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B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.92
(Anchorage_Business_Thrifty Market)(Thrifty Market)
Keywords: grocery, shopping, commerce
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B2016.019.1.04d.06728.34
Mike Frost at seafood market in Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage - Seafood Market], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Seafood Market, Mike Frost
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1522.2
(Fruit and Vegetables, Anchorage, 1937) [produce market stands]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.471.6
View of Fairbanks, 1939. [oblique street scene with Thrifty Market]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.4
(Catastrophe)(Quality Market Fire){firemen using a water cannon to extinguish fire}
Keywords: accident scene, fire
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1962.001A.269
Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, G4311 [Horse Market; Horses; Wilson, J.E.]
Keywords: Horses, Animals, Livestock, Markets, J.E. Wilson, Valdez
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
AEC.G921
Farmer Whitney Taking Fresh Killed Pork to the Anchorage Market. Oct. 1918.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1981.019.043
Bear Steaks were commonplace and fresh beef a rarity at Dawson's meat markets The first milk from Dawson's First cow sold for Klondike Market Peter Buchhotz G. Wust 1899
Collection: B1981.019 AHFAM FIC
B1989.016.1522.1
(Fruit and Vegetables, Anchorage, 1937) [produce market stands, with Northern Pacific calendar on wall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1522.3
(Fruit and Vegetables, Anchorage, 1937) [produce market stands, with Northern Pacific calendar on wall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.395
Jack Chisholm turkey market [interior with dead turkeys and sign "Farbest Order Now"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.024.58
[Alaska Greyhound bus parked outside depot and Vern's Market, with sign for crabs, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, transportation
Collection: B2014.024
B1962.001.811a.C
[Valdez; Olympic Club; City Meat Market; Valdez Mercantile Co.; Transportation-Horses; Sleds]
Keywords: Valdez, Olympic Club, City Meat Market, Mercantiles, Transportation, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Sleds, Businesses, Towns, Communities
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1984.077.5.001
Fairbanks [street scene, Thrifty Market, pedestrian talking with person in pickup truck, person crossing street, telegraph? lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.5.002
Fairbanks [street scene, telegraph pole? market, pickup truck in lower left corner, man in street, buildings in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1927
First land-mark in Mt. View, Lange's Store. T171 [Mountain View, Lange's Market and Hi-way Diner]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.001.1311
Florence Root-Bell of Valdez [Valdez; Broadway Pharmacy; Root, Florence; People-Valdez; City Meat Market; Kern, P.E. Gold and Silversmith]
Keywords: Florence Root, Valdez, Pharmacy, P.E. Kern, Silversmith, Restaurants, Meat markets, Grocers, Businesses, Shops, Dogs, Animals
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
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
B1989.016.2303
(Anchorage Grocery Meat Market, view of store window, March 19, 1946) [window display with Coca-Cola and 7-Up soda bottles]
Keywords: businesses, health, food
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001A.231
Valdez by electric light. P.S. Hunt, G3114 [McKinley Street; Levy (A. L.) & Co.; Hotel Seattle; City Meat Market; Bank; Tony’s Bar]
Keywords: Valdez, Street scene, Electricity, Electric lights, McKinley Street, Buildings, Hotels, Markets, Bars, Banks, Businesses
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.079
100 yd. dash, July 4, ’08, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, K39 [Valdez – Festivals; People; Houses and buildings; Hotel Seattle; Valdez Market]
Keywords: Races, Games, Holidays, Fourth of July, 4th of July, Celebrations, Festivals, Foot races, Valdez, Buildings, Street scenes, Hotel Seattle, Hotels, Lodgings, Valdez Markets, Stores, Businesses, Shops
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.226
P.S. Hunt, G1102 [Valdez; Freight and freightage; People; Levy (A. L.) & Co.; McKinley Street; Frye-Bruhn Co.; City Meat Market; White’s (Al) Bar]
Keywords: Valdez, Freight and freightage, People, McKinley Street, Frye-Bruhn Co., City Meat Market, A.L. Levy and Co., Al White's Bar, Buildings, Businesses, Street Scenes, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Transportation, Towns, Communities, Bars, Taverns
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.227
P.S. Hunt, G3219 [Valdez; Freight and freightage; People; Levy (A. L.) & Co.; McKinley Street; Frye-Bruhn Co.; City Meat Market; White’s (Al) Bar]
Keywords: Valdez, Freight and freightage, People, McKinley Street, Frye-Bruhn Co., City Meat Market, A.L. Levy and Co., Al White's Bar, Buildings, Businesses, Street Scenes, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Transportation, Towns, Communities, Bars, Taverns
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.2269.14
13 (Parade, May 16, 1953) [Shriners in uniform with arm patch "Alaska Patrol," marching on Fourth Avenue in front of businesses including Ship Creek Market, Lee's Menswear, The Gitchell]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.147
Newspaper clipping, “Cheers & Jeers,” undated [Copy of newspaper clipping regarding Mayfield Evans participating in Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center’s fundraising dunk tank at Downtown Wednesday Market]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Newspaper, Clipping, Cheers & Jeers, Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Dunk Tank, Downtown Wednesday Market, Market, Anchorage, Community
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.1903
T159 Homer, Alaska (Main St) [copy neg; street scene with automobiles, structures, businesses: Schultz's Market, Homer Club and Cafe, Inlet Inn, Gas, Firestone; water, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.072
[Seward street scene, looking down 4th Avenue to Resurrection Bay, Mount Marathon racers in distance, spectators lining sidewalks in front of businesses including The Nobby, Watsjold Market, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1940.2
18 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [blanket toss on Fourth Avenue during Fur Rendezvous, with spectators in front of federal building, The Gitchell, Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001A.341
Sack race, Valdez, Alaska, July 4, ’07. P.S. Hunt, G1473 [Valdez – Festivals; McKinley Street; City Meat Market; Gold Dust Exchange; Levy (A.L.) & Co.; Brooklyn; Alameda]
Keywords: Celebrations, Street scenes, Holidays, Festivals, Fourth of July, 4th of July, Independence Day, Companies, Businesses, Markets, Shops, Stores, Contests, Races
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.1170a
51.10. Old houses, Braunschweig, Germany. Old houses on the market-place of Brunswick, Germany, city of the Guelphs from whom the British royal family is descended [street scene with vendors, pedestrians, man on bicycle, signs for businesses. Proof print]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1880.25
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Dr. Hines Optometrist, Ship Creek Market, and Lee's Menswear]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1928.2
(Fur Rondy 1952, blanket toss) [blanket toss in middle of Fourth Avenue, with spectators lining street in front of federal building, Smart Shop, The Gitchell Hotel, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001A.271
Auction sale of government horses and mules, Valdez, Alaska, Mar. 11, ’05. P.S. Hunt, G174 [Hotel Nizina; Palm Garden Saloon; City Meat Market; Valdez Mercantile Co.; Lion Clothing Co. Cf. .B1962.001a.82]
Keywords: Auctions, Horses, Mules, Animals, Livestock, Valdez, Hotels, Saloons, Markets, Mercantiles, Businesses, Buildings, Street scenes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.1880.16
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #16 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Dr. Hines Optometrist, Ship Creek Market, and Lee Menswear]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.20
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #9 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, and Dr. Hines Optometrist]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.23
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Dr. Hines Optometrist, Ship Creek Market, Lee's Menswear, and Anchorage Jewelers]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.26
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [female musher at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, and Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2397
Dog races, ’57 [musher with team at starting line on Fourth Avenue, signs for businesses including Smart Shop, Mode O’ Day, Conright’s Appliances, and Ship Creek Market, World Championship Sled Dog Races, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1280
O81 Volcano dust comes to Anchorage; 15 July 1953 [Fourth Avenue, service men and civilians walking, automobiles, 4th Avenue Theater at far left; Lee's Menseart, Ship Creek Market, Food Center; Mount Spurr eruption]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1880.14
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #10 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Dr. Hines Optometrist, Ship Creek Market, Lee Menswear, and The Gitchell]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.17
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #12 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee Menswear, and Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.18
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #25 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee Menswear, and Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.19
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #6 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee Menswear, and Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.21
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #19 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, and Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2074.6
(Five Mile Race, Fur Rendezvous, 1954, #2a) [musher with bib #8 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators and businesses including Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, J. Vic Brown & Sons Jewelers, and Reed's]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001A.328
Parade on McKinley St., Valdez, Alaska, July 4, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G883 [Valdez – Festivals; Levy (A. L.) & Co.; Frye-Bruhn Co.; Pioneer Barber Shop; City Meat Market; Valdez Fire Department; Bands (Music)]
Keywords: Parades, Celebrations, Street scenes, Holidays, Festivals, Fourth of July, 4th of July, Independence Day, Companies, Businesses, Markets, Shops, Stores, Brass Band of Valdez, Musical instruments, Dogs, Animals, Crowds
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.1880.27
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #16 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Smart Shop, The Gitchell, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, and Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.3
#3 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [musher at start line for Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Races, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Dr. Hines Optometrist, Ship Creek Market, and Lee’s Menswear]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1770
(T91 Dawson Creek, British Columbia; milepost in street) [street scene with sign in middle of street "Dawson Creek; Ft. St. John 49; Ft. Nelson 300; Whitehorse 918; Fairbanks 1523; Mile '0' Alaska Hi-way" businesses: Pharmacy; Royal Cafe, Ice cream, smokes, confections; Lawrence Meat Market; Wings Cafe; Spittals Meat Market; Groceries; Theatre; Monarch Ford; The Bank of Toronto; Philco; Geo Bissett Hardware; Sporting Goods; automobiles; steel drums (containers), lumber, material piled in street; City Bus Stop
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1880.22
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #4 at start line, with dog handlers getting team ready, in front of spectators lined up outside Ship Creek Market, Lee's Menswear, Anchorage Jewelers, Smart Shop, The Gitchell, and the federal building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection