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B1995.014.38.7
[hiker standing on ridgeline leading up to summit]
Keywords: hiking, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1994.009a.summit
Under two flags, "White Pass," Summit, Alaska
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B1995.014.41.17
[man skiing across flat near summit, military rescue squad]
Keywords: mountaineering, transportation, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1970.022.50
260. Dyea Trail over Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. Looking northeast from the summit of Chilkoot Pass, showing some of the features of the summit itself in the foreground, and the mountains on east side of pass beyond the summit. There is a comparatively level stretch of the trail for a few hundred yards over the summit of the pass, and this view is from about the middle point of this stretch. The summit is 19 1/2 miles up the trail from the salt water beach at Dyea.
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1970.022 Fridley
B1998.014.1.2142
X5 Alaskan sunset "Sunset on the summit; 1946 postcard" [scenic view]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.920
L94 Summit Lake on the Richardson Hiway [copy neg; same as .919]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.006.2640
Summit TACAN, June 1956 [airplane on airstrip, building and antennas at right]
Keywords: communications, Cold War
Collection: B2016.006
B1989.016.1817.2
Summit, Thompson Pass, Valdez [unpaved Richardson Highway through mountains. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.759
A-47. Snow guage at summit. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [snow gauge]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1817.1
Summit, Thompson Pass, Valdez Highway [unpaved Richardson Highway through mountains. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1139
42.1. Chamonix, France. 8.13.10, 10:45 A.M. Summit & Dent du Requin from shoulder
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.146
Gulkana Summit [view from Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, with river valley in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2144.5
#6. Last climb to the summit of Chilkoot Pass. Larss & Duclos, Dawson (Old Klondike) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.919
L94 Summit Lake on the Richardson Hiway [copy neg; lake, mountains, possible glacier in distance, Paxson vicinity]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.061.106
The "switchback" on the trail to the summit. Cantwell, Valdez, Alaska #107. [on back:] Ed S. Orr Stage Co. Received M.L.W. Upper end of switchbacks 260 double ender sleds were working at one time this season freighting up to summit [of Thompson Pass].
Collection: B2009.061
B1998.014.1.1502
S72 Scouting party looking over an Aleutian island [service men at rocky summit, binoculars, rifles; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1970.022.13
261. Dyea Trail over Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. View looking back down the pass south from the summit of the pass, showing the mountains on each side of the trail this side of the summit. Principally the mountains on west side of pass are shown. There is a comparatively level stretch of the trail for a few hundred yards over the summit of the pass, and this view is from near the south or beach end of this summit stretch, the foot of the view shown being far below the point from which it is viewed. The nearest large mass of snow on the mountains constitutes Carter Glacier, which is to your left as you pass up the trail going to summit of Chilkoot Pass. This glacier is the one from which the flood came which swept away half od Sheep Camp the morning of Sept. 18, 1897.
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1970.022 Fridley
B1979.002.Album1.147
Lake in summit [group of men in open car stopped on Valdez-Fairbanks Trail next to lake, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.3.382
Shot hole drilling at the summit of atigun pass-the pass was lowered 60 feet for the hiway and pipeline crossing of the Brooks Range. June 1974
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1998.014.1.719.bw
"H3 Greetings from N. Land (vertical) summit Lake; negative missing" "Northland Greetings" [greeting card template, "our cabin, Ted & Edna]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.10
R19-5. Gulkana Summit [men in open automobile on dirt road with wheel tracks in foreground, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.654
"Cree," leader summit entry. Lomen Bros. [written over with] Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [dog in harness with spectators in background. All-Alaska Sweepstakes? copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.719.color
"H3 Greetings from N. Land (vertical) summit Lake; negative missing "Northland Greetings" [greeting card template, "our cabin, Ted & Edna; see .719_bw for images]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Home.2.087
2 225853 Home; House deep snow; Summit Sew Hiway; 26 February 1953 [winter scene; plowed roadway along Seward Highway; lower half of structure buried in snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B2009.061.110
Freighting Near Icy Point, Thompsons Pass Shows width of trail nearing Icy Point going up summit. Ed S. Orr Stage Co. Received April 5, 1908
Collection: B2009.061
B2022.001.117
Letter to Mayfield Evans from State of Alaska Office of the Governor, Governor Frank H. Murkowski, in response to request for list of Black GOP elected or appointed officials, signed by Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, September 2, 2003, Copy of invitation to The First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit of Black Republican Elected and Appointed Officials, September 23 and 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C., First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit Fact Sheet and Reply Form from Mayfield Evans [page 1 of 7]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, MQC Enterprises Inc., Business, Letter, State of Alaska, SOA, Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Request, Response, List, Invitation, Center for New Black Leadership, CNBL, Black Leadership, Black GOP, Officials, Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit, First Annual, Coalition, Summit, Black Republican, Republican, Fact Sheet, Response
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.117A
Letter to Mayfield Evans from State of Alaska Office of the Governor, Governor Frank H. Murkowski, in response to request for list of Black GOP elected or appointed officials, signed by Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, September 2, 2003, Copy of invitation to The First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit of Black Republican Elected and Appointed Officials, September 23 and 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C., First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit Fact Sheet and Reply Form from Mayfield Evans [page 2 of 7]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, MQC Enterprises Inc., Business, Letter, State of Alaska, SOA, Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Request, Response, List, Invitation, Center for New Black Leadership, CNBL, Black Leadership, Black GOP, Officials, Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit, First Annual, Coalition, Summit, Black Republican, Republican, Fact Sheet, Response
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.117B
Letter to Mayfield Evans from State of Alaska Office of the Governor, Governor Frank H. Murkowski, in response to request for list of Black GOP elected or appointed officials, signed by Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, September 2, 2003, Copy of invitation to The First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit of Black Republican Elected and Appointed Officials, September 23 and 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C., First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit Fact Sheet and Reply Form from Mayfield Evans [page 3 of 7]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, MQC Enterprises Inc., Business, Letter, State of Alaska, SOA, Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Request, Response, List, Invitation, Center for New Black Leadership, CNBL, Black Leadership, Black GOP, Officials, Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit, First Annual, Coalition, Summit, Black Republican, Republican, Fact Sheet, Response
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.117C
Letter to Mayfield Evans from State of Alaska Office of the Governor, Governor Frank H. Murkowski, in response to request for list of Black GOP elected or appointed officials, signed by Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, September 2, 2003, Copy of invitation to The First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit of Black Republican Elected and Appointed Officials, September 23 and 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C., First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit Fact Sheet and Reply Form from Mayfield Evans [page 4 of 7]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, MQC Enterprises Inc., Business, Letter, State of Alaska, SOA, Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Request, Response, List, Invitation, Center for New Black Leadership, CNBL, Black Leadership, Black GOP, Officials, Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit, First Annual, Coalition, Summit, Black Republican, Republican, Fact Sheet, Response
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.117D
Letter to Mayfield Evans from State of Alaska Office of the Governor, Governor Frank H. Murkowski, in response to request for list of Black GOP elected or appointed officials, signed by Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, September 2, 2003, Copy of invitation to The First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit of Black Republican Elected and Appointed Officials, September 23 and 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C., First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit Fact Sheet and Reply Form from Mayfield Evans [page 5 of 7]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, MQC Enterprises Inc., Business, Letter, State of Alaska, SOA, Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Request, Response, List, Invitation, Center for New Black Leadership, CNBL, Black Leadership, Black GOP, Officials, Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit, First Annual, Coalition, Summit, Black Republican, Republican, Fact Sheet, Response, Address, Industry, Service, Corporate Management, Training, Employer, People with Disabilities, Disabilities, Community
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.117E
Letter to Mayfield Evans from State of Alaska Office of the Governor, Governor Frank H. Murkowski, in response to request for list of Black GOP elected or appointed officials, signed by Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, September 2, 2003, Copy of invitation to The First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit of Black Republican Elected and Appointed Officials, September 23 and 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C., First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit Fact Sheet and Reply Form from Mayfield Evans [page 6 of 7]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, MQC Enterprises Inc., Business, Letter, State of Alaska, SOA, Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Request, Response, List, Invitation, Center for New Black Leadership, CNBL, Black Leadership, Black GOP, Officials, Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit, First Annual, Coalition, Summit, Black Republican, Republican, Fact Sheet, Response, Fax
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.117F
Letter to Mayfield Evans from State of Alaska Office of the Governor, Governor Frank H. Murkowski, in response to request for list of Black GOP elected or appointed officials, signed by Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, September 2, 2003, Copy of invitation to The First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit of Black Republican Elected and Appointed Officials, September 23 and 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C., First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit Fact Sheet and Reply Form from Mayfield Evans [page 7 of 7]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, MQC Enterprises Inc., Business, Letter, State of Alaska, SOA, Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Request, Response, List, Invitation, Center for New Black Leadership, CNBL, Black Leadership, Black GOP, Officials, Linda Snyder, Boards and Commissions, First Annual New Black Leadership Coalition Summit, First Annual, Coalition, Summit, Black Republican, Republican, Fact Sheet, Response, Fax
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1970.022.44
255. Dyea Trail over Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. View looking back up the trail in teh canyon, at a point two miles beyond the summit. In the foreground is an Indian woman, packing. The trail here leads for a long distance over this kind of rock. [1897]
Collection: B1970.022 Fridley
B2015.008.869
Mt. St. Elias, Mt. Huxley, photo from A. Point 1 on this photo is Baldwin’s last camp and
the point where the 141 crossed the ridge. From this point the line goes to the summit of Mt.
St. Elias. The black circle on the small peak on the north side of St. Elias is the peak shown on
the left foreground of Duke de Abruzzi’s panorama to northward from St. Elias. They probably
ascended via the black rocks shown just beyond [aerial view of mountains]
Keywords: mountains, glacier
Collection: B2015.008