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B1989.016.2335.1
[street scene, Fourth Avenue at F Street looking east, military truck parked at right, automobiles and pedestrians passing businesses including Friedman's Jewelers, H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Rexall Drugs. circa 1942?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.140.006
47-2 Basha's pictures - taken with Grace & Dorothy [fishing boat moored offshore; pilings at left, likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1146.52
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Apr.24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, steel construction of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.004.Box6.Page9
.261 [Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP]; "Wesley Elected"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, President, Virna Canson
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2017.023.173
[Wally? standing on planks, ship, load of lumber, ropes, snowstorm]
Collection: B2017.023
B2019.003.043
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cache or storehouse [log cache in winter, cabin at right] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna). Possibly wolverine pelt.]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Cache, Storehouse, Storage, Cabin, Winter, Pelt, Fur, Wolverine
Collection: B2019.003
B2006.023.5455
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Mother of pearl clouds (1950). Photo by Leo Lucas.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1018.1
(Scenes in the Golden Zone) [man in fur parka and snowshoes next to a hydro ditch, identified as George M. Campbell, bookkeeper and manager of Sawmill Camp. Campbell was also associated with A.A. Shonbeck]
Keywords: mining, power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1986.096.parksinteriors01
Parks & Recreation, interiors and programs. 1967 Yellowjackets
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B2006.023.2028.jpg
Sweepstakes 1983
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2016.019.1.04a.06310.12
Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) over Anchorage, AK [Anchorage - Night Shots], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Night Shots, Skyline
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1516.2
#227. Eagle River Road. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.284
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1989.016.2210.43
E-65 (Queen Ruthie Johnson and attendants) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, standing on building steps with five young women in printed dresses, Eklutna? 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.47.001
19-3 Hal. boats at sunset; July 13, 9 p.m. using 105 mm lens - 6.3 c 1/20 [man stands on dock looking at halibut boats, FOREMOST and possibly CELTIC; structures in the distance across the water; Southeast, likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2187
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, Federal crusade treatment center; 3 children and adult' [likely 1963; woman seated at table displays what may be a bunny-shaped cake while three children look on; boy has leg braces and crutches]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.268.039
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Aerial view of likely Stewart, BC, with water, estuary, river]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.TV.094.327.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2012.031.02
Admiral Evans at Anchorage, Nov. 18, 1916. Rupert A. Moon and family on dock.
Collection: B2012.031
B1989.016.2148.23
#23B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking east, of floats and marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage passing businesses including Alaska Jewelry Co., Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, Montgomery Ward Order Office, J. Vic Brown, Sears Roebuck and Co., Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern. Floats include Columbia Lumber float with banner "Build a Better America." North Pole Riding Academy group on horseback]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.90.4A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.095.127.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B90.14.5.EQ.6.11
Anchorage Sand and Gravel
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_6
B1998.014.1.1659
T42, photo by Frank Morgan; Ketchikan, Alaska (1949 postcards, 200) [copy neg; same as .1657]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
