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B1990.014.5.ConConv.11.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1995.014.109.10
[two children playing outdoors in winter, one wearing skis, building with picket fence and lumber pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1995.014
B1957.005.198
A.E.C. freight house, Matanuska Junction, Alaska, July 26, [19]16. AEC G6 P.S. Hunt. Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska to Caswell, Matanuska. [railroad cars on track next to building under construction]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Junction, Freight house, Buliding, Structure, Tracks, P.S. Hunt, Caswell, Cars, Railcar, Building, Construction
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.3.1.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 3
B1989.016.426.1
Mt. McKinley Reflections. [painting by Sydney Laurence. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.026.640
[dilapidated buildings in unidentified town, sign for Chuck’s Plumbing and Heating, Seward? print date Oct 75]
Collection: B2015.026
B2017.024.3406
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; men and woman on boardwalks in front of Savoonga Native Store; man carrying gasoline can]
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.008.201
I5 82225 Kanatak SW Alaska_Cabin with sod as a wind break
Keywords: Kanatak, cabin
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.44.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1962.001.1062
Lower End Copper Center. 816 by P.S. Hunt Valdez [Copper Center; Hotel Homan, Copper Center; Ahtna, Indigenous people] [Ahtna Territory, Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center.). Men and women outside Hotel Holman, tents in background]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Lower end, Hotel Holman, Hotel, Log building, Building, Tent, Dog, Husky, Huskies
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.WarnerAdamMrs.1
(Warner Adam Mrs Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2015.008.480
Dr. Sarah Mu Jin Ching, 1928 [portrait of woman physician standing in yard] .481 – After skidding on light snow, held by one strand of a barb wire fence, Nov. 1928
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.AKNative.17.19.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.2.76.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.2018.1.274.002
85-3; Ens. Ray Dibb [portrait of man wearing Coast Guard uniform, combination cap]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
AEC.G863
A.E.C. G863 Employees of the A.E. Commission leaving for Seattle to join the 31st Regiment of Engineers
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2014.013.17
Knik, Alaska. O.G.H. [bird's eye view of Knik, flag in center, two horses center foreground, Knik Trading Co. at right, Knik Roadhouse in background]
Keywords: businesses, residences, animals
Collection: B2014.013
B1990.014.5.ConConv.17.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
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