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B2015.007.123
[four Alaska Native children posed next to wood-plank building. Original print damaged]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.010
(Going Prospecting Lake Kenai in home made boats){5 men with camping gear and boats staged on the shore of Kenai lake}
Keywords: boat, skiff, Kenai, Kenai Lake, camping, prospectors
Collection: B2015.008
B2014.023.046
(People)(Man wearing suspenders standing on steps infront of house)
Collection: B2014.023
B1998.014.1.1160
(O30 Outdoor swimming; 1946 postcard) [swimming pool, children, adults, slide, diving boards, trapeze, ladder, bleachers, umbrellas, sand, chairs, pingpong table, paddle; baseball field, players, houses in background; banner: "Northern Commercial Co; the store for everything"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1982.1
(Anchorage April 22, 1954 w/ wide angle lens)(8x10 print)[aerial view of downtown Anchorage 1954]
Keywords: urban, aerial, houses, streets
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.528.7
Army plane [airplane with tail numner R 71, possibly at Merrill Field, with military personnel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1159
(O29 Paxson's Lodge ? wolf; 1946 postcard) [Actually, same as .042, A17, "Alaskan timberwolf"; wolf, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2014
T230 Monument to the builders of Whitter, Alaska [copy neg, composite image of stone monument with miltary truck and building in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.017.236
Erle Esmailka throwing salmon in a bucket, Austin Esmailka Jr. spearing fish from boat, Dolly Solomon and Hazel Olson at table. Laurie and Jason Saunders watching at right. Kaltag [women and children working on beach, church in background.]
Collection: B2017.017
B1998.014.1.1311.color
(O92 "Your sad story touched my heart") [Eastman mask chart layout for greeting card with text, man]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.023.048
(people)(woman in fur coat with young girl standing on sidewalk)
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.1917.1
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland [Christmas card mat with sketch of log cabin in winter, with photograph of trees covered with hoar frost along snowy road]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1982.2
(Anchorage April 22, 1954 w/ wide angle lens)(8x10 print)[aerial view of downtown Anchorage 1954]
Keywords: aerial, urban, streets, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.769
L11 Mount McKinley "McKinley Park" [same as .755, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1916.3
Another Merry Christmas, Alaska. c. Hewitt's [sketch of man leaning against igloo, woman ice fishing, and three children]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1275
O78 Polet's at Nome, Alaska (Polet Store) [interior view of man wearing visor at sales counter showing beaded fur footwear to serviceman, TechnicianThird Grade insignia; sign of wall for "Eben the crane" book by Alma Savage, published in 1944; sign: "Alaskan Husky Barometer; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2013
T229 Whittier Railroad station "Depot" [railroad tracks in foreground; jeep parked under overhang; railcar at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S3178.041
Unalakleet, fish racks, 7-18-60 [fish drying on wood racks; structures in background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.2018.1.292.004
88-8 March 43; Plus X; Trip back on ridge [view of trees, including dead trees in foreground; near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1157
O28 Along an Alaskan Hiway (Paxson's Lodge, 1938; 1946 postcard) [log structures, antlers, screened porch, sign: "Good fishing; big game hunting" automobile tire, wheelbarrow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1986
(Anchorage Cold Storage, April 22, 1954)
Keywords: buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1274
O77 Polet's, Nome (Polet Store) [interior view of store, fur, pelts, footwear, parkas, wolf, fox; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.087a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] “Dubby” [portrait of husky, possibly sled dog owned by Scotty Allan; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1903
T159 Homer, Alaska (Main St) [copy neg; street scene with automobiles, structures, businesses: Schultz's Market, Homer Club and Cafe, Inlet Inn, Gas, Firestone; water, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2058.25
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland (Christmas Cards 1939, Mrs. Lee) [Christmas card mat with sketch of totem pole and holly leaves, with photograph of woman sewing mukluks, Eklutna Vocational School. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.858
L61 Fort Richardson, Alaska (flag pole, 1946 postcard) [similar to .856; structures, Chugach mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.087b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] “Dubby” [verso of slide: portrait of husky, possibly sled dog owned by Scotty Allan; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2017.017.199
[view of village, with dog yard in right foreground, truck parked at left, drying racks at right, house in background with antlers mounted to roof]
Collection: B2017.017
B2009.017.1984.08.11
Loop Hole Veco Campaign Funding Plan
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1998.014.1.1173
O34 Along an Alaskan Hiway {Sourdough, Alaska (lodge)} [copy neg; same as .1172]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1185
O41 Alaska "drillers" at work {1946 postcard (mosquitos on man's back!)} [copy neg; same as .1184]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1061
[scenic with pine trees in foreground, Mount Rainier in distance]
Keywords: Mt Rainer, alpine
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.009
(Lake Kenai-mile 20){several cabins and log piles on the shore of Kenai Lake}
Keywords: cabin, lake, Kenai
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.693
233.5. Where to now? 9.13.14 [view across glacier to valley glacier, climber in
foreground negotiating crevasses. H.L. Tucker. Cf. .888]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.694
233.6. 9.13.14 [two climbers negotiating crevasses, Dora at left. Published in “First
exploration of the Harvard Glacier, Alaska” (1915) with caption: “On a narrow ice bridge
between deep crevasses, exploring the Harvard Glacier. Note the heavy packs. Miss Keen in
the rear”]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008