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B1989.016.2055.2
#2 (July 4, 1938, parade) [4-H Club float, young people on flatbed truck with signs for 4H Anchorage and Scissor Snips]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.7
7 (July 4, 1938, parade) [men on horseback, horse-drawn wagon, and truck carrying logs assembled on field, possibly baseball field, with advertisements along back wall, truck with banner advertising a sawmill]
Keywords: businesses, animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.26
Hewitt's 26 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army gun) [soldiers and children gathered around heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, in front of spectators, the federal building, and Fourth Avenue businesses including The Gitchell]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.29
#29 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [spectators gathered around baton-twirling majorette in uniform, Hewitt's Photo Shop visible in background, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.3
#3 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [parade floats passing federal building at corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, one float with banner of Anchorage Rainbow Girls]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.27
#27 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [military unit marching past federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.24
#24 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [military unit marching past federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1134.6
(Glover's Garage, 1941) [man in service area wearing coveralls, working at workbench using Echlin Moto-Lab machine]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1134.7
(Glover's Garage, 1941) [man in service area wearing coveralls, working on repairing tires]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1459.2
44. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eskimo handicraft) [possibly grave marker, with overturned sled, two posts decorated with oars, pots, floats, and other materials, and a rack with three rifles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.21
21-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young boy leading dog and pulling wagon with sign for Black Dog Transfer past Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street, second person wrapped entirely in black fabric]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.3
3-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [float with elk head, bald eagle, American flag, pocket watch, and banner with "1351" passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street, Elks lodge B.P.O.E. 1351?]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2077.6
39 (Fur Rendezvous, Last Day of Big Races, 1954) [musher with bib #2 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators in front of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.28
#28 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [spectators gathered between City Hall and J. Vic Brown Jewelers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, marching band with musical instruments waiting in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.30
#30 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [marching band with musical instruments on City Hall lawn, "American Legion Jack Henry Post No. 1 Anchorage Alaska" on drum]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.10
#10B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking west, of floats and marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including 1st National Bank, Bert's Drugs, Northern Commercial Co., U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center, Alaska Transfer Co., Richmond's Restaurant, Merchants Cafe, and The Club. Floats include Hoyt Motor Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.15
#19 (Parade) [night, woman, probably Rondy Queen, carrying bouquet of flowers outdoors in front of spectators, 1950 Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2268.3
(Iron lung, 10/6/50) [group portrait of three men and nun standing next to iron lung in hospital, probably Providence Hospital, Anchorage]
Keywords: health, healthcare, medicine
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.10
[two young women seated outdoors, both wearing Western style clothing, buildings in background]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.160
[women lined up on tundra, probably start of foot race, Fourth of July celebration. Cf. .13, .87]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.30
[studio portrait of Alaska Native family, men wearing Western style clothing and knitted caps, elser woman wearing fur parka and headscarf, young woman wearing print parka and headscarf, child wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2056.17
Hewitt's 17 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army marching) [men in uniform marching on Fourth Avenue passing federal building, lead soldier saluting, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.10
Hewitt's 10 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [military marching band standing in formation with instruments on Anchorage street, buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.16
16-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [floats passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.30
30-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [flat bed truck covered with crepe and banners reading "God Bless America" and "Liberty and Justice for All" passing buildings, women dressed as Statue of Liberty and Justice riding in back of truck with man in suit]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.32
D-40 (Culim's cache) [log cache at left with sled frame suspended underneath, log cabin at right and another up a slight rise, dogs in yard]
Keywords: villages, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2147.5
No 5 (Opening night of the remodeled Ambassador Club. Photo by W. R. Dahms] [interior with couples dancing, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection