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B1994.008.181
(McKinley Park tour bus)(c 1970)
Keywords: tourism, Denali Natl Park
Collection: B1994.008
B2015.008.960
[map of Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska (1910)]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.957
4 [Relief map of Central Alaska (1910). With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.955
(Enlarge) Alaska is 1/5 the size of the U.S., but has only 65,000 pop., because its vast
resources cannot well be developed until railways are built, and this is too costly for private
capital [map of Alaska with passenger ship route, cable and wireless stations, inset of United
States. With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2589
"Maps of AK over USA; 2 negs" ["Relative areas Alaska and United States" map shows Alaska superimposed over Lower-48 states]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.958
[map of upper Gulf of Alaska region from Latouche and Columbia Glacier on west to
Yakutat and Kluane Lake on east]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.955a
(Enlarge) Alaska is 1/5 the size of the U.S., but has only 65,000 pop., because its vast
resources cannot well be developed until railways are built, and this is too costly for private
capital [map of Alaska with passenger ship route, cable and wireless stations, inset of United
States. With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: map note
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.959
(Enlarge) Prince Wm. Sound. College Fjord & Harriman Fjord are at the head of Port
Wells (left, top). Valdez & glacier e. of top centre. Columbia Glacier w. of Valdez. The glaciers
once filled the sound [Map of Prince William Sound, Alaska (1913). With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1301
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [map of Texas and text from published book; touched up to create composite image in .1302]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2587
"Kashim Club/Interior" [NCO club on Elmendort; view of seating area with fireplace, stage with piano and images of female dancers; bookshelves; trophy at right, pool table at right, pool cues; logs and rough lumber decor]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2588
"Room interior w/pool table & men" [men near pool talbe; man reading, men sitting at desk; speakers and film projection screen on wall; stairway at left; sign on wall "no drunkenness permitted"; cabinets and possibly media equipment at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.951
Tarr [view across glacial moraine to rock formation]
Keywords: glacial moraine
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1299
O85 Eklutna church and graves with spirit houses [people stand near gate at entrance to cemetery, Old Saint Nicholas Church, graves at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2312
Alaskan Meat-eating mosquito (suns beachus horriblis)" "mosquito cartoon (mosquito eating moose)" [artwork depicting mosquito in flight carrying moose, knife and fork]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.956
From Greeley’s Handbook of Alaska. 1. (Enlarge) Proposed gov’t. ry. routes. Note limit
of winter ice, showing ice free harbors only where mountains and glaciers bar the way to the
Yukon Valley. Valdez is seen at the head of the Gulf of Alaska. The two existing railways run
from Cordova (for 196 m.) and Seward (for 72 m.) [map of Alaska with inset of Aleutian
Islands]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1298
O85 Spirit houses, Alaskan Native graves at Eklutna [orthodox crosses, people visiting cemetery at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.953
A winter outing in Alaska. 3A396, LHP [photographic postcard. Dog team on winter trail,
two women and child in sled basket, musher on runners, photographer’s shadow in
foreground]
Keywords: winter, dogs, mushing
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1300
Areas of Alaska and United States compared (O87, transparency) [Alaska silhouette superimposed over map of lower-48 states]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2585
"Room w/counter; 2 negs" [roomwith desk, lock, overhead projector, file cabinet, mimeograph machine, floor outlet; likely a fire extinguisher at far left; wall clock; camera equipment; drafting table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.009.1418
A Western Electric photo. Photographed by A.T. Rife. 4 x 5 negative
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B2015.008.952
Columbia Glacier ending in the sea. No. 149, Lawrence Martin [view from rocky shore
to glacier terminus, pine trees at left]
Keywords: glacier, tidal glacier, prince william sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2014.013.21
[bird's eye view of Knik, flag at left, Knik Arm of Cook Inlet at right, signs for Knik Trading Co., Saloon, The Railroad Kitchen, G.W. Palmer, and Olympus Bar, O.G. Herning photographer?]
Keywords: businesses, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B2015.008.954
Lavoy[panorama with four photographic postcard images, birds eye view of glacier terminus, Columbia Galcier]
Keywords: Columbia Glacier, glaciers, Prince William Sound, tide water glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.959a
(Enlarge) Prince Wm. Sound. College Fjord & Harriman Fjord are at the head of Port
Wells (left, top). Valdez & glacier e. of top centre. Columbia Glacier w. of Valdez. The glaciers
once filled the sound [Map of Prince William Sound, Alaska (1913). With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: note
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1297
O86 Native Alaskan graves, Eklutna, near Anchorage. [family walks in cemetery near spirit houses, orthodox crosses; Old Saint Nicholas Church in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.12.7
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [young boy standing next to pile of fish on ice, mountains in background]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1084.5
P-234. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [man on dais speaking to crowd in front of Palmer School, American flags on stage, man with accordion behind speaker]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1921.2
Greetings [Christmas card with sketch of Santa giving thumbs-up and photograph of drive leading to homestead in winter, hoar frost on trees and tracks on drive]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1984.06.03
The dissappearance of the mobile home_The appearance of the mobile lot (1984)
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1979.002.Album1.310
R15-10. D. L. Reaburn [view of broad valley, mountains in far distance at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.Ed.1.8
"9753 - Education; Eskimo children study. POint Hope; 15 May 1968; school"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed