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B2021.004.Box6.Page14
"Black community eyes vote to spearhead social change" 2/12/1982
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, NAACP, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.239
Caption: "Obama" makes History 11-4-08 (Post 34) [Election day celebration. Ed Wesley in purple hat. American Legion banner in background. Anchorage.]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Obama, President, Election Day, Celebration, 11/4/08, American Legion, Post 34, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.248
Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, Police Chief, Brian Porter, NAACP, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.249
Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, Police Chief, Brian Porter, NAACP, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1298
O85 Spirit houses, Alaskan Native graves at Eklutna [orthodox crosses, people visiting cemetery at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1079
M-42. Grain fields in valley, Palmer in distance. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2002.019.933E
[from verso] pub 78 [man standing on steps at entrance to clan house; likely in Southeast; camera on tripod; totem; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B2015.008.692
232.7. Crevasses on Brunonian Glacier. Soft snow, 2 men down, 1 in [blizzard?], 1914.
9.12.14 [climber in center foreground sitting on snow, holding rope, photographer with tripod
in center distance, small crevasse at left. Has neg, described as “photographing Harvard
Glacier, main axis, Mr. Tucker, snowing, 2 P.M.”]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.145a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman wearing buckskin dress, beaded headband and necklaces poses on a rock looking at the water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.145b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: woman wearing buckskin dress, beaded headband and necklaces poses on a rock looking at the water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1271
O75 A collection of signs at mile 635 (Watson Lake sign collection) [Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1778
(Central Office Building, Anchorage [automobiles parked outside building with signs for businesses including City Bank of Anchorage, Betty Faris Apparel, Title Guaranty Trust Co., Fuller Paints, The Yardstick, Grover & Grover Public Accountants]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1593.3
[bird's eye view of residential area in northwest Anchorage with Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; S.S. Sackett's Harbor at dock?]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1594.1
(Arctic Valley, Anchorage) [winter view of Arctic Valley Ski Bowl, woth buildings and ski run in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1287
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, parade scene looking west down Fourth Avenue; automobiles; elephants walking down Fourth Avenue past businesses, spectators along street and on rooftops; signs for Fourth Ave Bldg; Piggly Wiggly grocery; Rose Florists Shop; Theresa, Alaskan Printing; Carol's Dress Shop; Alaska Fur Factory; Chevron gas station; White House; Columbia Lumber; Milke Way; Paddock Paint; Paddock Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B & B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley