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B1995.014.17.9
[scenic with ice in river, possibly Yukon River, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.374
Ice blocks, sawed and lifted, waiting to be hauled to ice house [blocks of ice on river, ice saws and shovel in foreground]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.004.12977
Tidal, current or river movement creates pan ice. Photographer's number: 12977
Keywords: ice, winter
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1995.014.105.20
[scenic with mountains in distance, river with early ice in foreground?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2011.007.8.78
Tanana River ice break-up, Tanana, 1920s.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2011.007.8.81
Tanana River ice break-up, Tanana, 1920s.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B1989.016.1576.2
(Curry Bridge) [pedestrian bridge over Susitna River at Curry Hotel, ice in river]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.373
George, clearing the ice for the ice plow [parallel lines cut into river ice, man at left sweeping snow, horse at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B2006.023.5538.jpg
[Ice and gravel on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River. Cf. #3908]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5538
[Ice and gravel on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River. Cf. #3908]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2015.008.337
February 1919. Sawing ice on the river [two men with ice saws on frozen river, pile of supplies at right. cf. .370-374, .1005]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1006
Harvesting ice with circular saw [distant view of men and horses on river ice. Excised
from photo album]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.17.12
[ice in river at break up, possibly Yukon River, small wooden skiff at shore dock in foreground]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.1529
Engine 830 on the ice at Tanana River, Nenana Dec 11_21 (Locas, Steam)(Misc)(Engine 830 on ice at Nenana 12_11_21)
Keywords: transportation, railroad, train
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4878
(Cronin#4 Tanana River breakup at Nenana note fish traps in ice)
Keywords: winter, river, ice
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.Album.Engine.830
Engine 830 on the ice at Tanana River. Nenana Dec. 11, 1921
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.2472
"Ground; 5/30/46" [aerial view of river, snow, possibly ice, trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.103
Anvik River during breakup [scenic of water filled with ice chunks]
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.004.26000
The 6 to 8 foot thick ice begins to move about May 15 along Yukon River. Photographer's number: 26000
Keywords: ice, transportation, breakup
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1995.014.17.10
[portrait of dog next to Russian Orthodox cross grave marker, ice filled river in background, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: religion, animals, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.17.11
[portrait of dog next to Russian Orthodox cross grave marker, ice filled river in background, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: animals, funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.735
326.8. Nizina Lake ice, Alaska. 7.18.16 [view down river valley, ice chunks on beach in foreground. Proof print]
Keywords: glacier, Nizina Lake
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.017.002
Mail plane on the river. [on print:] Mail day [smiley face] [distant view of airplane on skis on frozen river in winter, people gathered on ice, Eenayarak River]
Collection: B2015.017
AEC.G1751
A.E.C. G1751 Mile 237-5 May 17 - 1921 After the ice run in Susitna River
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.1309
(North Nenana Limited loading freight and passengers on the ice of the Tanana River at Nenana 1920)
Keywords: transportation, cargo, shipping, railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1024
GZ-118 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [winter scene with hole in ice over river]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.256.2
The Tanana River clearing of ice at Nenana after the 1940 break-up. Photo by Charles Wilson.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.6.11
[people and dog teams on frozen river, setting up fish traps for ice fishing]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.827a
From moving train, ice 2 or 3 miles away [view across river to glacier terminus]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.3351
November 1969 Northern Alaska [aerial view of sea ice, coastal village, river]
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.008.827b
From moving train, ice 2 or 3 miles away [view across river to glacier terminus]
.827b – [same as .827a]
Keywords: glacier, copper river
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.370
George clearing the ice for the ice plow [George on frozen river, using wooden push blade, sled on runners in background. cf. .337-338]
Collection: B2015.008
B2012.031.09b
Beginning of the ice thaw on Susitna River, Alaska, May 1917, Susitna, Alaska. Mail team with mail crossing the river, last time before ice broke up about May 25th. Picture taken by R.A. Moon.
Collection: B2012.031
B1979.002.Album1.23
M-45. Ice in Susitna. W. F. Milliken [small chunks of ice floating in Susitna River, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.20
M-46. Ice in Susitna. W. F. Milliken [small chunks of ice floating in Susitna River, trees on far shore, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.4891
(Cronin #20 Placing boxcar onto Tanana River ice for service on North Nenana run)(winter 1920)
Keywords: railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.212
Martin's plane at Kanatak_ Plane of world flyers forced down by frozen{biplane on broken ice in river or lake}
Keywords: plane, Kanatak, ice
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.1310
(Cronin#21 Placing passenger coach onto Tanana River ice for service on the North Nenana run)(Winter 1920)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation, cargo, shipping
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.004.13768
Kobuk River makes cut into permafrost: peat solid frozen with many ice lens. Photographer's number 13768
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1995.014.52.5
[man walking along plank to debark from riverboat tied to shore, ice chunks floating in water, Yukon River]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.372
Cross ploughing ice [two men with two-horse team pulling small cutting plow on frozen river]
Collection: B2015.008
B1972.041.11
P.S. Hunt 97 Copper River Ice Jam Nov. 26-1898 Looking up stream from Copper Center
Collection: B1972.041 AHFAM McDade
B2014.001.726
[ice chunks in lake or river, railroad bridge at left, Matanuska Valley or Kenai Peninsula; print date Jul 76]
Collection: B2014.001
B2015.008.1005
West Hartford Library, Vt., 1926. Ice harvest on White River. Library on river’s brink
[man driving two-horse team at left, people on ice in far distance. Cf. .337]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.24.5
[bird's eye view of village on river, possibly Yukon River, with pancake ice in water, riverboat docked near boardwalk at right, buildings along boardwalk, spring flooding at upper right]
Keywords: breakup, weather, residences, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014