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B1995.014.106.18
[two log cabins and trees on bend in dirt road heading up hillside]
Keywords: residences, roads
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.106.19
[village buildings as seen across expanse of water, possibly Yukon River]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.420.13
P-20. Nov. 1st, 1938. Hewitt's [aerial of Palmer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.003.052
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” [two men standing next to log building in winter, ladder propped against wall next to fuel wood pile, sawhorse or makeshift table at left, mountains in background] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Men, Log Building, Building, Wood pile, Sawhorse, Mountain, Mountains, Mountain range, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.81.5
[large tents in wooded area in winter, inflatable raft on snow in center]
Keywords: boats, camping, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2524
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958" [interior view; man holding sign "June 30th 49th State"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2528
"Water resources display; drawing of dam" [same as .2527]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.521
Walter J. Freeman, 3d, 1931. Sand pies at West Hart[ford] [young boy holding pie plate on sandy beach, Dora’s nephew]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.212.006
67-2 Old barn [three horses and a pig in barnyard; wood structure; fence; March 1941; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.213.001
67-3 Farm in wheat country near Grand Coulee [three horses in pasture; fences; gates; March 1941; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2525
"Group award: Jan 14, 1964" [seven men and one woman in office; man in uniform holding papers is Colonel Kenneth T. Sawyer; desk with papers, pens, ashtray; Essayons U.S. Army Corps of Enigineers insigna on wall; clock on wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2527
"Water resources display; 5 negs & drawings - dam" [one neg and one transparency taped together, emulsion side out; drawings of dams, spillway, structures, mountains, lake]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1981.19.164a
(Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum)(July 11 1966 Lunch at Westward "committee on Historical Museum")(Bill Creighton_ Parks and Rec, Wanda Gilles Griffon, Bob Reeve, Bill Scot, Dick Silberer_representing Hickel) Norman Sommers, Felmer Rasmuson, Mary Louise Rasmuson, Norma Hoght, Herb Hilscher)
Collection: B1981.019 AHFAM FIC
B1989.016.748
24. Sunset on Turnagain Arm, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.213.002
67-3 Farm in wheat country near Grand Coulee [windmill and water tank in pasture; fences; road; March 1941; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.072
A28 Ft Richardson shopping center, under construction
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2523
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958" [interior view; eight men and one woman pose; tables and chairs at either side of image; one man wearing rubber overboots; woman is wearing moccasins]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1550.1
[Shonbeck Building at Fourth Avenue and H Street in Anchorage, with automobiles parked by curbs, garsoline pumps outside store in lower level of building, and apartments in upper two stories]
Keywords: businesses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.162
Alaska ’48 – Anchorage, stowing rods aboard Electra [three men stowing baggage on Northern Consolidated Airlines Lockheed Electra airplane]
Collection: B2017.011
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.15.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2015.008.514
Lining the bank with clay. House here [view from trees past dam under construction to depression in ground being prepared for flooding]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.050
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Pie eating contest [boys with pie on their faces turning around to look at camera, Fourth of July at Eklutna] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Pie, Pie eating contest, Contest, Competition, Girls, Boys, Children, Schoolchildren, Students, Indigenous, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Summer, Holiday, Teacher
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.053
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” Upper Lake Camp [three men near log building, large canvas tents in background, man at right possibly stacking small pieces of wood next to large log on rollers] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Men, Log building, Building, Canvas tents, Canvas tent, Tent, Tents, Log rounds, Rounds, Wood, Firewood, Stacking wood, Wood pile, Winter, Log, Rollers, Upper Lake Camp, Upper Lake, Camp
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.054
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” Dam in winter [close-up of iced-over waterfall] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Dam, Iced, Icy, Iced-over, Ice, Waterfall, Falls, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.5.EQ.7.25
Welding reinforcing in Cordova Bldg from damage of 3/27/64 quake- cost 145,000.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_7
B1990.014.5.EQ.7.2.1
Cordova Building repair
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_7