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B1989.016.438.2
B.P.O.E. Fourth of July float, 1938 [elk statue draped in streamers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1554
121. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man on Caterpillar tractor pulling a walled tent along a road, utility pole visible, mountains in background, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1066.2
P-271. Hewitt's [Palmer School with mountains behind. Circa Sept. 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.333.3
Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's. July 1939 [Fourth Avenue scene looking east, with Northern Commercial Co., Bert's Drugs, First National Bank, 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6044
[view down road in residential area, houses at right, Anchorage Fairview neighborhood, 1940s. has neg. Cf. .5719]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.660.9
63. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin next to walled tents at Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.661.3
87. A Valley road. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Matanuska Valley road near Palmer in summer, buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.677
(Hoyt Family)[two men standing in field looking at the camera]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1989.016.2227.13a
(Eklutna Industrial School) [rear view of three-story building, clothesline at right, small boy playing in yard]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1911.1
(Alaska Railroad route to Anchorage, early air view) [aerial of railroad tracks in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4846
Anchorage, Alaska {street scene, a view of downtown Anchorage from the early 1900's}
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2019.003.021
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” A full blood Indian and a full blood Eskimo [two young girls standing outdoors in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous children, Young girls, Indigenous girls, Children outdoors, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.661.1
53. A Colony road. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [road near Palmer in summer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.092
[Anchorage Federal Building, woman crossing street, bicycle, automobiles]
Collection: B2017.023
B2014.003.8
13819(Skagway River)(Victor Animatograph)[colored lantern slide with a birds eye view looking down river towards Skagway]
Collection: B2014.003
B1989.016.2227.13b
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two story building with mountains in background, wood pile at left]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.688.1
Native ivory carver, Eklutna [student at Eklutna Vocational School]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.661.2
93. A road in the Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Matanuska Valley road near Palmer in summer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1578.1
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [cabbages and potatoes, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1736.7
(Midnight sun on Chugach Mountains, March 1952)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1736.8
(Midnight sun on Chugach Mountains, March 1952)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.681
(Hungry-Alaskan Native Boy)[boy appearing to smoke a cigarette]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1686
T53 Artic [sic, Arctic] beach at Kotzebue, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcard & print) [shore scene, upturned boat, steel barrels, man at left, boats in water, boy in parka, woman walking on pathway, structures, log cabin, canvas wall tent, wagon, cart, windmill]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2008.029.10
[loading automobile onto Alaska Steamship Co. ship at dock]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2008.029
B1989.016.580.2
Nenana River, Alaska Railroad. A-40, Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1884.2
(Rainbow trout, 27 inches) [fish set on table with ruler and backdrop. neg previously creased]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.111
7A. C. R. Breck at Spencer Glacier. C. R. Breck [man standing at foot of glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.113
5B. South Portal A. N. Tunnel No. 6. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2143.16
24. Anchorage residents await arrival of colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.12
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two story building with mountains in background, wood pile at left]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1895
Seward, Alaska (T155 Depot & Train) [similar to .1894]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.110
Off for Eklutna River from Old Knik. P. S. Hunt J1827 [four men walking away from camera through wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.112
R22-8. Jim Ryan [written on back: "Jim Ryan, Controller Bay." man and dog on wooden dock, hills in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.114
6C. South Portal Tunnel No. 3. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.115
1C. Looking south from Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [view railroad tracks, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.120
5C. Placer River Canyon. C. R. Breck [bird's eye view of river through canyon on Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1984.077.17.001
[street scene, Anchorage, Third Avenue, Elks Lodge, houses, automobiles, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1767
[bird's eye view of Palmer road with Matanuska Colony in middle distance, mountains in background. cf. 1731.4]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.468.3
Hood Canal-Lake Spenard [Lake Hood and Lake Spenard connector]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.468.4
Hood Canal-Lake Spenard [actually aerial of Merrill Field, Anchorage?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection