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B1970.028.065
Canneries. Low tide in Anchorage. Cannery in the distance. 33 ft. tide - Anchorage, Alaska.
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1989.016.2005.1
5 foot Bore Tide, Turnagain Arm, Alaska (The Bore Tide, Turnagin Arm, 1955)(8x10)
Keywords: waves, bore tide, ocean, Turnagain Arm
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1292.2
Emards Cannery and the frozen tide. Hewitt's, 39
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.003.33
[steamship infront of toe of a tide water glacier]
Keywords: glacier, steamer, transportation, ice berg
Collection: B2014.003
B2014.003.34
[steamship infront of toe of a tide water glacier]
Keywords: glacier, shipping, ships, steamer, ice
Collection: B2014.003
B2014.003.35
[steamship near toe of tide water glacier]
Keywords: glacier, shipping, transportation
Collection: B2014.003
B1995.010.2085
[view across water at low tide to buildings in distance, Cordova?]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.337.2
78. Tide flats of Turnagain Arm. Tides sometimes rise over 40' along the Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.146.127
(boats)(boating){boat on mud flats at low tide with ice berg in foreground}
Keywords: boat, ice
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B2016.019.1.04e.11171.26
Boretide along Turnagain Arm, Southcentral Alaska [Anchorage - Turnagain Arm and Bore Tide], 1995
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Turnagain Arm, Bore Tide
Collection: B2016.019
b1969.015.1.83
[Boats anchored at low tide.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1983.146.125
Relics of a hard winter{ice bergs resting on mud during low tide}
Keywords: winter, ice, iceberg
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.1277
"The Bore." Hewitt's Photo Shop, 64 [bore tide on Turnagain Arm]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.8.10
[small motor boat on mud flats at low tide, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.11
[small motor boat on mud flats at low tide, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.065
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [woman sitting on rock outcropping along shoreline at low tide] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Rock, Outcropping, Rocky, Boulder, Shoreline, Low tide
Collection: B2019.003
b1969.015.1.32
[Sailboat on gravel beach at low tide.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1989.016.096
Ice blocks left on mud flats by high tide. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.66.1
[hiker on ridge looking down on mud flats of creek and inlet at low tide]
Keywords: hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.66.2
[hiker on ridge looking down on mud flats of creek and inlet at low tide]
Keywords: hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.012.93
Launch Nuten, Nushagak, Alaska [boat resting on mud flats at low tide]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2014.012
B2016.004.61.4
Scenics. Anchorage aerials, 10-5-76 [Turnagain Arm at low tide]
Collection: B2016.004
B2021.008.40
Two women and three dogs underneath a wood structure. Fish trap with tide out in the background. Likely Everett fish trap site in Trading Bay]
Keywords: Tides, Fish traps, Dogs, Animals, Trading Bay, Beaches
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B2021.008.38
Tide is out fish. EJ [Fish trap with salmon in the foreground. Two men, a dog, and a scow in the background. Likely Everett fish trap site in Trading Bay]
Keywords: Tides, Fish traps, Salmon, Dogs, Animals, Trading Bay, Harvest
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1984.077.12.002
Juneau [City scene, houses, rooftops, road, druck, low tide, boat on mud.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.32
(catastrophe)(November 3 1975)(Flooded by tide) Impact of pipe workers at Valdez during pipeline boom)(25027)
Keywords: catastrophe, flood
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1997.003.269
[Nine people and an airplane on beach at low tide, water, sand, trees in distance, reflections]
Collection: B1997.003
B2014.003.39
[colored lantern slide of the terminous of a tide water glacier with ice bergs floating in the foreground]
Collection: B2014.003
B2015.008.252
1 11 92325 Port Wells Alaska Re rigging the motor between tides
Keywords: port wells, prince william sound, skiff
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.019.3.17.08932.06
Glowing moss patterns at low tide, Turnagain Arm, [Anchorage - Turnagain Arm], c. 1991
Keywords: moss, low tide, turnagain arm, anchorage, southcentral, summer, scenic, Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography
Collection: B2016.019
B1965.018.193
Blazer (Barge) Barge Blazer at the Beach at Kanatak after being unloaded low water Tide coming in 1923
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1998.014.1.1257
(O66 Totem honoring boy trapped at high tide & drowned) [copy neg; similar to .1256]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.050
1944 [beach scene, men and women sunbathing, tide lines, water, posts, mountain and waterfall in background]
Collection: B2017.023
B1979.001.081
Photo by Sydney Laurence of a waterfront scene summer of 1915 {stern wheeler beached at dock during low tide}
Keywords: stern wheeler, dock, ship creek, Cook Inlet
Collection: B1979.001
AEC.G901
HGK Looking Towards Anchorage Terminal Yards From End of Temporary Trestle- Aug. 20 - 1918. "At Low Tide"
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.Album1.258
R33-10. Ship Creek low tide [view of mudflats and Cook Inlet, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.1025
Anchorage - Seward Hiway (l155) [automobiles on highway, paved surface, low tide, mudflats, Turnagain Arm, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.025.046
Construction of berth at Alagco dock [dredged area of Cook Inlet along shore at low tide, ship in distance]
Collection: B2015.025
B1991.030.5
Tidal Fish Trap Cook's Inlet[four men standing amongst dead fish inside the fish trap at low tide]
Keywords: fish, fishing, natural resource, fishermen, trap
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
AEC.H11
South End of Trestle Across Turn-Arm Tide Flats A.E.C. R.W. M. 83-84. A.E.C. H.11 H.G. Kaiser
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1998.014.1.1615
T24 Juneau, Alaska, Brickley [view of shoreline and structures at low tide, wharfs, jetty, pilings, AJ mine [copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.20.004
Stedman St from Fed Bldg [looking southeast along waterfront; pilings; low tide; strutures; automobiles; boats at right; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.20.004
Stedman St from Fed Bldg [looking southeast along waterfront; pilings; low tide; strutures; automobiles; boats at right; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2066.1
(Gottstein warehouse) [man on pallet lift amidst rows of shelving holding goods including Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Cold Water All, and Tide]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2066.4
(Gottstein warehouse) [man on pallet lift amidst rows of shelving holding goods including Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Cold Water All, and Tide]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1027
L157 Anchorage - Seward Hiway (1955 Postcard) [automobile on paved roadway, possibly near Bird Point, Turnagain Arm, low tide, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley