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B2012.031.10
This is a group of my school children. It was taken south of the school building. They are standing on about 4 ft. of snow. Anna & Conrad are on the right. [January 1917]
Collection: B2012.031
B2019.008.187
Peg at Trapper’s Den [Peg standing next to Chevrolet Apache pickup truck with camper in front of Trapper’s Den Roadhouse at mile 162 of Glenn Highway; print date Aug 64]
Keywords: Peggy Farmer Mullins, Peggy Mullins, Peg Mullins, Peg Farmer Mullins, Chevrolet, Chevy, Truck, Camper, Trapper's Den, Trappers Den, Roadhouse, Mile 162, Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Gas pump, Cafe
Collection: B2019.008
B2015.008.773
557 [view across glacier to valley glaciers and nunataks, probably Harvard Glacier]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains, glacier, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.75.8
Mrs. Wilson, 1935, Mountain Village [Alaska Native woman wearing print parka with large fur ruff]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2008.005.449
Ft. Yukon, Arctic Circle, native dwelling. Notice fish drying on left of house. On the bank of the Yukon River. [girl next to log cabin]
Collection: B2008.005
B1999.014.238
(Alaska Territorial Guard)[Men shouldering rifles marching in formation]
Keywords: gun, soldiers, military
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.15.8
(timber)(July 1966)(Tree topping limbing the spar)(Thorne Bay for Ketch Pulp)(very good)(NP){sequential photos showing the topping and limbing of a large tree}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1962.001A.452
P.S. Hunt, G2971 [Solomon Gulch]
Keywords: Gulches, Bridges, Foot bridges
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.097
2427(92414)(12pm)(Baker Glacier)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2017.024.2289
Kotzebue, June 1967 [two children stand on a dirt road; boats, structures, clotheslines, metal drums in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B90.14.5.ARR.5.8.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B1990.014.2018.1.212.004
67-2 Along the Columbia River above Lake Chelan [woman holding sunglasses standing next to road looking at view; automobile at far right; March 1941; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.1.225
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.8.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.84
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1094.1
P-156. Hewitt's (Clearing Land for Farming, Palmer) [smoke through trees, burning brush]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.131.005
44-2 Fritzie reading[child lays on floor reading Sunday funnies; package; suitcase in background; likely March 1940; Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2016.024.094
Glacier, Alaska, 1952 [aerial of tidewater glacier, airplane float in foreground]
Keywords: Cape Spencer, glaciers
Collection: B2016.024
B1995.014.85.9
[Quonset hut mostly buried in snow drift, Adak]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.MungerDick.1
(Munger Dick Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.Russian Jim.3
(Russian Jim Passport Photos 1934-5)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.P.2.22.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.494
"D14 Dog team, Seppala's, Kodachrome" [sled dog team, musher traveling up a hill, buildings in backround, black and white image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.022.42
Storm building over house & sign condemning Antiquities Act, Eagle [house with sign on porch reading “National Park Service employees and anyone else advocating a dictatorship (including those locally who support National Park Service activities under the Antiquities Act) are not welcome here!”; print date Aug 82]
Collection: B2017.022