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B1989.016.1911.1
(Alaska Railroad route to Anchorage, early air view) [aerial of railroad tracks in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.438.2
B.P.O.E. Fourth of July float, 1938 [elk statue draped in streamers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.71
Saw mill, A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway sawmill, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1994.022.677
(Hoyt Family)[two men standing in field looking at the camera]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2014.003.8
13819(Skagway River)(Victor Animatograph)[colored lantern slide with a birds eye view looking down river towards Skagway]
Collection: B2014.003
B1979.002.Album1.60
Log crib Mile 1. Eugene Underwood [view down railroad tracks running along shoreline, logs and rocks in breakwater at right, man on tracks in distance, buildings in background at far right, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, communication
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.62
Rock filled breakwater. Eugene Underwood [logs and rocks stacked along shoreline, telegraph lines and utility pole behind, mountains in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, communication
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.81
Breakwater Sta. 57 + 48 to 63. Eugene Underwood [view down long stretch of railroad tracks, log and stone breakwater along shore at right, low trestle bridge down the line, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2019.015.2
JUL 65P [Two sets of railroad tracks with a passenger train in the distance, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B1979.002.Album1.58
Knik, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1824 [bird's eye view of town, buildings and businesses including K. T. Co. and C. W. Palmer, waterfront at right, railroad exploration, circa 1915]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.1062
[similar to .1061][scenic with pine trees in foreground, Mount Rainier in distance]
Keywords: mountains, Mt Rainer alpine
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.50
Large bridge, Mile 49. Eugene Underwood [distant view of railroad trestles in the Loop District, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1984.077.23.007
[farm, pasture scene, house, barn, outbuildings, windmill, cows. Neg is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.469.4
McKinley Park Hotel, exterior. Alaska Railroad.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.092
[Anchorage Federal Building, woman crossing street, bicycle, automobiles]
Collection: B2017.023
B1979.002.Album1.111
7A. C. R. Breck at Spencer Glacier. C. R. Breck [man standing at foot of glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
AEC.G1462
G1462 Rock Crusher in Operation Supplying Stones for Concrete Work
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.Album1.12
M-41. Slough of Talkeetna. W. F. Milliken [view of Talkeetna River from gravel bank, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.308
D. L. Reaburn [view through fir trees to rushing river with rocky banks, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.47
M-22. Montana Creek. W. F. Milliken [birch trees falling over steep embankment to riverbed below, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.179
82. Camp at Carbon Creek Bering River Field. Thomas Riggs Jr. [two men standing near entrance to log building, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.82
Log culvert A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [view through culvert passing under Alaska Northern Railway tracks, lake in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2019.015.12
JUL 65P [View of Susitna River and trees with three people walking on the beach, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Susitna River
Collection: B2019.015
B1979.002.Album1.110
Off for Eklutna River from Old Knik. P. S. Hunt J1827 [four men walking away from camera through wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.112
R22-8. Jim Ryan [written on back: "Jim Ryan, Controller Bay." man and dog on wooden dock, hills in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.114
6C. South Portal Tunnel No. 3. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.115
1C. Looking south from Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [view railroad tracks, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.120
5C. Placer River Canyon. C. R. Breck [bird's eye view of river through canyon on Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.159
R31-2. R. N. Mayer [man standing on bank next to creek and looking down barrel of rifle, possibly Ship Creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, firearms
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1984.077.5.006
Fairbanks [railroad depot, tracks, buildings, windmill in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.190.1
Trading post at Chevak, Alaska. Dated 1/30/1942. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.190.2
Trading post at Eek, Alaska. Dated 1/30/1942. [H.W. Nagley. Sign for post office lying on ground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2130.2
(Pioneer Man) [studio portrait of man in suit coat and tie]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.11
M-32. Working on trail. W. F. Milliken [three men working in wooded area, one holding axe, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1