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B2006.023.2796.jpg
Sign for Tripod Flat Cabin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2015.008.619
[three climbers stopped on moraine_one carrying a tripod]
Keywords: mountaineer, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.256.3
Breakup at Nenana, 1940 [tripod for Nenana Ice Pool]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.256.5
Tripod moving at Nenana, 1940. Photo by Charles Wilson. Breakup at Nenana.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6128
[Clarissa and dog posed next to surveyor’s tripod in wooded area, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2006.023.7704.jpg
Original tripod on Iditarod Trail between Finger Lake and Rainy Pass.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7704
Original tripod on Iditarod Trail between Finger Lake and Rainy Pass.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2014.019.34
Palmer [Father Bernard Hubbard standing at tripod, running video camera
Keywords: photography
Collection: B2014.019
B1984.077.2.030
[portable boiler? man in foliage, survey marker or telegraph tripod? neg. is detriorated]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.6116
5/27/46 [two men standing in wooded area, surveyor’s tripod in foreground, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1984.077.7.016
[Two men on rocky ground: Lo Pinto in plaid?, cameras, tripod, knife, riverbed? Neg. has some deterioration.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.99.8
[military truck rolled over on road in winter, surveyor standing with tripod on road, building on hill above, Adak]
Keywords: transportation, accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B2000.017.31
[young girl sitting on top of tripod made of driftwood or whalebone, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2006.023.8973.jpg
L to R: Phil Fleming, Joee Redington, Joe Redington. Tripod markers on the Iditarod Trail, December 1974.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B2006.023.8973
L to R: Phil Fleming, Joee Redington, Joe Redington. Tripod markers on the Iditarod Trail, December 1974.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2017.011.43
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, falls from west side [man standing next to tripod visible on far riverbank]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.45
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, falls from west side [man standing next to tripod visible on far riverbank]
Collection: B2017.011
B1984.077.7.021
[Two photographers standing near bridge, one with tripod possibly, Lo Pinto?, mountain in backdrop, sign in lower right.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1756.1
(ARR Depot, Anchorage, wide angle shot) [Alaska Railroad headquarters and depot in Anchorage. Camera tripod visible in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1756.2
(ARR Depot, Anchorage, wide angle shot) [Alaska Railroad headquarters and depot in Anchorage. Camera tripod visible in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.59.004
22-6; Everett Goodwin on beach [man near shore with tripod, likely August 5, 1939, near Ward Cove]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.59.004
22-6; Everett Goodwin on beach [man near shore with tripod, likely August 5, 1939, near Ward Cove]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1849
(T131 Valdez) [Scenic view of waterfall alongside gravel road; tripod with line, possibly surveying equipment, near waterfall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2002.019.933E
[from verso] pub 78 [man standing on steps at entrance to clan house; likely in Southeast; camera on tripod; totem; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1998.014.1.1415
S20 Along an Alaskan Hiway (1946 postcard) [service men at river, possibly Matanuska River on Glenn Highway, cameras, tripod]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.313
D.L.R. Along the Susitna. D. L. Reaburn [surveyor with tripod and theodolite on shore of river, with valley in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2002.019.934A
[from verso} pub 52 [man wearing hooded jacket stands with camera on tripod looking at glacier face; rocks and water in foreground; Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1989.016.2143.24
37. Corner monument, Palmer townsite. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four-legged tripod of logs set up over hole in ground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2002.019.923
[from verso] pub 35 mm #18 [man and woman fishing in river; photographer with camera on tripod in background; rowboat in right foreground; mountains in background]
Collection: B2002.019
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.188
Scn Portage Glacier; 4 March 1962. [people approaching glacier face on frozen lake, sled, man carrying tripod, smoking pipe, crampons]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2017.011.26
Alaska ’48 – Brooks (H), group resting on bank [two men and woman on steep riverbank, camera on tripod in background, possibly Marion Hopkins]
Collection: B2017.011
B2014.019.33
Fr. Hubbard taking pictures at Palmer picnic, St. Michael's [Father Bernard Hubbard holding camera standing near tripod, people seated on ground eating]
Collection: B2014.019
B1998.014.1.1944
Eskimo game of "blanket-toss" at the Anchorage Fur Rondezvous (T185 Blanket toss @ ball park; postcard 1946) [similar to .1943; photographer with tripod at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.3388
[George and Phyllis McCutcheon standing next to Steve McCutcheon setting up camera tripod in village, children in front of houses at left, square wooden frame next to river at right]
Collection: B1995.010
B2002.019.936D
[from verso] pub 93 [man standing on dock with camera on tripod; holding a binder and possibly a pencil or pen; rucksack; piers; boats; harbor; waterfront; Fred Machetanz, circa 1949]
Collection: B2002.019
B1979.002.Album1.13
M-37. Crossing Sheep Creek. W. F. Milliken [two men walking on log laid across creek, one man carrying surveyor's tripod, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.163
R31-8. Ship Creek [group of men posed for camera, man standing at left possibly holding surveyor's tripod, tall birch or cottonwood trees in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1560.3
(Wiley Post's Crackup at Flat, 1933 "The Original of a Great Classic") [group portrait of men standing in front of airplane Winnie Mae after crash, other men setting up tripod to right plane at left]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.180
Scn, Vert [verticle]; Photo fans & tourists at Portage Glacier; 25 June 1961 [people near lakeshore, man using tripod, woman watching him, woman with camera walking; icebergs, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1991.011.601
"Newtok camp on Nelson Isl. [island] 1950s; herring hung to dry" [children pose near strings of herring, fish; barrels, driftwood; note from 2019 AFN: tripod racks are uniquie to Nelson Island]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2002.019.940A
[from verso] published October 1954 issue program; pub 184 [Fred Machetanz sits on stool holding tripod with camera while woman, (Sara Machetanz?) cuts his hair; sled dogs; puppies; birch trees in background]
Collection: B2002.019
B2002.019.942A
[from verso] pub 25 [Interior view: Fred Machetanz stands in front of Alaska map holding binder and camera; woman (Sara?) squats among cases (likely camera cases); folded tripod at right; fur garment at left]
Collection: B2002.019
B2017.011.125
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Binks & Hazel leaving camp [Binks Siefert carrying creel and possibly tripod, Hazel Siefert walking behind him, man standing next to small cabin in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.024.2588
Nome, September 1961 [street scene outside A. Polet Eskimo Arts & Crafts store; possibly movie camera on tripod at left; two men pose with mammoth tusk; photographer in foreground; children looking on]
Collection: B2017.024
B1979.002.Album1.280
R32-9. Party leaving Ship Creek [group of men posed in clearing, two carrying long poles, one carrying a tripod, man at left holding two horses by the reins, building frame in right background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2019.003.038
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Mrs. Es. [woman wearing dentalium necklace and earring standing next to hide wrapped around tripod, possibly smoking hide, building in background] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Dentalium necklace, Dentalium jewelry, Hide, Smoking hide, Hide preparation
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.002.Album1.286
D. L. Reaburn's camp, Chulitna. D. L. Reaburn [view from above of large group of men eating on a small hillside next to two white tents in a valley, dog near carcass hung on small tripod, patches of snow on mountains in distance, railroad exploration party, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.048a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle; [outdoor summer scene; people; men; women; children gather as photographer with tripod watches; hats; skirts; blankets; wooden structures; tents’ mountain; possible river or lake in background; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
