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B2014.003.28
[men unloading fish barge at the docks]
Keywords: fishing, south east
Collection: B2014.003
B2003.019.130
[people unloading groceries from airplane, Anaktuvuk Pass]
Keywords: food, transportation
Collection: B2003.019 Louise Weeks
B2022.005.152
[People unloading from USAF bus; Buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Uniform, Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Bus, Vehicle, Transportation, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
AEC.L 4
AEC No 4 (unloading equipment from Norwegion SS. 1917
Keywords: shipping, transportation, steamer
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2012.030.3723
Canneries. Unloading shrimp from ship to cannery, Kodiak, 11/19/70
Collection: B2012.030
B1979.002.8424
(River Boat Nenana unloading at Tanana 8-18-1951)
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.8426
(River Boat Nenana unloading at Tanana 8-18-1951)
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2006.023.6609.jpg
Unloading supplies from the Nomad at Chestnuts homestead, Flat Horn Lake.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6609
Unloading supplies from the Nomad at Chestnuts homestead, Flat Horn Lake.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
AEC.G466
S.S. Turret Crown at Anchorage, Alaska. Unloading Freight from Panama Canal
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1997.003.185
[bulldozer, track vehicle aboard ship, men standing, preparing to unload]
Collection: B1997.003
B1984.077.11.023
[Men unloading fish from net, loading dock, "Co-op Packing Room"]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1523.1
[man unloading delivery truck in front of Anchorage Fruit & Produce Company, 1937?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.675
F11 Unloading Alaskan herring, F Morgan photo [same as .674, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1989.016.1523.4
[man and little girl unloading delivery truck in front of Anchorage Fruit & Produce Company, 1937?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.53.7
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldiers unloading fish from canoe into wooden box for slime line, Adak]
Keywords: boats, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.4
Army drying fish for dogs [soldiers unloading carts full of processed fish and hanging them on drying rack]
Keywords: military, fishing, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.682
F14 Unloading Alaskan herring, photo by Frank Morgan, "Brailing herring" [same as .681, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2542
"Construction site" [PKS truck; Thew Shovel Company crane loading or unloading barge or container ship at shore]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.674
F11 Unloading herring at Ketchikan, photo by Frank Morgan [men in rain gear work in a scow(?), copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.684
F15 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan, "Unloading herring, 1949 postcard" [same as .681, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.137
[unidentified river boat at dock in St Michael's with people loading and or unloading. Smoke or steam is coming from the lower port side]
Keywords: ships, port, wharf, transportation, shipping, maritime
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1391.7
Salmon from Bristol Bay boats. Hewitt's, 10 [crewmen unloading fish from ship hold to dock area. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2268.1
(Iron lung, 10/6/50) [group portrait of men standing next to Northwest Airlines airplane as iron lung is being unloaded]
Keywords: health, healthcare, medicine
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2268.2
(Iron lung, 10/6/50) [group portrait of men standing next to Northwest Airlines airplane as iron lung is being unloaded]
Keywords: health, healthcare, medicine
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.683
F15 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan, "Unloading herring, 1949 post card" [same as .681, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.578
Halibut fishing, St. Paul Is., Pribilofs, AK [men unloading halibut from fishing boat; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.033.575
Unloading Ice Worm at Palmer, 10-8-77 [crane lifting railbus off flatcar; print date Oct 77]
Collection: B2017.033
B1983.091.S0156.R23
Comm. Salmon Inds & Bristol Bay Salmon Fleet (Unloading fish, & inside cannery, Neg. R.56) No Date
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1995.014.50.12
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldier unloading fish from wooden box, box part of slime line set up, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.5
Army drying fish for dogs [soldiers unloading carts full of processed fish and hanging them on drying rack, building at right, water in distance]
Keywords: fishing, military, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1974.040.009
Unloading off Army cargo at Seward, 1940, Alaska RR dock [automobile being hoisted off Alaska Steamship Co. ship, soldiers in uniform on decks]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.30.005
12-2 unloading fish from boat [two men at work; fish in tote on deck; man in hold lifting fish to deck; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.30.005
12-2 unloading fish from boat [two men at work; fish in tote on deck; man in hold lifting fish to deck; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.94.3
Army drying fish for dogs [soldiers unloading carts full of processed fish and hanging them on drying rack, automobile parked at right, water in distance]
Keywords: military, animals, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1056.1
P-244. Hewitt's (Unloading Horses, early Palmer) [men on top of and next to Alaska Railroad train car, horses coming down ramp from car]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1056.2
P-236. Hewitt's (Unloading Horses, early Palmer) [men on top of and next to Alaska Railroad train car, horses coming down ramp from car]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1063
(M12 dragline PC; placer mining for gold in Alaska) [Bacyrus-Monighan dragline unloading bucket of soil; bulldozer; two men in foreground; structures, houses]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.016.2262
Mallard Springs, whenever weather permitted, the plane came out from Fairbanks [four men unloading airplane, possibly Cessna 180, engine covered with tarp]
Collection: B2014.016
B1998.014.1.1350
PF7 Unloading herring which is to be used later as bait for catching halibut and salmon. [men in hold with fish, shovels; rain gear; boat at far right; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.676
F11 Unloading herring at Ketchikan, photo by Frank Morgan [same as .674, copy neg, damage seen on right side of image is a scratch in emulsion side of neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.681
F15 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan "F14 Brailing herring" [unloading salmon from purse seine; buoy line, people watching, boat in background, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.11.7
811113, 3, Bettles Lodge, Anaktuvuk aerials, sod house [man unloading box of diapers for Alice Ahgook from Britten-Norman Islander airplane tail number N59360]
Keywords: transportation, aviation, shipping, freight
Collection: B2016.004
B1979.002.Album1.2
M-3. Ship Creek. W. F. Milliken [docks at mouth of Ship Creek, men loading or unloading horses, small sailboat visible behind, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1