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B1994.008.833.slide
(Ottawa to Alaska truck north bound)
Keywords: pick up truck, transportation
Collection: B1994.008
B2015.008.311
After the potato digger, Sept. 1917. All to be picked up by hand, that night [potatoes lying in rows in field]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.378
Picking up potatoes, Sept. 1920 [person bending over rows in field. Original image blurry]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2033.6
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [man picking rifle up from sandy ground. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Keywords: firearms
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4892
(Cronin #25 )(Pete Smith vending water with steam boiler following day he picked up honey cans)( 1918){horse and carriage loaded with cargo}
Keywords: buisness, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2009.037.020
.20a – [closer view of just the steam shovel picking up soil] .20b – [similar to .20a, appears to be taken a few moments after the previous photo]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.008.1306.t25
T25 [three climbers roped up for ascent, resting in snow at base of valley glacier, picks
set in snow, Dora in rear at left]
[.794] – T26 [has print]
Keywords: climber, climbing, crevasse, mountain, mountaineering, ice axe, snow shoe, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1306.t25crop
T25 [three climbers roped up for ascent, resting in snow at base of valley glacier, picks
set in snow, Dora in rear at left]
[.794] – T26 [has print]
Keywords: climber, climbing, crevasse, mountain, mountaineering, ice axe, snow shoe, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.124.003
43-1 March 10-17; plus x 40-24 Dk 20-13 min @ 68°; Fritzie [child picks up objects at viewpoint over city and water; likely Seattle, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.124.003
43-1 March 10-17; plus x 40-24 Dk 20-13 min @ 68°; Fritzie [child picks up objects at viewpoint over city and water; likely Seattle, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1409
1. Anchorage, Alaska. "Hewitt's" [Fourth Avenue at E Street, looking northeast. Anchorage, 1940's, with Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store. A military truck sits parked at the curb next to a sign reading Pick Up Military Personnel Here. Other automobiles and pedestrians can also be seen. Similar image in Sidney Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.26. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1289
Hewitt's, Anchorage, Alaska [Fourth Avenue and E Street scene with pedestrians, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, lawn and fence in foreground with sign "Pick Up Military Personnel Here." copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1691.1
Hewitt's. Anchorage [Fourth Avenue and E Street scene with pedestrians, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, lawn and fence in foreground with sign “Pick Up Military Personnel Here.” copy neg. cf. 1289, 1409]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1812
Corner 4th and E, Anchorage. Hewitt's [Fourth Avenue and E Street scene with pedestrians, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, lawn and fence in foreground with sign “Pick Up Military Personnel Here.” copy neg. cf. 1289, 1691.1]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection