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B1979.002.9785
(River boats)(Nenana){dog walking down a ladder}
Keywords: dogs, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.61.14
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses]
Keywords: hiking, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.18
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses]
Keywords: hiking, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.137.003
46-3 rock crusher [equipment for crushing rocks; ladders]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1984.077.20.007
[mining site, corrugated sheds, buildings, ladders, hydraulic mining, pipe]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.20.008
[mining site, corrugated sheds, buildings, ladders, hydraulic mining, pipe]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.4.016
[new log cabin with steep roof, ladder on roof, dirt? at foundation]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.137.002
46-3 rock crusher [equipment for crushing rocks; dumptruck; ladders]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.61.15
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.61.16
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses, mountains in distance]
Keywords: hiking, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.15
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses, mountains in distance]
Keywords: hiking, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.023.187
(Fairbanks Scenics)[woman and dog sitting on rungs of ladder leading up to a cache]
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.194
(Fairbanks Scenics)[woman and dog sitting on rungs of ladder leading up to a cache]
Collection: B2014.023
B1983.091.S2023.1
(Anchorage Fire Department setting up ladder for the large flag on the federal building.)
Keywords: flag, fire department
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4176.105
Woman climbing out of window above Denali restaurant on ladder. 4th and B.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.110
(catastrophe)(1952)(city ladder truck 4th Ave at E street Truck going west)
Keywords: fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1991.011.547
Newtok school house; duplicate [corner of structure; steel drums (containers); ladder]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.2291
"Moose by building" [wood structure with ladder hanging beneath windows; lumber on ground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.368
Turkey poults. Their first climb [chicks climbing ladder up to tree branches]
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.4.008
[fence along dirt road, building in backgrouind, sod roof cabin, loft with ladder]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.8.14
[ladder leading up to platform between two trees, cache, lookout, or sleeping platform?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.194
B12 Fairbanks University of Alaska - aerial [not actually an aerial view; building, automobile, ladders]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.158.001
51-5; house at Saxman [man standing near structure, ladder; water in background; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.14.5.People.12.170
People-Parades-Anchorage 7/49; 7/4/49 [Alaska Railroad fire truck, ladder, hoses, spectators]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1997.003.172
[lumber, timber on ship deck, chains, plank walkway, ladders, ship rigging, whitecaps, waves]
Collection: B1997.003
B1983.091.S2023.23
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Fire Deapertment ladder looking toward the masonic temple and the Reed Bldg)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1984.077.1.013
Marino Roadhouse [Log and plank building with ladder, second floor balcony, mountain in background. Neg has deterioration.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1217
"O55 A Native Alaskan Cache" (Native cache at Eklutna) [structure in meadow, ladder, antler; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.283
B53 Copper Center Trading Post and Roadhouse [Post Office, log structures, ladders, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.284
B53 Copper Center Trading Post and Roadhouse [Post Office, log structures, ladders, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S3178.037
Unalakleet, cache, 7-18-60 [cache with ladder and birdhouse at gable end; fish drying on wood rack]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1351
52. Alaska food cache. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [man standing on ladder to log cache]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.158.006
51-5; Native man at home at Saxman; detail of man near board-and-batten structure with ladders; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1306
O89 "Roughing it in Alaska" [log cabin and cache along river bank; sod roofs, ladder, stove pipe]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.075.092
Tanana #2, Kaktovik [dwelling mostly buried in snow, anlers on roof, ladder, thermometer, pipe venting, 1966]
Collection: B2013.075
B1990.014.2018.1.18.005
5-2 Bear at Saxman [Grizzly Bear Monument near road; totem; structure, ladder, and pole in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.18.005
5-2 Bear at Saxman [Grizzly Bear Monument near road; totem; structure, ladder, and pole in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.304.004
90-2 Nome [April 1943; Pan X; men working on barges on snowy shore; "Nome 2"; ladders]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1997.003.178
[deck scene, men standing, sitting in foreground; men walking in background, smoke, smoke stack, rope, rigging, ladder]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.1163
(O31 Outdoor swimming near the Arctic Circle) [swimming pool, Fairbanks, diving boards, trapeze, slide, ladder, summer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.21.002
5-5 weathervane [ladder affixed to wall leading to weather reading instruments, possibly anemometer; mountain in background; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.002
5-5 weathervane [ladder affixed to wall leading to weather reading instruments, possibly anemometer; mountain in background; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.003
5-5 weathervane [ladder affixed to wall leading to weather reading instruments, possibly anemometer; mountain in background; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.003
5-5 weathervane [ladder affixed to wall leading to weather reading instruments, possibly anemometer; mountain in background; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018