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B1989.016.735.2
Anchorage, Alaska [Travel Air C-194 airplane, "Anchorage No. 1" with Russ Merrill. cf. B1965.002.16]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.168.9.2.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.2500
"Construction; April 1963 (new snow)" [earthmovers; dragline excavator; possible pond; trees in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.5737.jpg
Cora Hoffman, Joe Redington
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.69.5A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2007.005.6.A11
[group of native childern and a dog gathered around the entrance to an underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1990.014.2018.1.177.003
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Man wearing suit stands in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.40.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1979.002.Album1.119
3C. South Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.51
Seward dock. Eugene Underwood [distant view of dock and dock buildings as seen from shore, small boat in water in middle distance, mountains in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2016.005.031
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B2017.010.13.GH12
Traditional Iñupiat games in the Alaska Nat’l Guard Armory Building. • Selawik, Alaska • December 1975 • B&W Photo #12/15 • ( © George R. Harbeson Jr.)
Collection: B2017.010
B1990.014.2018.1.9.005
3-1; March-April 1939 Plus X - 50-32; Deck view, Yukon [ship] [men standing on ship deck; ropes; mountains in distance; similar to 9.004]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.17.18
(timber)(July 1966)(Log trucks loaded en route)(NP)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, tree, truck, natural resources, clear cut, transportation
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1998.014.1.355
(B77 Tonsina Roadhouse Mi__ on Richarson Highway) [automobiles, road, milepost 70]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1286
Street scene in Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Foto [bird's eye view of Fourth Avenue looking east, with federal building in left foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1444
S32 A favorate Aleutian sport (pastime, fishing) [service man stands holding fish, stream in background, mountain; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.6122.jpg
[Hatcher Pass]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2022.005.5
[Back view of person wearing long, fur parka and mukluks; decorative, light-tone trim along parka seams; building at right background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Trim, Decorative, Clothing, Outerwear, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon