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B1998.014.1.912
L91 Anchorage-Palmer Hiway (Pioneer Peak & bridge over Knik River) [copy neg; same as .910]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2446
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [#1 inscribed in neg; man sitting at table wearing coveralls and garrison cap holds light bulbs; equpment on table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.052
DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry before it became Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners, DeBarr Road, 1990 [Exterior and parking lot of DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, DeBarr Road, Anchorage, DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry, DeBarr Quality Cleaners and Laundry, Business, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Exterior, Building, Car, Transporation, Parking Lot
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2037.5
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [drivers standing next to trucks with logo for Walt's Transfer Company parked outside Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Anchorage]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.005
Left to right: Melphine Evans [daughter], Barry Evans [son], Stephanie McFadden, Mayfield Evans, Dakota Evans [granddaughter], Willie Mae Evans [wife], Jelani Evans Reynolds, Jacqueline Evans [daughter], Jamila Evans Reynolds, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson [Condition Note: small spot of food stuck to front of photograph] [Waterfront group portrait. Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina Territory, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage)]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Families, Family, Melphine Evans, Daughter, Barry Evans, Son, Stephanie McFadden, Dakota Evans, Granddaughter, Child, Willie Mae Evans, Wife, Couple, Married, Jelani Evans REynolds, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Jamila Evans Reynolds, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, JBER, Base, Elmendorf-Richardson, Waterfront, Group portrait, Outdoors, Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina, Territory, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.285
B54 Federal Building, Nome, Alaska. [automobile, parking lot]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1939.4
Spring Creek Lodge [roadhouse sign in foreground reads "Spring Creek Lodge Home Made Pies Short Orders Steak Sandwiches," log building in distance along curve in road. copy neg]
Keywords: roadhouses, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1939.5
Winter reflections (near Spring Creek Lodge) [four men walk along creek in winter, possibly carrying skis. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.316
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [terminal building, tarmac]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.022.921
(Richardson Highway-construction camps)
Keywords: transportation, construction
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.922
(Richardson Highway-construction camps)
Keywords: transportation, construction
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1436
S28 "Home" in the Aleutians [copy neg; same as .1435]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1446
S33 In-door sports, Aleutian Islands (4 in 1 pic) [service men at a card game; in bed; writing a letter, in a bar, barstools, cups, pinup posters, beer, cigars, coffee cups, Schlitz bottle.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.299
B57 (Elmendorf) [Headquarters Alaskan Command, automobile, jeep, concrete sidewalk, walkway, person walking in left of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2186
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, Federal crusade treatment center; 5 children around table" [spoons, two girls displaying what may be a cake, possibly with a bunny design; likely 1963]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2196
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, Federal crusade treatment center; 5 children around table" [possibly cake on table; spoons; likely April 1963]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.053
Mayfield Evans, second from left, inside the plant at Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners on DeBarr Road
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Plant, Interior, Building, Business, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Equipment, Machinery, DeBarr Road, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1994.026.06
Anchorage, Alaska - Schools Anchorage, Alaska High School Postcard Bert's Drugstore, Anchorage and Palmer, Alaska
Collection: B1994.026 Candace Waugaman Copy Photograph Collection
B1998.014.1.1531
(S91Ft Richardson, flag staff & Skyline Service Club) [copy neg; similar to .1528]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1532
S92 CBQ's and PX service station, Fort Richardson [structures, automobiles, utility poles, paved street, curbs, sidewalks, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1533
S93 Elmendorf Field (football game) [view from sidelines, football players, kicker, spectators, bleachers, structures, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.022.543
(Road Construction-snowplows)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.548
(Road Construction-road machinery)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.549
(Road Construction-Richardson Highway workers drilling holes to blast)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.550
(Road Construction-Richardson Highway Blasting)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.551
(Road Construction-Richardson Highway)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.553
(Road Construction-Richardson Highway)
Keywords: winter
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.589
(Richardson Highway Freight and freightage-tractors-wagons)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.591
(Richardson Highway Freight and freightage-tractors-wagons)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.909
(Washington DC)[potomac river and couple standing by the shore with bridge in background]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.912
(Young Alaskan Porcupine Ray Hoyt Photo no. 120
Keywords: wildlife
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1426
S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians (anti aircraft gun) [copy neg; same as .1424]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1546
S63 Snow removal on Alaskan air port (S99 Clearing Alaskan highways and air fields) [same as .1545, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.315
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [terminal building beyond tarmac, mountains and clouds in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.317
B63 (Elmendort Air Terminal) [looking across tarmac at terminal building]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.022.538
(Richardson Highway Freight and freightage horses)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection