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B2017.023.168
[Soldier (Wally?) standing at attention, holding rifle in front of small building, possibly guard shack]
Collection: B2017.023
B1995.010.2232
Sno cat [three people standing in front of tracked vehicle in winter, log cabin in background]
Keywords: transportation, recreation
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.60.8
[debris from military plane crash scattered across tundra, man at right with camera]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, photography
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.60.9
[men standing near debris from military plane crash scattered across tundra, Cook Inlet in distance at left]
Keywords: military, aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.003.5
Construction on W[hite] P[ass] & Y[ukon] R.R. at Porcupine Hill. [photo by H. G. Barley, image #112, with two horse teams and men with hand tools in railroad cut]
Collection: B2006.003
B1984.077.19.032
[mining site, man, hydraulic mining, pipe, cutbank, silt formations]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.008.403
George with bee veil, smoker & gloves [George standing in orchard, crates stacked under trees in background]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1781
T96 Cordova, Alaska (Main St, 1948) [street scene; similar to .1780]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2990
July 1983, aerials, villages [view of strutures, river, ponds, tundra, mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.77.15
[scenic with tracks in snow through wooded area, mountain peak in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.101.002
37-4; Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St. {Ketchikan, January 1940; similar to .100.006
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.002
37-4; Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St. {Ketchikan, January 1940; similar to .100.006
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.432
[Fourth Avenue street scene looking east near K Street, automobiles parked in street in foreground, circus parade passing Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, McKinley Apartments in distance, 1954. Cf. .531]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.185
(j40){tide water glaciers and waters of Prince William Sound}
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.3012
July 1983, aerials, villages [circular pens, corrals, likely for reindeer; possible road or landing strip in left foreground]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3397
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two boys pose with bicycles on boardwalk; snow; structures, church in background; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.003.074
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" New girls house, snow drift at second story window [distant view of children standing on top of snow piled up against building]
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.4.Science.22.VU26039
Taiga, coniferous. Visuals Unlimited number 26039
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2017.024.3040
July 1983, aerials, villages [shoreline with canvas wall structures, tent, roads, waterways, ponds, tundra, mountain in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.101.004
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view looking toward road leading to Standard Oil Company of California and water; fuel tank and tree stumps at right; ship in midground behind fuel tank; Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.004
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view looking toward road leading to Standard Oil Company of California and water; fuel tank and tree stumps at right; ship in midground behind fuel tank; Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1857
(T132 Valdez, Dock Street) [similar to .1846 and .1856]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.644
173.3. Passing Alaska-Yukon boundary post 30 m. below head of White River, 6.14
[view across low brush in flat, horses standing at right near wooden marker. Print cropped,
with loss of caption]
Keywords: horses
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.101.001
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; similar to .100.005]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.001
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; similar to .100.005]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1893
Seward, Alaska (T154 Main St) [4th Avenue Methodist Church, pickup truck, Spic & Span Cleaners, ladder, two gulls at side of street, fire hydrant, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1040
E.D. 1. Cabin, bath in extension lately added. W. Hartford, Vt. [view across yard or
orchard to house]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.3319
[village waterfront as seen from water, crane at dock area at left]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1902
Spanard [sic] Lake at Anchorage (Spenard Lake w/swimmers) [same as .1901]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.584
"E26 Tom cod fishing in Eskimoland, 1948 postcard 'Eskimo woman fishing,' 5 negatives" [woman in cloth parka ice fishing, fish on ice, snow, dogsled]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1608
T20 Juneau, Alaska, pub by Brickley (1 print, 2 negs) [scenic view of shore looking over Gastineau Channel, wharf, pilings, boats, structures, possible power generating plant on right, utility poles, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1888
T152 Palmer, Alaska [street scene with railroad tracks in foreground, structures, businesses: Koslosky's Department Store, Palmer Drug; Valley Real Estate - Insurance, automobiles; quonset at far right; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1752
(T75 Ketchikan) [scenic view looking up creek toward rapids and rock formation, structures, possibly hotel with window air conditioning units]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.776
2. Knik Glacier and Lake George from the air. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1782
{T97 Ketchikan, street scene as seen from deck of ship tied to dock (Deck of "Alaska)} [people walking on sidewalks, boardwalk street; Hotel Ingersoll, Rotary International Club Ketchikan welcome sign; possibly Pan American World Airways sign; clock, Marine Hotel, Victor Fur (?) shop, parking meters dented automobile missing spare tire parked at right; figure seen through open hotel window at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.024.009
CG living, Apr. ’53 [view across mud flats, driftwood in foreground]
Collection: B2016.024
B2018.023.014a
from verso: Cordova, Alaska, Aug 1910 [bird's eye view of railroad structures, townsite, water, mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2019.003.048
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Pie eating contest [young girls posed next to picnic table, onlookers in back, pieces of pie on plates on table, Fourth of July at Eklutna] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Pie, Pie eating contest, Contest, Young girls, Children, Schoolchildren, Students, Indigenous, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Summer, Holiday
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1367
PT3 Juneau, the capitol city, is headquarters for many territorial and federal agencies. Lumber mills, gold mining, fishing and canneries make this a prosperous community. (view from Mt) [view from Douglas Island, overlooking Juneau, Gastineau Channel, AJ mine, possibly tailings]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1929
T173 Anchorage - Palmer Hiway thru Mt. View (Mt View, Bragaw St) [street scene, automobiles; businesses: Gateway Service 76 gas station, Used Car Sales, PIggly Wiggly, possibly Sears, Grocery, possibly motel; moutains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley