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B1998.014.1.034
A14 wild wolf w/man Photographer: Harold Young [two men sit holding wolf on chain]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.405
Bees on frames of wax, 10 to a hive [hive frames propped against house steps]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.4.Science.22.VUoldgrowthforest
Coastal old growth forest, Picea sitchensis & Tsuga heterophylla, SE Alasak. Visuals Unlimited
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.033
A14 wild wolf w/man, Photographer: Harold Young [wolf with rope muzzle, held by man, sits in snow as another man looks on]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1206
A huge creeper on the jungle road from [Taungoo?] to the Shan Hills, Burmah [view down road, cart carrying passengers with parasols stopped in distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.098
2428(92414)(1215pm)(Serpentine and Coxe Glaciers)(From Station F Harriman Fiord)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.2129
[workman suspended from communications tower, mountains in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1984.077.14.033
[Fairbanks street scene rooftops, automobiles, houses, utility lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B1962.x.015.008
Spring break up on the Alcan Highway during the early construction days of WWII. Mud
was one of the major enemies which had to be conquered in completing the 1,600 mile-long
highway to AK. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1998.014.1.032
A14 Wild wolf w/man photographer: Harold Young [wolf only]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1203
A “dhursie,” or tailor. Probably a Bengalee from the dress. Barefoot, of course. Wages 16 to 32 cts. a day. Very unusual to see the treadle. Singer machines invade the East everywhere, but in India the usual sight is the hand attachment, the native and his machine both on the floor. [portrait of man sitting at sewing machine in street]
Keywords: tailor, sewing, sewing machine, India
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.404
George, Carl Scherer & Dick Freeman. Ready to work on the bees [three people wearing beekeeper veils standing next to tree, crates on wooden frame at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.122
Spencer Glacier near Seward [terminus as seen from Alaska Railroad tracks]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.123
Old Russian church [woman standing next to old St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church at Eklutna, ladder leading up to roof]
Collection: B2019.003
B1970.073.036
18. Foot of glacier [on verso:] Tazlina [stereograph. Tent camp in winter. Probably Valdez Glacier]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B2015.007.171
[white man seated at desk inside office, reading book, papers in pigeonholes above desk, curtains on window. Same man as in .28?]
Keywords: interiors
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.010.2135
[nine communications towers, buildings in background, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1154
027 Along the Alaska Railroad (snow plow; 1946 postcard) [copy neg; snoke, tracks, structure in left background, trees, mountain in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.420
W.W. Keen Butcher, 1922? [young boy standing in yard holding cat in bucket, Dora’s nephew]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.015.03
1. Donald Tanner, 2. Charlie Rapuzzi, 3. Mark Lee 4. ?, 5. Art Simons [five young men and dog sitting next to building, 1930s? Modern copy print]
Collection: B2015.015
B1989.016.147.5
Sydney Laurence painting, Northern lights and cabin.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1040
E.D. 1. Cabin, bath in extension lately added. W. Hartford, Vt. [view across yard or
orchard to house]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2143.40
81. At Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Cat working at Palmer) [three men on tractor with caterpillar track carrying lumber across Alaska Railroad tracks, lumber piled at left, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.288
R32-5. Ship Creek Camp [four men sitting on bench in clearing, two log buildings in background, one with tarped roof, tall birch or cottonwood behind buildings, railroad exploration, circa 1914. Original image blurred]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.311
Susitna River. D. L. Reaburn [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1