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B1995.014.69.18
[man climbing steep rock face]
Keywords: military, hiking, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.70.1
[scenic with snowshoe tracks across snowy field in mountainous area]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.71.8
[two men carrying backpacks and wearing snowshoes snowshoeing in mountain valley]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.6116
5/27/46 [two men standing in wooded area, surveyor’s tripod in foreground, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.63.5
[soldiers with snowmachine pulling sleds of gear, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.019.IA8-17
Mendenhall Glacier [Juneau], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Mendenhall, Glaciers, Juneau
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2015.008.943
Mt. St. Elias left background, from Mt. Hendrickson. Riggs. M. 12-06 [bird’s eye view of
mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2300.3
(Spa in Anchorage, exterior)
Keywords: recreation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6119
5/27/46 [two men and dog in mountain pass area in winter, one man holding snowshoes]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.33.18
[man climbing down ridgeline in mountain range]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.019.85
Gas cases at Naknek [cases piled at Naknek airport, tail of aircraft at right, fuel identified as Red Crown Gasoline by David Anderson, 2022]
Collection: B2014.019
B1989.016.2300.4
(Spa in Anchorage, exterior)
Keywords: recreation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.008.517.slide
(D2 pickets in Anchorage Dec 1978)
Keywords: protests, picket
Collection: B1994.008
B1994.008.525
(BP Hilton Prudhoe Bay_guys playing basketball)
Keywords: recreation, BP, housing
Collection: B1994.008
B1995.014.59.9
Mrs. Joe Jean, Mountain Village, 1935 [Native woman in fancy fur parka standing outdoors in winter. original image blurry]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2141.57
D-75 [umiak frame on boat rack in winter, blowing snow obscuring buildings in background]
Keywords: transportation, hunting, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.Science.22.VUoldgrowthforest
Coastal old growth forest, Picea sitchensis & Tsuga heterophylla, SE Alasak. Visuals Unlimited
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
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
B1995.014.65.7
[soldiers wearing snowshoes and backpacks on traverse, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.944
Mt. St. Elias in center background, panorama #1 from Mt. Tebenkof. Riggs. M. 26-06,
8008 [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.959
PA-4 Aleutian skies, with ever-changing cloud formations and atmospheric pressures, is called the "Weather Kitchen of the World." void of trees, vivid with exotic enchantment, a land not without charm. PHoto by Gene Tetinek (L111 Aleutian skyscape) [scenic view of shoreline, beach, mountains, sun rays emitting from cloud]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.4.Scn.20.1993jul.d11.15
Resurrection River on the Kenai Peninsula once placer mined for gold. Print date Jul 93
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2015.008.803
B Mt Logan [arrow] Chitna Glacier Chitna River 1910 [view up river to glacier terminus in distance route indicated with black dots at left Print damaged along one edge]
Keywords: glaciers, river, mountains, Mt Logan
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.126
[Indigenous Alaskan family posed outside home]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Mother, Woman, Children, Child, Girl, Daughter, Son, Boy, Teenager, Grandma, Elder, Grandmother, Outside, House, Home, Residence, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.89
[dogs pulling sled over snow with several men in background watching on]
Keywords: dogs, sled, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1983.091.S5430.35
Anchorage aerials, Sept. 1978 [Above Minnesota at Hillcrest looking southeast]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S5430.36
Anchorage aerials, Sept. 1978 [Fish Creek? Looking south towards International Airport]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.076.2
Winter, frost on trees. March 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.2.18
Willow and people [man wearing parka with fur ruff posed outdoors, holding snowshoes, Quonset hut in background]
Keywords: transportation, clothing, footwear, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.196
H8 81525 Fording Kejulik River Fording 20 times in one day
Keywords: river
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1146.9
(Building Federal Building, Steel Construction, Sept. 14, 1939) [construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.14147
(Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline enters the Alaska Range 600 miles south of Prudhoe Bay)(14147)
Keywords: pipeline, Alaska Range, mountains
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2016.019.1.09f.10300.04
Alpine Arnica flower, Denali National Park, Alaska [Nature - Flowers], 1994
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Nature, Flowers, Alpine Arnica, Denali National Park
Collection: B2016.019