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B1989.016.1759.1
(L St Apartments construction, 1951) [apartment building with scaffolding]
Keywords: construction, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B2016.024.056
Metlakatla, July ’52 [William Duncan gravesite, scaffolding on building in background]
Keywords: Metlakatla, graves
Collection: B2016.024
B1989.016.2294.1
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, exterior, construction August 1950) [bird's eye view from scaffolding, buildings in distance]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.235.003
72-4 [Sitka, August 1941; The Castle - structure on hill; structure under construction in foreground; scaffold]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1744.1
(Anchorage skyscraper, L St. Apartments, Aug. 1951) [distant view of apartment building under construction, with scaffolding]
Keywords: residences, construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1744.2
(Anchorage skyscraper, L St. Apartments, Aug. 1951) [distant view of apartment building under construction, with scaffolding]
Keywords: residences, construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.1
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.2
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.3
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.4
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.5
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2550
"Army Corps of Engineers" [man standing within scaffold or tower structure that is covered in ice. Adjoining building with door]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3331
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [man wearing coveralls stands under wood structure, possibly scaffold; structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3331
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [man wearing coveralls stands under wood structure, possibly scaffold; structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
AEC.TT204
T204 Tunnel #1 South End 2, 17 21 L.N.[6 men standing on a makeshift scaffolding outlining the beginnings of tunnel #1]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1146.31
(Building Federal Building, Apr. 23, 1940) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing scaffolding]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.024.057
Metlakatla, July ’52, Fr. Duncan [view down street to Christian Mission Church with scaffolding, automobile parked in front of house in foreground]
Keywords: Metlakatla, churches, construction
Collection: B2016.024
B2015.008.1106
Toledo, city walls and Church of San Juan de los Reyes from the driving road on the other bank of the Tagus [view across river, scaffolding around church at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2508
"Construction site & men" [men at construction site wearing overalls, hard hats watch as crane lifts wall sections into place/ structure with scaffold at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1146.23
(Building Federal Building, Jan. 20, 1940) [construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage in winter, showing some scaffolding, small outbuilding and shed, supplies]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.61
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, June 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, scaffolding on walls of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1746.1
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1746.2
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1746.3
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.29
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Mar. 26, 1940) [winter view of construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing some scaffolding, parked automobile, small sheds]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.30
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Mar. 26, 1940) [view of construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing some scaffolding, parked automobiles, small sheds, pedestrians]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.69
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Oct. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, exterior of nearly completed postal annex with scaffolding and parked automobile]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.002
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cattle barn [man and three young women standing next to barn, scaffolding on sides of barn] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna).]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Barn, Cattle barn, Livestock, Scaffolding
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1146.24
(Building Federal Building, Jan. 20, 1940) [bird's eye view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage in winter, showing scaffolding, parked automobiles, with Mt. Susitna and Knik Arm in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.34
(Building Federal Building, June 22, 1940) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, seen from Second Avenue and G Street, showing scaffolding, houses, parked automobiles, unpaved streets]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1634
T31 Anchorage - Alaska (4th Ave) [street scene looking east down center of 4th Avenue; men, women, children walking; automobiles, federal building, Bert's Drugs, 1st National Bank; 4th Avenue Theatre is partially constructed, scaffold, ladders, barricades]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1146.54
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Apr.24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, walls going up for postal annex, showing scaffolding and sign reading: This project being constructed under the control of the Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.58
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, May 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, walls going up for postal annex, showing scaffolding and sign reading: This project being constructed under the control of the Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.7
[Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue at E Street looking east, parked automobiles with businesses including Rexall Pharmacy, Anchorage Light & Power Co., Anchorage Grill and Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, circa 1936. Prior to construction of Anchorage Hotel. Scaffolding around building that would become Hewitt's Drug Store]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection