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B2019.015.12
JUL 65P [View of Susitna River and trees with three people walking on the beach, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Susitna River
Collection: B2019.015
B1979.002.Album1.71
Saw mill, A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway sawmill, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1984.077.21.018
[scenic view, trees, ouitcroppings, mouintains in distance? Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.5.006
Fairbanks [railroad depot, tracks, buildings, windmill in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2298.3
(Chitina, store, interior) [patrons standing at counter inside general store, with window and shelves full of goods]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.81
Breakwater Sta. 57 + 48 to 63. Eugene Underwood [view down long stretch of railroad tracks, log and stone breakwater along shore at right, low trestle bridge down the line, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2019.008.32
Jane, Alice, Helen, Virginia & Mary [Alaska Native woman and four children sitting behind counter, decorated cake on counter, plates and canned goods on shelves in background, cash register at right]
Collection: B2019.008
B2019.015.2
JUL 65P [Two sets of railroad tracks with a passenger train in the distance, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B1984.077.22.012
[depot, railroad tracks, boardwalk, platform, bulding, two people, train. Image is blurry. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.105.2
[man seated on small boat along marshy shore, floating log dock at right, lake or river in wooded area]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.015.11
JUL 65P [View of Palmer Valley area with structures in the background, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Palmer
Collection: B2019.015
B1984.077.5.002
Fairbanks [street scene, telegraph pole? market, pickup truck in lower left corner, man in street, buildings in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.356.6
Glover's Service Station [1932? Standard Gasoline, Alemite Service, Monark Batteries, Wells, Storage, 1933 Oldsmobile]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.015.1
JUL 65P [View of railroad tracks with two people standing in front of the Hurricane Station House next to the tracks. Two railroad cars on second set of tracks to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B2019.015.10
JUL 65P [View of Susitna River and trees to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Susitna River
Collection: B2019.015
B2019.015.5
JUL 65P [Two sets of railroad tracks and a railroad car to the left at Chulitna, July 1965. Structure to the right of the tracks]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Chulitna, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B1989.016.190.1
Trading post at Chevak, Alaska. Dated 1/30/1942. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.190.2
Trading post at Eek, Alaska. Dated 1/30/1942. [H.W. Nagley. Sign for post office lying on ground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.22.013
NCCO, post office, W.A. Coghill General outfitters, Nenana Liquor, Fowlers [Nenana street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, boardwalks]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.6.005
[railroad tracks, train engine, railway car on ramp, lumber, buildings. neg. is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.6094
5/27/46 [bird’s eye view of locomotive 902 on track in winter, snowbanks on both sides, Cf. .5823]
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.005.495
ARR 11 [view down track in heavily flooded area, sign for Restricted Parking, building in background, Portage; print date May 64. Cf. .509]
Keywords: earthquake, railroads, transportation
Collection: B2014.005
B1997.003.109
[airplane parked on snowy landing strip; tire tracks in snow, barrel in foreground]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.796
L33 An Alaskan hunting lodge, Tustumena Lake "1946 postcard" [log cabin, stove pipe, clothing hanging on fence, man wearing plaid shirt, trousers, hat, shouder satchel standing near door, covered entrance, moose rack on ground, filreweed plants in foreground, trees; small cabin, outbuilding at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1979.002.Album1.50
Large bridge, Mile 49. Eugene Underwood [distant view of railroad trestles in the Loop District, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1857.7
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building frame, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.015.4
JUL 65P [View of railroad tracks with a river and trees to the right, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B1998.014.1.878
L74 Alaska Railroad - between Seward and Anchorage (1948 postcard) [railroad switch, curve, trestle bridge, glacier and mountains in background, likely Bartlett Glacier; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.6.006
[railroad tracks, structure for loading trains? neg. is deteriorating, broken piece of neg obstructs part of image]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1047.1
P-#6. The Projects' new school, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [exterior of completed school, Sept. 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1047.2
P-12A. The Palmer School. Hewitt's Photo, Anchorage [exterior of completed school, Sept. 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection