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B2022.001.041
Alice Hemphill, seated, Murphy Evans [sticky note on back: Mayfield’s Parents]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Parents, Alice Hemphill, Murphy Evans, Portrait, Studio portrait
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1973.079.5
[wireless station at St. Michael 1907]
Keywords: communications, buildings, transmission
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2014.028.181
Y-73. [men walking in tall grasses next to sections of pipeline, Davidson Ditch; print date Sep 73]
Collection: B2014.028
B2017.024.3050
July 1983, aerials, villages [structures along roadway, shoreline with driftwood, automobiles, quonset, snow fences in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1971
T203 Entering Moose Pass from Seward "1954" [image taken from center of Seward Highway; structures; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.028.182
Y-74. [section of pipeline in forested area, Davidson Ditch; print date Sep 73]
Collection: B2014.028
B2017.024.3269
Northern Alaska; June 1967 [view of coastal village during breakup; sea ice, pan ice; structures and boats on shore]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2141.58
D-76 [four umiaks on boat racks in winter, building in background]
Keywords: transportation, hunting, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.124
Letter to Mayfield Evans from United States Senator, Frank H. Murkowski, January 4, 2001
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, United States Senator, Senator, Senator Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Frank H. Murkowski, E&S Diversified Services, OSHA, Egonomics
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2018.023.113a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [man standing near three convertible automobiles parked near flagpole; wood structure at left; trees in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2014.028.185
Y-77. [close-up of raised section of pipeline, man standing atop pipe, Davidson Ditch; print date Sep 73]
Collection: B2014.028
B2018.023.113b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [verso of slide: man standing near three convertible automobiles parked near flagpole; wood structure at left; trees in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.36.005
15-1; June; plus x 64-40 DK 20-24 min @ 66 degrees; wreck of New England Fish House by S.S. Oduna; June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m. [man photographing damaged structure and dock; ship at right; automoble at left; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.36.005
15-1; June; plus x 64-40 DK 20-24 min @ 66 degrees; wreck of New England Fish House by S.S. Oduna; June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m. [man photographing damaged structure and dock; ship at right; automoble at left; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1994.009.911.912
[laboratory at Kalakaket site (Galena) [descriptions on verso have been cut partway off; White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1998.014.1.1740
(T71 Cordova, Alaska; Cordova Main Street) [street scene, similar to .1738, including two men sitting on a bench; dust from automobile on street]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.107.004
40-2; Ocean Falls [British Columbia; Feb 21 - March 1st, 1940; view of structures, including domiciles; water, mountains in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.107.004
40-2; Ocean Falls [British Columbia; Feb 21 - March 1st, 1940; view of structures, including domiciles; water, mountains in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.107.005
40-2; Ocean Falls [British Columbia; Feb 21 - March 1st, 1940; street scene of domiciles; people walking on plank road; water and mountains in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.107.005
40-2; Ocean Falls [British Columbia; Feb 21 - March 1st, 1940; street scene of domiciles; people walking on plank road; water and mountains in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1743
(T73 Cordova, Alaska; Cordova Main Street) [street scene, automobile supported by a jack and with open trunk parked in front of liquor store missing tire; businesses, store fronts, Cafe, Alaskan Hotel, Card Room, Cordova Hotel, Lutheran Mission, Liquor Store, Pop's Taxi, Cordova Steam Laundry, Cordova Studio - Developing and Printing; children riding bicycles; people walking on boardwalks; man in doorway of liquor store; woman walking at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.36.006
15-1; June; plus x 64-40 DK 20-24 min @ 66 degrees; wreck of New England Fish House by S.S. Oduna; June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m. [damaged structure at dock; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.36.006
15-1; June; plus x 64-40 DK 20-24 min @ 66 degrees; wreck of New England Fish House by S.S. Oduna; June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m. [damaged structure at dock; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1334
PE1 Eskimos in the Far north with centuries-old customs, depend more on modern aviation than any other Americans. (Eskimos by plane) [children, adults, people gather near airplane, likely Stinson SR-5A Special, NC-13 (obstructed number), parkas, kuspuks, mukluks, water, possibly ice in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.004
[Army tanks and other equipment in parade on Fifth Avenue, passing businesses including 76 station, Polar Hotel]
Collection: B2017.020
B1998.014.1.596a
E29 Army rescue instructor builds snow house, Nome, Alaska "(Jim Gale)" [same as .595, copy neg. neg has tape on right slide, 2nd neg was found taped to this one. Gave them "a" and "b" designations]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1782
{T97 Ketchikan, street scene as seen from deck of ship tied to dock (Deck of "Alaska)} [people walking on sidewalks, boardwalk street; Hotel Ingersoll, Rotary International Club Ketchikan welcome sign; possibly Pan American World Airways sign; clock, Marine Hotel, Victor Fur (?) shop, parking meters dented automobile missing spare tire parked at right; figure seen through open hotel window at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2228
"Bromide, Big Halibut" [fish hung at rail of likely a pier or dock]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.630
E48 Diomede Island, Alaska, Frank Morgan photo "Diomede Is from ship" [same as .629, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.270
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief [Ed Wesley on left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1368
(PT4 Ketchikan) [aerial view of Ketchikan looking northwest, harbor, sea wall, boats, ship, logs in water, structures, creek, canneries]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2007.005.4.184
November 1931. Fishing. Smelt in the foreground. The baskets are made by the natives [sic] women. [three men, sled dogs, grass storage bags]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1998.014.1.1954
T152 Alaska Championship dog races, starting point 4th Ave (T192, Anchorage) [winter street scene, Fur Rendezvous banner; musher, dogs on snow; men, women, children, spectators; automobiles, businesses; McKinley Building in background; Chugach Mountains in distance; copy neg; damaged: emulsion layer cracking and separating from support]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.268
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief [Ed Wesley second from left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1362
(PS3 Baskt Bee) [Women wearing parkas sit together with children, making baskets; weaving; fur, pelts draped behind people, baskets displayed against wall.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1950
T188 (Anchorage, 4th Ave, Winter, 1952; caption: Newest skyline along Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska) [street scene looking east from 4th and C Street; women walking at far right; automobiles; bus #40 “Spenard Area,” license plate 53480; businesses: The Mint Bar, Fly ATA; Bar Corral, Denali Theater, Aleutian Gardens Cocktails, Fine Food, Dancing; Lido Café, Dick’s Lounge, Blue Moon Hotel; Aleutian Lanes Bowling; Monty’s Furniture & Clothing; Blue Mirror Bar Lounge; Alaska Cleaners; Hotel; City [?]ke’s Cocktail Lounge, Barber Shop, Shower, Baths; McKinley Buliding in background; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.594
E28 Eskimo dance, photo by Frank Morgan "1948 postcard [same as .592, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1927.1
(Trudy Fritz, Fur Rondy Lions Queen, 1952) [studio portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.3
5 (Parade) [night, woman riding on Lions International float, Fourth Avenue, Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1361
PM10 Taking shape in 1935 with the arrival of the Colonists, this colorful section of Palmer came quickly into existence. The replacing of old buildings with new is now in progress. (Palmer street) [street scene with business signs: Frontier Bar, Horton Cafe, O'Harra Bus Lines; Frontier Liquor Store, Koslosky's; automobiles, pickup trucks; man walking; railroad tracks in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley