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B90.14.5.ANC.5.135
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1990.014.2018.1.239.002
73-3 [Sitka September 1941; harbor; view of boats at piers; pilings; structures]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.TV.083.70.1.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1983.091.C10172.100
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)
Keywords: clam digger:
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1980.108.16
Alaska, U.S., 1887. Sitka. Partridge Photo, 2832 Washington St., Boston
Collection: B1980.108 Lockwood Collection
B2010.023.745
(Gov Ernest Gruening visited Mekoyuk 1961. Piolt Ray Christianson standing beside him. Illustartes changes in the clothing since 1940. Photo by State Photographer)
Collection: B2010.023
B2006.023.8885.jpg
Baby hair seal (pet) at Flat Horn Lake (Joe & Vi Redington). [color slide converted to black-and-white due to extreme color shift]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1962.001A.151
Gakona Roadhouse. P.S. Hunt, E109 [Men and horse corral. Ahtna region, Ggax Kuna' (Gakona).]
Keywords: Ggax Kuna', Gakona, Gakona Roadhouse, Roadhouse, Business, Log building, Building, Horse, Corral, Pen, Men, Dog, Ahtna region
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.784
L24 Enroute to McKinley National Park "1946 postcard" [scenic view, spruce trees, mountains, clouds, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.5427
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Matanuska Glacier. Photo by Pete Martin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1265.1
175. Colony product, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [cabbage]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.124.004
43-1 March 10-17; plus x 40-24 Dk 20-13 min @ 68°; Fritzie [child stands at viewpoint over city and water; likely Seattle, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1821.4
[Permanente Cement Company plant, with cement trucks, building, and metal holding tank next to railroad tracks, Anchorage? circa 1950]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.113.5
McGrath, wolf skins [woman holding rifle standing next to two pelts hanging near building porch]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.P.1.233.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P1
B1989.016.1044.2
(Chickens, early Palmer) [chicken coop with fenced enclosures]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2036
"T250 Anchorage 4th Ave at Hewitt's" [street scene; similar to .2035]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.130
J41 (From boat Cataract Surprise Baker and Serpentine Glaciers)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.336
(B68 Ketchikan Federal Bldg) [automobiles, people in foreground; houses in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley