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B1990.014.4.P17.22614
Frontier builds ARCO causeway & dock head; Prudhoe, the winter of January 1976. [automobiles; crane]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.2470
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "5" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1022.6
GZ-140 (Working in Golden Zone) [construction of hydroelectric low head ditch across West Fork of Chulitna; tractor in streambed. Probably 1938-1939]
Keywords: mining, power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1574
162. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [workers harvesting crop in field, one man with tractor, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.SCN.21.17159
Copper River with the Chugach Mts. Behind.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2014.023.218
(pine trees in the foreground river valley in distance)[landscape]
Keywords: landscape, tree
Collection: B2014.023
B1990.014.2018.1.307.006
90-5 Nome [man wearing military uniform poses with uplifted sea ice; April 1943]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.370
George clearing the ice for the ice plow [George on frozen river, using wooden push blade, sled on runners in background. cf. .337-338]
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.161
[Mrs Cron and Alma standing on boardwalk with stroller]
Keywords: child, mother, woman, toddler
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.004.Slum.Block1984
Anchorage: This area was ultimately destroyed due to alchohol and STR people March 5 1984 Historic Slum Block
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2014.003.39
[colored lantern slide of the terminous of a tide water glacier with ice bergs floating in the foreground]
Collection: B2014.003
B2014.003.4
13805 (Victor Animatograph Co.)(dog and sled) [colored lantern slide showing dog team with musher and passenger in basket team stopped on trail ice flow and mountains in the background]
Keywords: mushing, dogs
Collection: B2014.003
B2014.003.40
Taku Glacier Alaska LaRoche[colored lantern slide of the Taku Glacier in Alaska]
Collection: B2014.003
B1989.016.2021.2
(Oblique of Fourth Avenue,1959)(8x10 cropped)(original 4x5 negative)(original 11x14 filed in overzies photo box)[A view of downtown Anchorage looking down 4th Ave towards the Chugach Mountains]
Keywords: urban, streets, street lights, street signs, water tower, apartment building
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.381.4
Ice hockey team, Anchorage, 1939 [Fairbanks-Dawson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.7.7
The old Russian Mission Church that was torn down in 1941 [interior with vessels, crucifix, icon]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.7.8
The old Russian Mission Church that was torn down in 1941 [interior corner with window, desk, wall hanging]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.7.9
The old Russian Mission Church that was torn down in 1941 [interior with altar]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.88.17
[Holy Cross, cultivated field in foreground, buildings in back, church at right, cross on hill in distance at right]
Keywords: religion, agriculture, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1045
M8 gold mining in Alaska (hydraulic shots) [similar to .1041]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.612
{panoramic photo of Mt Blackburn and surrounding peaks and glaciers}{copy of image B2015_008_610}
Keywords: glacier, Mt Blackburn, mountains, panoramic
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.004.33496
A photographer worries about a rising storm on the ice of the Arctic seas. Photographer's number: 33496. Print date Nov 86.
Keywords: winter, weather, clothing, photography
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.4.SCN.21.17280
The Copper River near the confluence of the Big Tonsina River.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.2550
"Army Corps of Engineers" [man standing within scaffold or tower structure that is covered in ice. Adjoining building with door]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.147
[Mr and Mrs Cron along with two other women and an unidentified officer]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.4.MF.AkNative.22.18477
Eskimo children. Photographers' number 18477 [print date Jun 64]
Keywords: children, clothing
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1998.014.1.2587
"Kashim Club/Interior" [NCO club on Elmendort; view of seating area with fireplace, stage with piano and images of female dancers; bookshelves; trophy at right, pool table at right, pool cues; logs and rough lumber decor]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1311
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Railroad Yards) [bird's eye view of buildings, railroad tracks, utility poles, possibly Fairbanks? One building painted "Pacific Grocery Co Wholesale." smoke or storm clouds on horizon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection