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B1994.022.702
(Automobiles-1930-1919)(License plate 448 US Road Commision War Department) [a woman standing next to car]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2005.032.089
Photographic postcard] Merrill, Sitka [man in small boat, sunset over water]
Collection: B2005.032
B1984.077.10.009
[Bear on chain, walking, debris in midground, utility pole on horizon]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.20.029
[bear on chain, airplanes, man taking photo of bear, man in background, building on far left of frame]]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.20.030
[bear on chain, man petting bear, man taking photograph, man in background, airplanes, bulding]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.20.031
[bear on chain, man in hat petting bear, oil drums, building in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B2019.003.065
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [woman sitting on rock outcropping along shoreline at low tide] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Rock, Outcropping, Rocky, Boulder, Shoreline, Low tide
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1096
N7 Anchorage, Alaska (1946 postcard; 1 neg; 1 print) [downtown winter, night, street scene, structures, businesses, storefronts, automobiles, snow; Fourth Avenue, Hewitt's, Star Air Lines, Bendora Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.11078
Attu Campaign Bivouac Areas May 12-15, 1943 Area near Massacre Bay where men bivouaced during first week of battle.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.003.2
"Animals: Bears, May 1956, Polar Bear, Ice of Cbukchi Sea, NP." [polar bear on snow, buckled sea ice in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.018
"Animals: Bears, 3 Polar Bears, Thalarctus Maritimus, Female w/two yearling cubs, Chukchi Sea Ice; Conv. from K-1 6 FEb, 1971; 17255, Feb 8 1971 9"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1989.016.055.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. Knik Bridge. [sic]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1240.9
Anchorage Public Schools. Hewitt's, 6 [side view]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.301.1
Curry Hotel interiors [cf. 175.6. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.301.2
Curry Hotel interiors [cf. 175. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.301.3
Curry Hotel exterior [cf. 175.1-.175.2, 175.7, 214.1-214.3. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.32
(Dog musher on trail, 1952. FR) [musher with bib #9 traveling through wooded area, Chugach Mountains in background, Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Animals.2.28
"24291 - Animals 2: Eagles; Eagle cries"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2009.009.476
[dog with face full of porcupine quills. Partially legible note on verso]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B2009.009
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.009
"Animals: Bears, 1970 Polar Bear, C.U. Head, 22277" [Polar bear head, face]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1989.016.2151.5
[studio portrait of young boy in fur parka and mukluks with geometric decoration]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1086
Photograph approved by theatre censor A.D.D. (N1 Winter night shot; 1946 postcard; 1 neg; 1 print) [copy neg; structure, house, snow, frost, hoarfrost, icycles, lights, tree, possibly Christmas tree in front window; skis and poles left of window]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1146
(O22 Snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard) [snow on tree branches]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.010.164
Ready for dinner, music [musicians playing guitar, bass, and violin playing for people seated at table in dining room aboard ship]
Collection: B2016.010
B2017.024.1384c
Diomede, Feb 1962 [two children wearing parkas pose with a dog]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.4488
Eskimo kids gather near bush plane at Shaktoolik, winter. c. 1986 [people standing on sea ice next to Cessna 180 airplane number N5312D]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.anc.nodate.001
[Street scene; Kut Rate Kid Liquor Store, Beer 6 pack $1.29, Texaco, Discount Liquors, automobiles, delivery tuck, Ferris wheel at left, mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.Animals.5.1
Beaver cuttings, 1941. DCK. May 17, 1975. McCutcheon's photograper number: 10622
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.002
"Polar bear. Thalarctus maritimus." [two polar bears on snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals