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B1994.008.576
(haul road in Livengood)
Keywords: transportation, haul road, pipeline
Collection: B1994.008
B1994.008.579
[Snow and Ice, wind blown around TAPS pipes]
Keywords: pipeline, construction
Collection: B1994.008
B1994.008.584
(public hearing on haul road Anchorage, AK 1977
Keywords: public hearing
Collection: B1994.008
B1994.008.587
location of GPC haul road
Keywords: public land use, public hearing
Collection: B1994.008
B1994.008.614.slide
(advisory committee and public hearings for land use)
Keywords: land use, meeting, public land use
Collection: B1994.008
B1990.014.5.Ind.11.54
(BMR Trucking)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ind
B1990.014.5.Ind.11.55
(BMR Trucking)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ind
B1990.014.5.Ind.11.56
(BMR Trucking)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ind
B1990.014.5.Ind.11.57
(BMR Trucking)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ind
B1994.008.618.slide
(advisory committee and public hearings for land use)
Keywords: public land use, meeting
Collection: B1994.008
B1997.003.134
[woman wearing dress and overcoat shields her face as she walks through grass from small building, possibly an outhouse? toward an automobile; utility poles in the background]
Collection: B1997.003
B1995.014.61.10
[four soldiers walking in snowstorm, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.39.3
(Catastrophe: Accidents, Disasters, Faulty Construction)(April 1975)(R&M Eng OverPass)(Non-legal R&M client){building construction details}
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1979.002.5005
Knik Alaska(AEC J1822) {the docks at Knick with one ship and several people walking around the dock}
Keywords: shipping, transportation, ship
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.249.003
76-2 Waves thru rocks at Knudsen's [sic: Knudson] Cove [February 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.249.004
76-2 Waves on beach [likely Knudson Cove; February 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.249.005
76-2 Waves on beach [likely Knudson Cove; February 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.249.006
76-2 Waves on beach [likely Knudson Cove; February 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.24.001
8-2 Portraits of Dad using camera light [likely 1939, overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.24.001
8-2 Portraits of Dad using camera light [likely 1939, overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.24.002
8-2 Portraits of Dad using camera light [likely 1939, overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.24.002
8-2 Portraits of Dad using camera light [likely 1939, overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.61.11
[two men standing near snowmachine in winter, fuel barrels stacked at right]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.61.12
[three men standing near snowmachine in winter, fuel barrels stacked at right]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.11
[soldier holding rifle posed next to moose carcass near creek in winter, axe on snow in foreground]
Keywords: hunting, military, arms
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.236
[view of passing ship from ship deck, mountains; neg is deteriorating]
Collection: B1997.003
B2017.024.2317
Kotzebue, June 1967 "beluga whale butchering" [people butcher whale on ice; water in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1983.091.C800.1
Bailey Covey for Hills Bros. Coffee at Carrs Food Center, 14th and Gambell. Jim Tapscott, Larry Carr, Bailey Covey. 11-10-1953 (2 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1979.002.Album.2.1900
Aeroplane view of Fairbanks, Alaska Cann Photo
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1994.022.827
(Mt McKinley National Park wildlife)[mountain goats]
Keywords: wildlife
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.40.1
[distant view of base camp, airplane crash debris in foreground? Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, mountaineering, military, aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.2176
Prop. of Van Cleve Photography; Evanston, IL "Village women; Kind Island" [women and children on wood deck; skins streched on wood railing; clothesline; structure in backgroud; mountain in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1962.x.015.008
Spring break up on the Alcan Highway during the early construction days of WWII. Mud
was one of the major enemies which had to be conquered in completing the 1,600 mile-long
highway to AK. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1990.014.2018.1.236.001
[72-5; Sitka, August 1941; waterfront scene; view of Sitka from across water, taken from rocky beach; pilings]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2016.004.25.28
Pipeline Pump 12, Adele French in pipeline, Bob & Adele French [at] Copper River, Chitina, 1975 [mine entrance]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.024.2183
King Island, copyright 1986 "walrus hunt; Bering Sea[?]" [men with walrus skull, tusks, possibly intestines; water, ice in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1996.009.08full
As a precaution against evil influences likely to come from the sea, the captain puts a pendant on his back made of the top end of the tail of each whale killed by him. These are sewed in seal skin and will sustain life in case of famine at sea.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1996.009.01afull
At the base of Cape Prince of Wales, the most westerly point on the American continent, there is Kingegan, an Eskimo village. During the month of May only each year, the more daring of the male population chase the bowhead whale through Bering Straits.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1979.002.6323c
Wasilla, MP 159.8. Alaska Hardwood Co. near Wasilla, Nov. 1961. Photo by Tucker [Tauber?]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.731.5
Along the trail [road bridge across river]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection