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B1989.016.053.2
The "Loop" A.R.R. 48. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. G.L.J. [George L. Johnson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.038.264
[airplane tail number [3191G?] on airstrip, Consolidated Privateer?]
Collection: B2009.038
B1979.002.5004
(Knik 1914){Town of Knik}
Keywords: frontier
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1964.001.588
(Nellie Neal and Cub bear){woman sitting on front steps of house next to a pet black bear cub}
Keywords: pet, bear, cub, woman
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1979.002.8425
(River Boat Nenana 10-1-1949)
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.5001
PS Hunt J1827 Off for Eklutna River from Old Knik{several men walking down path through the woods}
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.010.2085
[view across water at low tide to buildings in distance, Cordova?]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.2098
[view of docks and buildings from ship, hanging glacier above town]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.3394
[large group of children sitting on driftwood log on beach. Cf. .3397]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1772.8
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view of long street with residential and business buildings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.023.279
(paintings, mckinley horizontal, wave and more)[photograph of painting]
Keywords: landscape
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.1904.1
The Army Express. c. Geo. L. Johnson, Anchorage, Alaska [two men with sleds and dog teams stopped on trail in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.003.006
Ilene Adams Ninilchik School 1936-38 This school was built under the direction of Alyce E. Anderson, first territorial school teacher in Ninilchik. 1912
Collection: B1990.003 Alyce E_ Anderson Collection
B1997.003.079
[two men, one wearing fedora, one wearing a cap, standing on high point above dock, ship, building and dock on pilings, water. Image is blurry]
Collection: B1997.003
B2001.036.252
Martina Wassillie, Chefornak, AK, 9-81 [woman with decorated woven basket, seated in kitchen]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2011.007.affidavit1
Affidavit of recovered civilian
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2014.003.18
[docks and buildings as viewed from the water of an unidentified town in south east coastal alska][copy of print from a training manual high school slide]
Collection: B2014.003
AEC.G642
Photograph taken from the deck of an unknown river steamer of AEC's Kroto Landing on the Susitna River. The landing is a small spit of land which has a collection of 6 walled tents and a barge which also has a walled tent set up on it's deck.
Keywords: river, tents, barge, outpost
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1962.6
(Hewitt's Drug Store, interior, 1953) [customers shopping inside store, with counters and displays]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2300.2
(Spa in Anchorage, exterior)
Keywords: recreation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.006.2651
White Alice construction, Fall 1956 [trucks and automobiles parked outside Morrison-Knudsen Inc. General Warehouse building with sign “Stop Before Entering”]
Collection: B2012.006
b2012.006.606
[Alaska National Guard Armory, Co. 81st Scout Bn., 297th Infantry. Unalakleet? print date Jul 61]
Collection: B2012.006
B2014.023.226
(scenic)(glacier terminus, mountain in distance)
Keywords: landscape
Collection: B2014.023
B2015.008.198
H10 81625 On the way to Kanatak a trackless waste of ridges samps and rivers
Keywords: kanatak
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.006.2350
[Alaska Native children playing on skiff on gravel beach, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B1975.175.665
Canneries. 165. Alaska - Indian. Metlakatla. Inspecting cans. Annette Islands Canning Company. 1938 Ray B. Dame. Left - Mary eleanor Hudson Haldane. Across from Mary Eleanor: Annie Ridley Perez, Matilda Booth (with white hat). Working at "patching table." Each can must weigh one pound. Scale to check weight in front of Mary Eleanor.
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1989.016.2171
Arctic igloo. Thomas Fotoshop [two snow houses. copy neg. caption written on copy neg]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.290.11
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [three caches]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.scn.5.StonyDomeView
{Mt McKinley (L) Pk 20,326 (R) 20,000. Muldrow Glacier descends between ridges, north east view} [Denali; mountain, park road at lower right tundra in foreground, cloudles day; image likely taken from Stony Dome, late summer]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_4_scn_5
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.2.6
(Alaska Universities)(AK Methodist )(AMU)(aerial)(9 Oct 1959)(9150)(Methodist College construction site){Lake Otis Rd and Rogers Park Neighborhood Goose Lake and Anchorage in background }
Keywords: university, Alaska Pacific University, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1995.010.2091
[Clarissa and dog sitting on hill high above town, with bird’s eye view of buildings, Dawson?]
Collection: B1995.010
B1996.011.359.neg
Shore scene, storm in cove [breakers crashing on beach, dock area in foreground]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1998.014.1.2477
"Sticking shutter shots; town near river" [waterway with stones and concrete reinforcing banks; wire fencing; structures; bridges; laundry hanging on clothesline]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2478
"Sticking shutter shots; town near river" [waterway with rocky banks; bridge with concrete abutments; sturctures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.260
3_8 92625 Port Wells Alaska Indian goat hunters at our cabin
Keywords: hunting, prince william sound, port wells
Collection: B2015.008