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B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.61
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1701
Victor Anderson entry, winner second place. Lomen Bros., Nome #1163. Hewitt's Photo Shop [musher with dog team in race; All Alaska Sweepstakes? copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.52
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1987.072.16
Shorty Conway - 3rd base, Wally McDonald, MJ Mic Donald - Catcher, Bill Dorwin - Pitcher, Christy Mathewson - 1st base, Major - fielder, Cedar - Pitcher Lefty, Vic Nelson - Pitcher R-hand, Tom Haines - 2nd base, Smoky Joe Shultz - fielder, Eddie Monan - Shortstop, ?Mascot, Wilford Stump - fielder,?
Collection: B1987.072
B1986.096.buildings06
Photographer's number 11023
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1998.014.1.1328
{P7 Blue fox pelts (McLean)} [man inspects pelts hanging outside beneath windows, possibly Prince William Sound (based on faded or erased notes written on neg; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.1
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: buildings, power lines
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1995.014.70.8
[soldier on bank of rushing river pulling on rope, probably tied to inflatable raft]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1056.2
P-236. Hewitt's (Unloading Horses, early Palmer) [men on top of and next to Alaska Railroad train car, horses coming down ramp from car]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.161
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.16.1
[portrait of dog in harness standing on frozen river]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.116.002
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.1.58
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.2018.1.260.001
80-3; Barbara Enge [portrait; May 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.034a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “64” [winter scene; men, women, children wearing fur parkas, mukluks pose in front of cache; furs on cache; ladder, possibly boats in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2000.013A.s12.019
[aerial view of village, rivers, likely near Newtok, 1977; underside of airplane wing visible in top of image]
Collection: B2000.013A
B90.14.5.ARR.5.8.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B2001.036.081
[print and original negative] Bertha & Johnson Moses, Allakaket, AK, 3-81 [couple, Johnson wearing parka]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B90.14.5.ARR.2.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.30.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1989.016.1711.1
(Forest fire, Eagle River, June 5, 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection