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B1990.014.4.Science.8.03044
Tundras exist in the Alaska Range both above/below timber.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2015.008.1001
100,000 ft. timber, 1500 cords wood. Below spring [cut timber piled in wooded area.
With stamp of G.W. Handy. Cf. .408]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.2146
Logs [timber floating in water at lumber mill, high pier in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1997.003.170
[lumber, timbers on ship deck, S.S. Latouche, ship deck, railing]
Collection: B1997.003
B1984.077.15.001
[timber, logs, floating, buildings, waterfront; mountains, clouds in distance. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1997.003.187
[track vehicle on flatbed, timbers, ramp to ground, men, water and mountains in distance]
Collection: B1997.003
B1962.x.015.027
[from verso:] Alaska Highway. Dozens of streams and lakes both large and small, had to be spanned as theroad progressed. Practically every type of timber structure was used to provide a crossing, but the type most often used was the timber trestle bridge. This photo shows a trestle bridge during construction and illustrates the use of the timber immediately adjacent to the bridge site. [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1997.003.172
[lumber, timber on ship deck, chains, plank walkway, ladders, ship rigging, whitecaps, waves]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.036
A15 timber wolf (Sevarmer's) 3 negs [wolf on bank; man beneath edge of bank]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.044
A18 Tame Alaskan timber wolf (Kabuk [or Kobuk, see .043], tame wolf, 1946)
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1207a
“Elephints a’pilin’ teak,” Rangoon [mahout riding elephant dragging timber across yard, other elephants in background]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.408
Lumbering partly finished, Spring 1921 [cut timber piled in wooded area. Cf. .1001]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.126
Native method of splitting logs [three men using hand tools to cut timber on rack in wooded area]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.127
Native method of splitting logs [three men using hand tools to cut timber on rack in wooded area]
Collection: B2019.003
B1970.073.040
33. Camp at first timber over glacier [on verso:] Tazlina [stereograph. Man hauling loaded sled into camp. Probably Valdez Glacier]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B2015.007.175
[Alaska Native man on crutches posed outdoors in spring, cut timber at right, snow under pine trees at left, tent in background]
Keywords: camps, logging, health, medicine
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.010.2147
[man working next to log building, electrical pole in center, pond with floating timber in foreground, termination dust on mountains in background, possibly sawmill]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1158
(O29 Paxson's Lodge? wolf; 1946 postcard) [Actually appears to related to .036-.038 "A15 Timber wolf (Sevarmer's)"; wolf on snowtopped berm]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.424
Lumber and mill, Nov. 1923 [cut timber piled next to mill under shed, cut lumber stacked under shed. Cf. .991]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.015.07
This was taken on the upper lake trail near the timber line last summer. This hair looks like yours used to. He is 15 yr. here [Robert posed with unidentified boy outdoors, 1942]
Collection: B2015.015
B1989.016.1482
45. Alaska timber wolf. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two Alaska Native men with possible wolf-dog hybrid on chain in snowy field. name Bragaw scratched off neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1043
Road’s End Farm cabin, Dec. 6, 1934. Windows and roofing first steps [timber in yard
at left, large pile of fuel wood piled next to cabin, barn at right]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2143.44
86. Colonists home in the Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [house under construction, clear-cut field in foreground, timber piled in front of house, washing hung out on clothesline at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences, houses, construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1754
(T76 Ellis air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [dock scene with automobiles, Northern Commercial Co. "Caterpillar sales, service, marine engines, electric sets, Packard gasoline marine engines," "Titan timber saws," structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.291
M-4. Ship Creek. W. F. Milliken [horses in yard next to log building and tarp-covered frames of two additional buildings, pile of timber in foreground, tall birch or cottonwood in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.315
D. L. Reaburn's party on Indian River. D. L. Reaburn [group of men sitting closely together near felled timber, man closest to camera whittling wood, railroad exploration party, Kenai Peninsula or Matanuska Valley, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, clothing
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1