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B2022.005.130
[Indigenous Alaskan boy standing outside house midwinter; snow shovel nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Shovel, Snow shovel
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.2.020
[steam shovel?, possible double exposure, neg is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.2.024
[Northwest steam shovel, truck in foreground, neg. is detriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
AEC.G594
Steam shovel at mile 104. A.E.C. G594 P.S. Hunt
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1995.014.110.15
[man with shovel standing in water, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.6.16
[man mining in small creek, shovel, pick, and other equipment on banks]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.6.17
[man mining in small creek, shovel, pick, and other equipment on banks]
Collection: B1995.014
B1984.077.2.023
["Northwest" steam shovel, two trucks in background, mountains. neg. is detriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1997.003.096
[steam shovel digging rocks at quarry; men working; railroad cars]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.128
[man wearing new overalls and cap poses in front of steam shovel]
Collection: B1997.003
B2009.037.019
.19 – [excavation by steam shovel, hillside, possibly Aleutian Island]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2018.023.064b
[verso of slide: miners work a creek, sluice, shovels; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.010.6048
[Alaska Railroad steam shovel 102 in yard at Palmer, station at left, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2007.005.4.188
[people fishing for smelt, likely November, 1931; shoveling fish into woven grass baskets]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.007.146b
[façade of West High School, construction worker shoveling debris out window]
Collection: B2017.007
B1964.001.273
Steam shovel [Alaska Railroad equipment, loading cars with dirt. Image removed from scrapbook]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1971.055.1
Louis E. Boyen (Leaning on shovel) and partner. Nome, Alaska 1908 (Partner not identified)
Collection: B1971.055
AEC.T46
T.46. South 17 Mile from Nenana Steam Shovel #2. July 14. 19.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1984.077.2.022
[steam shovel, dirt mound, pickup truck, man standing in mindground, behind vehicles]
Collection: B1984.077
B1997.003.131
[man wearing overalls and billed cap squats at door on deck of excavator, steam shovel]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.144
[similar to .113; steam shovel loading quarried rock; railroad tracks, man walking]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.2515
"Construction; Airport & crane; 1963" [steam shovel at excavation site; equipment in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2143.43
85. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Steam shovel at Palmer) [steam shovel dropping gravel through screen into open rail car, piping on ground in foreground, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2144.22
Underground on #16 Eldorado. 66 (Old Klondike) [two miners with shovels and wheelbarrows. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Logging.2.32
(Ketchikan Pulp Company Thorne Bay)(4911)(July 1966)( Ketchikan Pulp Co.)(Ditching road Marion Shovel)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, timber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 2
B1990.014.5.Logging.2.35
(Ketchikan Pulp Company Thorne Bay)(4931)(July 1966)( Ketchikan Pulp Co.)(new shovel at end of spur)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, timber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 2
B1997.003.007
[man standing on platform of Bucyrus Erie mining equipment, shovel, watch on fob, building in distance]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.113
[railroad tracks to rock quarry, men walking, steam shovel, railroad cars; neg has some damage]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.130
[man in overalls and cap operates steam shovel, "U.S.E.D. D.15" on side of cab; truck to the right]
Collection: B1997.003
B2022.005.129
[Indigenous Alaskan family standing outside home midwinter; snow shovel nearby; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Man, Woman, Mother, Father, Children, Daughters, Son, Boy, Girl, Teenager, Teen, Outside, Winter, Snow, Shovel, Snow shovel, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1964.001.127
Digging out train C.R.& N.W.R.R. [numerous men with shovels digging out a train stuck in deep snow]
Keywords: trains, transportation, winter
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1995.014.43.12
[partially obscured view of man in ditch in wooded area with shovels, possibly digging drainage or water control ditch]
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.023
[relocating building using continuous track vehicle, bulldozer, steel barrels, men in mid-ground, steam shovel]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.114
[man operating steam shovel, loading railroad cars at rock quarry as another man looks on; some damage to neg]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.115
[man operating steam shovel, loading railroad cars at rock quarry as two men look on; some damage to neg]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.2542
"Construction site" [PKS truck; Thew Shovel Company crane loading or unloading barge or container ship at shore]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.003.098
[steam shovel loads large rock onto railroad car at quarry while man stands on other rocks; group of men watch]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.118
[three men standing on railroad tracks; rail car, man in cab of steam shovel looks on; rock quarry in background]
Collection: B1997.003
B2015.008.374
Ice blocks, sawed and lifted, waiting to be hauled to ice house [blocks of ice on river, ice saws and shovel in foreground]
Collection: B2015.008