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B1989.016.2305
[exterior of Federal Building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, summer, pedestrians and Jeep parked outside building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1593.2
Cook's Inlet [bird's eye view of residential area in northwest Anchorage with Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; Sackett's Harbor at dock?]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1250.2
Eskimo hauling reindeer meat to market, Nome, Alaska. Lomen Bros., #885. 47. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.4
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.5
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.6
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2128.7
(Bowden and Bowden and ?, Feb. 22, 1962) [studio portrait of performers, three men in vests and bowties holding bowler hats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.37
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder with young man standing outside structure]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Elder, Young man, Outside, Structure, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2246.17
(Parade, 1950) [spectators watching airplane flyover and uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Carlquist's Jewelry, Anchorage Grill, City Bus Terminal, KFQD, Marita Bar; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.23
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed female military unit parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Bill's Electric; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.13
(Parade, 1950) [military color guard parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Bill's Electric]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.10
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Bill's Electric]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.17
#17B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of Anchorage Woman's Club float with banner "Watchful Waiting" at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including Suit Club, M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, and Alaska Jewelry Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2183.18
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [bird's eye view looking west of spectators lined up along Fourth Avenue at E Street, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous street signs, City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.1
#1B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of float and marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage passing businesses including The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, Alaska Jewelry Co., H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist. Marchers include woman with sash reading "Pioneer," man with pack dogs, drummers, man with snowshoes, two men in motorized carts accompanied by nurses. Photographer visible on top of Ship Creek Meat Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.12
#12B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of Anchorage Chamber of Commerce float with banner "Anchorage The Hub of Alaska" at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, and Alaska Jewelry Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.13
#13B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of military unit marching at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, and Alaska Jewelry Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.7
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #5 and team passing corner of 4th and E Street, with spectators and businesses including Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Sons, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Anchorage Hotel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1428.1
Club 25, for Jacobin. (08/25/53) (3 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2147.9
No 9 (Opening night of the remodeled Ambassador Club. Photo by W. R. Dahms] [interior with accordion player in front of stage, group seated at table, Anchorage]
Keywords: musical instruments, businesses, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.4
#4B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of Rotary float with banner "Service Before Self" at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including Suit Club, M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell]
Keywords: automobiles
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.5
#5B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking east, of automobiles in parade on Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, passing businesses including Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, Montgomery Ward Order Office, J. Vic Brown, Sears Roebuck and Co., Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Lines, North Pole Bakery, Anchorage Grill, Piggly Wiggly, Western Auto Supply Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1831
T128 2nd & Lacey Streets, Fairbanks, Alaska [street scene; man walking at right; bicycles parked on sidewalk; automobiles; businesses: Lacey Street Theatre with movie poster for Sands of Iwo Jima (released 1949), Peerless Coffee Shop, Lucille’s Apparel, Daily News Miner, Monsey’s Pantorium cleaners, Wien Alaska Airlines, Liquor, Drugs; flags hanging over street]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2148.16
#16B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of military unit marching at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including Suit Club, M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, and Alaska Jewelry Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.19
#19B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking west, of floats and marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including 1st National Bank and U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center. Cook Inlet in distance. Marchers include groups on horseback]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.31
(Dog musher on trail, 1952. FR) [musher traveling through wooded area, Chugach Mountains in background, Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.20
#20B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of military color guard marching on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage passing businesses including The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, Alaska Jewelry Co., H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1829
T127 2nd Ave, Fairbanks, Alaska [Street scene; people on sidewalks; automobiles, businesses: Maddux Jeweler, Alaska, Pan American World Airways, Kayes, Curios, Café, Peerless Coffee Shop, Lucille’s Apparel, Daily News Miner, Monsey’s Pantorium cleaners, Wien Alaska Airlines, Liquor, Drugs, Wyman’s, Café, Model Café; movie poster for Sands of Iwo Jima (released in 1949); flags hanging over street; smoke stacks in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2148.14
#14B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking east, of military marching band and units on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage passing businesses including Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, Montgomery Ward Order Office, J. Vic Brown, Sears Roebuck and Co., Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2147.6
No 6 (Opening night of the remodeled Ambassador Club. Photo by W. R. Dahms] [interior of bar area, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.24
#23B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking east, of 4-H Club marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage passing businesses including Alaska Jewelry Co., Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, Montgomery Ward Order Office, J. Vic Brown, and Sears Roebuck and Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.2
#2B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of floats at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, Alaska Jewelry Co., H. Seidenverg Clothier. Floats include I.O.O.M. and Pioneer Builders]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection