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B1989.016.786.1
[home, Anchorage, corner of Second Avenue and F Street]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1137.1
(Presbyterian Church, 1941) [Fifth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2258.2b
(First Presbyterian Church on 5th Avenue and F Street, Anchorage) [steeple]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2258.6a
(First Presbyterian Church on 5th Avenue and F Street, Anchorage) [steeple]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1137.2
(Presbyterian Church, 1941) [front view, Fifth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2258.1a
(First Presbyterian Church on 5th Avenue and F Street, Anchorage) [exterior in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2258.1b
(First Presbyterian Church on 5th Avenue and F Street, Anchorage) [exterior in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1640.2
6-17-55 Loussac Memorial Library from corner 5th and F, and across street (3 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2008.024.77
[bird’s eye view of Boy Scouts on parade on Fourth Avenue near F Street, Anchorage]
Collection: B2008.024
B1983.091.C1262.4
City of Anchorage Photos for brochure. (Architectual drawing of Loussac Library on F Street.) 7-19-54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.087
Frost on telephone wires, taken at F and 2nd Street in Anchorage, Nov. 1946. Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1137.3
(Presbyterian Church, 1941) [front view, Fifth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage? Photographer's shadow visible]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.121
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15592)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.122
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15591)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.123
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15590)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.124
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15589)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.125
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15588)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.126
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15587)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.127
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15586)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.128
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15585)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire truck, fire, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.1509.20
(Fourth Avenue and F Street, northeast corner) [Anchorage street scene with businesses The Gitchell, Hotel Gitchell Cafe and H. Seidenverg Clothier. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2012.11
Panoramic Photograph of downtown Anchorage taken from the corner of 4th and F street, looking north east down 4th Street. Includes a banner for Anchorage Fur Rondezvous.
Keywords: Panoramic Photograph; Anchorage, Fur Rondezvous, 1962, Stewarts Photo, 4th Avenue, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B2012.011
B1994.023.1
F and Fifth Streets. Anchorage School (old Central School) gets its field washed down by the Anchorage Fire Department. Pioneer School in background at 6th and F. 3.5 x 6 nitrate negative
Collection: B1994.023
B1989.016.1227.1
Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 134 [exterior, taken from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street, with parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.471.5
View of Fairbanks, 1939. [oblique street scene with road construction, Model Cafe, Lavery's, John F. Lonz Clothing and Furnishings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S2067.1
Stock 2067 - 1 (6/ /59) (4 negs) Fourth Ave. street scene, intersection at F St. (Looking east) (Wells' choice) [1959 street scene with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous and All-American City banners over street]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
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
B1989.016.2336.1
[street scene, Fourth Avenue at F Street looking west, military truck parked at left, automobiles and pedestrians passing businesses including Friedman's Jewelers, The Gitchell, and the federal building. circa 1942?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1267.009
Premier Photos in front of 4th Ave. Theater, "World in His Arms". June 21, 1952 [Crowd in line, 4th & F Street]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.116
(catastrophe)(july 29, 1954)(7 4260 55)(Fire trucks at station Anch Main - on F stret between 4th and 5th east side of street)
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.1543
[street scene of Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage, with automobiles parked outside Fire Station, with businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Rexall Drugs, J. Vic Brown, and Baldwin Grocery visible]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.143
"4 July 52; Old Federal Bldg left corner is Masonic bldg - Note the old Gitchell Hotll sign; 4th Ave & F Street' [crowd gathered along streets, on rooftops]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1983.091.S1239.1
Anchorage street scene in snow storm, 1952 (Fourth Avenue from F Street) [looking east with snow falling, pedestrian crossing street, automobiles in front of businesses including Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, 515 Club, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banners on street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1476
(S47 Parade on 4th Ave; Anchorage, 1951) [scene of float, likely Shriners marching; spectators, automobiles, city hall; 4th & F Street]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1953
Downtown Anchorage (T191 Air view) [aerial view looking north from Eighth Avenue past Ship Creek, F Street in center of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.5
(Fourth Avenue between F & E Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with truck parked outside businesses Reed's (dress shop) and Anchorage Drug Co./Rexall Pharmacy. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.11
(Fourth Avenue between F and E Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with businesses Ship Creek Meat Co., Baldwin Grocery, and J. Vic Brown. Photographer's shadow in foreground. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1868
T138 Anchorage City Hall (Fire station, log cabin) [4th Avenue and F Street, people walking on sidewalk, automobiles, Police Dept motorcycle, fence]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2148.15
#15B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of two riders on horseback at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including Suit Club, M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, and The Gitchell. Building under construction at Third Avenue and F Street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2074.3
3-A (Opening Day, Fur Rendezvous, 1954) [dog team in harness along Fourth Avenue near F Street during World Championship Sled Dog Races, with spectators lining street, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banner hanging in background]
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
B1979.002.Album1.260a
M-7. Main St. Knik. W. F. Milliken [street scene with log buildings, signs for Saloon, K. T. Co., and Sweet Orr. Railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
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
B1989.016.2335.1
[street scene, Fourth Avenue at F Street looking east, military truck parked at right, automobiles and pedestrians passing businesses including Friedman's Jewelers, H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Rexall Drugs. circa 1942?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2024
T240 5th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska [Street scene; people crossing street at stoplight; automobiles; 5th Avenue Hotel, L and J Pianos Organs Music; Bigler's; May's Cafeteria; Hoyt Motor Co.; 5&10; Echmann's Furniture; C. James Hopper; likely the First Presbyterian Church (5th & F)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1146.28
(Building Federal Building, Mar. 26, 1940) [view across corner of 4th and F Street of construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing pedestrians, parked automobiles, utility poles, and U.G. Crocker store]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2083.5
(Fourth of July Parade, Anchorage, 1935) [spectators watching Alaska Railroad float pass on Fourth Avenue near F Street, with banners hanging over road and signs for businesses including Hotel Gitchell, Ship Creek Meat Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1963.018
The Last Mail to Leave Anchorage by dog team March 28, 1917 Buildings are left to right: Post Office, City Bldg., Marshal's Office & Jail. This is 4th Avenue between F and G Street on the side where the Federal Building now stands. (1963)
Collection: B1963.018
B1998.014.1.1472
S47 Parade on Anchorage's Fourth Ave. (1951) [scene looking northwest across intersection of 4th Avenue and F Street; soldiers marching in formation; spectators; people on rooftops and looking from windows; banners, flags; City Hall, The Gitchell; Smart Shop Ladies' Apparel; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley