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B1990.014.004.may73p6.31
Print date May 73
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2364
"A Denali Ram," Joseph S. Dixon 1926
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.960
P-570. Colonist's Home, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [log house and barn in Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.099
[railroad cars “Great Northern” loaded with large rocks at quarry; man standing atop a rock while others stand near steam shovel bucket]
Collection: B1997.003
B2013.070.10
Anchorage, 1953 [elephants parading down street past buildings including Union 76 gas station]
Collection: B2013.070
B1986.096.publicworks03
[Public Works. Crew paving street, log cabin at left, Anchorage, 1960s]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B2015.008.934
[two men seated next to small walled tent in wooded area, same men as in log cabin
images .923 and .929, both men wearing canvas parkas with fur trim, man at right with
mustache]
Keywords: camping, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.3.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1989.016.1140.2
(McKinley Region, Mt. McKinley) [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ANC.5.106
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1990.014.5.Anc.Hous.5.59
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Hous
B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.66
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1979.002.4912
"8/2/1919, Geo Koldee oats & wheat" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 47; two men standing in field, agriculture, structures in background and distance.]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.8.1A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1990.014.2018.1.203.004
65-1 March 1941; Grandma Hendee [likely Seattle area]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.3.153
2/24/1964 Fred Machetanz Judging an Art Show He is one of the state's Best known artists.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 3
B2015.008.1042b
G.W. Handy’s barns and cabin [barns at left, automobile parked next to cabin at
right]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.024.3605
May 1969 [man holding oar while in umiak; water in background] slide #6612
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1962.8
(Hewitt's Drug Store, interior, 1953) [customers shopping inside store, with counters and displays]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.15
Tudor Road Volunteer Fire men on site.
Keywords: fire; firemen
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11