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B1989.016.384.1
Testing skis at Star Airlines [airplane skis on testing device]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.384.2
Testing skis at Star Airlines [airplane skis on testing device]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.384.3
Testing skis at Star Airlines [airplane skis on testing device]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.384.4
Testing skis at Star Airlines [airplane skis on testing device]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2456
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [simlar to .2452]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.195
H7 81525 Kejulik River testing depth and current{crossing river}
Keywords: river
Collection: B2015.008
B1986.096.EQ.may64test
Soils test hole rig by City Hall, May 1964 [1964 earthquake aftermath]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.9
(catastrophe)(April 18, 1968)(Alaska Test Lab ext. Adams Corthell Lee and Wince)(legal)(19196)
Keywords: catastrophe, fire, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.2451
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [same man as .2448; holding hacksaw]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2454
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [#14; man sitting on stool next to table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1017
GZ-110 (Testing snowshoes, Golden Zone) [man in fur parka and mukluks outdoors in winter testing snowshoes. Probably George M. Campbell, bookkeeper and manager of Sawmill Camp. Campbell was also associated with A.A. Shonbeck]
Keywords: footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2449
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [man in coveralls leans against stool and table; equipment]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.3.149
Internal automatic welding maching test, at the Prudhoe pipe years near Deadhorse. Jun 3 1974 2463
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1998.014.1.2447
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [man sits on stool next to bench with legs crossed;equipment on table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2452
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [same man as .2447, holding camera; strap around neck]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2453
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [#7; man standing at counter reading American Photography magazine]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2455
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [Genes; man sitting on stool at desck; "Genes" incribed on negative]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.369.1
Ivan's Gift Shop, Anchorage [sign in window for G-E Mazda Lamps, sign outside for Tru-Test Tires]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2462
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; 11E displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2464
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "Lt" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2465
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "#1" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2466
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "7x" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2467
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "#12" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2468
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "#9" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2470
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "5" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2471
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "4" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2033.8
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [two men testing ground near vent. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.11.001
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [ Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 30, 1939; shoes; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.11.001
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [ Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 30, 1939; shoes; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1994.009.1030
99 [from verso:] Bell Lab Setup [original photo cropped] test transformer oil [two men in laboratory; White Alice; 1957]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1998.014.1.2450
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [#12; man witting on stool next to tables; supplies; holding wallet or zippered pouch]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.774
563 [three climbers on crevasses, man at left smoking pipe, man at top testing ice with
pick. has neg. cf. .794, .1302]
Keywords: climbers, climbing, crevasse, ice axe
Collection: B2015.008
B1996.035.10.3.page.16b
[four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on first page that “Cot sent this to me” back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1989.016.1564.1
(First Plane Built in Alaska, with Builder Cecil Mize. 5/14/33 test, flown by Johnny Moore and sold to Vern Johnson of Anchorage) [portrait of Mize]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2469
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; circled number "15" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1996.035.10.3.page.16a
[Cover of four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on first page that “Cot sent this to me” back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.16c
[four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on third page that reads “we are about here on the X”; back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1990.014.2018.1.11.002
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 1, 1930; shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.11.002
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 1, 1930; shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1994.009.1022
123 Equipment and laboratory [from verso:] lab set up to test transformer oil; Anch [man inside laboratory, possibly in Anchorage; 1957; White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1994.009.333
REL PA Amplifier used in Path Testing - Kivalina Site, as received in Warehouse for Overhaul and installation of protective covers - February 24, 1956. [White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1990.014.2018.1.11.003
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Tuesday, February 28, 1939 (?); shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.11.003
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Tuesday, February 28, 1939 (?); shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2461
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; letter "G" displayed on tables; flash equipment at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.843
[distant view of three-dog team pulling sled on glacier, three climbers pushing, fourth
climber out front testing ice, valley glacier in distance]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains, glacier, crevasse, climbing, climbers, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2446
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [#1 inscribed in neg; man sitting at table wearing coveralls and garrison cap holds light bulbs; equpment on table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2463
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [wider view of room shown in .2460; reflection in window; equipment cases; shelves]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.624
(149_7 Sunrise on Blackburn and Reynolds _450 A[person in foreground wearing snowshoes testing ice with pole climbers in distance leading dogs pulling loaded sleds up glacier]
Keywords: mountains, glaciers, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2448
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [man wearing coveralls sits on stool and leans against table holding disc-shaped object; tools; #10 inscribed on neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2460
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [tables with drawers, supplies, vices, boxes, brushes, "3" written on paper or board displayed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley