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B1991.048.184
[dogs on wood pile]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B1989.016.359.9
Cabin with wood pile [Cook Inlet in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.652
(Hoyt Nanic) [young girl standing by a wood pile on boardwalk]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.010.2026
[scenic of village in winter, small pile of wood in foreground, Unalakleet?]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.407
Wood pile, after lumbering, March 1921 [fuel wood stacked in yard next to barn and silo]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1061.2
P-299. Hewitt's [homestead with garden, wood pile, wood frame house and outbuilding, Palmer/Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.011.362.neg
Totem poles [three poles in clearing, cut wood in piles nearby]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2022.003.35
B 63 51, Mrs. Jenkins and Beaver [two Indigenous individuals seated in front of a wood pile]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Qaspeq, Wood pile
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1972.046.60
Jacobs Dream in the Streets of Dawson {man sleeping amongst a wood pile with his head resting on a wood block}{cabins and structures in background}
Keywords: mining, miner, Dawson, gold
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B2015.014.86
[two white women sitting with Alaska Native women and girls on wood pile, saw in front of pile, buildings and utility poles in background]
Collection: B2015.014
B2015.014.86crop
[two white women sitting with Alaska Native women and girls on wood pile, saw in front of pile, buildings and utility poles in background]
Collection: B2015.014
B2019.003.082
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Sitting on the wood pile [young women and children sitting on top of log pile, church steeple in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.2227.12
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two story building with mountains in background, wood pile at left]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.13b
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two story building with mountains in background, wood pile at left]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.3060
[Alaska Native family posed next to wood pile in front of Beaver post office]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.3348
[village waterfront as seen from river, riverboat docked in center near fuel wood pile]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1355
42. Alaska lynx. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [lynx in wood pile. neg deteriorating]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.408
Lumbering partly finished, Spring 1921 [cut timber piled in wooded area. Cf. .1001]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1001
100,000 ft. timber, 1500 cords wood. Below spring [cut timber piled in wooded area.
With stamp of G.W. Handy. Cf. .408]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.648
180.6. On the Yukon, wooding up [paddle steamer Whitehorse stopped along riverbank
near fuel wood pile, men on plank between ship and bank]
Keywords: shipping, steamer, Yukon, paddle wheel, transportation
Collection: B2015.008
b1969.015.1.42
[Man with pipe, saw horse, wood pile in front of cabin.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1990.014.2018.1.235.001
72-4 [Sitka, August 1941; harbor scene; wood structures built on pilings; boats in right background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.1043
Road’s End Farm cabin, Dec. 6, 1934. Windows and roofing first steps [timber in yard
at left, large pile of fuel wood piled next to cabin, barn at right]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1993.020.522
Guard & sign, st/hood wood pile for bonfire [uniformed Navy personnel in front of bonfire with sign Deposit Wood for Statehood Bonfire Here!; print date Jul 58]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1990.014.2018.1.234.005
72-23 [Sitka; August 1941; view looking over water at Indian Town; wood structures; pilings; boats]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1031.3
GZ-85 (Road Building in Golden Zone) [tractor, wood pile, walled tent, at sawmill camp of Golden Zone Mine]
Keywords: mining, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.268.009
83; Sept. 4, 1942; Aerial view of HIdden Inlet fire [view from above water; pilings; wood structures; forest]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.447
[view down residential street in winter, probably East 9th Avenue, fuel wood piled next to houses. Cf. .856]
Collection: B1995.010
B2009.061.11
(LT Eunnis[?] wood team at [?])[man sitting on top of large lumber pile that is loaded on a sled and being pulled by two horses]
Keywords: logging, winter, horses, harvest
Collection: B2009.061
B2019.003.078
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Louis, half br. [young boy posed on building steps next to pile of fuel wood]
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.003.014
Miles 359(359 Woodyard Upper Yukon River)[6 men standing amongst lumber piles at the BS Downing Charly Creek Wood Yard]
Keywords: logging, lumber, resource extraction
Collection: B1998.003
B1989.016.1229.3
Anchorage, Aug. 14th, 1915. Laurence [bird's eye view of Anchorage town lot auction, with lumber pile, tents, and wood frame buildings]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.156
Alaska ’47 – Sleitmut, wood-burning “Wallace Langley” makes 5 trips a season between Bethel & McGrath [man standing next to pile of fuel wood on deck of riverboat, two men on upper deck, Sleetmute]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.998
No. 89. Eskimo graves. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [seven burial mounds with wood piles covered in snow, man standing atop one grave]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.232.004
72-1 Aug 1941 Pan X in Dk 20 Sitka [scenic view of wood structure on island; bridge at lower left; pilings in foreground; mountains and structures in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.118.14
Jacob Askoak, father of three priests [Alaska Native man wearing driving cap and mukluks seated on log holding small child, buildings and wood pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.3372
[group portrait of Alaska Native woman and children posed next to fuel wood pile, several children holding balloons, two dogs in front of Beaver post office at left. Cf. .3393]
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.024.020
[Nenana winter street view with pedestrians, railroad depot at left, wood pile and sign for “Tavern Café Bar” at right, sign for N.C. Co. in center background; pickup truck with chains on wheels; dog]
Collection: B2014.024
B1989.016.1229.4
Anchorage, Oct. 8th, 1915. The Sydney Laurence Co. [street scene with light snow, lumber piles, pedestrians, wood frame buildings with businesses including Newt W. Pilger, Anchorage Cafe, Fairbank's Men's Furnishings]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.118.15
Jacob Askoak, father of three priests [Alaska Native man wearing driving cap and mukluks seated on log holding small child, second man wearing sunglasses crouched at right, buildings and wood pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.52
Old dwelling near Warehouse A, Seward, Alaska, A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [two-story wood-frame building on pilings on shore of Resuurection Bay near Alaska Northern Railway yard, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2019.003.052
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” [two men standing next to log building in winter, ladder propped against wall next to fuel wood pile, sawhorse or makeshift table at left, mountains in background] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Men, Log Building, Building, Wood pile, Sawhorse, Mountain, Mountains, Mountain range, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.008.144
Fixing saw [two white men and two African American men working on equipment outdoors, pile of fuel wood in background, laundry hanging on clothesline at right] .145 – Harold & R.C. truck & Mack [man sitting on front bumper of Chevrolet pickup truck on dirt road, posed with dog]
Collection: B2019.008
B2015.014.90
Frida [Alaska Native man and two women wearing fancy fur parkas with geometric decoration standing outside log cabin in winter, man with mustache wearing fur hat, parka with fur on the inside, and Athapascan-style mittens, metal wash basin on wall at left above wood pile. Paper with Kodak Velox Paper stamp.]
Collection: B2015.014