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B1989.016.522.9.TIF
Remodeling the Anchorage Hotel, exterior.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.78.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.99.005
37-2 Interiors at 1055 Stedman St [wringer waching machine at left; chair and telephone at right; telephone directory hanging from mouthpiece; photograph of girl atop telephone; doorway; Ketchikan; January 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.P.27.47.50
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P27
B1989.016.1185
7. Tustemena Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Tustumena Glacier]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.160
Alaska ’48 – Nulato, Russian graveyard along Yukon [American flag flying over cemetery]
Collection: B2017.011
B90.14.5.Logging.1.6.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.2.6
(Alaska Universities)(AK Methodist )(AMU)(aerial)(9 Oct 1959)(9150)(Methodist College construction site){Lake Otis Rd and Rogers Park Neighborhood Goose Lake and Anchorage in background }
Keywords: university, Alaska Pacific University, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1989.016.2006.3
(Russian Church, Eklutna 1955)
Keywords: russian, church
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.79
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.1.83
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 1
B2015.008.box1.page031
{photo album}
Keywords: photo album, Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1891.3
[moose beside small lake. probably by A. Simons]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.62.12
[soldier holding knife posed next to moose carcass near creek in winter]
Keywords: hunting, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.5011
transferring mail from Narrow guage train on the ice at Nenana{
Keywords: railroad, train, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.007.89
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, woman wearing mukluks and spotted reindeer fur parka with geometric trim including swastikas over print dress, man wearing cloth parka with fur trim and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.47A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.555.3
A-24. McKinley National Park. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. Bragaw [neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.109
Letter to E&S Diversified Services from Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency, Eastern Region, Virginia Beach, Virginia, signed by Robin J. Myers, Chief, CIBA Contracting, July 24, 2003
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Letter, Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency, Eastern Region, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Barry Evans, Thank you, Appreciation, Gratitude, Diligent, Effort, MacDill Commissary, Commissary, DECA, Response, Specifications, Timeline, Exceptional, Deadline, Feedback, CONUS, Team, Employeesm Crew, Outstanding, Performance, Recognition, Robin J. Myers, Robin Myers, Chief, CIBA Contracting, Contracting, Contract
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.004.32751
Anchorage Looking East on 4th Ave from the Hawver Bldg Summer of 1950. 32751
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.AKNative.31.37
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.DyerMrs.1
[Dyer Mrs Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B90.14.5.ARR.1.96.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
b2005.023.64
928 Delaney, Anchorage. Harman home. Taken in 2005 by Doris Rhodes.
Collection: B2005.023
B2014.003.15
Juneau, Alaska E Andrews [Bird's eye view of Juneau Alaska]
Keywords: city, capital, docks, buildings houses, mountains
Collection: B2014.003
B1979.002.4928
"8/8/1919 M. Nelson homestead; potatoes & barly seeds 6/5] [sleeve 66; two men walking through potato field; grain fields in distance, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC