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B2019.019.IB2-15
Riggs Glacier, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Riggs, Glaciers
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1989.016.RiggsTC.1
(Riggs TC Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1979.002.Album1.189
80. Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.946
Wrangell Mt., [circle] Mt. Logan. Riggs [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.164
R19-10. T. Riggs Jr., F. Mears. [written on back: "Riggs and Mears, Copper Center." Lt. Frederick Mears and Thomas Riggs Jr. standing outside log building, both wearing hats and high lace-up boots, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, clothing, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.166
R18-13. F. Mears and T. Riggs Jr. [Lt. Frederick Mears and Thomas Riggs Jr. standing outside log building, both wearing packs, hats, and high lace-up boots, Mears with rifle and Riggs smoking cigarette, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, clothing, firearms, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.169
58. Keystone. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.188
46. Looking down Seward Harbor. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.167
71. Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.174
65. Head of Keystone. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.186
60. Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.195
69. Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [small boat on water, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.945
Pano #2, Mt. Tebenkof. Riggs. M. 18-06, 8000 [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.178
74. Portage Glacier. Thomas Riggs Jr. [three men walking on glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.180
42. Bering Lake. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view over water to mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.181
45. Near Katalla. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view over water to mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.185
72. Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view over water to mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.187
67. Near Katalla. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view over water to mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.194
79. "Admiral Evans," Passage Canal. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [steamship on water, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.172
59. Lower end Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [river through canyon, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.183
47. Mountains from near Katalla. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view over water to mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.193
68. The "Kustaka" in Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [two small boats on water, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
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
B1979.002.Album1.170
51. Falls in Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [waterfall as seen from gravel roadbed at base, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.171
53. Portage Bay flats. Thomas Riggs Jr. [scrub brush in flat at base of mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.855
Scolai Pass, 1912. Panorama #1. Riggs [pack train on trail through Skolai Pass. Portion of
caption lightly erased]
Keywords: pack horse, Skolai Pass
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.190
81. English Company plant, Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [view across water to buildings on shore, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.184
56. Berring River. Thomas Riggs Jr. [Bering River at Controller Bay, view over water to mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
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
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
B2015.008.940
View north from Mt. Tebenkof, Mt. Hendrickson foreground, Disenchantment Bay over
ridge from Mt. Tebenkof. Riggs. 8003 [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: Tebenkof, Disenchantment, Bay
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.941
View north from Mt. Tebenkof, Mt. Hendrickson foreground, Disenchantment Bay over
ridge from Mt. Tebenkof. Riggs. 8003 [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.182
44. Line across Passage Canal flats. Thomas Riggs Jr. [railroad line? view of flats with water at left, mountains in back, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.192
48. Wreck of English barge, Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [shipwreck, ship listing in water, railroad exploration, circa 1914. original image blurred]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.173
63. A. N. Ry. Mile 51. Thomas Riggs Jr. [distant view of looping wooden trestles in valley or riverbed along Alaska Northern Railway, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.176
54. Houses at Passage Canal. Thomas Riggs Jr. [cabin and two walled tents in flat at base of mountains, rowboat visible at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, residences, houses
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.179
82. Camp at Carbon Creek Bering River Field. Thomas Riggs Jr. [two men standing near entrance to log building, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.942
Mt. St. Elias in background, Mt. Unana in foreground, head of Disenchantment Bay,
photo from Black Tip, Pan. #1. Riggs. 7973 [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.175
66. Bear Creek Flats. Thomas Riggs Jr. [written on back: "Bear Creek Flats Portage Route." scenic with glacier in mountain valley, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.143
78. "Kustaka" stuck in Bering Lake. Thomas Riggs Jr. [four men with small riverboat, one standing in water near bow, one poling off stern, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.177
73. Pass between Controller Bay and Katalla. Thomas Riggs Jr. [original caption crossed out in red pencil with note "Portage Pass e. side (F.F.B.)". two men hiking on trail along creek in mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1