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B2008.022.168
[unidentified servicemen outside wooden building, Carl Meador on right?]
Collection: B2008.022
B2017.023.038
[Nine servicemen posed, some sitting atop post, some squatting, standing, kneeling.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1998.014.1.312b
B62 Elmendorf post theater Chugach [servicemen lined up outside movie theater]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.037
[Four servicemen sitting atop post, one standing, posed. water and mountain in background.]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.023.166
[Two servicemen walking; Wally? on left, sailor on right, downtown in large city, street sceen]
Collection: B2017.023
B1996.035.2.1145to1146
.1145—[four servicemen playing cards in Quonset hut] .1146—[puppy Gismo sitting on chair; same as image .1]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1996.035.1.241
Adak [rear view of two servicemen standing at attention in front of desk where third man is seated; map on wall]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1998.014.1.744
"K14 McKinley Park Hotel, main dining room" [servicemen, uniforms, servers, woman at left, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.739
"K10 McKinley Park, Horse back riding recreation camp" [military servicemen riding horseback along path, trees, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.742
"K13 McKinley Park Hotel Main Lobby" [Military servicemen lounge in chairs, sofas, reading, smoking, tile floors, uniforms, counter in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.745
"K15 McKinley Park Hotel, dancing" [servicemen and women dance, uniforms, floor-length dresses, skirts; appears to be same room as .744, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.740
"K11 McKinley Park, Horseback riding, Savage Camp" [military servicemen on horseback in meadow, river, tents in center distance, mountains, road in background, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1996.035.2.1088to1089
.1088—Inspection at hangar. Lt. Carmen in front. 3/29/47 [dog wandering in front of troops in formation] .1089—During quarantine [five servicemen on sofa, one holding pinup against wall]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1996.035.2.488
From verso: 4-man hut Shemya; Marksburg, Bomb; Newton, WSO, Bradshaw, Pilot, Teflon, CP (Parker Roswell) [four servicemen outside hut 47-23]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1998.014.1.1281
Vocano [sic: volcano] dust comes to Anchorage 15 July 1953 [Fourth Avenue, servicemen, civilians, bicycles, automobiles, City Hall in background; Mount Spurr eruption]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.735
"K6 McKinley Park, Recreation Camp ball game" [sport field, likely baseball game, servicemen, running, watching, spectators, two women, net and automobile in background, trees, mountains; likely during WWII; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.746
"K16 McKinley Park Hotel, bingo" [servicemen sit around tables, bingo cards, chips, beverage bottles, possibly Coca-Cola, uniforms, one woman in center background, caller on stage; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1598
T16 Cordova, Alaska [street scene, people walking, conversing, military servicemen, automobiles, jeep, structures, businesses, clothing store, theatre, Northern (?); utility poles and lines, logged hillside, mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1996.035.2.1104to1108
.1104—Dunn and the PBY, 5/4/47 [sitting on top of engine] *.1105—Gladowski & Yound, the cook, at Tanaga, 4/25/47 .1106—Gladowski and the pup he brought back from Tanaga, 4/3/47 .1107—Army base at Atka, 5/9/47 [tail of PBY, servicemen, Quonset huts] .1108—The mat at Atka, 5/9/47 [runway]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1996.035.2.1047to1054
.1047—Peanuts asleep on his sack [man in bunk] .1048—“Dago” Phil Dambrosia .1049—“Peanuts” B. J. Plantmore, took Pierce’s place as hut captain .1050—Larry Pierce, “hut capt.” .1051—“Scottie” R. D. Scott .1052—Torgerson D. C. .1053—S. L. Kirby [owner of this album] .1054—[five servicemen sitting around a table in Quonset hut]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1996.035.2.1137to1143
.1137—[portrait of civilian woman with inscription:] Dear Stan, Be good and please be careful. Lotsa love, Pat. [dated on back June 29, 1944] .1138—Paterson and me. Pat is 2nd mech. In P boat. We were going to chow and a guy took this and we didn’t know it. .1139—Fleet in Elliot Bay [aerial photo of several warships] .1140—[vehicles] .1141—[serviceman] .1142—[three servicemen] .1143—[serviceman with vehicles]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1998.014.1.1835
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [Street scene, men, women, children, servicemen, automobiles, businesses: First National Bank, Fairbanks Medical and Surgical Clinic; Shoe Mart, Crocker’s, Lavery’s, Arthur S. Brown Jeweler & Optometrist, Rexall Drugs; flags hanging over street; totem poles outside jewelry store, bridge in distance; image is overexposed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1824
(T125 Fairbanks, Downtown) [street scene, men, women, children, military servicemen, dog at left; automobiles, businesses: Arthur S. Brown, Jeweler & Optometrist; EP. McCarron Lawyer, Griffin’s photos, music, Gifts, Model Café, Carr’s, Kuppenheimer Clothes, Fairbanks Bar, Drugs, Riverside Bar, (?) Photo, Liquor, Pantorium Lacey St, Miner, Lavery’s, optometrist, Quality Liquors, Anderson’s, Mecca Bar, Waechter Meats, Empress, Travel, Co-op drugs, Café, Bayes (?); flags hung over street stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley