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B1989.016.2287
[log building with sign for Alaska Road Commission on dirt road]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2001.002.25
Sign: Richardson Highway, Valdez-Chitina-Fairbanks Military Road constructed and maintained by the Alaska Road Commission. Several buildings behind sign, utility poles along road, mountains in distance.
Keywords: roads, communication, military
Collection: B2001.002 FIC
B1962.001A.272
Shoeing a pet. P.S. Hunt, G2229 [Horses; People; Valdez; Alaska Road Commission] [Men with ferrier shoeing horse in corral]
Keywords: Shoeing, Ferrier, Pet, Horse, Horseshoe, People, Men, Pen, Corral, Valdez, Alaska Road Commission, AK Road Commission, ARC, A.R.C.
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1993.022.84
[Alaska Highway construction, clearing trees for road]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1993.022
B1995.010.5847
[Alaska Road Commission steam shovel clearing land along Knik River, Knik River Bridge in background, 1940s. has neg
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5848
[Alaska Road Commission steam shovel clearing land along Knik River, Knik River Bridge in background, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1293
Roadway near Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's, 78 [Palmer Road with trees, mountains]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.7.034
Alaska Road commission [log cabin, sign, two men at entrance, Lo Pinto?, one rings large dinner bell, triangle]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.7.035
Alaska Road Commission [sign, log cabin, two men at doorway, one possibly Lo Pinto?, metal triangle, dinner bell? mountains, trees in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1580
(T11 Valdez, Alaska) [view from along road, gravel road, river, waterfall in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1989.016.2093.11
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland [Christmas card mat with sketch of winter cache and photograph of rock outcropping on Hatcher Pass Road]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1373
(PT9 Valdez & print) [McKinley Street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, children, sign: "Richardson Hightway. Valdez to Chitina 131 mi Fairbanks 371 mi; United States Department of the Interior; Alaska Road Commission" sign; Pinzon Bar; Pabst, Valdez Liquor Store, City Market; Office of Alaska Road commission; food store delivery truck'
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1693.2
Bridalvail [sic] Falls, Keystone Canyon Valdez, Alaska [automobile on gravel road next to Bridal Veil Falls. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1800.1
Auto Park, Lake Spenard, Anchorage, Alaska (Elks Picnic) [automobiles parked in clearing, with dirt road at right. circa 1920s]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.157
R18-9. Road Commission auto, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail [group of men in open car stopped on trail in wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1837
Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [bird's eye view of Palmer road with Matanuska Colony in middle distance, mountains in background. similar to .1767]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.046.37
Solomon ferry, 8/52 [view down gravel ramp to empty ferry, sign at left reads “Solomon Ferry Service 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Daily, Alaska Road Commission”]
Collection: B1991.046
B1998.014.1.2011
T228 Homer, Alaska "air view" [roads, structures, shoreline]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.12b.05573.19
Skyline view of Anchorage, Alaska, Fall [Roads and Trucks], 1986
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Roads and Trucks, Anchorage
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2267.2b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [VW Beetle with Alaska plates parked on road through mountain pass]
Keywords: roads, automobiles
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1786.1
Seward Highway. Hewitt's Photo [bird's eye view of road and Alaska Railroad tracks, looking north to Cook Inlet. copy neg. cf. 1768]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1731.4
Matanuska Valley, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [bird's eye view of Palmer road with Matanuska Colony in middle distance, mountains in background. copy neg. cf. 1767]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.614
Breaking Trail Fairbanks Alaska By Hoyt (Road Construction-Richardson Highway)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.359
B80 Valdez, Alaska (Valdez Gospel Chapel) [dirt road, boardwalks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1786.2
Seward Hi-way, Turnagain Arm. Hewitt's Photo [bird's eye view of road and Alaska Railroad tracks, looking north to Cook Inlet. copy neg. cf. 1768]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1941.3
(Alaska Railroad freight train to Portage, winter) [view down Seward Highway with railroad locomotive 1502 pulling train on tracks at left, utlity poles along road, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2139.28
Alaska Seasons Greetings (Neg for cards #38) [winter scene with road, trees]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.animals.24.Jun91.007
Reindeer feed along a road some 25 miles east of Nome, Alaska, USA.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1998.014.1.193
B12 Fairbanks University of Alaska - aerial [not actually an aerial view; road, buildings]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.307
B60 Service club at Elmendorf Field, Alaska [dormers, dirt road, shrubs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.168
Alaska ’47 – Fairbanks, brilliant birch on road to college [autumn scenic]
Collection: B2017.011
B1983.091.S3302.15
{Kenai oil rig, Alaska Aggregate assignment, Union. (Plank road accessing well, 7- -1961)} [truck drives on wood plank road, gravel road, culvert, pickup truck]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1974.040.092
Claude Rogers on left, and Arloe Kessinger on right on skis at Fishook in 1936; they were mechanics for Alaska Road Commission all over Alaska. No bindings were used then for skis and no special boots. Mrs. Kessinger was Esther Brown, whose father was the Railroad agent, Neil Brown, at Wasilla. She was secretary to Elmer Rasmussen at Alaska Nat. Bank many years.
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B1998.014.1.1273
(O76 Alaska Highway entrance sign) ["Entering Alaska, leaving Yukon Territory" sign along highway, gravl road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1716
T67 Cordova, Alaska (from hillside; Cordova telephoto lens [view of structures, streets, roads, automobiles, people walking on roads, water; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2139.41
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. Alaska. (Neg for cards #51) [winter road with trees]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.574.1.TIF
A-74. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. [hoar frost on trees along road]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.animals.24.36489
Reindeer amble along a road about 25 miles east of Nome, Alaska: rangifer tarandus.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1996.032.095
Christensen Road "Snob Hollow" Anchorage Homes Hewitt Photo Shop Alaska 63
Collection: B1996.032 John Bagoy Collection
B1998.014.1.412
B119 Pioneer Hardware Bldg, Homer, Alaska [gravel road, trees, water in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.413
B121 Public School Bldg. Seward, Alaska [gravel road in foreground; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.795
"L32 University of Alaska "1946 postcard" [college campus structures, hill, trees, road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1571.3
170. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [hay fields in foreground, Matanuska Colony in middle ground, road at right running towards mountains]
Keywords: agriculture, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.109
Knik, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1825 [street scene with log buildings and fences along dirt road, businesses including Mrs. Morrison's Road House and Knik Pool Hall, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1