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B1990.014.5.ConConv.17.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.5.AKNative.4.75
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.784.17
[Eight men and dog next to Star Air Lines airplane at Merrill Field, hangar and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.5438
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Matanuska Valley from Valley Butte. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.2018.1.118.006
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; Lee [girl stands holding hair away from her face; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1993.020.1162b
(Alaska Native made baskets)
Keywords: native arts, baskets
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2015.008.964c
Photo by E.F. Foley, N.Y. Who went to Alaska in 1914 explore and map the sources of
the Harvard and Bryn Mawr Glaciers in an unexplored part of the Chugach Mts., above College
Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Miss Keen is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. In 1912
she made the 1st ascent of Mt. Blackburn, Alaska, 16,140 ft., in an expedition that required 33
days on ice and snow, and is the only sub-Arctic exploration ever organized and led by a
woman. A surveyor will be of the party this time. The Royal Geographical Society of Antwerp,
Belgium, had invited Miss [studio portrait of Dora]
Keywords: woman
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2252
[musher racing dog team near Anchorage, Chugach Mountains in distance, Fur Rendezvous?]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1989.016.800
P-357. 8/7/36. Hewitt's (Valley Homes) [bird's eye view of homes with mountains in background, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2389
"Crack on ground? 1946 postcard, November 1943" [same as .2385]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.74
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.19.2B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1990.014.2018.1.53.004
21-6 water design; 105 mm [scenic view overlooking water, boat and wake; mountains in distance; Ketchikan, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1318.1
B-66. Otter Lake, Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska / Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin on edge of lake, termination dust on Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
