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B1987.086.005
Shipwrecks. Canneries. Ship Jabez Howes, Chignik, Alaska
Collection: B1987.086 Evelyn Lessel Postcard Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.2.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2006.023.7544
[Rick Swenson's dog truck; Swenson exiting with dog?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.011
"Animals: Bears, 1970 Polar Bear, 22259. Leo Miller bought it May 1, 1973" [Polar bear walking in snow with ice in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2016.019.1.06d.09961.08
Cumulous clouds over Lake Tustumena Kenai Penn AK [Clouds], 1997
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Clouds, Scenics, Lake Tustumena
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.27
(play time recess after school always excite for Athapascan indian kids: Fort Yukon Alaska(13983)
Keywords: school, play, kids, education
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1995.014.15.4
[helicopter flying low on approach to beach, mountains across water in distance, Marshall?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.868
P-19. Hewitt's (Farming machinery) [tractor, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.050.3
Eskimo in kiack, St. Michael. Drane [Alaska Native man wearing gut parka using oar in Yup'ik style kayak in harbor, buildings of St. Michael in background, circa 1903]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1991.050
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.76
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.P.2.21.44A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B90.14.5.AncAir.18.1.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 18
B2016.004.11.12
811113, 3, Bettles Lodge, Anaktuvuk aerials, sod house, Elijah Kakinya [interior of house with baby playing on floor]
Collection: B2016.004
B2015.007.119
[young Alaska Native woman holding infant outside log cabin. Original print damaged]
Keywords: children, mothers
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.2323
"Hand in Concrete 'Left y Windham at lab Sep 5, 1945. Found in his pile of junk'" [similar to .2317]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1237
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.191
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2001.041.232
Rocking on Nome Beach {three fellas on beach in Nome}
Keywords: mining:
Collection: B2001.041 Goetze
B1984.077.2.027
[scenic view, weathered trees in foreground, hillside in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.011.552
Newtok family 1950s [simlar to .538]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1979.002.Album1.288
R32-5. Ship Creek Camp [four men sitting on bench in clearing, two log buildings in background, one with tarped roof, tall birch or cottonwood behind buildings, railroad exploration, circa 1914. Original image blurred]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.TV.166.58.6.6B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.1806
Eureka, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [Eureka Roadhouse, with Chevron gas pump. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1305.1
4th Ave Theater at night during "Greatest Show on Earth", 1952 (from across street) [line of people outside theater and businesses including Tom's Radio Service and Oyster Loaf, automobiles parked at meters on curb, Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
