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B1973.079.44
[gold mining on the Seward Peninsula][scaffolding for sluce with tailings]
Keywords: resource extraction, Nome, gold, mines, mining
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.077.21.018
[scenic view, trees, ouitcroppings, mouintains in distance? Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.22.012
[depot, railroad tracks, boardwalk, platform, bulding, two people, train. Image is blurry. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2019.015.1
JUL 65P [View of railroad tracks with two people standing in front of the Hurricane Station House next to the tracks. Two railroad cars on second set of tracks to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B2019.015.10
JUL 65P [View of Susitna River and trees to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Susitna River
Collection: B2019.015
B1989.016.658.3
Come and get it! S.E.R.A. at Anchorage en route to Matanuska Valley. #3, Hewitt's Photo Shop [passengers and crew serving coffee on station platform with rail cars on tracks]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.17.002
Baths [Street scene, bathhouse, rooms to rent, buildings, power lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B2023.003.18
3928, 34, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [view of Alaska Railroad yard at Ship Creek with parked train cars and buildings facing southwest with downtown Anchorage and Knik Arm in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Ship Creek, Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska Railroad, Train, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1989.016.2227.13a
(Eklutna Industrial School) [rear view of three-story building, clothesline at right, small boy playing in yard]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2300.1
(Spa in Anchorage, exterior)
Keywords: recreation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.22
27. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2312.7
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of warehouse, May 9, 1951) [railroad and equipment yard, Ship Creek area, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.6.002
[scenic view, field, mountains, buildings in distance. image partially obstructed by piece of film?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1940.3
#3 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [musher at start line for Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Races, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Dr. Hines Optometrist, Ship Creek Market, and Lee’s Menswear]
Keywords: businesses
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
B1989.016.674.1
87. The "Loop" in winter, Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop [snow on the Alaska Railroad Loop area]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.4
21 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [two women skiing down Fourth Avenue, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banner hanging over street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.5
19 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [street scene looking east at Fourth Avenue and E Street during Fur Rendezvous, with banner hanging across street and spectators in front of businesses including Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Taven, Anchorage Grill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.003.17
3927, 33, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [view of Alaska Railroad yard at Ship Creek with parked train cars and buildings facing southeast with downtown Anchorage and Chugach Mountain in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Ship Creek, Alaska Railroad, Train, Chugach Mountains, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1989.016.2304.2
(Mountain scenery along Cook Inlet) [view of Turnagain Arm, with Seward Highway at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.6
9. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [two MPs standing on platform next to Boy Scout, with train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.658.2
Arrival of S.E.R.A. at Anchorage en route to Matanuska Valley. #2, Hewitt's Photo Shop [passengers on Anchorage depot platform with rail cars on tracks, station and other buildings on C Street Hill in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2011.014.34
Three women, two men in front of tar-paper building. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2015.008.1124
On the Ebro near Lodosa. On the right side of the picture appear ruins of the Roman aqueduct [view from train paralleling river]
Collection: B2015.008
B2023.003.27
Alaska Railroad, RS1 #1000 Train #3, Portage, AK. 07/09/1956. 3968, 1, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [Alaska Railroad train with buildings to the left of tracks and at right in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Portage, Alaska Railroad, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1998.014.1.2246b
"sheep, bears, squirrel" [reflective scan of .2246a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2023.003.24
3937, 33, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [Alaska Railroad Engine 551 parked with building at left]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaska Railraod, Engine 551, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1989.016.2037.5
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [drivers standing next to trucks with logo for Walt's Transfer Company parked outside Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Anchorage]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1118
Montserrat, Chapel of St. Cecilia, built in 872, on the same serrated ridge as the monastery, and about two miles from it
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2143.26
49. H'dqrs Medical Division, A.R.R.C., Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [utility poles and wood-frame building near dirt road in foreground, walled tents in background, flag pole at left, Matanuska Colony, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation]
Keywords: medicine
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.758
337.6. Camp on Chitistone. 9.7.16 [view across riverbed to small tents in wooded area.
Proof print]
Keywords: tent, camp
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2143.10
17. Warton, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [exterior of building with sign "Post Office and Gen. Merchandise" in town later known as Palmer; Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.020.076
[Mount Marathon racer wearing number 51 running up to automobile on street, crowd of spectators watching at finish line, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B2023.003.25
Alaska Railroad, FP7 #1514 Train #5, Healy, AK. 07/08/1956. 3938, 36, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [Alaska Railroad Healy Depot with passenger train and people on the platform]
Keywords: Alaska, Healy, Alaska Railraod, Passenger train, Engine 1514, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1989.016.1084.11
P-240. Palmer, July 3, 1936. Hewitt's [passengers on platform at Palmer depot next to Alaska Railroad train, one man wearing clerical collar, Rev. Bingle?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1828
Wasila Lake. Hewitt's [small boat on Wasilla Lake, foliage in foreground. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.11
18. Matanuska, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [street view with signs for General Merchandise, Post Office, O.O. Krogh, and Hotel Allen; Palmer. emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1972.046.153
1434. Eskimos EA Hegg {Native woman with her three children in a photographers studio posing for a portrait}
Keywords: children, mother
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1989.016.1923
Mt. McKinley National Park and Its Relation to the Alaska Railroad, 1924 [map. 5 x 7 nitrate negative. Cracked. Discarded after scanning]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection