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B2016.019.1.11b.13109.31
Salmon Fishing in Southcentral, Alaska [Outdoor Activities - Fishing], 1999
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Outdoor Activities, Fishing, Salmon
Collection: B2016.019
B2001.036.1944
Getting water from river (school and clinic have electricity but haul water), White Mountain, 4-81
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2015.026.1593
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [exterior of Chitina Saloon] [Ahtna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Tsedi Na', Chitina Saloon, Saloon, Business, Building, Town
Collection: B2015.026
B2015.026.1595
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [road signs for O’Brien Creek and Notice to the Public] [Ahtna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Tsedi Na', O'Brien Creek, Creek, Road, Dirt Road, Unpaved, Notice to the Public, Notice, Sign, Signage
Collection: B2015.026
B2015.026.1596
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [scenic of Copper River at bridge] [Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Tsedi Na', Atna, Copper River, River, Bridge, Scenic, View, Mountain, Mountain range
Collection: B2015.026
B2016.004.125.005
Campbell Creek Classic [people floating on inner-tube rafts]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.13.16
Barrow, 89883, May 1980 [man at Eugene Brower's whaling camp]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.019.1.08d.03115.X
Mt. McKinley [Denali] & fireweed [National Parks - Denali], c. 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, National Parks, Denali, Denali National Park, Flowers, Fireweed
Collection: B2016.019
B2014.001.852
[three women wearing print kuspuks cleaning fish on gravel beach; print date Jun 83]
Collection: B2014.001
B2016.004.12.8
Barrow hearing, May 1980 [women wearing parkas listening to testimony]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.13.1
Barrow, 89883, May 1980 [seal head on ice]
Keywords: Animals, hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.019.1.02f.06475.04
Aerials of flame & snowflake for AOC [Anchorage - Anchorage Organizing Committee (AOC)], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Anchorage Organizing Committee, AOC, Olympics
Collection: B2016.019
B2015.026.1594
7-98, Chitina trip [Print date 87 4 9.] [street scene in Chitina, with automobiles, motorhome, businesses] [Main Street view, buildings left to right - Hotel Chitina, Spirit Mountain, It'll Do Cafe. Ahtna, Tsedi Na']
Keywords: Chitina, Ahtna, Tsedi Na', Downtown, Town, Main street, Hotel Chitina, Spirit Mountain, It'll Do Cafe, Cafe, Building, Business, Vehicle, Truck, Car, Motorhome, Mountain
Collection: B2015.026
B2021.004.216
Ed Wesley in front of 1st Annual Juneteenth banner
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1st Annual Juneteenth, Juneteenth, June 19, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.236
Ed Wesley with Al Hejaz lodge brothers [Prince Hall Masons, Wesley fourth from left. Likely Mt. Mckinley Lodge #2 of Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Prince Hall Masons, Al Hejaz, Lodge brothers, Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, Fraternity, History Makers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.237
Ed Wesley with Tony Knowles and one other Note on front: “To my good friend Ed who got me to the church on time. Best Tony”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Tony Knowles, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.001.052
DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry before it became Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners, DeBarr Road, 1990 [Exterior and parking lot of DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, DeBarr Road, Anchorage, DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry, DeBarr Quality Cleaners and Laundry, Business, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Exterior, Building, Car, Transporation, Parking Lot
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1995.010.1798
[Alaska Steamship Co. steamship Denali approaching dock, sign for Standard Oil in center, small boats at anchor at left, mountains in background, Sitka?]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.010
Scn. Portage Glacier, about 60 miles south of Anchorage on the Seward Hiway. It is on the Chugach National Forest. Alaska. [ice, water, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2022.001.053
Mayfield Evans, second from left, inside the plant at Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners on DeBarr Road
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Plant, Interior, Building, Business, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Equipment, Machinery, DeBarr Road, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.4.Scn.1.38274
[Winter scene of hikers on Portage Lake, slide dated APR 92]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2021.004.93
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera [Ed Wesley, Military Police, Fort Greely, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Military, Police, Soldier, Portrait, Fort Greely, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.269
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.267
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.270
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief [Ed Wesley on left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.268
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief [Ed Wesley second from left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2016.004.1134
.1134-1138 – Winds raked Anchorage. Official Entry, Best Photo Series, Alaska Press Club Competition 1980 [Trifold mount. Five images from photo feature on November 1979 windstorm. Entry blank and original clipping adhered to back of mount.] This fence, like many others in Muldoon, was blown flat and now is nothing but a series of gates.
Collection: B2016.004