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B1992.003.005
Hotel Holman [winter scene; men standing in front of log structure with skis crossed above porch and flag; packed sledges; horses; dogs]
Collection: B1992.003
B2006.023.7514.jpg
[Musher William Soloman holding his name tag, with dog beside him.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7514
[Musher William Soloman holding his name tag, with dog beside him.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1973.079.44
[gold mining on the Seward Peninsula][scaffolding for sluce with tailings]
Keywords: resource extraction, Nome, gold, mines, mining
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2016.010.382
[Alaska Native elder sitting on wooden bench with young boy and young girl, Nome or Kotzebue? print date Sep 78]
Collection: B2016.010
B1992.003.003
Ahtna boys [three boys pose in front of log cabin porch; broom, shovel, other implements in view; structure at far right]
Collection: B1992.003
B1984.077.21.019
[scenic view, cabin, meadow, trees, mountains in distance. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.22.012
[depot, railroad tracks, boardwalk, platform, bulding, two people, train. Image is blurry. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.3.030
[scenic view with trees, knoll, mountain. neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.2247
[dock or other structure collapsing into water, mountains in background. Cf. .2245]
Collection: B1995.010
B2016.004.96.145
Valley Feature 4/18, 7904182-7904183, McKinley Farm, 4/22, 7904225-7904227 [157 b&w images. Photo essay “Pioneer Dentist” ran in Anchorage Daily News on April 24, 1979.Lee and Doris McKinley with patient in dental office]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.1624.11
16. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, wuth spectators and Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.12
17. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Queen with fur parka and tiara with young boy standing next to Aurora Train, Anchorage depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.14
19. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [two Army MPs at attention next to Lions grandstand on Anchorage depot platform, with Boy Scout]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.15
20. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.17
22. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand as soldiers look on, Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.19
24. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.3
3. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Keywords: musicians
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.7
10. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [group of MPs standing in formation on platform at Anchorage train depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.18
23. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.21
26. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with soldiers and Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.23
(Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, photographer at left, with soldiers and Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4878
(Cronin#4 Tanana River breakup at Nenana note fish traps in ice)
Keywords: winter, river, ice
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.5006
Knik Alaska(AEC J1823) {the town of Knik and The Railroad Kitchen restaurant}
Keywords: frontier town
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.1892
Seward, Alaska (T154, Main St) [Street scene near 4th and Adams Street looking south toward Resurrection Bay; autombiles, people on sidewalks, structures; businesses: Alaska House, Food, Groceries, Liquors, Meats; The Nobby Diner, Drugs, Seward Steam Laundry, Wasjold's groceries,
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.003.8
13819(Skagway River)(Victor Animatograph)[colored lantern slide with a birds eye view looking down river towards Skagway]
Collection: B2014.003
B1989.016.1621.2
(Record Moose Horns) [moose antlers posed with rifle on small table. copy neg 5 x 7 nitrate negative, warping. Note on sleeve indicates that B1989.016.1622 was destroyed in 1994.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.13
18. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band playing at Anchorage depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.2
2. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [color guard and group of soldiers wearing MP helmets marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2303
(Anchorage Grocery Meat Market, view of store window, March 19, 1946) [window display with Coca-Cola and 7-Up soda bottles]
Keywords: businesses, health, food
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.22
27. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2312.7
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of warehouse, May 9, 1951) [railroad and equipment yard, Ship Creek area, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.6
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher and team passing Anchorage Hotel at corner of 4th and E Street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.290.11
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [three caches]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.669.2
4. Assembling Colonist power, Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [tractors, construction equipment parked along gravel road, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection