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B1983.091.S2023.23
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Fire Deapertment ladder looking toward the masonic temple and the Reed Bldg)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.24
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(People gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.38
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Waiting for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.21
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Bonfire pile waiting: flag of the Post 728 Central Lutheran Brotherhood in the foreground)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.22
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Bonfire pile waiting: flag of the Post 728 Central Lutheran Brotherhood in the foreground)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.25
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.27
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire burning)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.40
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2016.004.16.23
Barrow 5180 [children riding bikes on snow]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.211
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S2018.9 and.10
(voting at Alaska Statehood Polls)(voting and counting ballots)
Keywords: voting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.1
(Anchorage Fire Department setting up ladder for the large flag on the federal building.)
Keywords: flag, fire department
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
b2009.057.22
Distant View of Anchorage. Pyatt. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B2009.057 Pyatt
B2022.005.217
[Distant view of buildings on winter landscape]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, View, Lanscape, Winter, Snow, Mountain, Hills, Building, Structures
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.51
[Nome downtown scene with pedestrians and dogs on the street]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.52
[Nome downtown scene with pedestrians and dogs on the street]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1983.091.S2023.11
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Rita Martin putting up large star on the federal bldg flag)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.12
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( 12_ the large flag)(13_Fourth Avenue)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.13
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( 12_ the large flag)(13_Fourth Avenue)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.735.3
Russ Merrill's plane on the park strip [Travel Air C-194 airplane with skis]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4753.1
Street - lighting on 9th Ave from E St east, 7-69 [Chugach Mountains in distance, park strip on right, Equitable Life, Texaco, and other businesses on left, street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.020.061
July 59 Frank wife & Hoon passing Anch. [Chinese American woman posed with young boy in front of Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-7 airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other passengers walking at left; print date Jul 59
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1084.11
P-240. Palmer, July 3, 1936. Hewitt's [passengers on platform at Palmer depot next to Alaska Railroad train, one man wearing clerical collar, Rev. Bingle?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2009.057.04
[Anchorage street scene with horse teams, men, stores]. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B2009.057 Pyatt
B2015.008.642
172.12. Dr. Snyder and his tent [man standing next to small tent in wooded area, horses
behind him, mountains in distance]
Keywords: horses, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.141
[Group of Indigenous Alaska Elders in parkas standing outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Man, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Boots, Coats, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Outside, Boardwalk, Building, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.179
[Newborn laying on floral couch]
Keywords: Newborn, Baby, Infant, Laying, Lay, Couch, Floral, Room, Interior, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.18
[Indigenous Alaskan mother holding child's hand and operating manual washing machine; outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Child, Toddler, Family, Holding hands, Operating, Manual, Manually, Washing machine, Washer, Barrel, Laundry, Clothing, Wash, Winter, Snow, Home, House, Building, Doorway, Door, Entrance
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.208
[Two Indigenous Alaskan Elder women with child standing outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Woman, Women, Child, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.209
[Three Indigenous Alaskan Elders in parkas standing outside midwinter; houses in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elders, Elder, Women, Men, Parka, Fur ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.241
[Person riding bicycle on dirt road past buildings]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Bicycle, Bike, Riding, Transportation, Road, Dirt road, Buildings, Structures, Houses, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2148.7
#7B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking west, of floats and marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including 1st National Bank, Bert's Drugs, Northern Commercial Co., U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center, Alaska Transfer Co., Richmond's Restaurant, Merchants Cafe, and The Club. Floats include Hoyt Motor Co.]
Keywords: automobiles
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S2023.18
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)("Alaska State or Bust" covered wagon truck in front of the Smart Shop))
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1084.3
P-232. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [group of men standing around a wheelbarrow, one writing on a paper, another holding a hat - same as in .1084.2]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2074.16
(Five Mile Race, Fur Rendezvous, 1954, #8a) [musher with bib #16 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators and businesses including Smart Shop, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, L. W. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son Jewelers, Reed's, 515 Club]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1485
Lake Spenard, Anchorage, Alaska [trees covered with hoar frost in foreground, buildings and dock visible behind, Mt. Susitna in distance at right]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.443
Flood, from our end of bridge. Ruins of 100 year old brick house at left [group of people on bank of swollen river, flooded and damaged buildings on opposite bank]
Collection: B2015.008
B1983.091.S1228.027
10/3/51 Consecration Photos of Bishop O'Flanagan, also reception photos at Elks (Ceremony, general view from rear of church)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1084.5
P-234. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [man on dais speaking to crowd in front of Palmer School, American flags on stage, man with accordion behind speaker]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.8
#8B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of military unit and color guard marching at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, Alaska Jewelry Co., and H. Seidenverg Clothier]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.791.3
[Fishing boats with sails, grouped near barge, Bristol Bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.3244
[crosses and graves in cemetery above Yukon River]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.020.072
[Seward street scene, looking down 4th Avenue to Resurrection Bay, Mount Marathon racers in distance, spectators lining sidewalks in front of businesses including The Nobby, Watsjold Market, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B1990.014.5.People.3.213
"People - artists - John Svensen [should be Svenson]; Aug 76; John Svenson sculpts bank panels; see also Ervine,Tapscott" [Alaska Mutual Bank]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 3