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B1990.14.5.EQ.12.1
earthquake damaged Arrow Lumber Company 110 E. Fireweed
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_12
B2017.007.21
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With cleared area along 4th Avenue in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1980.1
(Seward highway)
Keywords: transportation, Turnagin Arm, railroad, highway
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1980.2
(Seward highway) [car travelling south on the Seward highway towards Girdwood]
Keywords: transportation, Turnagin Arm, cars, railroad, highway
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1987.1
(Swimming Pool, "Spa", April 22, 1954)(8x10 print2)
Keywords: buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.285.003
88-1; Feb 1943; Plus X; snow scene [view of structure, trees; grainy images; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.025.774
"Carr - Stinson -- spring '52" Plane: Cessna after crash [Jack Carr, airplane nose-down in field; NC9511K, may actually be Stinson Voyager 108 aircraft]
Collection: B2015.025
B1998.014.1.195
B12 Fairbanks University of Alaska - aerial [wing strut of plane, river, forest]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1771.5
(Portage Glacier) [lake in foreground with snow-covered mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.1
(Anchorage at night) [street scene, probably Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.10
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view, possibly Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Ship Creek in middle distance, downtown or Government Hill beyond?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.019.235
Homer [two men holding rifles sitting on driftwood log on beach in winter, woman sitting in automobile in background, bottles of alcohol on ground, Johnston at left]
Collection: B2017.019
B1998.014.1.1998
T220 Anchorage, Alaska "air views" [aerial view looking northwest from Anchorage Cemetery]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1999
"T221 Anchroage, air views" [aerial view looking west/northwest from 11th and C Street toward Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.200
B14 Elmendorf club house built by soldiers (log) [caption reads: "cabin and cache - a solders club house in Alaska"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1771.3
(Portage Glacier) [river in foreground, with bridge over water in middle distance, snow-covered mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.201.2
80. City Bldg. of Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2020
Ice Bergs Portage Glacier, Alaska Hewitt's Drug Photo(Portage Glacier)(icebergs)(copy)(8x10 print)
Keywords: ice, icebergs, lake
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1949
(T187 Anchorage, 4th Ave.) [similar to .1947; blanket toss at City Hall; Fur Rondezvous; ladder at far right; snow in streets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.285.001
[view through treetops across water; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.285.002
88-1; Feb 1943; Plus X; snow scene [view from top of staircay of treetops, rooftops, water; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1963.016.001
(Sydney Laurence Anchorage Hotel){Sydney posing infront of several paintings with paints and easel}
Keywords: artist, painting, Sydney Laurence
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1989.016.1647.9
(Merrill Field in winter) [man in suit and hat talking with man on snow plow, with buildings in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1598
T16 Cordova, Alaska [street scene, people walking, conversing, military servicemen, automobiles, jeep, structures, businesses, clothing store, theatre, Northern (?); utility poles and lines, logged hillside, mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1865
T138 Anchorage, Alaska {Anchorage, aerials (same as T190 [1.1952])} [copy neg. same as .1864]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.97
[Indigenous Alaskan child in snowsuit holding food and standing next to dog outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Boy, Snowsuit, Outerwear, Clothing, Food, Dog, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.98
[Four Indigenous Alaskan girls posed together, two holding tin cups. The three younger girls are wearing western-style athletic shoes (possibly Converse). Village in background. Possibly Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girls, Young woman, Child, Children, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Clothing, Outerwear, Western clothing, Footwear, Athletic shoes, Shoes, Sneakers, Converse, Tin cup, Village, Buildings, Houses, Structures, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.187
B11 Fairbanks RR Station & hospital 1946 [river in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1871
T140 Southwest Anchorage (aerial) view looking west over parkstrip, South Addition, Chester Creek, estuary, Cook Inlet, Inlet Tower]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1963.016.001
(Sydney Laurence Anchorage Hotel){Sydney posing infront of several paintings with paints and easel}
Keywords: artist, painting, Sydney Laurence
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1998.014.1.1619
T26 Near Juneau, Alaska, Pub. by Brickley [scenic view of glacier, ice, water, morraine, trees, likely Mendenhall Glacier; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1660
T42, photo by Frank Morgan; Ketchikan, Alaska (1949 postcards, 200) [copy neg; same as .1657]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.65
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964 Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64 Edited May 20, 1975 NP
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.70
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964
Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64
Edited May 20, 1975
NP
Keywords: 1st Nationional Bank exterior on 4th Ave, no earthquake damage visible
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.71
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964
Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64
Edited May 20, 1975
NP
Keywords: 1st Nationional Bank exterior on 4th Ave, no earthquake damage visible
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.80
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964
Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64
Edited May 20, 1975
NP
Keywords: appliance store interior with shoppers, no earthquake damage visible
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.81
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964
Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64
Edited May 20, 1975
NP
Keywords: appliance store interior with shopper; no earthquake damage visible
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.64
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964 Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64 Edited May 20, 1975 NP
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5