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B1990.014.5.Cat.1.135
(catastrophe)(February 7 1957)(Standard Oil tanks and tank trucks)(ocean dock road)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2006.005.477
This would be a beautiful picture in color. Tanks in foreground are our fuel tanks, 2000 gal. each.
Keywords: Cold War, communications
Collection: B2006.005
B1983.091.S2060.3
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [small bulldozer next to Union 76 gas tanks at tank farm, tank at right toppled due to snow]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2079.18
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.19
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.24
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.25
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.26
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.27
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.32
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.33
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.34
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.4
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1633
(Standard Oil Tanks, Anchorage) [Anchorage port area, with tank farm overlooking Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1468
S44 A Japanese tank crew on Kiska [soldiers pose on and next to a tank, likely in summer; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1858.3
(Alaska Railroad yards and oil storage tanks) [view looking northeast along railroad tracks, with tank cars on tracks and storage tanks and buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.188.004
61-5; oil tanks [artistic view looking up at stairs on exsterior of tank; shadows; likely January 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.188.005
61-5; oil tanks [artistic view looking up at stairs on exterior of tank; shadows; likely January 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1984.077.4.003
[Windmill, water tank? pipes in foreground, fence, outbuildings]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2079.2
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility and dock area]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2079.3
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility and dock area]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.4.031
[windmill, water tank? fences, cabins, other buildings, dirt road]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1858.1
(Alaska Railroad yards and oil storage tanks) [view looking northeast from waterfront along railroad tracks, with Port of Anchorage storage tanks and buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1858.2
(Alaska Railroad yards and oil storage tanks) [view looking northeast from waterfront along railroad tracks, with Port of Anchorage storage tanks and buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.46.12
[three men surveying in winter, storage tanks and mountains in background, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.0105B
12-8/47 To provide an adequate water supply for the settlement, the railroad erected this 100,000-gallon capacity water tank. Photo taken Dec. 8, 1947 shows the new water tank with the old tank alongside. New & Old Water Towers
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1984.077.21.022
[railroad tracks, water tank?, men on tracks, gravel? on tracks, train, buildings]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1773.2
(Juneau) [docks at left, downtown in center, tank at far right, mountains behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.45.13
[three men surveying in Aleutian Islands, buildings and storage tanks in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.45.15
[sentry point near bunker, buildings and storage tanks on bluff above, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
b2012.006.462
[village in winter, with buildings, storage tanks, and dry-docked fishing boat; no date]
Collection: B2012.006
B1979.002.Album1.252
R30-1. Water tank, Ship Creek [two women standing next to rectangular water tank on wooden tower structure, with walled tents in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.253
R31-10. Water tank, Ship Creek [rectangular water tank on wooden tower structure, next to wood plank building with walled tents in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1821.1
[metal holding tank with logo for Permanente Cement Company, Santa Clara, Portland, Cement]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.017.004
Rear of quarters, kitchen window [exterior of teachers’ quarters in winter, storage tanks at right]
Collection: B2015.017
B2015.025.115
Alaska Redi-Mix plant in Fairbanks [Kaiser Company tanks, pickup truck; structures]
Collection: B2015.025
B2016.019.1.10b.12321.31
Drilling Ops at tank farm site, Wildwood, Alaska [Oil Rigs and Pipelines], 1997
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Oil Rigs and Pipelines, Drilling, Wildwood
Collection: B2016.019
B1984.077.1.001
[Truck parked near canvas wall tent, fuel tanks, barrels, and road. Mountains in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2008.013.76
[open hatch in dock, deck, or storage tank, with construction materials nearby, ocean surf in background]
Collection: B2008.013
b2012.006.850
[boats at docks in foreground, storage tank farm in middle ground, mountains in distance, Valdez? no date]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B2012.006
B2017.019.697
[bird’s eye view of coastal village, two large storage tanks at left; undated, 1950s]
Collection: B2017.019
B1989.016.1821.2
[metal holding tank with logo for Permanente Cement Company next to railroad tracks, Anchorage? circa 1950]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.1.9
(Coastal for Standard [drill site with mobile home trailer, structures, fuel tanks, snow, chimney in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P1
B1995.010.4319
[distant view of coastal town and tank farm, communications tower at right; print date Jan 67]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.43.15
[two men with surveying equipment in foreground, tank farm in distance, building at right, mountains in distance, Adak?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.43.16
[two men with surveying equipment in foreground, tank farm in distance, building at right, mountains in distance, Adak?]
Collection: B1995.014