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B1995.014.66.7
[two soldiers wading across river, possibly Knik River, glacier in distance]
Keywords: hiking, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.6560.jpg
Tent Flat Horn - home.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1979.002.Album1.94a
R. J. Weir at Portage Glacier. R. J. Weir [two men at foot of glacier, one sitting on top of iceberg, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.104.19
[two soldiers riding in amphibious vehicle on lake or river, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.68.2
Anchorage Army base [exterior of chapel]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1641.5
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with counter display showing clothing, hats, shoes, Santa figurine in corner, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.30.16
F-E Co. 1942 [crane and hose at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation, dog in foreground, cabin in background]
Keywords: animals, residences, houses
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.5.6
[people standing in church interior. original image underexposed]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.254
3 1 92425 Port Wells Alaska Where ducks abound College Fjord from Packenham Point
Keywords: port wells, prince william sound, college fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B1994.022.727
(Copper River Freight and Freightage Tractor Sleds)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.122.3
[soldiers stopped next to creek during hike, mountains in background, boots and pack on shore in foreground]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.25.1
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of men panning for gold, Fairbanks Exploration Company]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.25.10
F-E Co. 1942 [dredge at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.6833.jpg
[Ivory carving of dog team with musher, labeled Joe Redington Sr. Father of Iditarod Race, Knik Kennels 1948]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6833
[Ivory carving of dog team with musher, labeled Joe Redington Sr. Father of Iditarod Race, Knik Kennels 1948]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1979.002.Album1.168
64. Tunnel in Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view across river to tunnel entrance at base of mountains on far side, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1615.2
(Ducks in Ship Creek) [ducks on mud flats with Anchorage docks in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1615.3
(Ducks in Ship Creek) [ducks in flight over mud flats with Anchorage docks in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.131.3
(catastrophe)(June 29 1965)(Anchorage Depot and Westward Hotel)( Historical)
Keywords: urban, downtown
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.010.2041
[woman and two girls jigging for tom cod on ice, Unalakleet? Cf. .2037]
Keywords: subsistence, fishing
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.38.13
[snowmachine pulling men and packs up slope, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.41.13
[snowmachine pulling men and packs to base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.66.8
[two soldiers wading across river, possibly Knik River, glacier in distance]
Keywords: hiking, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.6605.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. with Knik Kennels airplane
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999