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B1989.016.234.2
16 1/2 lbs. of potatoes. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, P-509.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.417
March 1923 [Dora posed between snowbank and barn door]
Keywords: snow, woman, vermont, barn, winter
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.019.413
[Produce displayed on a table in front of Brown & Howkins store in Seward with sign "Raised n Seward, Alaska; approximately 1925]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1995.019.190
Natives carving ivory in Nome, A.A.A. Using skin boat for house. Copyright 1905 by Lomen Bros. Nome #24. [hand colored, four Native men sitting, carving, beach]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B2015.008.327
Nydia, blind purebred Arab, bred by Spencer Borden [horse in field. Cf. .992]
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4941
"8/8/1919 J. D. McIntyre. Russian H.G. wheat" [sleeve 78; field, agriculture, trees in distance]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1969.6
(Christmas Card, Greetings from the Northland) (bears and sheep) [Greeting card of Sow with three cubs in the woods and a pen and ink drawing of Dall Sheep]
Keywords: bears, card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1989.3
(Anchorage International Airport,Inside Cloud Hoppers Cocktail Lounge, May 8, 1954)(8x10 print)
Keywords: bar, airport, restaurant, interior
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.39
[etched into emulsion:] Greist [Indigenous Alaskan couple with infant posed outside building; man wearing western-style clothing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Child, Infant, Baby, Couple, Parent, Mother, Father, Family, Wall, Building, Shiplap, Western clothing, Clothing, Mukluks, Greist, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2014.003.51
[inside passage scenery photographed from a ship that is underway through a chain of islands]
Collection: B2014.003
B1998.014.1.2048
V2 Alaskan grown "Fairbanks cabbage/turnips" [copy neg; same as .2047]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4953
"8/23/1919 Dr C.C.G [Charles C. Georgeson] mixing with farmers" [sleeve 90; two men stand in cut field; one wearing suit, carrying object; one wearing overalls, hat; carrying case on ground; valley in distance; possibly Tanana Valley, agriculture, Fairbanks vicinity]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.118.1
Dog team, Tazlina Lodge. Photo by Sidney Hamilton. [copy neg filed #288.37]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.118.2
Dog team, Tazlina Lodge. Photo by Sidney Hamilton. [racer?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1003a
1922 [distant view of two men in field of flowering bean plants. Cf. .419. 2 copies]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.007.463
Subsistence herring inside drying shed, spring, Togiak. Print date May 16, 1991.
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.979
M-25. Section of the Matanuska Valley, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [bird's eye view]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.650
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-8 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging against structures; four-wheeler/ATV in center foreground
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.651
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-15 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging outside door of structure; ATV/four-wheelers; dog; bicycle]
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.652
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-10 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging outside structures; birdhouses above doorway; outboard motor; snowmobiles; sateliite dish at left]
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.653
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-12 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging outside structures; birdhouses above doorway; outboard motors]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.1916.2
Merry Christmas from Alaska. Hewitt's [sketch of man leaning against igloo with woman holding fish in entryway]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.973
(Hay drier at Palmer) [men working with machinery]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.538
May 16, 1991; photographer number 00353.013.12-7; Alaskan Native Yupik Eskimo children/ Togiak, Alaska [four children at railing of boardwalk; road, automobiles, and structures in the background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.640
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-8 [Grass harvesting; woman collects grass; boat, structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.1571.8
(Palmer - Early Scenes) [homestead with log cabin, termination dust on mountains in distance]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1728
Gold dredge, Ester Creek. Hewitt's Photo [copy neg]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.981
M-26. Matanuska Valley stock, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [cow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.983
M-29. A Matanuska Valley harvest, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [hay stacks in field, mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1311a
(O92 "Your sad story touched my heart") [man reclined in chair, boots, feet propped up, hand on Nawico bottle, calendar on wall, table, shelves]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.007.641
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-9 [Grass harvesting; woman collecting grass along road; boats, structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.643
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-11 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles in plastic bag on plywood floor; twine; supplies; television; VHS tapes; Alaska map with illustrations on wall; wood paneling; Skil router]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.4.Science.22.VU26039
Taiga, coniferous. Visuals Unlimited number 26039
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.2047
V2 Alaska grown "Fairbanks cabbage/turnips 1st prize [copy neg; scale reading over 17 pounds]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.007.540
May 16, 1991; Native kids, Yupik kids, Togiak, 4 girls, whale jaw, dog; MR; photographer's number2-T4-17 [children pose on whale bone; puppy; structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.645
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-17 [Grass harvesting; grass hanging on crossbeams of post alongside buoys; structure]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.978
M-30. Matanuska Valley grain fields. Hewitt's Photo Shop [hay stacks in field in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2012.030.2305
Siberian Eskimo dancers from Gambell, St. Lawrence Is., Anchorage, Alaska, 2/24/63
Collection: B2012.030
B2015.008.319
Farmer’s home made snow plough [four-horse team pulling three people on sled-like snow plow]
Collection: B2015.008