.61 First house in Skagway – Moore
Homestead
B&W 3.5 x 5.5* Skagway
B70.x.2.62 Night at Harding entrance, Resurrection
Bay
B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Resurrection Bay

B70.x.2.63 Nenana Rive Canyon B&W 3.5x 5.5 Nenana River
B70.x.2.64 Summertime on Moose Creek,
Athapaskan boat, Fairbanks
B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Fairbanks
B70.x.2.65 Caribou herd along Gov. Railroad B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Caribou
B70.x.2.66 Auck Lake and Mendenhall Glacier B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Mendenhall Glacier
B70.x.2.67 Sledge dogs B&W 3.5 x 5.5* Dogs
B70.x.2.68 Alaska Reindeer Herds B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Reindeer
B70.x.2.69 Ptarmigan B&W 3.5 x 5.5 Birds – Alaska
B70.x.2.70 Sixth Avenue Sepia 3.5 x 5.5 Anchorage - 1920

*Has Negative