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B1979.002.8891
Locomotive Steam #557 at Whittier May 1965 awaiting transportation out
Keywords: trains, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1521.6
[men tying reindeer for transport, winter, Naknek?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1521.7
[men with reindeer loaded on truck for transport, Naknek?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.10
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [Mt. McKinley aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.10
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.11
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.12
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.6
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [passengers debarking from bus, Mt. McKinley Tourist & Transportation... at McKinley Park Hotel front entrance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.4
#5 (Reindeer Transportation, Star Airways) [reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.882.1
P-190. Hewitt's (Farm Animals) [chickens in crates for transport]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.7.008
Tourist & Transportation Company [tourist bus, passengers, trees in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1938
Transport Henderson. G.L. Johnson, Anchorage, Alaska [U.S.S. Henderson underway]
Keywords: ships
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.444.7
Northland Transportation. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [dog team with sled]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.1
1 (Reindeer transportation with Star Airways at Naknek, Alaska) [men with reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.9
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [men herding reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.9
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [passengers near Alaska Railroad train car and truck]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.735.6
New Alaska winter transportation [men around Travel Air airplane on skis]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Ind.11.51
BMR Trucking, firm, highway, transport, Robt. Knowles. Feb 18 1953
Keywords: highway, transport, shipping, freight, commerce
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ind
B1994.003.028
Landing sheep, Afognak. Laurence [men transporting sheep in three small boats]
Collection: B1994.003
B1995.014.119.1
[U.S. Army Transport George Washington Carver at dock, mountains in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.304.7
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [passengers near buses and automobile, with McKinley Park Hotel in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.8
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [passengers near buses and automobile, with McKinley Park Hotel in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.12
#17. Transporting reindeer by air. [Star Airways airplane with men loading reindeer into plane]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.243
[Three men standing outside Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Men, Man, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.244
[Three men standing outside Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Men, Man, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.30
[A view from the harbor of the north american transportation and trading co.s warehouses with Cron's coal house on right]
Keywords: harbor, wharf, buildings, port
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.679.17
#50. Alaska Reindeer Transportation, Naknek, Alaska [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.882.2
P-191. Hewitt's (Farm Animals) [men next to truck bed with chickens in crates for transport]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.204
[People and luggage near Transportation Co. Nome Alaska Cab bus midwinter. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, People, Passengers, Travelers, Travel, Transportation, Transportation Co., Company, Business, Nome, Bus, Vehicle, Luggage, Guitar, Musical instrument, Outside, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.304.1
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [man and woman stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.2
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [man and woman stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.3
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [two men stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.4
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [man and woman stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.5
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [two men stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.13.020
Pier 5; Arlington Dock Co. Northland Transportation Co. Seattle [Dock scene, city skyline in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1476.4
Nushagak winter transportation. Photo by H.W. Griffin. Hewitt's, 18 B.B. [reindeer in harness with sleds. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.242
[Passengers boarding Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus; man in parka and sunglasses looking at camera. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1974.040.006
Unloading cargo from U.S. Army transports and Alaska SS vessels, Alaska Railroad dock at Seward, 1940. Robert Liese (later became CAA communicator) and Quartermaster Corps civilian cargo inspector, summer of 1940 [two men standing with wooden barrels and piled supplies in front of flatbed rail cars loaded with heavy equipment, ship visible in background left]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
AEC.G418
AEC G418 P.S. Hunt (hand writing on photograph is not readable) [4 horses and a driver pulling large sled loaded with supplies]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.G419
AEC G419 P.S. Hunt (hand writing on photograph is not readable) [4 horses and a driver pulling large sled loaded with supplies]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.TT201
T201 Twelve Horses moving Dinky to Riley Creek Feb 17 21[horses hitched to a steam locatmotive and pulling it to Riley Creek]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.TT204
T204 Tunnel #1 South End 2, 17 21 L.N.[6 men standing on a makeshift scaffolding outlining the beginnings of tunnel #1]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.Album1.100
A. N. Ry. Warehouse, Seward. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway Warehouse C, with railroad tracks at left and mountains in distance, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.173
63. A. N. Ry. Mile 51. Thomas Riggs Jr. [distant view of looping wooden trestles in valley or riverbed along Alaska Northern Railway, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.192
48. Wreck of English barge, Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [shipwreck, ship listing in water, railroad exploration, circa 1914. original image blurred]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.196
Million and a half dollar bridge at Miles Glacier, mile 49, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1893 [view of Miles Glacier Bridge, Copper River & Northwestern Railway, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.198
Slides on A. N. Ry. near Kearn Creek. P. S. Hunt J1843 [view down Alaska Northern Railway tracks covered in debris, probably Kern Creek, Turnagain Arm area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.200
A. N. Ry. track raised by land slide. P. S. Hunt J1845 [view down damaged stretch of Alaska Northern Railway track, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.206
Looking ahead across Spencer Glacier flats to Mile 53. P. S. Hunt J1858 [view down Alaska Northern Railway/Alaska Railroad tracks running over glacial outflow, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.207
Showing sag in grade about mile 170, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1915 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1