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B1989.016.BassMT.1
Bass, M. T., Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1996.035.2.1055to1059
.1055—Cheaney 12/15/46 .1056—Howard beside the oil truck 12/18/46 .1057—Howard on the hill in back of the show 12/15/46 .1058—Howard & me on the stream that runs in back of our hut area 12/15/46 .1059—Me look out of a little building on the hill in back of our show 12/15/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1989.016.BassingBill.1
Bassing, Bill, Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1998.014.1.1859
T134 At Homer, Alaska [copy neg; tree in foreground; structures; military truck, possibly soil being excavated]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.157
[Two images superimposed; one image of woman on phone; second image of two people reading on bunk beds]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Women, Phone, Telephone, Conversation, Communication, Reading, Magazine, Book, Glasses, Bed, Bunk bed
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.158
[Indigenous Alaskan woman laying down and reading newspaper on back seat of bus. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Bus, Seat, Transportation, Reading, Newspaper, Publication, News, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2119
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Ben Eielson's casket on boat at Seward to go to Seattle, March 1930) [group of men gathered around flag-draped casket with flowers]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2116
Hewitt's 4 (Miss Alaska, Fur Rendezvous 1950, Carnival Series #4) [young girl in fur parka]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2117
Moose tracks, Pipple Farm [winter scene with snow on hay stacks in foreground, buildings in middle ground, Mt. Susitna in distance, Pippel homestead, Eagle River. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences, agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2118
(Country Railroad Station) [unsigned cartoon. copy neg]
Keywords: wit and humor
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.200
Alaska ’47 – Judd Lake, Marion Hopkins and Bud Branham [Marion standing on riverbank holding fish, Bud sitting on log at left with blood on his hands]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.024.2741
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [child carring pinwheel and and possibly a book or paper walks past bicycles including Schwinn ladies' cruiser and road bike; red wagon, man carrying paper shopping bag; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.52.001
21-5; Pauline & sunset [woman wearing tailored coat and fedora standing at dock with Ketchikan and boats in right background; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.001
21-5; Pauline & sunset [woman wearing tailored coat and fedora standing at dock with Ketchikan and boats in right background; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.002
21-5; Sunset [scenic view from dock in Ketchikan looking toward mountains, boats, structures; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.002
21-5; Sunset [scenic view from dock in Ketchikan looking toward mountains, boats, structures; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.003
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.003
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.004
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.004
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2025
Mt. View Road, Anchorage, Alaska. T241 [Mountain View businesses and automobiles, including Gateway Service; Mt View Cleaners and Washaroo; Mt View Shoe Repairing; Sunset Trailer Park directional sign]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2400
Kotzebue, November 1969 [winter scene with child wearing parka walking up a beach next to umiak frame, boats; people walking on shore ice; steel drums (containers) buried in rocks at lower left]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2297.5
(Harry and cabbage) [man in cultivated field with cabbage, homestead in background, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1902
Spanard [sic] Lake at Anchorage (Spenard Lake w/swimmers) [same as .1901]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.437
B146 [envelope reads B136] Club'em & find'em club, Anchorage, Alaska; "Anchorage Golf Course [two men at different tees, [clubhouse and automobiles in background; chairs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.017.1984.03.31
Silent Partner Proposed Ethics Panel
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1998.014.1.1442
S31 Fishing in the Aleutians (A favorite Aleutian sport; 1946 post card; fishing 4 on 1 & 1 other) [copy neg of four images, service men fishing on rivers, shore, rocks, waders; fishing poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1592
T14 Fairbanks, Alaska waterfront) [copy neg; same as .1591]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1873
T141 Anchorage, Alaska (aerials) [view over downtown looking northwest. Cemetery in lower center; McKinley building, Ship Creek, railroad, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, future museum site, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.438
B137 New High School, Anchorage, Alaska "West High" [exterior view of library, auditorium; sidewalk in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1370
(PT6 Seward; & print) [winter scene; woman standing at left foreground, snow, harbor, Resurrection Bay, ship,automobiles on pier; railroad depot, railroad cars on pier, engine, fuel tanks; businesses, including Sewing Machine Shop; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.1
(Anchorage Storefronts) [street view with automobile parked outside businesses including Perky Peggy Shop; shop with sign "Cleaning Pressing Repairing;" and Richmond's. circa 1930s-early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.021.195
Joan, ?, ?, Wally, Piper PA 20, Chickaloon flats, ’54 [Wellenstein and Joan Wellenstein Fuglestad sitting on ground next to airplane N7080K, unidentified men standing between them] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Flats, Joan Wellenstein, Wally Wellenstein, Wallace Wellenstein, Wallace J. Wellenstein, Wally J. Wellenstein, Wellenstein, Cliff Fuglestad, Plane, Piper PA-20, Piper PA 20, N7080K, Bush, Flying
Collection: B2018.021
B1998.014.1.1151
O24 An Alaskan totem pole (1946 postcard) [copy neg; same as .1150]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.158
A62 Fake beaver, Cliff Yoiung's; caption: A "Texas beaver" what fought its way clear to Faribanks and then met his water-Lu"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1929
T173 Anchorage - Palmer Hiway thru Mt. View (Mt View, Bragaw St) [street scene, automobiles; businesses: Gateway Service 76 gas station, Used Car Sales, PIggly Wiggly, possibly Sears, Grocery, possibly motel; moutains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2740
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [boy riding BMX bicycle between two automobiles, station wagons; street and structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1282
O82 Flower growing, pioneer wagon, Seward, Alaska [delivery wagon in meadow, wording on side: "Alaska; tel; Coal, (see .1283 for complete wording)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley