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B1986.096.water03
Water and wastewater. Anchorage Natural Gas Corporation. June 1962
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1989.016.1650.1
[mostly empty warehouse with sacks at left and gas canisters at right]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.3.31
Ditching for the Gas line from Prudhoe to Pump Sta 4. 2/9/76 16810
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.282
(catastrophe)(March 30, 1971)(18036)(Part view of damaged building showing gas heater)(client)
Keywords: fire, accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.1806
Eureka, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [Eureka Roadhouse, with Chevron gas pump. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.003.25
[people on boardwalk leading to two story wooden building gas light at left][inside passage]
Collection: B2014.003
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.291.1
(catastrophe)(client)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp){ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.291.2
(catastrophe)(client)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp{ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.291.3
(catastrophe)(client)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp){ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.291.4
(catastrophe)(client)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp){ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.291.5
(catastrophe)(client)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp){ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.291.6
(catastrophe)(client)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp){ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.291.7
(catastrophe)(client)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp){ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1997.003.244
[Goodnews Bay Mining Company. three men posing at drag line cab, gas can, tundra]
Collection: B1997.003
B1984.077.12.005
Juneau [Three women walking along sidewalk, gas station in background, trucks, concreet building on left.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2013.070.10
Anchorage, 1953 [elephants parading down street past buildings including Union 76 gas station]
Collection: B2013.070
B1984.077.9.001
[Car, power plant for U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co., Fairbanks, electrical poles, gas pump?, fence.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.289
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(valve area)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2014.013.25
At Knik, Aug. 07 [four people aboard gas launch Swan. Photographer O.G. Herning. cf. .24]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B2014.013
B1989.016.2325.7
(Construction of Minnesota Bypass at Spenard Road, 1966) [automobiles at intersection of dirt roads, with stop light, Chevron gas station]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.288.27
Tazlina Glacier Lodge, mile 156 Glenn Highway, Alaska [bus at gas pump in front of lodge. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.277
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18040)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire)(2108 West 38th Place Hole in the floor)
Keywords: fire, accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.281
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas){ Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th Place Hole in the floor}
Keywords: fire, accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.285
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18033)(South side and porch room)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.286
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18032)(West wall blown out)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.287
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18031)(West wall north to south)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.010.1750
Clarissa on deck of ship at dock, looking down on passengers and automobiles, gas canisters at left, Standard Oil of California warehouse in center]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.283
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18035)(Front door area of explosion and fire)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.288
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18035)(Front door area of explosion and fire)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.290
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18029)(Frontfront view N to South of bldg)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.1885
T149 Palmer, Alaska (Palmer Co-op) [street scene, structures, gas pumps, automobiles, trucks, water tower, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2334
"Teeth on cigar box" [false teeth diplayed atop a Sam'l J Davis y Ga wooden cigar box "The Vintage Cigar"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2325.1
(Construction of Minnesota Bypass at Spenard Road, 1966) [intersection of dirt roads, with stop light, utility poles, gas stations on both sides of street]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.35
Mac's home 3363 Lakeside Dr. Campbell Lake. Tommy Thompson cooks on gas stove. No utilities due to quake of 27 March 64.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2014.019.85
Gas cases at Naknek [cases piled at Naknek airport, tail of aircraft at right, fuel identified as Red Crown Gasoline by David Anderson, 2022]
Collection: B2014.019
B2023.011.82
Alcan Highway [view of sunset with vehicle parked on road in the snow with engine running in the foreground]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, Sunset, Vehicle, Car, Automobile, Vehicle, Exhaust, Sun, Sun ray, Sunburst, Lens flare, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1957.005.225
The Commission gas boat Betty-M. arrives at Indian River to take Mr. Edes and party down Susitna River to end of steel, Mile 210. AEC H111 [on verso:] gas boat B & B No. 2 [riverboat docked along river, tents at right, men and dogs on plank leading to boat]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Commission, Gas, Boat, Betty-M, Indian River, River, Mr. Edes, Susitna River, Steel, Mile 210, Riverboat, Docked, Tents, Housing, Men, Dogs, Shore
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1989.016.1074.1
P-271B. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [street scene with Koslosky's, Sally's Cafe, Valley City Cafe, parked automobiles, gas pump]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.001.180
[street view down Sterling Highway in Soldotna with pedestrian, automobiles, and businesses including Williams gas station, Ford dealership, and Bucket’s; print date 3/10/2003]
Collection: B2017.001
B1996.035.2.1075to1076
.1075—Maple waiting to gas the JRF-Goose 10/2/46 [Grumman Goose aircraft] .1076—Commander S. O. Cole and Captain Harris looking at the bow wheel that I just fixed. 12/30/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2023.011.9
January, Anchorage [passengers deplaning a Northwest Airlines airplane with tail number DC-7C at Anchorage Internation Airport, now Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, January, People, Anchorage International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Northwest Airlines, Chevron, Aviation fuel, Plane, DC-7C Aircraft, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.25
Utilities out except water and sewer after quake 28 March 1964 at Campbell Lake. Phyllis McCutcheon cooking on a gas stove, Photographer Geo Herben standing behind.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.284
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18034)North wall blown out area of gasoline break west to east)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2014.013.24
Knik, Alaska, Aug. 1907. O.G.H. / At Knik, Aug. 07 [four people aboard gas launch Swan. double caption, second caption written on emulsion.]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B2014.013
B1989.016.1081
#210. Norton Ave., Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop [street scene with Koslosky's General Store, Sally's Cafe, Valley City Cafe, parked automobile, gas pump, pedestrian]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.78a
Gas car, Mile 41. Eugene Underwood [single railroad car on track, three men working alongside, pile of barrels in foreground, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1