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B1989.016.1757.8
(Kenai Lake, 1950) [gravel road and guardrail at right]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.024.052
Pan American, Annette, 1952 Dec. [Pan American Airlines airplane and Coast Guard airplane on runway]
Keywords: Annette Island, airplanes, Pan American Airlines
Collection: B2016.024
B1989.016.2293.6
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of lounge, renovation March 7, 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.234.004
72-23 [Sitka; August 1941; two children sitting on deck or porch of wood structure; possible baby crib near center of image]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1743.1
(Anchorage railroad yards, Aug. 1951) [view of Alaska Railroad yards at Ship Creek, looking west towards Cook Inlet, downtown Anchorage at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1743.2
(Anchorage railroad yards, Aug. 1951) [view of Alaska Railroad yards at Ship Creek, looking northwest towards Government Hill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1855.3
(Mountains from new Seward Highway) [field in foreground, water in middle distance? snow-capped mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1855.5
(Mountains from new Seward Highway) [field in foreground, water in middle distance? snow-capped mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1855.6
(Mountains from new Seward Highway) [field in foreground, water in middle distance? snow-capped mountains in distance]
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
B1998.014.1.2547
"Moose rack/ at office of Engineers; Oct 12, 1959" [two men pose holding moose antlers in front of sign "Office of the District Engineer"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3316
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [village scene during spring breakup; boardwalks, Polaris Mustang snowmachine, sled, outboard moter; people in distance; structures, quonset]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3319
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [village scene during spring breakup; children walking on boardwalks, structure; Snojet snowmachine with wooden sled; frozen river in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
AEC.TT10
T#10 Trussel Approach Tanana Bridge L.S. from Pier 2 July 30 22.[unfinished Tanana rail trestle being constructed]
Keywords: transportation, railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1146.28
(Building Federal Building, Mar. 26, 1940) [view across corner of 4th and F Street of construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing pedestrians, parked automobiles, utility poles, and U.G. Crocker store]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1102
Granada, town, and Church of San Nicolás from the Alhambra [birds’ eye view of city]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2504
"Construction; April 1963 (new snow)" [earthmover; dragline excavator; possible pond in right foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1146.2
#1 (Building Federal Building, July 18, 1939) [worker with wheelbarrow and construction materials at Federal Building site on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
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
B1989.016.1745.1
(Denali School, 1951)
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.25
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Feb. 27, 1940) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, interior of lobby space]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.27
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Mar. 26, 1940) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, interior of lobby space with bank vault at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.65
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Aug. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, view from roof of postal annex looking north]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.20
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Dec. 25, 1939) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with wheelbarrows, supplies, and a string of lights down a hallway]
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
B1998.014.1.1630
Queen Ninteman and her Rendezvous court. (T29 Anchorage, Alaska) [copy neg, similar to .1627]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1146.50
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Mar. 24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking down into postal annex construction, with workmen standing near Third Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.52
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Apr.24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, steel construction of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.3
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence, part #3) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection