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B1989.016.249.1
Silas Negovanna, ivory carver, Wainwright [man with saw in workshop]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.249.2
Silas Negovanna, ivory carver, Wainwright [man in fur parka in workshop]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2151.2
Eskimos at Nome / Eskimo family. Kodagraph [woman and two children in fur parkas on boardwalk, tents on beach in background. double caption. copy neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.163
[Alaska Native children posed outside wood-plank building in winter, possibly school]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.1182
Tsarskoie Selo, near St. Petersburg. Aug. ’99. D.K. [exterior of Tsarskoye Selo]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.014.89a
Fishing on the Arctic coast [white man standing with Alaska Native men and women hauling in nets on gravel beach. Paper with Velox stamp. 2 copies]
Collection: B2015.014
B1989.016.251
D-79. The ivory carver using a bow drill, frame and drill made of seal rib. Nome. [George Dale?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.212.6
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [Miss Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.241
D-27. Ice covered crosses in the White Mountain cemetery. [George Dale?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2001.002.16
Jeanne Laurence and Sydney Laurence. Gift of Herb Green. 3.5 x 6 nitrate negative
Collection: B2001.002 FIC
B1989.016.1844
After the Rain Old Town Anchorage. Laurence [Anchorage tent city with flooded street, men standing, Two Girls Waffle House, Young American Lodging House. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.212.7
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [young girl]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.212.8
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [young girl]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2130.1
(Pioneer Man) [studio portrait of man in suitcoat and tie]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2133.3
(The Big Snow, December 1955) [automobiles parked at curb on E Street buried in snow, with Anchorage Hotel. copy neg]
Keywords: winter, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2134.1
Hewitt's 21 (Fur Rendezvous, Miss Alaska 1940) [woman in fur parka with sash and tiara outdoors, with other women in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2134.2
Hewitt's 22 (Fur Rendezvous, Miss Alaska 1940) [woman in fur parka with sash and tiara outdoors]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2232
(The Wonder, by Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin) [photgraph of painting of Eskimos in Barrow sighting the airship Norge]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2233
[woman in fur parka with geometric decoration. copy neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2234
[young woman with headscarf, pierced nose, and beaded labret]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.24
[young man and woman seated outdoors in winter, holding puppies, low brush behind]
Keywords: animals, dogs
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1749.1
[caption and line illustration for greeting card]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1926.2
(Fur Rondy 1952) [street scene at corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, with spectators standing in front of Hewitt's Drugs and "Anchorage Fur Rendezvous" banner on lamp post]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1926.3
(Fur Rondy 1952) [woman sitting in sewing exhibit booth during Anchorage Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2151.1
Eskimo woman & mikanina, Nome / Eskimo woman & child, Alaska. Thomas Fotoshop, Anchorage [woman wearing printed parka and necklace with Christian cross breast-feeding child in fur hat. double caption. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.243
Elizabeth and Helen Kee, Tanana, Alaska, displaying mukluks.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.244
Sewing mukluks. Hewitt's Photo Shop, D-59 [George Dale]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1183
St. Petersburg, The Islands = Kammenoi Ostrov. D.K. Aug. ’99 [Kamenny Ostrov and other islands as seen from water]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.001.007
Willie Mae James [later Willie Mae Evans], first in third row of students, Hale County Training School class photo, Greensboro, Alabama, 1957. [Black and white class photo; students in graduation regalia, cap and gown.]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Willie Mae James, Willie Mae Evans, Hale County, Training School, Class photo, Greensboro, Alabama, Students, Graduation, Regalia, Cap and gown, Cap, Gown
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2144.3
#2A. "Soapy" Smith's Saloon. Jeff Smith. Larss & Duclos, 1898 [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.242
D-73. Eskimo sewing class. [George Dale? White Mountain?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2043
[exterior of Yes Sir! Anchorage Liquor Store with sign "Free! Trip to Peoria, tickets with each purchase," displays in window, sign next door for hotel, rooms for rent]
Keywords: alcohol, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.012.205
1955 Fur Rendezvous [two Alaska Native women wearing fur parkas standing outdoors. b&w negative]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.012
B1991.21.11
A postcard photograph showing a young boy posing with a dog in the photographers studio infront of a muslin cloth.
Keywords: boy, dog
Collection: B1991.021
B1989.016.1882.6
(Bristol Bay fishing) [sailboat #51 underway in bay, two men at oars, buildings visible on shore. neg deteriorated]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1882.8
(Bristol Bay fishing) [six sailboats at dock, including numbers 45, 75, 56]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1882.9
(Bristol Bay fishing) [fish on conveyor belt heading into cannery processing building]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.4
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.5
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.6
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.7
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection