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B2015.008.585
{Copper River and the Abecrombie Canyon rapids}
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4880
(Cronin #6 Nenana River Canyon 1919)
Keywords: river, mountains
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.862
Chitistone, 1913 [bird’s eye view of river canyon]
Keywords: river, Chitistone
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.586
(Copper River and the Abecrombie Canyon rapids Miles Glacier moraine)
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.167
71. Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.186
60. Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1486
Nenana River Canyon [scene along the Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.096a
[scenic view of river, possibly Miles Canyon, Yukon River in Yukon Territory; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.172
59. Lower end Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2040
58. Neaha River Canyon. R.C.L., Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [i.e., Nenana River?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.120
5C. Placer River Canyon. C. R. Breck [bird's eye view of river through canyon on Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.121a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “23” [scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.122a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “3” [scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2015.008.1220
29. Peru, Dec. ’08. On Lima-Oroya R.R. [scenic with river canyon]
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.096b
[verso of slide: scenic view of river, possibly Miles Canyon, Yukon River in Yukon Territory; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.121
4-C. Placer River Canyon. C. R. Breck [bird's eye view of river through canyon on Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.121b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “23” [verso of slide: scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.122b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “3” [verso of slide: scenic view of river and canyon, likely Colorado River and Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.580.1
A-39. Nenana River canyon. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.169
58. Keystone. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.193
H5 81425 Climning far up at dusk to avoid canyons 2 hours down to river
Keywords: horses
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.867
Cannon City, Y.T. [bird’s eye view of settlement along river, probably Canyon City on
White River, 10 miles east of Alaska-Yukon border]
Keywords: White River, Cannon City
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.055
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” Eklutna River canyon [scenic in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Eklutna River Canyon, Eklutna River, River Canyon, Canyon, River, Winter, Scene, Scenic, View
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.002.Album1.174
65. Head of Keystone. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1653.3
30. Healey River Coal Veins, Healey, Alaska. Johnson & Tyler, Anchorage. 11, Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Healy River canyon]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.013
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Eklutna River canyon [woman holding walking stick standing with dog in canyon in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Eklutna River canyon, Canyon, Winter, Woman walking
Collection: B2019.003
AEC.G1445
AEC_G1445_Looking West From Lower End of Nenana River Canyon Above Healy Fork. Near Mile 360 Govt railroad {railroad construction}
Keywords: railroad, transportation, river
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2017.029.1173
Chickaloon [bird’s eye view of inflatable raft in whitewater river in narrow canyon; print date 7/14/86] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Whitewater rafting, Rafting, River, Kay McFarland Jackson, Kay McFarland, Kathryn McFarland, Kathryn McFarland Jackson
Collection: B2017.029
B1979.002.Album1.168
64. Tunnel in Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view across river to tunnel entrance at base of mountains on far side, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.857
White River cañon, Y.T, 1912 [four men leading dog teams pulling sleds on frozen river
through canyon, last musher possibly Athapascan wearing dentalium necklace and hat, Alaska-
Canada Boundary Survey?]
Keywords: dog team, White River, ice, winter
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.1308
(Cronin #12, ARC Loco #6 (ex Panama) being horse-drawn over hills beyond Healy for operation south of Nenana River canyon, 1920-21. E.J. Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1308edit
Cronin #2, ARC Loco #6 (ex Panama) being horse-drawn over hills beyond Healy for operation south of Nenana River canyon, 1920-21. E.J. Cronin
Keywords: transportation, railroads, animals
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2018.023.120a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “24” [scenic view of aerial tramway across Colorado River, Grand Canyon at Bright Angel Fault; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.120b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “24” [verso of slide: scenic view of aerial tramway across Colorado River, Grand Canyon at Bright Angel Fault; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023