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B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.77
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2018.021.621
Kodiak? 50s [fishing boat Adalee at warehouse dock, man standing on dock, breakwater at left, large buildings on hillside in background]
Collection: B2018.021
B1989.016.WikAndy.1
(Wik Andy Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.38.68.12B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.81.7
[soldier in protective clothing, possibly for dog training? Quonset huts in background]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.60
(Anchorage Schools Mountain View Elem)(May 28 1960)(9773)(Mt View School)
Keywords: education, school
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.125
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1989.016.487
Gill netting salmon, Bristol Bay. Hewitt's 22. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.6.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1995.010.3156
[village scene, with Alaska Native boy pushing puppy dog in wheelbarrow, another dog at left, heavy equipment at right, cabins in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B2006.023.7574.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. and Feets, Hatcher Pass, 1976
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B1983.091.S4176.30
4x5 negative of Turnagain Subdivision. showing cracks in ground and houses that have slipped off of foundations into slide area.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1880.24
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #9 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Anchorage Jewelers, The Gitchell, Smart Shop, and the federal building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.253.006
78-3 Elaine Cloudy [April 1942; Ketchikan; portrait, heart-shaped locket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.131b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “20” [verso of slide: petrified forest logs; structure in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1966.010.02
3 men at Alaska Commercial Bldgs on Beluga River, 1919. 3.25 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1966.010 CIHS Anderson
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.108.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1989.016.2333
(Lake Spenard, 1940s) [sunbathers and swimmers in Lake Spenard, with Chugach Mountains in background. color transparency]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
