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B2015.008.138
24912(92914)(930am)(West face)(Columbia Glacier from West side)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.947
St. Elias Range [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.050
2383(91814)(11am)(Bryn Mawr Glacier)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1146
S.S. Graf Waldersee. On board Graf Waldersee [two women on ship deck, Dora at right?]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.139
2479(92914)(9am)(Skiff being washed into rocks by wave)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.167
2524(92914)(2pm)(Present limit of Columbia Glacier on Heather Island looking east)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.168
2525(92914)(210pm)(Present limit of Columbia Glacier on Heather Island looking east)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.170
2527(92914)(220pm)(Columbia Glacier destroying forest on Heather Island looking West)(Push Moraine)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1156
[?] to Wm. I, Schloss [future site of Reinhold Begas’ Emperor Wilhelm I-National Monument, statue at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.140
24710(92914)(9am){Terminous of Columbia Glacier}
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.582b
(Childs Glacier Copper River)
Keywords: Cordova, Copper River, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.615
(124_9 Arrival at Ridge Camp 9th day 7pm){mountaineer standing atop large rock outcrop}
Keywords: mountaineer, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.719
319.12B [view across water to glacier terminus, steel bridge beams in foreground,
Childs Glacier?]
Keywords: Childs Glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.720
320.2-3 [small format panoramic photograph, view from gravel beach to glacier
terminus, brush in foreground at left, Childs Glacier?]
Keywords: Childs Glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.827a
From moving train, ice 2 or 3 miles away [view across river to glacier terminus]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.166
2523(92914)(2pm)(Columbia Glacier from Heather Island Ice destroying forest)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.801
Hubbard Glacier, 1909, fr. Osier Island [view from gravel beach to glacier terminus]
Keywords: Hubbard Glacier, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.889
Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska 1914 K 4526 [view down Columbia glacier moraine to fjord, pine trees anf ice chunk at right_same as 184
Keywords: Prince William Sound, Columbia Glacier, Harriman Fjord
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.169
2526(92914)(215pm)(Columbia Glacier destroying forest on Heather Island looking West)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.849
[view across water to glacier terminus. Proof print]
.849 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
.850 – [similar to .848. Proof print]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.019.3.16.10877.25
Skyline from across Cook Inlet, Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage - Buildings - General], 1994
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Skyine, Cook Inlet
Collection: B2016.019
B2015.008.1306.t25
T25 [three climbers roped up for ascent, resting in snow at base of valley glacier, picks
set in snow, Dora in rear at left]
[.794] – T26 [has print]
Keywords: climber, climbing, crevasse, mountain, mountaineering, ice axe, snow shoe, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1306.t25crop
T25 [three climbers roped up for ascent, resting in snow at base of valley glacier, picks
set in snow, Dora in rear at left]
[.794] – T26 [has print]
Keywords: climber, climbing, crevasse, mountain, mountaineering, ice axe, snow shoe, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.639a
A snow bedstead at 8700 ft. 5.20.12 [hole dug in snow for sleeping, bedding on snow,
snowshoes propped at head]
Keywords: mountaineering, Mt Blackburn, snow shoes
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.783a
T7 [distant view of glacier terminus with several tributary glaciers
Keywords: glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.158
Scn 10 3477 53; Portage ice peak [icebergs, glacier, lake]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2015.008.660
220 11 Miss Keen on berg at camp 8 20 14 5am clear 18 and 1/2 sec From camp 1 5 Ernemann [Dora standing on ice chunk on beach Proof Print]
Keywords: College Fjord, Prince William Sound, glaciers, ice bergs, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.946
Wrangell Mt., [circle] Mt. Logan. Riggs [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range, glacier
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
B2015.008.692.dk232.7
232.7. Crevasses on Brunonian Glacier. Soft snow, 2 men down, 1 in [blizzard?], 1914.
9.12.14 [climber in center foreground sitting on snow, holding rope, photographer with tripod
in center distance, small crevasse at left. Has neg, described as “photographing Harvard
Glacier, main axis, Mr. Tucker, snowing, 2 P.M.”]
Keywords: mountaineering, climbing, glacier, mountain, climber
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.805
82. Copper [bird’s eye view of glacial moraine on Copper River]
Keywords: glacier, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.740
332.2. Russell Glacier, Alaska. White River. 8.22.16 [view across dry riverbed, men with
pack horses in background at right, mountains in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: pack horse, Russell Glacier, riverbed, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.800
Handy M. Co., 1908 [photographic postcard. Hydraulic mining operation, idle monitor in
foreground, man panning at left, three men standing next to wide sluice box in background]
Keywords: sluice box, gold mining, prospectors, mining
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Scn.13.004
Scn 22751 AIR Penniman Glacier joins Serpentine Glacier on Harriman fiord. Penniman is continuation of Colony Glacier which flows to west side of Chugach & Cook Inlet; Lake George, Knik River; 15 August 1973. [aerial view]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2015.008.822
Blackburn above clouds. Nearing last camp, 5.23.12, 5 A.M. 29 [view looking up to
mountain, nunatak at right, climber harnessed to sled at left]
Keywords: mountaineering, Mt Blackburn, glacier, crevasse, camping
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.281
R33-2. Portage Bay (F. F. B.) [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.739
331.7. Nutzotin Mts. from near Powell Creek, Alaska. 8.16.16 [three pack horses in field,
man seated at left, mountains in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: pack horse, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.837
10th day, 10:20 A.M. Descending Keen Ridge (4 men at left) because of snow, changed
wind for 3-day storm & provisions nearly gone. Kennicott Glacier in perspective, down which
we must return, & below McClellan Glacier, on which we had failed to get up. 18 [bird’s eye
view of four climbers on steep rocky slope below snow line, glacier valley in distance]
.838a – 10th day, 5:15 P.M. Down off ridge and back on foot of McClellan Glacier. A 12 ft.
crevasse & Kennicott Glacier seen through it. 19 [large crevasse in foreground, glacier valley in
distance]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.838a
10th day, 5:15 P.M. Down off ridge and back on foot of McClellan Glacier. A 12 ft.
crevasse & Kennicott Glacier seen through it. 19 [large crevasse in foreground, glacier valley in
distance]
.838b – [same as .838a]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains, glacier, crevasse, climbing, climbers, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.738a
330a.7-8. Russell Glacier, Alaska. 8.23.16 [small format panoramic photograph, bird’s
eye view of glacier valley, man with dog and horse on glacier in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: Russell Glacier, pack horse, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.866
White River, 1913 [view across broad river to outlet, pine trees on opposite bank]
Keywords: White River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.885
[two hunters with caribou carcass in flat. Poor quality print]
Keywords: hunters, hunting, caribou
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.757
337.6. Camp on Chitistone. 9.7.16 [view across riverbed to small tents in wooded area.
Proof print]
Keywords: camp
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.891
Harriman Fjord, Prince Wm. Sound, Alaska, 1914. Miss DK. 4534 [view across fjord to
glacier termini. Portion of caption lightly erased]
Keywords: glacier, Harriman Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008