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B2021.004.167
[Ed Wesley in furniture store]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Furniture, Store, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1981.009.1
Wolfe's Hardware, furniture and appliances 5 & C ca 1950 copy from original by Mr.s Wolfe.
Collection: B1981.009
B1983.091.C0562.1
Better Living Appliances and Food Plan; Town & Country Furniture Store 4-14-53
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C0562.2
Better Living Appliances and Food Plan; Town & Country Furniture Store 4-14-53
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1998.014.1.351
Anchorage, Alaska (B74 Anchorage 4th Ave Theatre, Reed building, Eckmann's Furniture, automobile, pedestrians]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.333.4
Fourth Avenue street scene looking east, July 1939 [1st National Bank, Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1939
T181 Government Hill Shopping Center (Anchorage) [street scene; intersection; automobiles; Hollywood Shopping Center, Top of the Hill Furniture
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.12.4
"4 July 1947; some Anchorage historical 4th of July negs." [Bicycles, possibly a race, on downtown street, Eckman's Furniture; 1st National Bank]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1989.016.403.7
Anchorage street scene [bird's eye view of Fourth Avenue looking west, including IOOF Bldg., Eckmann's Furniture, U.G. Crocker, The Gitchell, Seidenverg Clothier]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.116.003
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.003
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.350
(B74 Anchorage 4th Ave Thertre) [First National Back, Eckmann's Furniture, Reed Bldg., Masonic Temple, pedetrians, soldiers in line, automobiles, parking meters,
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.14.5.People.12.004
People-Parades-Anchorage- 7/47; 4 July 1947 3 of 18; Some Anchorage historical 4th of July negs. [boys on bicycles, Eckmann's Furniture, 1st National Bank]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2018.023.076a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [men moving freight at a pier; winch; crates, boxes, rope, furniture, net; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1842
Hewitt's, Anchorage [street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage circa 1940s, with pedestrians, automobiles and taxi parked outside 4th Avenue Theater, Eckmann's Furniture, and Reed Bldg. copy neg]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.076b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: men moving freight at a pier; winch; crates, boxes, rope, furniture, net; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.116.005
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; clock reading 10:35; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.005
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; clock reading 10:35; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2051
[street scene at corner of Fourth Avenue and Gambell in Anchorage, with First National Bank and sign for J.H. Romig, Howard G. Romig, Physicians & Surgeons, Eckmann's Furniture at left. cf. 1462, 1656]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.116.006
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; G.O. Guy Drugs; clock reading 10:35; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.006
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; G.O. Guy Drugs; clock reading 10:35; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1996.017.2
[4th Ave Theatre; 1948; crowds wait to enter theatre on opening night; automobiles parked along street; Eckmann's Furniture store to right; handwritten notation pointing to "Raynor's car" and circling a person standing in line.]
Collection: B1996.017
B1989.016.1687
[Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage, with automobiles parked outside businesses including Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Building with sign for Fotoshop & Studio, and Masonic Temple, street light in foreground. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1815.2
Hewitts, Anchorage [Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage looking east to Chugach Mountains, with automobiles and businesses including First National Bank, Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Building with sign for Fotoshop & Studio, and Masonic Temple. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1815a
T120 4th Ave. Anchorage (after 1941) [view looking east; people on sidewalks, dog at right in street; automobiles; businesses: South Seas Nite Club; Crocker's; Bert's Drug's First National Bank; Eckman's Furniture; 4th Avenue Theatre; Federal Building at left; snow on mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1780
[street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking east, with automobiles and signs for businesses including Sunshine Market, Alaskan Stationers and Publishing Co., Sewing Center, Piggly Wiggly, The Club, The Pioneer Club, OK Cleaners, 4th Avenue Theater, Empress Theater, Jade Room, Paddock Furniture, Anchorage Times]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2024
T240 5th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska [Street scene; people crossing street at stoplight; automobiles; 5th Avenue Hotel, L and J Pianos Organs Music; Bigler's; May's Cafeteria; Hoyt Motor Co.; 5&10; Echmann's Furniture; C. James Hopper; likely the First Presbyterian Church (5th & F)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1815.1
[Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage looking east to Chugach Mountains, with automobiles and businesses including Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Building with sign for Fotoshop & Studio, Masonic Temple and Oyster Loaf, street light in foreground. circa 1946. copy neg. Photographer Sidney Hamilton, same as B1976.082.37]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1714
T66 Anchorage, Alaska (4th Ave. Theatre, Anchorage, Alaska) [street scene looking east, two women walk at left foreground; service men walk along sidewalk on south side of street; Reed Bldg, Eckmann's Furniture, First National Bank, three women walking near bank, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.414
Prov. Hosp. in left background [bird’s eye view of Fourth Avenue looking west in winter, taken from roof of federal building, 4th Avenue Theatre under construction at left, with pedestrians, automobiles, and signs for businesses including Eckmann’s Furniture, 1st National Bank, Bert’s Drugs, Northern Commercial Co., Providence Hospital and Cook Inlet in distance, circa 1945]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.404
B114 Anchorage Bus depot [City bus terminal for Matanuska Valley Lines, Anchorage City Transit; men standing outside terminal; posters advertising July 7 Bailey Bros. & Cristiani 3-ring circus; posters for "Glass & Glazing; Stooky Glass Co. on Post Road; bicycle; crowd of people outisde Monty's Furniture & Clothing store]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1920
T168 Alaska's most important and longest street - famous 4th Ave at Anchorage. [winter street scene looking east on 4th Avenue near H Street; snow; automobiles, people walking on sidewalks; B&B Liquor Store; Anchorage Times; Paddock Furniture; Theatre; Alaskan Printing; The Rose Shop; Liquor; Sewing Machines; Piggly Wiggly Grocery; The Pioneer Club; palm tree (likely with neon lights on rooftop); McKinley Building in distance; Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.19.005
41010 - Anchorage - Fur Rondy 1941? Moose Gooser at a Rondy when Cal Johnson was Gen Mgr of ARR (Moose Gooser engine & cars on special tracks on 4th Ave.) [no neg; duplicate print filed with other prints; people watching Alaska Railroad AuRoRa 1050 engine in front of Paddock Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints sign; Milky Way Fountain sign; Jade Room in left background; man wearing uniform, possibly a Keystone Kop riding on train car at far left]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 19
B1998.014.1.1287
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, parade scene looking west down Fourth Avenue; automobiles; elephants walking down Fourth Avenue past businesses, spectators along street and on rooftops; signs for Fourth Ave Bldg; Piggly Wiggly grocery; Rose Florists Shop; Theresa, Alaskan Printing; Carol's Dress Shop; Alaska Fur Factory; Chevron gas station; White House; Columbia Lumber; Milke Way; Paddock Paint; Paddock Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B & B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1970.019.177
A.E.C. G871 Red Cross Benefit Ball Game (May 25th.) Masons vs Elks The "Elks" Team 5th Bill Hammer, 6th Chris Eckmann (Eckmans Laundry, Furniture), 7th Eli Denon, Pioneer, 8th Ray C. Larson (Lumber Co.) 9.- 10th Jack Robart, Bowling Alley : Right Side of Photo A.E.C.G870 Red Cross Benefit Game (May 25th.) Masons vs Elks The Masons Team 1. Manning, William R (Gen Storekeeper) 2. McDonald, Walter (Mechanic) 3rd. F.A. Hansen (Supt. of Maintenance of Ways) 4th Mr. Gehrig (Asst. Chief Engineer) 5. Chase, Royden D (Dispersing Officer
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1998.014.1.1950
T188 (Anchorage, 4th Ave, Winter, 1952; caption: Newest skyline along Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska) [street scene looking east from 4th and C Street; women walking at far right; automobiles; bus #40 “Spenard Area,” license plate 53480; businesses: The Mint Bar, Fly ATA; Bar Corral, Denali Theater, Aleutian Gardens Cocktails, Fine Food, Dancing; Lido Café, Dick’s Lounge, Blue Moon Hotel; Aleutian Lanes Bowling; Monty’s Furniture & Clothing; Blue Mirror Bar Lounge; Alaska Cleaners; Hotel; City [?]ke’s Cocktail Lounge, Barber Shop, Shower, Baths; McKinley Buliding in background; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1290
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [parade scene looking west down 4th Avenue; truck with Cristiani & Bailey Bros. Circus; automobiles, circus cannon, women riding elephants; spectators - women, men, children - on streets and rooftops; businesses: Piggly Wiggly grocery, Rose Florists shop, Theresa, Alaskan Printing: Stationers and Publishing Co. 819 4th Ave., Two Sisters, Sunshine Market, Carol's Dress shop, furs, Alaska Fur Factory, Chevron Gas Station, 4th Avenue Beauty Salon, Radio, White House, Columbia Lumber, Schorn Paints; Milke Way frozen custard - fountain MI. Long Coneys, chili; Paddock Paint & Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B&B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel; circus posters in store windows; stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley