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B2017.029.655
Satisfied customer [man sitting in lawn chair outdoors, eating fried fish from paper plate with plastic fork; print date Aug 75]
Collection: B2017.029
B2009.037.002
.2a – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, man in military vehicle] .2b – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, some type of artillery shell or other weapon]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.McIlworthR.1
(McIlworth R Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.2376
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways, single plane]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.2377
Hewitt's, Washburn Photo. [Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.2378
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways, single plane. Cf. 2376]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.1553.4
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane in flight, Chugach Mountains behind]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.2004.05.10
You have reached the voice mail of AOGCC chair Randy Ruedrich
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2022.005.137
[Two Indigenous Alaskan Elder women with child in fur parka standing outside house midwinter; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Women, Grandma, Grandmother, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, House, Home, Building, Structure, Residence, Buildings, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1610.1
P-417. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial of glacial lake with creek outflow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2005.013.362
At fish camp, Klamonik River, late in eve., 8/1951 [large group of Alaska Native women and children posed next to walled tents]
Collection: B2005.013
B1989.016.1609.3
(Early Palmer Scenes) [truck carrying horse down gravel street in Palmer, past Koslosky's General Store and Sally's Cafe]
Keywords: animal husbandry, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.014.782
(782)(Harry Fred Frank Oliv Children Kokrines June 17 1917)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2009.037.008
.8 – Flier [exterior shot of soldier in flight jacket in field]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2009.037.012
.12 – Fliers [three men in pilot uniforms stand posed together]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2009.037.020
.20a – [closer view of just the steam shovel picking up soil] .20b – [similar to .20a, appears to be taken a few moments after the previous photo]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.1553.3
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane on takeoff]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.119.2
Adak, on Sunday the Army would take men fishing [soldiers on open boat deck, small boat on deck at left, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, boats, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1553.2
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane NC7[09Y?]]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.037.005
.5a – [soldier in plane] .5b – [similar to .5a, different soldier who is smiling]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.1501.2
(McGee Airways, skis) [airplane ski on ground next to building, photographer visible in window facing camera]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1586
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.713.1
[Fishing boat Tanak of Cordova in dry dock]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.713.2
[Fishing boat Tanak of Cordova in dry dock]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.713.3
[Fishing boat Tanak of Cordova in dry dock]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.714
[two men next to McGee Airways airplane on frozen lake or river]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.11c.13162.04
Salmon Fishing in Southcentral Alaska [Outdoor Activities - Fishing], 1999
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Outdoor Activities, Fishing, Salmon
Collection: B2016.019
B1985.027.2369.neg
Originally in B8 F153. Wien Eskimos. Dance. 8 x 10 negative. Vinegar syndrome, warping.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.010.2
The Lido Barbers (Fur Rendezvous Earl Blinzler, Ken)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.011
Wasilla Lake from south shore. Photographer's number 12.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.42.7
[men cutting snow blocks at base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.42.8
[man cutting snow blocks and assembling shelter at base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.209
[airplane on ground, wings and nose covered in fabric, people, fuel?; image is deteriorating]
Collection: B1997.003
B2022.003.71
F 116 122, Two men in kayak [two individuals sitting back to back in a skin kayak on the water]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Kayak, Skin
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1989.016.1516.2
#227. Eagle River Road. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1560.8
(The Salvage of the Winnie Mae) [men working to right wrecked airplane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.144.2
[Christmas card with Sydney Laurence painting from .144.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1501.3
(McGee Airways, skis) [airplane ski propped to show bottom, set up next to building, photographer visible in window facing camera]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.312.002
91-4 Wales & Teller [April 1943; Pan X; aeiral view of community on river; mountains in distance; possibly Nome; bridge in left distance; airplane strut at right of image]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.037.009
.9 – Flier [similar scene as .8, presumably the same pilot now posed standing]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection