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B1989.016.187.2
The Discoverer [fishing boat, possibly on Knik Arm of Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1943
(Seward Highway, Knik Arm) [view down road in winter with snow banks alongside, mountains and water in distance, Turnagain Arm?]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.22114
Ice pack in Knik Arm of Cook Inlet with Port Anchorage in background. Photographer's number: 22114.
Keywords: transportation, ships, ice, winter
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2006.023.5457.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Sunset over the Knik Arm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5457
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Sunset over the Knik Arm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2014.013.21
[bird's eye view of Knik, flag at left, Knik Arm of Cook Inlet at right, signs for Knik Trading Co., Saloon, The Railroad Kitchen, G.W. Palmer, and Olympus Bar, O.G. Herning photographer?]
Keywords: businesses, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B2009.017.2004.03.25
Ask me about the Knik Arm Crossing [Don Young] Meanwhile, Still Floating in Treacherous Waters.. 3-25-2004
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.322.5
[Ships at Anchorage docks, automobiles on barge, Cook Inlet Knik Arm in background. Possibly the boat Discoverer coming in to dock]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.322.6
[Ships at Anchorage docks, automobiles on barge, Cook Inlet Knik Arm in background. Possibly the boat Discoverer coming in to dock]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.542.2
29. Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial of downtown and Ship Creek area, port of Anchorage, Knik Arm]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1861.1
Mt. McKinley el. 20,300 ft. from Anchorage, Alaska, 152 miles. Bragaw's [view over Knik Arm to Mount McKinley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.187.1
The Discoverer [fishing boat, possibly on Knik Arm of Cook Inlet, with float plane in foreground, Travel Air S-6000B NC628H]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.x.001a
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. Printed by Ken Wray's Print Shop. INC.
Keywords: Panoramic, photograph; Anchorage; 1948, Kinik Arm, Pt Mckinzie,
Collection: B1996.x_001
B1998.014.1.1669
T46 Anchorage, Alaska (1948 postcards, 100; last copy) [aerial view looking west; Merrill Field, Ship Creek, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, Knik, clouds on horizon; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2010.006 copy
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. National Photo and News Service photo number 106481
Keywords: 1948; Panoramic Photograph, Anchorage, Knik Arm, Point McKinzie, Mount Susitna, Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Jade Room
Collection: B2010.006
B2010.006
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. National Photo and News Service photo number 106481
Keywords: 1948; Panoramic Photograph, Anchorage, Knik Arm, Point McKinzie, Mount Susitna, Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Jade Room
Collection: B2010.006
B1996.x.001b
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. Printed by Ken Wray's Print Shop. INC.
Keywords: Panoramic photograph; Anchorage; 1948, Pt Mckinzie
Collection: B1996.x_001
B1998.014.1.1646
T37 Anchorage - Alaska [Anchorage Hotel at corner of 4th Avenue and E Street, automobiles, trucks, Rexall Drugs, Beauty Salon; Knik Arm in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.029.003
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. National Photo and News service image number 106481.
Keywords: panoramic, anchorage; 1948
Collection: B2013.029
B1989.016.1547
[three images on one copy neg: aerial view of Anchorage looking north with Ship Creek and Knik Arm, exterior of Providence Hospital, and exterior of Federal Building on Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.029.005
1965 Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage looking northwest towards Knik Arm, Mt Foraker and Mt Mckinley (Denali), National Photo and News Service image number 1910651.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage; 1965
Collection: B2013.029
B1989.016.2180.1
[view along Cook Inlet, Alaska Railroad tracks in foreground along mud flats, Port of Anchorage docks with ships, cannery, and oil tanks, bluff over Knik Arm in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.003.18
3928, 34, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [view of Alaska Railroad yard at Ship Creek with parked train cars and buildings facing southwest with downtown Anchorage and Knik Arm in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Ship Creek, Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska Railroad, Train, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1998.014.1.1622
T28 Anchorage - Alaska [view looking north from downtown toward Alaska Railroad Building, Ship Creek at low tide, docks, pier, canneries, strucutures, quonset huts, railroad cars, tracks, boats, automobiles, Knik Arm, Government Hill in right background; Knik in left background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.319
Blakesley's party leaving for Turnagain Arm. R-33-8 [men in boat named Swan out of Knik, carrying small rowboat and canoe as well as supplies, bluff in distance. circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.7
1964 Earthquake - General; Anchorage Earthquake Damage: Much very good stuff; March 27, 1964 [man wearing sweater with bulldozer design looks at destroyed homes; snow; Knik Arm; ice]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1998.014.1.952
L107 Artic [sic, Arctic] ski bowl (1948 postcard) [copy neg, skier in short sleeves poses on ski run. structures, Arctic Valley Road below; montains, Knik Arm in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2180.2
[view at mouth of Ship Creek in Cook Inlet, Alaska Railroad tracks in foreground with open freight cars, Port of Anchorage docks with ships and cannery buildings in middle ground, bluff over Knik Arm in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1873
T141 Anchorage, Alaska (aerials) [view over downtown looking northwest. Cemetery in lower center; McKinley building, Ship Creek, railroad, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, future museum site, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1915
(T167 Anchorage, 4th Ave from McKinley Bldg, May 1953) [copy neg with bird's eye view looking west from corner of 4th Ave and Denali Street; structures; automobiles; streets; Knik Arm; Point Woronzof]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1970.015.02
Earthquake, 1964-Anchorage-Aerial Views "L" Street looking south Knik Arms Upper Right Corner 6th Ave and L st Fourth Ave looking east Between K & L Sts
Collection: B1970.015 Betty Bannon Collection
B1989.016.1146.24
(Building Federal Building, Jan. 20, 1940) [bird's eye view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage in winter, showing scaffolding, parked automobiles, with Mt. Susitna and Knik Arm in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.11
1964 Earthquake - General; Anchorage Earthquake Damage: Much very good stuff; March 27, 1964 [destroyed homes in residential neighborhood; boy standing on far side of gully; automobile; utility poles; view across Knik Arm]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1998.014.1.1864
T138 Anchorage, Alaska {Anchorage, aerials (same as T190 [1.1952])} [aerial view looking northwest showing neighborhoods, McKinley Building, Native hospital, Ship Creek, railroad yard, train, port, Government Hill, cemetery, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.704
F24 Anchorage, Alaska "Fish Dock" [Emard Cannery, piers, fishing vessels, boats, Smith, Gian(name partially obstructed), men at pier, wharf, structures, clothes line in background, "Cab 699" sign on structure, water, pilings, possibly Point McKenzie in distance across Cook Inlet, Knik Arm]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.264
"Anch skyline, 8-10-65; Misc. skylines; Good seconds. from top of McKinley Bldg & 1200 L Bldg & Knik arms - L St at 7th (some duplicates. see different angles" [4th Avenue. note vacant lots in right side of image from 64 earthquake clean-up]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1989.016.1146.3
(Building Federal Building, July 18, 1939) [bird's eye view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking west toward Knik Arm, with workmen and machinery. Includes original post office building and a two-story building on Third Avenue, as well as U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.6
(Building Federal Building, Aug. 19, 1939) [bird's eye view of walls going up at construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking west toward Knik Arm, with workmen and piles of supplies. Includes original post office building and a two-story building on Third Avenue, as well as U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1365
PT1 Anchorage, trading and transportation center, is Alaska's largest city. Many government agencies are located here. Other support comes from fishing, farming, mining and trapping. (aerial) [looking northwest over Anchorage; Merril Field in lower right; Park Strip, downtown, South Addition, Ship Creek, Government Hll, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm; Point MacKenzie; ship moored along jetty; Alaska Range obsured by clouds]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.165.001
Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage 1971. National Photo and News Service image #1828711
Keywords: panoramic; 1971; Anchorage; Pt Mckinzie, Knik Arm
Collection: B1979.165_001