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B2016.019.1.03d.05043.15
Round Table pizza interior [Anchorage - Buildings - Round Table Pizza], 1985
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Round Table Pizza, Restaurants
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.1.03c.04389.24
Anch, Hunt Bldg [Anchorage - Buildings - Hunt Building], 1984
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Hunt Building
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.006.2625
[aerial of landing strip; print date Nov 64]
Keywords: aviation, transportation
Collection: B2016.006
B1995.010.3551
[bird’s eye view of village on Yukon River, taken from cemetery on high bluff, crosses in foreground, yellow church in distance, Nulato?]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.280
9” plowing with tractor, April 1917 [furrows in field in foreground, barns in distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.6129
[three unidentified people standing in wooded area in winter, one man possibly George, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.591
E27 King Island craftsmen at work, photo by Frank Morgan, "1948 postcard" [same as .588, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.057b
[excavator moving earth between apartment or office building and houses, automobiles parked at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.007.062a
[view down dropped sidewalk, houses at left, automobiles at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.2143.44
86. Colonists home in the Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [house under construction, clear-cut field in foreground, timber piled in front of house, washing hung out on clothesline at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences, houses, construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.43
85. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Steam shovel at Palmer) [steam shovel dropping gravel through screen into open rail car, piping on ground in foreground, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2270.1
(Road construction) [distant view of heavy equipment on large cleared parcel]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.10.016
[Airplane nose, propeller, engine, airplane tail and bulidings in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.17.017
Koslosky's Department Store [Palmer, stores, dirt road, automobiles. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2016.006.2627
[aerial of landing strip, buildings in middle ground; print date Nov 64]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.007.050b
April 26, 1964 [couple and small child walking past damaged buildings on K Street, man holding camera at right. Has print. Identified by donor as west end of 9th or 8th Avenue]
Collection: B2017.007
B1984.077.17.021
[Anchorage, view of houses, back yards, garden? sheds, powerlines, large building in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.697
B-73. Eagle River. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [bridge over Eagle River]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.834
P-360. 8/7/36. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [homestead and greenhouse in foreground, with field and mountains in distance, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.333
(B67 Cordova Post Office) [gravel street, pickup truck]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.596b
"E29 Army rescue instructor builds snow house, Nome, Alaska (Jim Gale)" [same as .595, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2131.3
(Anchorage harbor, top of Westward, July 28, 1964) [bird's eye view from Anchorage Westward Hotel roof of railroad yards and Port of Anchorage with cannery buildings, ships, Cook Inlet in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.21
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [living room, with piano, easy chairs, ottoman]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.376
Twin calves [man holding two cow calves in yard next to Beulah Farm barn]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.186
(catastrophe)(February 21 1956)(Burned barbershop during big wind of 20 February){burned building and charred remains}
Keywords: fire
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2022.005.133
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan Elders standing outside home midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa, Grandfather, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1020.1
GZ-143 (Hiking in the Golden Zone) [woman in hat and boots walking across snow field with mountains beyond]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.30
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Mar. 26, 1940) [view of construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing some scaffolding, parked automobiles, small sheds, pedestrians]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.593
E28 Eskimo dance, photo by Frank Morgan "1948 postcard [same as .592, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1020.2
GZ-144 (Hiking in the Golden Zone) [woman in hat and boots walking across snow field with stream and hills beyond]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1933.1
(Winter windy streets, school guard, 1952) [school crossing guard with flag standing in blowing snow, buildings and utility poles in background, Chugach Mountains in distance. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.15.3
[helicopter flying low on approach to beach, low bluff across water in distance, Marshall?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.15.4
[helicopter flying low on approach to beach, mountains across water in distance, Marshall?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1984.077.12.028
Cordova [Dock scene, car, people, carts, railroad tracks, buildings, mountains in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2318.9
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [i.e. Edwin Suddock, boxes of goods and food on conveyor belt and in piles, including cartons of Wesson Oil and Red Heart Dog Food]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.071
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Mrs. Chapman, Rev. Chapman, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence, trader [two couples standing in front of church, Mrs. Chapman and Mr. Lawrence holding infants. Cf. .101]
Collection: B2019.003
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
B1995.010.1450
Seward Highway S of Portage looking toward [Portage], 1953 [winter view down highway, Clarissa walking next to high snowbanks in foreground]
Collection: B1995.010
B2018.021.200
Piper PA 20 N7080K, Chickaloon duck flats, 50s [three men standing next to airplane, duck shack at right] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Flats, Plane, Piper PA-20, Piper PA 20, N7080K, Bush, Flying, Duck, Hunt, Hunter, Hunting, Building, Shack, Wally Wellenstein, Wallace Wellenstein, Wallace J. Wellenstein, Wally J. Wellenstein, Wellenstein
Collection: B2018.021