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B1983.058.38
[Marston matting and other debris along coastline]
Collection: B1983.058 Dowell Aleutian Islands Clean-up
B1995.014.68.6
[airplane crash debris in flats in winter]
Keywords: military, aircraft accidents, aviation
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.058.17
[Aleutian Islands, World War II debris]
Collection: B1983.058 Dowell Aleutian Islands Clean-up
B1983.058.182
[debris, likely unexploded ordnance compared to pocket knife; Attu]
Collection: B1983.058 Dowell Aleutian Islands Clean-up
B1983.058.43
[Umnak, Aleutian Islands, World War II debris]
Collection: B1983.058 Dowell Aleutian Islands Clean-up
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.14
Pedestrians walking past debris and damage on Cst and 2nd.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.54
(catastrophe)(February 7 1967)(CN crew cleans debris )
Keywords: catastrophe, train wreck, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1983.058.37
[Aleutian Islands, World War II Marsden matting debris]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1983.058 Dowell Aleutian Islands Clean-up
B1984.077.10.009
[Bear on chain, walking, debris in midground, utility pole on horizon]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.2.1
Willow and people [two men in brush with debris, airplane accident?]
Keywords: transportation, aircraft accidents, garbage
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.007.084b
[pile of debris from demolished building, single story building at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1995.014.39.18
[debris at site of airplane crash, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.60.8
[debris from military plane crash scattered across tundra, man at right with camera]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, photography
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.023.249
(envelope marked new washington hotel)(building and debris piles under bridge)
Keywords: river, bridge, construction
Collection: B2014.023
B1997.011.308
(Kaktovik 1985 Clean-up survey)(James W. Stuhler Photog)[abandoned building and debris]
Collection: B1997.011 James Stuhler Collection
B2017.007.146b
[façade of West High School, construction worker shoveling debris out window]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.4
JC Penny's building after the quake showing structural damage and crushed car under debris.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1995.014.5.4
[portrait of man wearing parka with small ruff and mittens, standing in snow near debris?]
Keywords: clothing, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.5
[three men standing in field in summer next to smoking debris, rescue squad, airplane accident?]
Keywords: aircraft accidents, aviation, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.6
[three men standing in field in summer next to smoking debris, rescue squad, airplane accident?]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.34.9
[scenic, possibly including debris field from airplane crash? Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: aircraft accidents, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.2
[debris from military airplane crash on tundra, same as crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s, as in .53.5?]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, military
Collection: B1995.014
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
B1995.014.41.8
[climbers stopped on slope, debris field or base camp in distance, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.53.5
Plane crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s [men looking at debris from military airplane crash on tundra]
Keywords: aircraft accidents, aviation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.60.9
[men standing near debris from military plane crash scattered across tundra, Cook Inlet in distance at left]
Keywords: military, aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.4055
[six Alaska Native girls posed next to debris, Quonset hut in background; print date Aug 63]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.203
I7 82225 Kanatak Alaska_Beach wreckage_windiest town on coast{a wrecked boat and debris strewn along coast line}
Keywords: wreckage, flood, Kanatak
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.3320
[village waterfront as seen from water, with driftwood, boats, metal barrels and other debris on riverbank, laundry on clothesline between buildings in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.53.11
[debris from military airplane crash on tundra, water in distance at left, same as crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s, as in .53.5?]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.53.2
[debris from military airplane crash on tundra, water in distance at left, same as crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s, as in .53.5?]
Keywords: aircraft accidents, aviation, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.1
[debris from military airplane crash on tundra, tail number 138635, same as crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s, as in .53.5?]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.285
R32-8. Portage Bay (debris-covered ice mass) [view of water from top of glacial moraine, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.7
Penney's building after the quake showing structural damage, national guardsmen on duty and crushed car under debris.Crane in background lifting a car from the debris.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.9
Penney's building after the quake showing structural damage, national guardsmen on duty and crushed car under debris.Crane in background lifting a car from the debris.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2017.024.1171
May68P3 #01886 Bethel [Yup'ikchild wearing red hooded parka and break-up boots holds slingshot; dirt road; snow; debris in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.8
Penney's building after the quake showing structural damage, national guardsmen on duty and crushed car under debris.Crane in background lifting a car from the debris. As a helicopter flys overhead.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2015.026.1592
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [debris including abandoned vehicles in wooded area near Chitina] [Ahtna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Tsedi Na', Abandoned, Vehicle, Car, Truck, Debris, Rusted, Woods, Wooded
Collection: B2015.026
B1989.016.1173
P-529. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Getting Ready for Farming, Land Clearing, Palmer) [man standing atop debris pile near utility pole, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.57.9
[two soldiers working to repair propeller on airplane, "Tally Ho" painted on nose, tail number ending in "58", after crashing on tundra, third soldier carrying debris at right]
Keywords: military, aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.464
21. Wreckage on tree showing flood level opposite Mrs. Bugbee’s [debris piled against tree trunks along riverbank, road and buildings at right. Cf. .1007]
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.079a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [steamship traveling through ice floes; people on deck and in rigging; hand colored; debris is encased in the slide]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.37.005
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, structure; debris in water; people in background; automobile; net]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.37.005
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, structure; debris in water; people in background; automobile; net]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.454
Remains of West Hartford bridge, endangering R.R. bridge at White River Jcn 7 m. away [debris piled up against trestle of railroad bridge over river]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.38.001
15-3 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, pilings, and structure; debris in water; people in background; ship at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.38.001
15-3 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, pilings, and structure; debris in water; people in background; ship at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.38.002
15-3 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, pilings, and structure; debris in water; ship at right; men in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.38.002
15-3 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, pilings, and structure; debris in water; ship at right; men in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018