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B1984.077.14.017
Thawing out ground for the dredge? [riverbed, pilings? logs, water]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.528.4
Army plane [trimotor airplane with tail number R 71, possibly at Merrill Field, with passengers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.116
[person laying in bottom of wooden boat, two people reclining on rock in midground, water, snow in distance]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.2018.1.137.001
46-3 Margaret Hall [infant zipped into blanket; crib; likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.136.006
46-1 May 1940; Plus x 40 - 24; DK 20; Marine views - oil barge - Neptune & Venus [wood vessel with decorated prow at dock; anchor]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.023.251
[Wally squatting in snow with dog, automobiles, porch in background.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1984.077.1.035
Man in hat sitting on knoll, structure in right foreground, mountain in background. neg. is deteriorated.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.7.010
[river and riverbed in foreground, mountains in background, clouds. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.528.5
Army plane [airplane, possibly at Merrill Field, with military personnel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.528.6
Army plane [airplane with tail number R 10, possibly at Merrill Field, with vehicles, crewmen, tower]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.69.14
[scenic of broad river valley, trees in foreground, mountains in distance, probably Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.135
2446 2475 8 (92914)(9am)(Columbia Glacier from Station G)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.2.022
[steam shovel, dirt mound, pickup truck, man standing in mindground, behind vehicles]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1346
Winter sport, Anchorage, Alaska. Bragaw's. Hewitt's Photo Shop [musher with dog team stopped on snowy trail]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1347
Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's [street scene of Fourth Avenue looking east, with pedestrians, automobiles, and businesses including Northern Commercial Co., Bert's Drugs, First National Bank, and 4th Avenue Theater. Chugach Mountains in distance. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1348
Sackett Harbor. Hewitt's [SS Sackett's Harbor, ship docked at Anchorage port on Ship Creek in winter. Circa 1946. copy neg]
Keywords: electricity, power generation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.134.1
Sydney Laurence painting, Rock Mt. McKinley.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.257
[two men on Alaska Air Express airplane; propeller moving, bucket or can on wing; trees, possibly supplies in right background]
Collection: B1997.003
B2014.023.217
(lake shore wildflowers in foreground)[landscape]
Keywords: landscape
Collection: B2014.023
B2015.008.947
St. Elias Range [bird’s eye view of mountains]
Keywords: mountain, St Elias Range
Collection: B2015.008
B1997.003.094
[men taking a break at quarry, hard hats, wooden keg on table in midground]
Collection: B1997.003
B1984.077.17.009
[Anchorage Third Avenue, garden plot, buildings, Elks Club, houses in background, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.1.036
[Fairbanks? view from rooftop or window? "hardware machinery" business across river, hills, buildings, homes.
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.7.007
Marino Roadhouse. (McK.) [log building, upper porch, mountains in distance. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1509.6
(Fourth Avenue between D & C Streets, south side) [Anchorage street scene with woman walking past two Peterson's taxis parked outside businesses including The Panhandle, Annex Liquor Store, Anchorage Laundry, Paris Dry Cleaners, Peterson's Hotel, and Chrysler Plymouth dealer. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1675.2
(Winter Scenes along Highway) [snow covered river with mountains in background, Glenn Highway]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1675.4
(Winter Scenes along Highway) [steam rising from snow covered river, winter sun , Glenn Highway]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection