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B1962.x.015 CIHS US Army Engineer District.14
Alaska Highway Canada Customs
Collection: B1962.x_022 CIHS Morgan / B1962_x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District CIHS U_S_ Army Engineer District
B2017.011.171
Alaska ’48 – Glen Highway, foliage & snow [scenic on Glenn Highway]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, View, Scenic, Foliage, Snow, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B1993.022.84
[Alaska Highway construction, clearing trees for road]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1993.022
B2017.011.173
Alaska ’48 – Glen Highway, a raging torrent when snows melt [scenic of riverbed on Glenn Highway]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, View, Scenic, Riverbed, Torrent, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.170
Alaska ’47 – Highway vista a few miles south of Eureka [scenic of river valley on Glenn Highway]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, View, Scenic, Mountain, Range, Eureka, Vista, River, Valley
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.1273
(O76 Alaska Highway entrance sign) ["Entering Alaska, leaving Yukon Territory" sign along highway, gravl road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.172
Alaska ’48 – Glen Highway, a raging torrent when snows melt [scenic of riverbed on Glenn Highway. Removed from broken mount]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, View, Scenic, Riverbed, Torrent, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1900.11
(Seward Highway and mountains) [bird's eye view of unpaved highway and Alaska Railroad tracks along Turnagain Arm]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1272
O76 Alaska Hiway - different country - same road (Alaska Highway entrance sign) ["Entering Alaska, leaving Yukon Territory" sign along highway; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.906b
The busiest highway in Alaska is the anchorage-Palmer road. Only 50 miles in length, it connects with the Glenn Highway outside of Palmer. PH2 (L89 anchorage/Palmer Highway) [same as .904]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.169
Alaska ’48 – Glen Highway, Palmer bridge over Knik River [distant view of Knik River bridge on old Glenn Highway]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, Palmer, Bridge, Knik River, River, View, Scenic, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1819
Palmer Highway, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [unpaved Glenn Highway looking down hill to river valley, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.888
L79 Along the Alaska Railroad (Alaska Highway, 1947 postcard) [copy neg, same as .887]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1975.175.305
(Alaska Mt McKinley September 1938)(West from Highway on Sable Pass)(temp 101)
Keywords: national park, landscape
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1994.022.614
Breaking Trail Fairbanks Alaska By Hoyt (Road Construction-Richardson Highway)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.799
(L34 Black Rapids Glacier along Alaska Highway) [view of trees, buildings in foreground; glacier and mountains in distance; Richardson Highway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.806
"L38 Along an Alaska HIghway" (1946 postcard) [copy neg, same as .805]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.538
No. 16. Along the Anchorage-Palmer Highway. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [The Shack]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.023.8
[view down muddy Alaska Highway, Jeep and fifth-wheel trailer stopped on shoulder]
Keywords: transportation, tourism
Collection: B2016.023
B1989.016.2304.6
(Mountain scenery along Cook Inlet) [Alaska Railroad train tracks and Seward Highway at right, Alaska Range in distance]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.887
L79 Along the Alaska Railroad (Alaska Highway, 1947 postcard) [copy neg; railroad tracks, water, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.022.590
Winter Trucking by Hoyt Fairbanks Studio Alaska (Richardson Highway Freight and freightage-tractors-wagons)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1765
T90 Alaska Hiway (Highway) in Yukon Territory [scenic view of gravel road, foliage, trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.805
(L38 Along an Alaska HIghway, 1946 postcard) [copy neg, mountain, waterfall, lake or pond]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.933
L98 Alaska Hiway - between Tok and Gulkana (1948 postcard; Tok/Slana Highway; same as .931]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2035.1
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker with metal plaque, "This tablet is erected by the Alaska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the opening of the Anchorage-Matanuska Highway, 1935"]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.2
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker with metal plaque, "This tablet is erected by the Alaska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the opening of the Anchorage-Matanuska Highway, 1935"]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.342
(B71 Tok Junction, U.S. Customs, Alaska Highway) [automobile parked in front of building; U.S. Customs, Highway Patrol, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Marshal; gravel road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.807
L39 Along an Alaskan Hiway (Bridal Veil Falls, along an Alaska Highway; neg & 1 print) [waterfall, Richardson Highway, near Valdez, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1726
Palmer, Alaska, Hi-way. Hewitt's [Palmer Road/Glenn Highway passing Pioneer Peak. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1818
Keystone Canyon, Valdez, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [unpaved Richardson Highway through mountains. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1830
"Glen Hi-Way", Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [unpaved Glenn Highway in winter, with view to mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.288.28
Tazlina Glacier Lodge, mile 156 Glenn Highway, Alaska [three log cabins. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1270
(O75 Watson Lake sign collection) [signs along Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.343
(B71 Tok Junction; U.S. Customs, Alaska Highway) [log structure, gravel road, automobile, gate]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.822
L45 Along Alaska Highway (cabin & cache, Matanuska Rd; 1946 postcard) [similar to .821]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.824
(L45 Along Alaska Highway; cabin & cache, Matanuska Rd; 1946 postcard) [similar to .821]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.932
L98 Alaska Hiway - between Gulkana and Tok Junction (1948 postcard; Tok/Slana Highway; same as .931]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.08d.02981.03
Denali National Park entrance sign along Parks Highway, Alaska, USA [National Parks - Denali]
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, National Parks, Denali National Park
Collection: B2016.019
B1998.014.1.344
B71 Tok Junction, U.S. Customs, Alaska Highway [automobile parked in front of building; U.S. Customs, Highway Patrol, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Marshal; gravel road; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.193
Alaska ’47 – Sitka, view of Silver Bay from highway. Note cross of snow on mountain peak [scenic]
Collection: B2017.011
B1962.x.015.001
Cutting highway path – A wide path is cut through a grove of trees for the Alcan Highway
during the early construction days in 1942. Photo courtesy Canadian Army [same as .24]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.008
Spring break up on the Alcan Highway during the early construction days of WWII. Mud
was one of the major enemies which had to be conquered in completing the 1,600 mile-long
highway to AK. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1989.016.1768
(Turnagain Arm from Seward Highway) [bird's eye view of road and Alaska Railroad tracks, looking north to Cook Inlet]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1809
"King's" Mountain, Chickaloon, Alaska [gravel road, probably Glenn Highway in foreground, King Mountain in background. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1810
"Glen Allen" Hi-way, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [unpaved Glenn Highway in winter, with snow-covered mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.288.27
Tazlina Glacier Lodge, mile 156 Glenn Highway, Alaska [bus at gas pump in front of lodge. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1271
O75 A collection of signs at mile 635 (Watson Lake sign collection) [Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.866
L64 Alaskan Hiway (Along an Alaska highway; 1946 postcard) [copy neg; scenic view from road, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley