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B90.14.5.AncAir.16.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.6.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 6
B1990.014.2018.1.11.005
3-3; view from kitchen [structures; domiciles; fence; boardwalks; two people walking up wood plank ramp; possibly Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.916
L92 Ship Creek, Fort Richardson (Elmendorf Field) [copy neg; same as .915]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1391.4
Look out salmon; we're coming! Hewitt's, 5 (Bristol Bay) [men lowering boat number 72 from dock]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1431
B-51. Lake Eklutna, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1990.014.5.EQ.7.20
Cordova Building repair
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_7
B1989.016.2093.6
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland [Christmas card mat with sketch of winter cache and photograph of woman chewing thread; cf. 1751 and 2057.28]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.H26
H.G.K. A.E.C. Buildings & Terminal Yard Anchorage Alaska Dec. 21 - 1917 A.E.C. H 26
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1990.014.5.TV.095.128.6A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1979.002.Album1.36
M-35. Crossing Kashwitna. W. F. Milliken [man on near bank next to log dock waiting for second man swinging across river on zipline, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.118
A48 Blue fox, commonly seen in Aleutians 1946 2 (an Aleutian residence) caption
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.52.3
[white man, Eugene Tetinek? wearing short fur parka with walrus tusk insets and geometric decoration at bottom hem, standing outdoors in winter with sled, wood-frame buildings in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.People.14.221.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.98
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.157
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B2001.014.333
{Wonder Park Subdivision Properties and Residents}
Keywords: Wonder Park, subdivision, homes
Collection: B2001.014
B1990.014.2018.1.100.004
37-3 Exterior at 1055 Stedman St. [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view of domicile with porch, front stairs; possibly stairway gate on porch; sidewalk]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1137
(O22 Snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard) [winter scene, creek bank, rocks, snow, structure in center background, automobile]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.65
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.44
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.4.37.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 4
B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.56.6B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative