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B1998.014.1.3599
(Anchorage, Mt View)[MountainView Store with lumber stacked to the side and two cars parked in front]
Keywords: groceries, commerce, hardware store, construction
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2282.2
(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
B1989.016.2283.1
[street scene on Fourth Avenue, winter, night, with automobiles parked along street and neon signs for businesses including Winn Liquors, Firestone, City Mike's [?] Cocktail Lounge, 4th Avenue Theater, D & D Cafe, and Lido Cafe]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1127.2
[Friedman's Jewelers, exterior, night, window display, Anchorage?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1545
[winter street scene of Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage, with children running in street, one child being pulled on sled by dog, businesses include U.G. Crocker, Hotel Gitchell Cafe, H. Seidenverg Clothier. early 1930s?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.22
(Fourth Avenue between D and C Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrians and automobiles parked outside businesses including Frisco Cafe, Rheinlander, and Rex Liquor Store. circa 1933-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.1130.2
[Juneau Lumber Mills, with office at right, other buildings and truck]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1795
Fire Station, Anchorage, Alaska. Bragaw's [exterior of building between Fourth and Fifth Avenues off F Street, with truck parked in garage, automobile and motorcycle with sidecar parked next to building. ca. 1920s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1954
T152 Alaska Championship dog races, starting point 4th Ave (T192, Anchorage) [winter street scene, Fur Rendezvous banner; musher, dogs on snow; men, women, children, spectators; automobiles, businesses; McKinley Building in background; Chugach Mountains in distance; copy neg; damaged: emulsion layer cracking and separating from support]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.8.1.ANC.8.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC.8
B1998.014.1.1942
T184 Post Road thru Mt. View (Anchorage) [street scene; automobiles; businesses: The Spot, Car Service; Tire Repair; Batteries; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley