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B2015.007.141
[two women and young girl outdoors in winter in sparsely wooded area, one woman wearing fur parka with geometric decoration, woman with back to camera and young girl wearing print parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.173
[Two Indigenous Alaskan kids at a picnic reading comics; boy with pompadour hairstyle covering his face with an Archie comic]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Kids, Young man, Boy, Girl, Comics, Comic, Archie, Picnic, Pompadour, Hairstyle, Reading, Recreation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S2023.41
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire burning)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.42
(voting at Alaska Statehood Polls)(broadcasting results, people appearing)
Keywords: voting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2022.001.009
Mayfield Evans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson [Waterfront portrait. Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina Territory, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage)]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, JBER, Base, Elmendorf-Richardson, Waterfront, Portrait, Outdoors, Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina, Territory, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2015.007.126
[group portrait of large group of villagers posed next to large wooden building, two women sitting in sled in front, people wearing both traditional and Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.002.17
Cal Williams making a presentation at the Bartlett Democratic Club Political Forum lunch, Anchorage Senior Activity Center
Keywords: Cal Williams, Bartlett Democratic Club
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1989.016.2034.1
Photo by M. Cramer (A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2034.2
(A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2034.3
(A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.1
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker with metal plaque, "This tablet is erected by the Alaska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the opening of the Anchorage-Matanuska Highway, 1935"]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.10
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.11
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.17
17 (July 4, 1938, parade) [man driving flat bed truck festooned with crepe and flags, "Star Wood Phone 273R Bob Graham" painted on door, model of United States Post Office on back of truck with sign for Carpenters Local 2182]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.83
[two young Alaska Native men wearing Western style clothing posed outdoors in summer]
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.011.157
Alaska ’47 – Sleitmut, Indian woman & baby on porch of trading post [Alaska Native woman holding infant, three men sitting on porch, man with back to camera possibly Ray Petersen, Sleetmute]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1083
P-284. Hewitt's (Hothouse, Palmer) [glass greenhouse with roof vents open]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.23
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [boy and girl in blackface, boy wearing tuxedo and bowler, girl wearing headscarf and apron and holding feather duster, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.18
18 (July 4, 1938, parade) [young woman riding on American Legion float, automobile festooned with crepe, flags, and banners reading "Fun, Fellowship and Service" and "8/40", passing building with sign for Carpenter Shop]
Keywords: fraternal organizations, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1792
T102 Arctic beach at Kotzebue, Alaska, Frank Morgan photo [view of shoreline, fish on drying racks; dogs laying near fish racks; structures, boat in water; steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.1424
AEC.G-1156 March 4-1919 Mixed train arrives at mile 227 End of Steel [Frontal view of steam locomotive 224 offloading or loading passengers and equipment]
Keywords: steam engine, railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2236.2
(Francis Bowden, Mayor of Anchorage, 1946-1947) [studio portrait]
Keywords: politics
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1182
O40 Alaskan G.I. finds comfort in Alaskan wilderness {1946 postcard (person in life raft on land w/mosquito netting) (Alaskan GI); photo by E. Tetinek} [copy neg; river, sleeping bag, trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.732
"K4 Grant Pearson with dog salmon" man standing on upper deck of log and plank structure, bundles of dried chum salmon, cache, ladder, McKinley park ranger; neg has drops or blotches that appear in image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2055.10
10 (July 4, 1938, parade) [automobile festooned with crepe and banner for Anchorage Woman's Club]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.39
39 (July 4, 1938, parade) [three women with swords and boat on Alaska Transfer Co. truck festooned with flags and bunting, truck parked in baseball field with advertisements on boards visible in background, parked next to The Baby Shop float. cf. 2055.27]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2239.1
(Fourth of July 1934) [man and woman in automobile sporting two American flags and a hand-lettered banner, passing spectators and houses, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1835
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [Street scene, men, women, children, servicemen, automobiles, businesses: First National Bank, Fairbanks Medical and Surgical Clinic; Shoe Mart, Crocker’s, Lavery’s, Arthur S. Brown Jeweler & Optometrist, Rexall Drugs; flags hanging over street; totem poles outside jewelry store, bridge in distance; image is overexposed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1084.4
P-233. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [crowd on platform at Palmer depot with Alaska Railroad passenger train on tracks, one man in crowd holding a tuba, American flags hanging from station]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.12
P-241. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [men raising American flag outside Palmer School]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.2
P-231. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [group of men drawing lots from a hat]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.3403
[view down boardwalk between buildings in village, cemetery on bluff in background, Kaltag? Cf. .3258]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2053.22
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [boy and girl in costumes riding bicycles festooned flags, second girl in costume carrying basket of flowers, buildings in background]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1957.005.154
July 4th, 1919. Anchorage, Alaska [on verso:] Masonic Hall, Gordon’s Drug Store, 4th and F Street[parade float on street outside Masonic Temple, with American flags hanging from windows]
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1989.016.2239.2
(Fourth of July 1934) [soldier in uniform riding Caterpillar tractor, passing spectators and houses, Anchorage]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2052.3
(Star Airlines Calendar picture) [illustration of musher with dog team waving to Star Airlines Beech 17 Staggerwing in flight. vertical. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.11
P-240. Palmer, July 3, 1936. Hewitt's [passengers on platform at Palmer depot next to Alaska Railroad train, one man wearing clerical collar, Rev. Bingle?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1819
(T122 Valdez receiving dock; truck & barge operations (Delong barges) [similar to .1817]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2052.2
(Star Airlines Calendar picture) [illustration of musher with dog team waving to Star Airlines Beech 17 Staggerwing in flight. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.14
14 (July 4, 1938, parade) [boxcar festooned with flags and banners for American Legion, "Voiture Loc[al] 1098 Anchorage, 40/8 Alaska" written on car]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection