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Photograph of Elmina Buhl dropping into the icy bergschrund using a rope.Typed on reverse of print: "Mrs. Buhl dropping into Fremont bergschrund. 8/8/24 CB"

Photograph of Albert Ellingwood, Elmina Buhl, Carl Blaurock and Hermann Buhl posing in front of the cairn on the summit of Gannett Peak.
Typed on reverse of print: "Summit of Gannett. 8/11/24 CB"

Photo of Mrs. Thompson sitting in the snow with an ice axe and rope. Date is unknown.

Photograph of Mrs. Thompson climbing a snow outcropping with ice axe and rope. Date is unknown.

Photograph of a snowy slope with avalanche route marked with pen. The caption, handwritten on the front of the photo reads: “Where an avalanche followed our ascent. 76° At 9000 ft.” No date is known, though it is likely about 1912.

Photograph of ice cliff and snow. Caption, handwritten in pencil on the front of the photo reads “Ice cliff - cause of avalanche in gulch.” Date is unknown though likely about 1912

Photograph of four men on a rocky slope with gear. Date is unknown, though likely about 1912.

Photograph of two climbers on a snowy slope after a slide. A snowshoe is stuck in the snow uphill from the climbers. The caption, written in pencil on the front of the photograph reads: “Slide that come down - {indecipherable].” Date and author are…

Brad and Barbara at Park Headquarters after climbing McKinley, Alaska, 1947

Barbara Washburn looking westward from the 18,200' crest of Denali Pass, Mt McKinley, June 1, 1947