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B2019.019.IB10-13
Ice Cellar (80' [feet] deep permafrost), 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Ice Cellars
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1989.016.RiaskowskiRobert.1
(Riaskowski Robert Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
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
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.Album1.160
R18-12. F. Mears, Mike Sullivan, Portage Glacier [Lt. Frederick Mears and Mike Sullivan walking across glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.162
Mr. Hayes [view of open field or tundra, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.165
M-36. Kashwitna River. W. F. Milliken [two men standing on logs near riverbank waiting for third man to cross river on rope line, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
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
B1979.002.Album1.163
R31-8. Ship Creek [group of men posed for camera, man standing at left possibly holding surveyor's tripod, tall birch or cottonwood trees in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
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.Album1.182
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.Album1.191
S. S. Alameda and S. S. Dora at wharf, Cordova, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1892 [two sailing ships and one smaller vessel at Cordova docks, buildings at right, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
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.Album1.174
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.Album1.177
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
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.Album1.181
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.Album1.183
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.Album1.190
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.Album1.169
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.Album1.18
M-48. Susitna River. W. F. Milliken [view from gravel bank down river, trees on far shore, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.19
M-49. Talkeetna River. W. F. Milliken [view across riverbed to three log and wood-frame buildings on far shore, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: residences, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.939
[room interior, man seated at desk, papers and hurricane lamps on desk, clock and
photos hanging on wall, with wallpaper]
Keywords: room interior, man, lamp, clock, pictures
Collection: B2015.008
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.Album1.168
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
B2015.008.851
[view across water to glacier terminus, driftwood in foreground]
Keywords: glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
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.Album1.180
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
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
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
B2015.008.936
[5 men standing outside the entrance to the Hotel Windsor in Cordova AK]
Keywords: hotel, Cordova, Windsor, men
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.937
[5 men standing outside the entrance to the Hotel Windsor in Cordova AK]
Keywords: hotel, Cordova, Windsor, men
Collection: B2015.008
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
B1979.002.Album1.189
80. Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.17
M-52. Party No. 5. W. F. Milliken [group of men posed outside log building, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
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.Album1.175
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
B2015.008.938
[men and women seated and standing on porch around building, chairs on porch,
probably hotel, unidentified location]
Keywords: porch, hotel
Collection: B2015.008
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
B1979.002.Album1.14
M-23. Trail scene. W. F. Milliken [group of pack horses on trail through wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
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