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B2015.008.1063
Heavy marching order, Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., 1898 [soldier in military uniform
posed on field, man at left, tents in background, Spanish American War]
Keywords: Army, soldiers, tents
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1759.2
(L St Apartments construction, 1951) [Anchorage apartment building with scaffolding]
Keywords: construction, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1759.3
(L St Apartments construction, 1951) [Anchorage apartment building with scaffolding]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2277
(BPOE 1951) [Elks ceremony, one man handing another an envelope in front of a table with equipment on it, two hand-lettered placards reading "BPOE 1351, Anchorage, Alaska" and "Iron lung party"]
Keywords: fraternal organizations, medicine, healthcare
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.399.2
Lyle's Airport (Bents Bro.?) [aerial of landing strip, settlement, Interior Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2582
"Kenai Highway; snow scenes; Feb 1937" [scenic view of snow, trees, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.5738.jpg
[Cora Hoffman hospital room?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1998.014.1.2276
"Buster" and his porky. Seward, Alaska. [boy wearing overalls and boots holds dead porcupine by one paw; rocks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4814 (2)
Locos Steam #557 last operating steam loco on ARR #557
Keywords: trains, transportation, railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1984.077.5.030
Private property, keep out, Dancer? [log cabin in disrepair, no roof, missing windows]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.597.3
#3. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [construction of City Hall, including Fire Department and Wells Garage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6136a
[interior of bedroom, with bureau, chairs, mirror, and hurricane lamp, 1950s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6137
[interior of house, possibly kitchen, showing cabinet in corner of room, table and chairs at left, 1940s. Cf. .5741]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.2661
(Fly Boy and Camera Man June 24, 1952) [7 planes flying in formation]
Keywords: military, airplanes
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.5737.jpg
Cora Hoffman, Joe Redington
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1989.016.2570
6, dining table teachers [Eklutna Industrial School].
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.212.5
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [Miss Dawson, Miss Alaska, Miss Yukon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.703
Federal Court House, Anchorage, Alaska. Bragaw's [original building on Fourth Avenue, circa 1920s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.704
16. Prospector crossing a glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop. Bragaw's [Bragaw name erased. Man and horse on bridge over glacier crevasse. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.705
27. Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.706
Planting potatoes, Palmer, May 28, 1948 [tractor in field with buildings and mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture, farming
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.98
[group of men and women picnicking outdoors, with fire pit amid redwood trees]
Collection: B2008.013
B2015.026.336
[unidentified woman throwing floral wreath into water from Solitude, memorial service? no date]
Collection: B2015.026
B2015.026.732
6-2. Eskimo blanket toss. Native Alaska Set No. 6. Arctic Circle Enterprises, Anchorage [young man being thrown by group of men and women gathered on beach, water and shoreline in background]
Collection: B2015.026
B2015.008.935
[two people seated next to tent in wooded area, with hand-lettered signs “God Bless
Our Home” and “Al[?].” Alaganik? Poor quality print]
Keywords: tent
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2180.1
[view along Cook Inlet, Alaska Railroad tracks in foreground along mud flats, Port of Anchorage docks with ships, cannery, and oil tanks, bluff over Knik Arm in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2181.2
(Emard Property, House Exterior) [Anchorage home. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.15
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of lounge with jukebox, August 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.17
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of lounge with jukebox, August 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.18
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of lounge with jukebox, August 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.19
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of dining room, August 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.2
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of main hall, August 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection