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B1989.016.1910
(Alaska Railroad train through snow drifts) [view down railroad tracks in winter, with snow piled on each side and large plume of steam hovering over tracks]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.12
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Pool Room and Olympia Beer, sign for "Chitina Townsite, Lots Sold on Easy Terms," truck with 1943 license plate parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.13
(Chitina) [two men repairing a tire outside a garage, truck parked in foreground with "Are You Saved?" painted on the side]
Keywords: businesses, automobiles
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.535.1
#69. Hewitt's Photo Shop. City Building, interior [Anchorage City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.14
(Chitina) [interior of building, with wood stove, couch, chair, wall clock, ceiling light fixture]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.535.2
No. 14-B. New City Bldg. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.535.3
#71. Hewitt's Photo Shop. City Building, interior [Anchorage City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.535.5
#72. Hewitt's Photo. City Building, interior [Anchorage City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2012.035.107
[Photographic postcard] Nirvana Park, Cordova, Alaska, Photocraft #167
Collection: B2012.035
B2016.019.1.03c.03604.03
Frontier Bldg [Anchorage - Buildings - Frontier Building], 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Frontier Building
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1146.21
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Dec. 25, 1939) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, finishing walls in a hallway]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.27.10
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of dredge at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.28.14
F-E Co. 1942 [miner emptying bucket of gravel on rock pile, Fairbanks Exploration Co.]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.28.15
F-E Co. 1942 [miner operating machinery, Fairbanks Exploration Co.]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1146.32
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Apr. 23, 1940) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, finishing walls in hallway. Agfa Super Plena film stock]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.23
(Building Federal Building, Jan. 20, 1940) [construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage in winter, showing some scaffolding, small outbuilding and shed, supplies]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.10
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Post Office and "Curios Kodaks Drugs Stationery Magazines Candies and Cigars," truck parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.59
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, June 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, steel construction of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.68
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Oct. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, finishing walls in hallway of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2520
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958" [office scene: man standing at drafting table; woman standing at mimeograph machine (?); pipes overhead
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.120
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.148
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.176
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior, house exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.180
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: theater interior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.44
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.56
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd. This image shows the exteriors of Penny Shoes and Clark's Paint store
Keywords: building exterior, power lines, cars, streets
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.60
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: cars, power lines, building exterior, streets, street lights
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.91
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: house
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1979.002.4690
"7/16/1919 Windmill raising" [sleeve 37; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, circa 1918; water well pump, windmill on ground before installation, sawhorse, chickenwire, fields, man at left of image, equipment, agriculture, fields, structures]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2000.013A.s12.015
[aerial view of village, rivers, ponds; likely near Newtok, 1977; simlar to .014]
Collection: B2000.013A
B2019.003.002
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cattle barn [man and three young women standing next to barn, scaffolding on sides of barn] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna).]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Barn, Cattle barn, Livestock, Scaffolding
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.004
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Wild flowers [young woman standing in field of flowers, possibly cotton grass] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna).]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Wildflowers, Woman, Field, Mountains
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.029
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cook’s Inlet in winter [scenic, pancake ice in water] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Tikahtnu, Cook Inlet, Cook's Inlet, Cook Inlet winter, Winter, Ice formations, Pancake ice, Ice floe, Floe
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.001
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Waiting station [two men and woman posed at Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna). Man on left identified in 2022 as possibly Shem Pete per Aaron Leggett]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Waiting station, Alaska Railroad, Depot
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.003
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Anchorage Light and Power Plant [Eklutna Power Plant powerhouse] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna).]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Anchorage, Light and Power Plant, Power plant, Powerhouse
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.035
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Grandma 101 years old [three boys and girl posed with elder sitting on bench in front of small log cabin. Cf. .20] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Indigenous elder, Indigenous grandma, Elder, Elder woman, Children, Young woman, Log cabin, Small log cabin
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.152
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.153
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.154
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: theater interior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.155
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.178
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior, construction, cranes, cars
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.26
1st National Bank continued construction after the quake.
Keywords: pedestrians, construction, totem pole, streets
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B2019.003.023
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Dog team dogs [two people standing next to chained dog sitting on top of kennel] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Dog team dog, Dog team dogs, Dog team, Dogsled team, Dogsled team dog, Dogsled dog, Husky, Husky dog, Woman with dog, Women with dog
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1509.2
(Anchorage Storefronts) [street view with woman pushing baby carriage, automobile parked outside businesses including Anchorage Grocery, Club, Pioneer Steam Laundry, Merchant's Cafe. Photographer's shadow in foreground. circa 1930s-early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection