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B2017.007.076b
[closer view of men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4th Avenue businesses]
Collection: B2017.007
B2022.005.143
[Three women in uniforms (likely Civil Air Patrol) holding belongings outside buildings]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Uniform, Clothing, CAP, C.A.P., Civil Air Patrol, Holding, Carrying, Belongings, Books, Garment bag, Purse, Handbag, Outside, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1979.002.3637
"Campbell section house, July 23, 1952; 109.3; Neg. 109-4" [railroad tracks, structure, tall grass, sign; 4x5 neg]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1996.004.31.2
Alaska General Depot, Elmendorf Field. 2.5 x 3.5 negative
Collection: B1996.004 Merchant
B1998.014.1.2001
T221 Anchorage, Alaska "Air views" [aerial view looking north from Park Strip over downtown, Ship Creek, Government Hill, port, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.38091
ARR Portage rail depot was wrecked earthquake of '64, sank 4 ft., loaded cars in ice. 05-10-64. Photographer's number 38091 [Alaska Railroad cars, aerial]
Keywords: transportation, earthquake, railroads
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2022.005.144
[Two Indigenous Alaskan women playfully posing with trash cans; two women in (likely Civil Air Patrol) unforms nearby; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Play, Playfully, Fun, Pose, Trash can, Uniform, Clothing, CAP, C.A.P., Civil Air Patrol, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1127.2
[Friedman's Jewelers, exterior, night, window display, Anchorage?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1631
(T30 Anchorage, Alaska) [street scene on 4th Avenue, federal building, people walking on sidewalks, dog on leash, automobiles, trucks, summer, structures; copy neg; image is deteriorating at lower right - removed to freezer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1812
T117 Juneau, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo (Main St) [street scene, two children at far left foreground; businesses: George Bros, Warfield Drugs; the Nugget Shop; Gastineau Hotel, The Baranof; automobiles, totem poles in right foreground; clocks, mountain in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1959
T 196. Wasilla, Alaska. [street scene with Teeland's store; Wasilla Roadside Cafe, Dry Goods; Hilltop Cafe, Cabins; automobiles; people]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.12
Inlet Hotel at Kst and 4th Ave
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.016.2027
Nellie Brown, Knik, 1911(Old Knik, July 20, 1961)(Nellie Brown)(copy)[river front community with people, boats, dock and buildings lining the shore]
Keywords: river, boats, frontier, cabin
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2028.1
(Mt McKinley) (copy)[Denali and the upper Muldrow Glacier as seen from the north side]
Keywords: mountains, glacier, national park
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2028.2
(Mt McKinley) (copy)[Denali and the upper Muldrow Glacier as seen from the north side]
Keywords: mountains, glacier
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.38006
A small creek struggles to break the bonds of winter. Photographer's number: 38006 [print date Mar 92]
Keywords: ice, snow, rivers
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1147.1
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Final Shots Dec. 20, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, exterior of completed postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.332
21. Record Mt. Sheep, Chickaloon-Nelchina District. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2089
Native totems, Alaska. Thomas Kodagraph, Anchorage [two totem poles near fence and boardwalk, clothesline behind, Presbyterian church in background, southeast Alaska, 1930s?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.020.009
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2017.007.073b
[view looking east down 4th Avenue, with damage to businesses including Hofbrau, Harold’s Shoes, Anchorage Athletic Club, Shimek’s, Anchorage Hardware & Sporting Goods, Northern Jewelers, D & D Bar & Café, Denali Theater, McKinley Apartments in distance, Army-Navy Store at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.2307.1.2
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at night, automobiles on street, neon signs for businesses including Polar Bar and Anchorage Grill]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1644
T36 Anchorge - Alaska [gravel road leading uphill to structure on E Street, Anchorage Hotel, wood plank boardwalk, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1958
T195 4th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska "Night Lights" 9shows Empress Theatre and 4th Ave th[eatre]; 15 Jan 1954) [street scene with automobiles, snow, marquee showing film Kansas Pacific, released in 1953; neg is damaged: emulsion separating from support at right; upper left corner is mission]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.C7391.1
5/18/67 Kennedy Hardware Interior and Exterior before opening on corner of 6th and D st.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C7391.2
5/18/67 Kennedy Hardware Interior and Exterior before opening on corner of 6th and D st.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1998.014.1.1630
Queen Ninteman and her Rendezvous court. (T29 Anchorage, Alaska) [copy neg, similar to .1627]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1130.3
[Juneau Lumber Mills, with lumber pile in foreground, warehouse in background with two men on roof]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1924.4
(Alaska Railroad Moose Gooser, Fur Rondy, 1952) [man dressed as robber standing on tracks next to the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, with Club 25 and spectators along Fourth Avenue visible in background, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.14e.13127.18
Tourists on Portage Glacier Cruise SC AK [Tourism], c. 1999
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Tourism, Cruises, Portage Glacier, People
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1918.3
From Anchorage, Alaska, comes a hearty Merry Christmas [Christmas card with sketch of Cook Inlet and photograph of Cook Inlet and Mount Susitna in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1920
T168 Alaska's most important and longest street - famous 4th Ave at Anchorage. [winter street scene looking east on 4th Avenue near H Street; snow; automobiles, people walking on sidewalks; B&B Liquor Store; Anchorage Times; Paddock Furniture; Theatre; Alaskan Printing; The Rose Shop; Liquor; Sewing Machines; Piggly Wiggly Grocery; The Pioneer Club; palm tree (likely with neon lights on rooftop); McKinley Building in distance; Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.020.010
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B1989.016.2282.1
(Mount Susitna from Anchorage) [bird's eye view across Cook Inlet, with Alaska Railroad yards, bridge over Ship Creek, and small boat harbor in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1229.2
An historic auction. Laurence [Anchorage town lot auction. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2086
Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska. Fritschen [two men in sailboat with snowy mountains in background, 1930s?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2088
45. Eskimo lancing a bowhead whale. c. Thomas. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [hunter in parka and mukluks thrusting harpoon into whale in water next to ice floe, 1930s?]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.073a
[damage to businesses on 4th Avenue, including D & D Bar & Café, BJ’s Billiards, Mac’s Foto]
Collection: B2017.007