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B2015.008.641
172.2. Starting for Russell Glacier, 6.12.12 [view across moraine and valley, man leading
pack horses in middle ground]
Keywords: horses, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1043.2
P-11. Palmer, in the heart of Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [1936?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1044.1
(Chickens, early Palmer) [chickens feeding in fenced enclosures]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.407
Wood pile, after lumbering, March 1921 [fuel wood stacked in yard next to barn and silo]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1076
P-281. Hewitt's (Tent in Woods, Palmer) [small tent with clothesline, wash basin]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1077.1
P-274. Hewitt's Photo Shop (Palmer Homes) [wood frame building with mountains behind]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.187
(j18){tide water glaciers and waters of Prince William Sound}
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.893
Soldier from Ft. Liscum getting ice from Shoup Glacier, 1914 [distant view of rowboat
pulled up to moraine, man part way up moraine, seracs overhead]
Keywords: glacier, seracs
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.964c
Photo by E.F. Foley, N.Y. Who went to Alaska in 1914 explore and map the sources of
the Harvard and Bryn Mawr Glaciers in an unexplored part of the Chugach Mts., above College
Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Miss Keen is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. In 1912
she made the 1st ascent of Mt. Blackburn, Alaska, 16,140 ft., in an expedition that required 33
days on ice and snow, and is the only sub-Arctic exploration ever organized and led by a
woman. A surveyor will be of the party this time. The Royal Geographical Society of Antwerp,
Belgium, had invited Miss [studio portrait of Dora]
Keywords: woman
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1057b
Mt. Rainier
Keywords: hikers, mountains, Mt Rainer, glacier, alpine
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.639d
167.8. A snow bedstead at 8700 ft. 5.20.12, 3 P.M. [proof print. 3 copies]
Keywords: snow shoes, snow, mountaineering, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.435
See how the poplars have grown
Keywords: farm, farm house, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.894
Mt. Blackburn, Aug. or Sept. 1914. Sewell [log bridge over creek in foreground,
mountains in distance]
Keywords: mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.877
Chitistone Divide, G.W. Hardy’s horses [three men posed with two horses in pass. Poor
quality print]
Keywords: pack horse, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.710
247.3. A rubber bath tub, used by Alaska prospectors in a cabin far in the wilds, for
laundry as well as [three men seated in log cabin, man in center smoking pipe and leaning
over, man at right wearing bib overalls and cleaning duck, man in center reading newspaper
possibly George, Towle’s Log Cabin Syrup on table at left, ladder in background, gear hanging
on walls. Caption lightly erased. Print cropped with loss of caption]
Keywords: cabin interior
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.190
F3 81025 Leaving Valley of 10000 smokes and its desolation_sparse feed and fuel_soft sand_Last look up Valley to head{4 individuals standing on mud flats with mountain range in background}
Keywords: valley of 10000 smokes, volcanic landscape
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.195
H7 81525 Kejulik River testing depth and current{crossing river}
Keywords: river
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.742
332.4. White River from Russell Glacier, Alaska. Scolai Pass. 8.22.16 [view down glacial
moraine through Skolai Pass, river in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: Russell Glacier, Skolai Pass, White River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.640
169.9. Kennicott Glacier moraine from above [bird’s eye view of valley and mountains
opposite]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.639b
167.8. A snow bedstead at 8700 ft. 5.20.12, 3 P.M. [proof print. 3 copies]
Keywords: snow shoes, snow, mountaineering, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.639c
167.8. A snow bedstead at 8700 ft. 5.20.12, 3 P.M. [proof print. 3 copies]
Keywords: snow shoes, snow, mountaineering, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1051
184.8. Gale blowing the snow off Rainier [climber standing on snow, mountain in
background, identified by seller as Dora]
Keywords: Mt Rainer, mountains, glacier, Dora Keen
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4.287.003
Al Campbell and old records (Al Campbell, Stores Dept., hauling away records to be destroyed. April 1961.) [Man standing with wooden drawers, file cabinet drawers, hat, coveralls, gloves]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1578.2
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [man squatting near cabbages and potatoes, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1587
Palmer Motor Service, Palmer, Alaska. A sight-seeing Valley tour specially conducted in parties of five. $1.50 per passenger. A scenic trip of 21 miles [three men stand in front of three automobiles with a truck parked alongside, next to a wood frame building. circa late 1930s?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection