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B2013.010.836
Aeronca [airplane NC23928 after windstorm, Merrill Field, 1945]
Keywords: aviation, weather
Collection: B2013.010
B1985.027.2712
Originally in B9 F176. Wien Tourism. Walrus. 8 x 10 negative. Severe vinegar syndrome, cracking.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1983.091.S1564.B20
(Nunivak Island Trip native people)(Mekoryuk residents)[washing dishes]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2021.002.041
Left to right, Theresa Quarles, Mrs. Simmons, Margaret Fleming, Fairbanks, 1960s [showing off their hairstyles.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2013.010.846
(Harold W Hitchen March 15, 1916_ 24 weeks old sticking his tongue out at the camera with his father)
Collection: B2013.010
B1983.091.C1028.2
KENI Chesterfield display at Studio Ext of Bldg 3-26-54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.1510.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [ship Kasilof out of Seward at dock in Anchorage, with barge carrying automobiles, people visible on dock, Cook Inlet in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.64.15
[soldiers gathered around camp fire in wooded area at night]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.2.1082to1083
*.1082—[servicemen in Quonset hut decorated for Christmas; calendar shows January 1947] .1083—This was taken Christmas night at Lt. Carmon’s house. Woodall, me & Cheaney in the back row. 12/25/46 [service men pose in front of Christmas tree with baby]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1998.014.1.383
B97 Seward Hospital [street view of building, church to far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2573
Nome, August 1961 [street scene with man operating fire hydrant; men operating hoses; man crossing street; water; automobiles; structures including Nomerama Theatre and a hardware store]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.179.3
Hewitt's 12. [Anchorage Grade School. Cf. .210]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.2.001
Lee [child stands on sidewalk behind ragdoll; domiclie in background; shadow on sidewalk; overexposed; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.2.001
Lee [child stands on sidewalk behind ragdoll; domiclie in background; shadow on sidewalk; overexposed; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.037.017
.17 – [close-up of pinup girl paintjob on aircraft]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.2035.7
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [man wearing three-piece suit and fedora with woman, presumably from the Daughters of the American Revolution, standing next to stone marker]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.1.003
1-2; Lee [similar to .001; iron, other appliance on counter in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.1.003
1-2; Lee [similar to .001; iron, other appliance on counter in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.002.025
Samuel Fleming, 24 years old, Fairbanks, January 1953 [across the street from the first house he bought.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1989.016.1590.5
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1588.1
[Kennedy's storefront on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, possibly President's Day? Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington with flags and banners in store windows. circa 1930s]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.12
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.13
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1588.2
[Kennedy's storefront on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, possibly President's Day? Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington with flags and banners in store windows. circa 1930s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1589
[boat on mud flats, dead geese arranged on deck and pilot house, Cook Inlet? cf. 1453]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.159
Eustace Ziegler painting. Prospector on horse. Z-45
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.1
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, sign over doorway reads "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.10
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.14
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.15
[Alaska Railroad yards at Anchorage in winter, looking north from downtown with Ship Creek and Government Hill, Cook Inlet at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.2
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, sign over doorway reads "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.3
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, sign over doorway reads "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.4
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1960.3
[mother black bear nursing two cubs. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.3
Hewitt's 3 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [military marching band standing in formation with instruments on Anchorage street, Linder Rooms and other buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.149
Sydney Laurence painting, ocean and mountains (seascapes)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2077.7
40 (Fur Rendezvous, Last Day of Big Races, 1954) [musher with bib #3 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators in front of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.174.004
58-2; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.174.005
58-2; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.174.006
58-2; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.001
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2076
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman in parka and blue scarf looks through binoculars; snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1960.1
(Bear Skins and hunters)[two men standing amongst a variety of furs and moose antlers with rifle]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2078.2
3 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military unit marching down Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Carlquist Jewelers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2078.3
4 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military unit marching down Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Carlquist Jewelers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection