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B2015.008.862
Chitistone, 1913 [bird’s eye view of river canyon]
Keywords: river, Chitistone
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.850
[view across water to glacier terminus. Proof print]
.849 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
.850 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.854
Mouth of White River, 1912 [view across water to bluff, pine trees along opposite bank]
Keywords: river, White River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.641
172.2. Starting for Russell Glacier, 6.12.12 [view across moraine and valley, man leading
pack horses in middle ground]
Keywords: horses, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.879
Chisana Flat [corduroy road in wooded area. Poor quality print]
Keywords: Chisana, road, woods
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.863
Nizina, 1913 [bird’s eye view of river valley]
Keywords: river, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.802
Harvard Glacier in 1910 (July 22) from Photo Sta. N. There is an earlier photograph from
this point by the Harriman Expedition and a later one by Miss Keen [glacier terminus, icebergs
in water]
Keywords: glacier, Prince William Sound, Harvard Glacier, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.860
In big bend of Beaver, 1912 [pack train passing small alpine lake]
Keywords: lake
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.861
[climbers resting on glacier, with pack dogs, supplies on ice, Dora seated on ice at right.
Original image blurry]
Keywords: dog team, climbing, mountains, mountaineering, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.849
[view across water to glacier terminus. Proof print]
.849 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
.850 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.451
8. Main Street, after the flood. Bridge pier at left [view across swollen river]
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.076a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [men moving freight at a pier; winch; crates, boxes, rope, furniture, net; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2015.008.738a
330a.7-8. Russell Glacier, Alaska. 8.23.16 [small format panoramic photograph, bird’s
eye view of glacier valley, man with dog and horse on glacier in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: Russell Glacier, pack horse, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.184
Alaska ’47 – Lake George Glacier, little known glacier forms lake, dumps as water pressure breaks thru lower section of glacier [aerial of glacier]
Collection: B2017.011
B2015.008.739
331.7. Nutzotin Mts. from near Powell Creek, Alaska. 8.16.16 [three pack horses in field,
man seated at left, mountains in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: pack horse, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.076b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: men moving freight at a pier; winch; crates, boxes, rope, furniture, net; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.4880
(Cronin #6 Nenana River Canyon 1919)
Keywords: river, mountains
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.271
All (except horse barn, at right) destroyed by fire, May 2, 1931. Mar. 12, 1917 [barns and silos in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.853
Russell, 1912 [Russell Glacier moraine in foreground, possibly White River in distance]
Keywords: glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.710
247.3. A rubber bath tub, used by Alaska prospectors in a cabin far in the wilds, for
laundry as well as [three men seated in log cabin, man in center smoking pipe and leaning
over, man at right wearing bib overalls and cleaning duck, man in center reading newspaper
possibly George, Towle’s Log Cabin Syrup on table at left, ladder in background, gear hanging
on walls. Caption lightly erased. Print cropped with loss of caption]
Keywords: cabin interior
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.56.16
Oscar and Teresa, Riley's kids [small child wearing Western-style clothing and skin boots holding beater with batter, young girl, Theodora Riley, in doorway of log cabin in background, container from Blue Ribbon Eggs at left, late 1930s]
Keywords: clothing, footwear, food, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.543
Seclusion, only ¾ m. from R.R. & P.O. [panorama with two images, view across lawn to
brick house and wood shed]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.855
Scolai Pass, 1912. Panorama #1. Riggs [pack train on trail through Skolai Pass. Portion of
caption lightly erased]
Keywords: pack horse, Skolai Pass
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.973b
George, 1917. For “alien enemy” identification card [excised from photo album. same
as .973a]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.737
329.12. Chisana jail, Alaska. 8.13.16 [two log cabins in wooded area with tree stumps. Proof print]
Keywords: cabin, jail
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.820
Letting himself down into a 200 ft. crevasse to catch water from icicles. 20 [roped-up
climber in crevasse, pan on snow at right]
Keywords: mountaineering, glacier, climbers
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.736
327.1. Bonanza, Alaska. 8.12.16 [bird’s eye view of town with log buildings and tents, creek at left. Proof print]
Keywords: cabin, tent, gold mining, prospector, Bonanza
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.262
3_10_92925 Port Wells Alaska Good bye to our little cabin
Keywords: port wells, prince william sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1193
Tel-el-Amarnah, capitol of reformer Amenhotep IV, 18th dyn. Below Thebes. Painted stucco pavements, revolution in realistic art [detail of relief at Amarna]
Collection: B2015.008
B1994.009.1040
Equipment and laboratory [likely in Anchorage, 1957; White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B2014.016.1686
Igiugig, Natives in front of trading post, home of Mrs. Mack [man, woman, and three children outside wood shake building with "Igiugig" and N with arrow painted on roof]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B2014.016
B2015.008.1002
Inspection day, best fields in Vermont (potatoes – ours) [large group of men walking in
field, Vermont Potato Growers Association, 1921. Cf. 394]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1013
Horse barn, with garage door. Behind, part of long tool shed [fire-damaged building
next to barn, May 1931. Cf. .532]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.640
169.9. Kennicott Glacier moraine from above [bird’s eye view of valley and mountains
opposite]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.53.9
[soldiers loading military truck, birch trees at left, water and mountains in background]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.016.1742
Juneau, Auke Lake [man and woman standing on glacial till next to lake, with reeds in water, both people holding bouquets of wildflowers, woman wearing uniform, possibly flight attendant, Mendenhall Glacier in distance]
Collection: B2014.016
B2015.008.1194
Agra, Pearl Mosque, in Palace of Shah Jehan (2nd Grt. Moghul), in the fort. It is of white marble cut in bas relief. A perfectly satisfactory beauty [exterior of Moti Masjid]
Collection: B2015.008