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B2015.008.385
Telephone peas, Sept. 1920 [Dora and young girl standing next to tall staked pea plants]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1959.4
(2 Moose fighting) [copy neg of a print in wood frame]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.006.13
Attorney Charles Coe and John Gibbons, M. Ashley Dickerson’s partner
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Charles Coe, Attorney, John Gibbons, M. Ashley Dickerson
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1995.014.55.19
[man in dog yard with log kennels on hillside, log cabin in trees above yard, unidentified location]
Keywords: residences, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.55.2
[exterior of Air Base Chapel, Jeep parked at left]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.344
Threshing the barley and wheat [threshing machine and sacks of grain on elevated driveway into garage]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2033.7
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [man with rifle sitting on rock outcropping. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Keywords: firearms
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2033.8
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [two men testing ground near vent. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.211
City Hall building from the air, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.57.1
[portrait of soldier holding rifle, seated in field, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: military, arms
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.59.2
Axel Johnson on trail to McNeil Creek, 1937 [man with three dogs pulling sled loaded with supplies on winter trail]
Keywords: animals, transportation, roads
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.59.3
Mrs. Joe Jean, Mountain Village, 1935 [Native woman in fancy fur parka standing outside building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.019.1.01e.13038.28
Overview of Sand Point, Alaska, [Alaska Cities - Sand Point], c. 1999
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Sand Point
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.2018.1.33.003
14-2 Indian on dock at Saxman [man standing on pier; boats; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.003
14-2 Indian on dock at Saxman [man standing on pier; boats; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.004
14-2 home [man wearing suit and carrying hat walking down steps outside structure, domicile; picket fences; yard; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.004
14-2 home [man wearing suit and carrying hat walking down steps outside structure, domicile; picket fences; yard; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.349
George with my pet pig [George reclining in yard, petting piglet]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1870.4a
(Eskimo boy) [young boy in fur-trimmed parka standing outdoors holding dried salmon, snow on ground and house behind. color neg]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.56.9
[close-up of porcupine held in person's hand]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2033.6
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [man picking rifle up from sandy ground. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Keywords: firearms
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.33.005
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.005
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.006
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.006
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.001
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.001
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.002
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.002
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.003
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.003
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.004
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.004
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1962.001A.144
Warm meals at all hours. G2541. E423 [Ahtena woman sitting outdoors nursing baby. Ahtena Indians; P.S. Hunt, photographer] [Indigenous Alaskan mother with baby, Ahtna]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Woman, Mother, Baby, Infant, Nursing, Breastfeeding, Outdoors, BIPOC, Family, Alaskan
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.2143.28
54. Water supply, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [water tower, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.34.005
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.005
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.6.1
"People, movies/docs - Cap Lathrop's Cheechakos '22; Alaska Moving Pictures Corporation (railroad car) very historical, from Frank Reed collection" [sled dogs, sleds, people in parkas posed outside Alaska Railroad car]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1989.016.2141.9
D-9 (Native fur trader) [man holding rifle and wearing fur parka, standing next to building with hanging wolf pelts]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.49
94. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Colonist's Home) [log cabin in clear-cut area, with tree stumps and brush in yard, rolls of construction material in foreground]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.29
56. At Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two men working on construction of double-wide walled tent with "FIRE" painted on boards, water tower at left, man wearing coveralls and brimmed hat walking towards camera, fire station? Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.3
7. "All aboard" for Palmer! Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [train with passenger and freight cars on tracks outside of Alaska Railroad station at Palmer. emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.16
[Left to right: Jacqueline Evans, Barry Evans, Melphine Evans, Mayfield Evans, Willie Mae Evans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson] [Family picture, Anchorage]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, African Americans, Black Alaskans, BIPOC, Family, Jacqueline Evans, Barry Evans, Melphine Evans, Willie Mae Evans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, JBER, Base, Military, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans 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