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B1998.014.1.2270
"G4 Wolf pictures for recruiting brochure for Bill Armstrong; Jan 16, 1957; 1 neg & 1 print (wolf is dead)" [ man wearing parka poses in snow with dead wolf]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.785.3
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Cecil Higgins and his plane, Merrill Field)
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.078
[Likely Palmer, AK, bus, automobiles, utility poles, people walking in dirt road.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.1316
Curry Hotel, A.R.R. Hewitt's, 24 [exterior of Alaska Railroad depot at Curry, with tracks in foreground. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.55.14
Eugene Tetinek [portrait of man in uniform seated indoors next to barrel stove]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.109.17
[village scene in winter, caches and cabins in foreground, hill with Russian Orthodox church in background, Russian Mission]
Keywords: residences, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.58.2
[view across lake to smoke from wildfire, unidentified location]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2211.3
[Sydney Laurence painting of skiff on river bank with Mt. McKinley in background. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.53.5
Plane crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s [men looking at debris from military airplane crash on tundra]
Keywords: aircraft accidents, aviation
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.019.1.11f.06633.21
Scenic of car on road in fall thru Portage Valley, AK [Roads and Trucks], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Roads and Trucks, Portage Valley
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2294.8
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of front hall, August 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.109.15
[two children playing outdoors in winter, one wearing skis, building with picket fence and lumber pile in background, Russian Mission]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.53.4
Mail plane in at Marshall [pilot exiting airplane, wearing fur hat and parka with geometric design on upper arm, smoking cigarette]
Keywords: aviation, postal services
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.16
Jim Douglas and his son Jimmy, Marshall, 1930s [portrait of man and boy standing outside log cabin]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.57.11
Hospital, Mountain Village, Dr. Corsell, 1935 [surgeon wearing scrubs operating on patient, nurse at left]
Keywords: health, medicine
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.028.634crop
Caisson for pier #4, Yukon R. bridge [view through pine trees to construction of E.L. Patton Bridge; print date July 75]
Collection: B2014.028
B1989.016.1357
Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Anchorage, Alaska [looking east. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2278
[moose and cat in yard. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.109.2
[soldiers standing on bank near birch trees with amphibious vehicle and inflatable raft in water]
Keywords: military, transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.121.8
[man sitting on ground looking at tin can set on rock]
Keywords: camping, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.42.6
[climbers setting up base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.114
A45 Fox in boot, caption: getting a boot out of Alaska [actually: getting a boot out of the Aleutians]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.5.25.10245.03
Tour Bus on Denali Road, Polychrome Pass, Denali NP [National Parks - Denali], c. 1993
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Denali National Park, Polychrome Pass, Tour Bus
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1106
P-145. Hewitt's (Palmer Post Office interior)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.30
4. Tom cod fishing [Alaska Native woman wearing fur-trimmed print parka jigging for tomcod]
Keywords: subsistence, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.754
L4 Matanuska Valley farm "1946 postcard, (neg & print)" [hayfield, haystacks in foreground, structures, barn, dwelling, windmill in midground, mountains, clouds in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1163.3
P-385-B. 8/31/36. Hewitt's Photo (Hayfields in Palmer) [haystacks in field in foreground, homesteads in middle ground, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.Science.22.VU26039
Taiga, coniferous. Visuals Unlimited number 26039
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.1515
S82 Fort Richardson (cemetery) [entrance gate and sign for Post Cemetery, plaque set in stone, concrete, road; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2279
"moose at Dept of Engineering; March 20, 1962" [two moose; man standing near doorway; Fort Richardson; winter scene]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.228
B26 Fort Richardson Lunch room, NCO club 1946 [actually game room]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4926b
8/8/1919 C. Slater Ranch. GOA [unsure of abbreviation] wheat & grain hay under cultivation" [sleeve 63; farmer with two horses, bridle, harnesses, farm implement, hay, straw stacks, field, fence in background, agriculture; tress in distance, Fairbanks area]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.Album1.43
M-9. Camp No. 1 Lake Lucille. W. F. Milliken [white tents in wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: residences, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.4674
"Spring a little backward, May 1, 1918" [sleeve 5; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, barn yard, snow in foreground; barn, horses, strawstack, possibly farm house, fence, flag, sign at gate reading "U.S. Agricultural experiment station"]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2014.028.634
Caisson for pier #4, Yukon R. bridge [view through pine trees to construction of E.L. Patton Bridge; print date July 75]
Collection: B2014.028
B1989.016.2212.1
(Carlquist Cache) [photograph of a Sydney Laurence painting of a man at a camp fire with boat on shore and cache in background. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.16
M-50. Talkeetna River. W. F. Milliken [wood-frame building, log cabin, cache and tent on banks of river, birch bark canoe hauled onto bank in foreground, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, residences, houses, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.4673
"Snow still with us May 1st 1918" [sleeve 4, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sign reading "U.S. Agricultural experiment station" snow-covered field in foreground; structures; barbed-wire fence, possible dog yard in center mid-ground; birch trees, spruce in background; flag on pole at right of center]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2220
[Sydney Laurence painting of Mt. McKinley, bowl, and clouds. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.58.8
Nulato, 1934 [cemetery with grave markers, crosses, flagpole, and pennants on poles]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.58.9
[portrait of Native family outside store, man, woman, and children in Western and traditional dress next to log building with Hills Bros. Coffee thermometer and can of Standard Gasoline, woman wearing kuspuk, mukluks, and baby belt]
Keywords: clothing, food, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.4672
"Barn field 5/1/1918 showing depth of snow" [sleeve 3; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, agricultural building in background; snow fence, snow depth marker; horse in front of log structure]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC