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B1989.016.977
M-34. Harvest in Alaska, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [hay stacks in field in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1460
48. Esquimo orchestra. c. Rossman. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [six Alaska Native men sitting, drumming, and singing. copy neg]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.764.10
P-446. Hewitt's Photo (Farm animals, Matanuska Valley) [goat]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.14d.03672.21
Visitor Info Center, Anchorage [Tourism], 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Tourism, Visitor Information Center, Anchorage
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1086.1
M-1. Plenty of "This" up here. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Matanuska Valley Fair, 1937, Prize Stock) [bull]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.851
P-26. Hewitt's (Palmer Days with Governor Troy) [Gov. John Weir Troy and other men at Palmer railroad station, circa 1935-1939]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.9
P-238. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [group of men crowded around man writing on paper, or possibly looking at map]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.085a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [winter scene; mushers with sled dog teams, sleds, cargo; snow; men, women, children;hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.764.1
P-445. Hewitt's Photo (Farm animals, Matanuska Valley) [goat]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.063a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “61” [caption] “Collection of nuggets of Nome, Alaska” [gold nuggets arranged in display, some in frames listing possibly locations and dates; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.084a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [winter scene; mushers with sled dog teams, sleds, cargo; snow; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.085b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: winter scene; mushers with sled dog teams, sleds, cargo; snow; men, women, children; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.088a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [portrait of dog, husky sitting in tall grass, hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.011a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [man wearing suitcoat, tie and hat holds a rope attached to a moose calf wearing headgear, possibly a bridle; moose is grazing; fence and structures in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.063b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “61” [verso of slide] [caption] “Collection of nuggets of Nome, Alaska” [gold nuggets arranged in display, some in frames listing possibly locations and dates; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.084b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: winter scene; mushers with sled dog teams, sleds, cargo; snow' hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.088b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: portrait of dog, husky sitting in tall grass, hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1085.2
M-21. The Matanuska Valley Fair, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop (Horse racing)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.011b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: man wearing suitcoat, tie and hat holds a rope attached to a moose calf wearing headgear, possibly a bridle; moose is grazing; fence and structures in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1085.3
M-22. Ball game, Matanuska Valley Fair, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [baseball game, water tower in background]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.090a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “90” “Arctic Owls; A-340 [?]” [three owls on perches, likely taxidermy with fabric background; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1086.2
M-2. Brown Swiss Alpine bull, blue ribbon winner of the Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Prize Stock, 1937) [man holding bull with nose grips next to barn]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.061a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “62” [caption] “Rocking on Nome Beach” [three men using minding equipment in water, cart, sluicebox, rocker box; structures in background; boats or possibly dredges in distance; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1085.1
M-20. Horse racing, Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop (1937)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.090b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “90” [verso of slide] “Arctic Owls; A-340 [?]” [three owls on perches, likely taxidermy with fabric background; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.061b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “62” [verso of slide; caption] “Rocking on Nome Beach” [three men using minding equipment in water, cart, sluicebox, rocker box; structures in background; boats or possibly dredges in distance; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.622
E41 Cutting a Kotzebue Caper "Kotzebue, Feb 1948, Paul Smith, dancer" [same as .620, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.058a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “29” “Freighting with Reindeer, Nome, Alaska” [snow scene; people wearing parkas, surrounding sledge filled with supplies, furs, reindeer, handler, snow, harness, structure in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1086.3
Brown Swiss Alpine bull, prize winner at the Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Prize Stock, 1937) [man holding bull with nose grips next to barn]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.032a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “74” [child wearing fur parka, mukluks with left hand reaching toward face stands near structure; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1086.4
M-4. Brown Swiss Alpine calf, prize winner at the Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Prize Stock, 1937) [man holding calf with halter next to barn]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.058b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “29” verso of slide: “Freighting with Reindeer, Nome, Alaska” [snow scene; people wearing parkas, surrounding sledge filled with supplies, furs, reindeer, handler, snow, harness, structure in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.032b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “74” [verso of slide: child wearing fur parka, mukluks with left hand reaching toward face stands near structure; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.056a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print photograph, “Trains run regularly over the White Pass & Yukon all year.”] [winter scene of train engines on bridge over gorge; side of train cars at far right; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.059a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [winter scene of two people with sledge, ski poles, supplies, flag, snowshoes; mountains and valley in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.056b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide] [from verso of print photograph, “Trains run regularly over the White Pass & Yukon all year.”] [winter scene of train engines on bridge over gorge; side of train cars at far right; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.059b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: winter scene of two people with sledge, ski poles, supplies, flag, snowshoes; mountains and valley in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.145a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman wearing buckskin dress, beaded headband and necklaces poses on a rock looking at the water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.145b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: woman wearing buckskin dress, beaded headband and necklaces poses on a rock looking at the water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.003a
[interior view of Russian Orthodox church in Unalaska, Holy Ascension of Our Lord Cathedral altar; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.060a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “58” “…ld Goose Co. Sluicing on Discovery Day Creek, Nome, Alaska” [likely Wild Goose Co.; miners at sluice boxes, water, equipment; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.034a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “64” [winter scene; men, women, children wearing fur parkas, mukluks pose in front of cache; furs on cache; ladder, possibly boats in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.060b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “58” “…ld Goose Co. Sluicing on Discovery Day Creek, Nome, Alaska” [verso of slide: likely Wild Goose Co.; miners at sluice boxes, water, equipment; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.004a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial photographer; 625 Colman Block; Seattle. [aerial view of town, likely Nome; winter scene; snow; structures; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.034b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “64” [verso of slide: winter scene; men, women, children wearing fur parkas, mukluks pose in front of cache; furs on cache; ladder, possibly boats in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.003b
[verso of interior view of Russian Orthodox church, Holy Ascension of Our Lord Cathedral, altar; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.006a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Nome Dairy [label] “27” [winter scene people, men, cow atop snow drifts, covered roof of structure; two people with horse and cow at left; firewood, yoke, sign for Nome Dairy on snow; man carrying two milk cans using shoulder yoke, dog on roof]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.006b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Nome Dairy [label] “27” [verso view of slide: winter scene people, men, cow atop snow drifts, covered roof of structure; two people with horse and cow at left; firewood, yoke, sign for Nome Dairy on snow; man carrying two milk cans using shoulder yoke, dog on roof]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.004b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial photographer; 625 Colman Block; Seattle. [verso of aerial view of town, likely Nome; winter scene; snow; structures; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.005a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto [Baltimore?] [Caption:] "In the far north, one mile out. On Behring [sic: Bearing] Sea, Nome, Alaska" [label] "42" [men, women, children pose on jumbled sea ice; dogs, dogsled, skis, parkas, woman waves an American flag]
Collection: B2018.023