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B1989.016.1332.1
"North of '56". Hewitt's Photo Shop (Frost Scenes) [homestead with cabin and fence, hoar frost on trees, mountains in distance. neg heavily retouched]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1059
Jan71P7 #16044 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered head dress, parka, gloves with snowflake pattern, eyeglasses]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.010.5600
[two boys standing on boardwalk, Phyllis McCutcheon walking near church in background, Kaltag]
Collection: B1995.010
B1983.091.S1628.2
Native ceremonial mask from Nunivak Island 12/23/54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2301
[view down tracks to Alaska Railroad train at Anchorage depot, photographer's shadow in foreground]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.206.003
65-5 Cows at Duvall [cows and calves in pasture near fence; vehicle ruts; Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.5732
Anchorage [summer view of residential area, possibly Clarissa at left, Fairview, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.742
"K13 McKinley Park Hotel Main Lobby" [Military servicemen lounge in chairs, sofas, reading, smoking, tile floors, uniforms, counter in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2108
(Romig's cottages, Anchorage) [log cabin and outbuilding in winter]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1763
T88 Trading post at Teslin Lake, YT (Yukon Territory), Alaska Hiway. [BYN Bus Lines bus parked in front of structure, men boarding bus, church steeple in background; gasoline pump, boardwalk]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.118
[woman carrying small dog walking on beach, young boy in foreground, man in background, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B1998.014.1.1643
T35 Brickley, Anchorage - Alaska (1948 postcard, 300 - 3) [similar to .1642]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1824
(T125 Fairbanks, Downtown) [street scene, men, women, children, military servicemen, dog at left; automobiles, businesses: Arthur S. Brown, Jeweler & Optometrist; EP. McCarron Lawyer, Griffin’s photos, music, Gifts, Model Café, Carr’s, Kuppenheimer Clothes, Fairbanks Bar, Drugs, Riverside Bar, (?) Photo, Liquor, Pantorium Lacey St, Miner, Lavery’s, optometrist, Quality Liquors, Anderson’s, Mecca Bar, Waechter Meats, Empress, Travel, Co-op drugs, Café, Bayes (?); flags hung over street stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1764
T89 Lesser Slave Lake Village, approach road to Dawson Ck. (Alaska Highway) [Alberta, Canada, road scene; railway crossing, fences, structures, "Imperial Dealer," "Coffee shop, meal"; tractor in roadway, automobiles, two horses hitched to wagon at left; church]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1557
T2 Anchorage - Alaska (Street scene, Anchorage) [looking east toward mountains, crowds of people on sidewalks, building steps and rooftops, military marching band in front of City Hall, automobiles, American flags hung over 4th Avenue, dog crossing street; likely a public celebration; businesses: Gitchell Hotel, barber pole, International Order Office, Jeweler, M. Seidenverg Clothier, Dr Hines, J. Vic Brown, Sears, City Hall on right.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1639
T34 Palmer, Alaska [view possibly taken from a rooftop (see image .1641) across gravel road and railroad tracks; watertower, possible gas sation at left; railroad siding with possibly boxcars and platform; structures in distance; automobles in left foreground, including one in disrepair]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley