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B1963.X.11.42
(people)(4x5 neg available copy provided Baker and Baker films 10/75)[A person painting the side of a cabin]
Keywords: postcard, cabin
Collection: B1963.x_011 CIHS Reeve
B2006.023.3750.jpg
Finish Iditarod 1975 Anchorage to Nome AtlanticRichfieldCompany. [Burled arch, Front Street, Nome]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B90.14.5.Logging.1.5.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.P.27.63.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P27
AEC.G1090
A.E.C. G1090 Seward Div. Gov't Railroad Oct. 20-1918. HGK
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B90.14.5.ANC.5.139
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.36
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.89
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.203.001
65-1 March 1941; Grandma Hendee [likely Seattle area]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.Rocco.1
(Rocco Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B90.14.5.ANC.4.38
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.70.27A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1980.050.19
(4x5 copy neg)(41){Native man standing on board walk dressed in traditional clothes holding an ornate staff and carved bird}
Keywords: traditional dress, native man
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1990.014.5.P.27.47.68
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P27
B1989.016.823.2
P-331. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [large wood frame building under construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.5.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B1989.016.2243.9
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.105
From left to right, Barry Evans, Governor Frank Murkowski, Mayfield Evans at Governor’s Annual Picnic
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Barry Evans, Son, Father, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Governor's Annual Picnic, Community, Event, Picnic, Gathering
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.4.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 4
B1989.016.2244.3
(Golf course, September 1951) [players on green, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.4133.jpg
Joe Redington, Sr., and Orville Lake.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1995.014.73.4
[soldier wearing parka with fur ruff and snowshoes snowshoeing on trail, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: military, clothing, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.004
Scn 17804; Hubbard Glacier [glacier face, motor boat in lower center of image]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1995.014.48.12
[sunrise or sunset over town or camp, with log cabins, cache or dog kennel, unidentified location]
Collection: B1995.014