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B1979.002.5563
(Riverboat Nenana)(engine room of the Nenana)
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.102.1
[riverboat Nenana in dry dock]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1973.079.134
[riverboat on dry dock under construction or repair]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.014.30.18
[riverboat passing on river, probably Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.087
Going berry picking [three women standing in skiff docked alongside riverboat, two children standing on riverboat]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.26.15
[riverboat Nenana at dock, Yukon River at Russian Mission?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.32.6
[riverboats tied to shore at sunset, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.6.12
[riverboat with oars carrying supplies, tied to gravel beach]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.3056
Riverboat Tanana [Yutana Barge Lines riverboat Tanana at Fort Yukon, Alaska Native girl sitting on log in foreground. Cf. .3051]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.118.11
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.124.16
[man tying riverboat to small pier on shore, Molly Lee?, Willow?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.30.10
[barge, riverboats, cranes, and other machinery on banks of river, probably Yukon River]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.32.7
[riverboats tied to shore, two dogs in bow, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.6503
Riverboats "Nenana" Last move to resting place on Chena River June 1959
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.119.10
Doc Larue [Caucasian man standing on dock near riverboat Yukon Health]
Keywords: medicine, health
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.30.17
[riverboat tied to shore at sunset, possibly Yukon River near Russian Mission?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.30.19
[riverboats and barges tied to shore, possibly Yukon River near Russian Mission?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.30.5
[riverboat tied to shore at sunset, possibly Yukon River near Russian Mission?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.010.465
[woman showing fur parka to passengers on riverboat; print date Sep 78]
Keywords: tourism
Collection: B2016.010
B2019.003.106
Anvik in winter [bird’s eye view of river from bluff, riverboat and skiff on bank]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.010.3348
[village waterfront as seen from river, riverboat docked in center near fuel wood pile]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.118.12
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge, dock on shore in foreground]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.118.13
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge, dock on shore in foreground]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.124.15
[man tying riverboat to small pier on shore, small rowboat tied nearby, Willow?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.2.9
Willow and people [large riverboat and barge passing fish camp on river, view from tent?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.53.8
Army vehicle for land and water [men on riverbank with birch trees, riverboat tied to bank]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.007.15
[military tents at Nenana, steam locomotive on railroad tracks in background, riverboat at dock in distance]
Collection: B2018.007
B1975.175.418
(Nome Beach ? Riverboat Sarah and Susie)[wrecked and destroyed river boats strewn along beach]
Keywords: boats, ships
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1989.016.1615.1
(Ducks in Ship Creek) [ducks in water with riverboat and outbuildings visible on shore, Cook Inlet in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2197.3
Lomen Bros. #874 [Overview of Ruby along riverbank, showing buildings, docks, mill, and riverboats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.29.11
[boardwalk along river, with skiffs and riverboats tied along shore, Russian Mission circa 1947?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1223
93. Paraguay, Apr. ’09. River Manduvirá, at Arroyos y Esteros [people passing in riverboat with pontoons]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.52.5
[man walking along plank to debark from riverboat tied to shore, ice chunks floating in water, Yukon River]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.3446
[Steve McCutcheon and Phyllis McCutcheon in riverboat pulling away from village on shore, red pickup truck parked next to dock]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5617
[Alaska Native boy fishing from riverboat tied to beach at fish camp, second boat and possibly fish trap in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.119.11
Yukon Health boat for doctors and nurses [riverboat Yukon Health at dock, three skiffs with outboard motors on beach in foreground]
Keywords: boats, medicine, health
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.102
Native boats in winter quarters [four riverboats in slough filled with ice chunks, buildings and lumber pile on bank above]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.29.12
[boardwalk along river carrying ice, with riverboat tied along shore, spring breakup flooding? Russian Mission circa 1947?]
Keywords: boats, transportation, weather
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.085
Anvik River in summer [bird’s eye view of river from bluff, one riverboat under way, two boats on shore in foreground]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.088
Government medical boat [U.S. Bureau of Education Medical Service riverboat Martha Angeline at dock, people visible on decks and in pilothouse]
Collection: B2019.003
B2013.007.020
[Photographic postcard] Stampeders – off for Ruby. Lomen [passengers and cargo in flat-bottomed riverboat, flume visible emptying into river on opposite bank]
Collection: B2013.007
B2019.003.081
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Picnic [four children next to camp fire on beach, possibly cooking hot dogs on sticks, riverboat at right]
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.002.Album1.265
R33-7. "Chulitna" + barge [riverboat and barge at mouth of Ship Creek, other boats visible moored in Cook Inlet, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.269
R33-9. Chulitna and barge [riverboat pushing barge near mouth of Ship Creek, men, supplies, and horse on barge, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.274
R8-6. Loading "Chulitna" [men on shore near mouth of Ship Creek rolling barrel on logs to load riverboat, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001A.136
River str. Chitana on Tasnuna Divide. P.S. Hunt, E395 [Chitina (Riverboat); Tasnuna Glacier; Transportation – Horses] [Ahtna Territory, Tsedi Na' (Chitina)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Territory, Tsedi Na', Chitina, P.S. Hunt, Alaska, Alaskan, River, Strait, Chitana, Tasnuna Divide, Tasnuna, Riverboat, Boat, Transportation, Sled, Haul, Gear, Equipment, Load, Tank, Horse, Animal, Tasnuna Glacier, Glacier, Travel, Winter, Snow, Mountain, Range, Men
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1985.061.086
[bird’s eye view from riverboat of supplies being offloaded at village along river, conveyor belt at right, men gathered near piles of goods, buildings in background]
Collection: B1985.061 Will Streeter Collection