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B1989.016.467.1
Woodley Trimotor Stinson-A airplane [Merrill Field. Woodley Airways hangar in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.13c.04561.23
Sunsets [Scenics - Winter], 1985
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Scenics, Winter, Winter Scenics, Sunsets
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.468.1
Hood Canal-Lake Spenard [Lake Hood and Lake Spenard connector]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.468.2
Hood Canal-Lake Spenard [Lake Hood and Lake Spenard connector]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.006
[street scene, Anchorage, Third Avenue, Elks Lodge, houses, automobiles, Cook Inlet, Mount Susitna in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.008
[exterior view, dark sky, Anchorage, Third Avenue, Elk's Lodge, buildings in foreground, Mount Susitna in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.014
[exterior shot, man on porch steps wearing parka, kuspuk, mukluks, holding plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.467.2
Woodley Trimotor Stinson-A airplane [Merrill Field]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.007
[interior shot, dresser with mirror, self-portrait in mirror, parining on wall, dark room]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.013
[exterior shot, building, two people, parka, hood; blurry, possilbe double-exposure?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.015
[Exterior shot, man on porch step, kuspuk, hood, mukluks, holding plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2368.1
[Aviation, Star Airways, Alaska Aeronatuics and Communications Commission Aircraft Operations, Dec. 31, 1937]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1984.077.16.009
[exterior shot, Anchorage, Elks Lodge, Third Avenue, Mount Susitna in distance, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.012
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2369
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways] L4
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1984.077.16.011
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood, mukluks]
Collection: B1984.077
B2017.024.2214
King Island. [man using knife to cut walrus head on ice, 1960s]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3408
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; people; men, women; children next to aircraft at gravel landing strip along coast; northern Alaska]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.271
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994; boy standing outside open door; trash can at right]
Collection: B2019.007
B1979.002.4850
Alaska Railroad Yards Anchorage Alaska
Keywords: aerial, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2371
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B2015.014.2
[young woman standing in clearing amid deciduous trees, same woman as in .1. No print]
Collection: B2015.014
B2015.014.49
[white man wearing denim jeans, plaid shirt and knife in holster on belt standing on gravel beach, young Alaska Native boys standing on bow of sailing ship at right, other Alaska Natives standing and sitting on beach, several erecting tent next to umiak in background, dogs lying at left]
Keywords: boats, transportation, residences, camps
Collection: B2015.014
B1998.014.1.538
"D33 Dick Mitchell's team, trees background" [sled dog team, musher, parka, snow, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1502.5
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (McGee Airways) [seven men standing next to airplane with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2002.019.919
[from verso] pub 75 [Man with camera, likely carrying a light meter walking on hillside above river; structures on shore of river; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1983.091.S3017.004
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Hunters in umiak, open water, hunter standing at bow, binoculars, parkas, seal in boat, ice on horizon]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1995.010.5665
Kasilof, 1945 [view from rigging of Clarissa and unidentified couple outside pilothouse of Kasilof, Cook Inlet. has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.024.2289
Kotzebue, June 1967 [two children stand on a dirt road; boats, structures, clotheslines, metal drums in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1985.027.2442
Eskimos--Hunting. [Man hunting seal in Northern Alaska] Photo by Frank Whaley.
Keywords: Animals, hunting
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B2002.019.915J
Fred & Sara & pups, summer [from verso] Pub 81 [man kneelling on one knee in snow wearing seal fur parka, pants, and mukluks photographs sled dogs; sled in center; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1991.011.1207
Point Hope, 1946 [woman and girl sit on driftwood log]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.1158
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in winter, 1986 [image likely taken between 1961-1971; actually, a group of Inupiat adults and children standing outside wearing parkas; one child holding back of a toy sled; structures in background; possible storage structure in foreground; snow]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sled
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2117
King Island, copyright 1986 [hunter holding gun; likely in umiak; cap; earmuffs; water, ice, land in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1503
(Native Mother and Child, Alaska Airlines Copy) [Alaska Native woman wearing head scarf and carrying young child in baby belt. copy neg of print photo]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.39
39 (July 4, 1938, parade) [three women with swords and boat on Alaska Transfer Co. truck festooned with flags and bunting, truck parked in baseball field with advertisements on boards visible in background, parked next to The Baby Shop float. cf. 2055.27]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.122
"Eek 1949" [winter scene; women and children gathered at a slope as two people walk toward structures; straw appears to be piled on the snow]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.1100
(N10 Cushman Street, Fairbanks, Alaska 1946 postcard) [copy neg; nighttime winter street scene; structures, stores, automobiles; Rexall Drugs; clock readiing 7:10; California Bar; Bank; Shoe Mart; lights over street; pennants]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2267
Kotzebue, June 1967 [man using ax to chop ice at shore; water, mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2018.023.036a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “48” caption: "Eskimos of Northwestern Alaska, Nome" [women and children wearing fur parkas and mukluks pose on steps outside structures, "Circulating Library: Books sold and Rented, Stationery" and Golden Gate Store; furs hanging from building; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1972.027.070
Cape Prince of Wales Reindeer Herd - largest in Alaska. Nowell 15.
Collection: B1972.027 Laurence Tyler Collection
B2017.024.2344
Kotzebue, June 1967 [man with gun and boy look at belugas on gravel beach; shore ice; water]
Collection: B2017.024