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B1998.014.1.2041
T254 Girdwood, Alaska. [street scene with Turnagain Arm in distance; bar with Hamm's and Schlitz signs is the Girdwood Hotel; automobiles.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1577.3
[bear cub climbing over wire fence, Curry Hotel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1264.2
56. Seal Rocks, Gulf of Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1577.2
[man feeding bear cub out of bowl on platform at Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.530
May 1931. Sawdust pit, after fire. Spruce of 1926 & pines of 1927 on hill [damaged structure in foreground, small trees on hillside in distance. Cf. .1015]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.762.8
[Two men holding crops, standing outside building with signs "Irwin," "Mr. Cronin," "Finance Office. Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1265.1
175. Colony product, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [cabbage]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1265.2
P-463. Hewitt's Photo (Vegetables, Colony Produce, Palmer) [potatoes, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.763.5
P-461. Hewitt's Photo (Farm products, Matanuska Valley) [indoor display with flowers, potatoes, sign for Four-H Club]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1264.1
56. Seal Rocks, Gulf of Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.8
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service pilot]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2336.2
[man standing in doorway of business on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with signs for KFQD and Ray Peterson's Flying Service]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.204
B16 McKinley Park Hotel 1946 [caption reads: "McKinley Park depot and hotel"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2040
T252 Seward Airport [airplanes, automobiles, hangars; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2042
T255 Girdwood, Alaska. Anchorage-Seward Hiway. [street scene looking toward railroad tracks, mountains; Girdwood Hotel in distance on left; Little Dipper banner in distance; automobiles; structures; possibly hoses on ground at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1576.7
[winter view of Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot from across Susitna River, showing pedestrian bridge, Curry buildings, and walled tents]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.763.4
P-460. Hewitt's Photo (Farm products, Matanuska Valley) [indoor display with sign for Four-H Club]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1377
S2 Sourdough Boys (1946 postcard; gold panning) [Three men, likely service members, pan for old; pick axe, shovel, suice box, gold pan, gravel, creek, campaign hat, garrison hat]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.763.1
P-433. Hewitt's Photo (Farm products, Matanuska Valley) [still life]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.763.10
P-469. Matanuska Valley produce. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [vegetables for judging]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.763.11
P-470. Vegetables raised by a Colonist, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [vegetables for judging, some with exhibit tags]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.02b.03326.19
Rig [Man welding; Alaskan Workers - General], c. 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaskan Workers, Welding
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1086.8
M-7. A prize bull of the original "Carnation Brand" Holstein sire. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Matanuska Valley Fair, Prize Stock, 1937) [man with boy holding calf by halter next to barn painted with "Matanuska Valley Fair"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1109.1
P-393. 8/31/36. Hewitt's Photo (Machinery in early Palmer) [The Iron Fireman automatic coal burner]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1263.1
18. Mountain sheep, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1521.4
[reindeer tied to fence with rope, building visible in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1521.6
[men tying reindeer for transport, winter, Naknek?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.762.7
P-426. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1577.1
[man feeding bear cub out of bowl on platform at Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.763.12
P-471. Hewitt's Photo (Farm products, Matanuska Valley) [vegetables for judging, cauliflower with "1st Prize" tag]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.8.1
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, men carrying coffin]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.762.9
[Man holding crops, standing outside building with signs "Irwin," "Mr. Cronin," "Finance Office. Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.763.3
P-435. Hewitt's Photo (Farm products, Matanuska Valley) [indoor display]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.531
Remains of hog barn, cattle barns & silos – only foundations (cracked) [fire-damaged buildings]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.138
A54 Wolf pup, tame, 3 negs w/captions, (head shots) 1948
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1957.005.159
Matanuska vegetables at the first annual Alaska Agricultural Fair (From verso: "Anchorage. Held at the Community Hall, 3rd & G St")
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1989.016.1553.7
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [pilot standing next to Star Air Service biplane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.542
Cool and shady under the maples. Brick house & barns at right [view down driveway]
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4674
"Spring a little backward, May 1, 1918" [sleeve 5; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, barn yard, snow in foreground; barn, horses, strawstack, possibly farm house, fence, flag, sign at gate reading "U.S. Agricultural experiment station"]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4677
"This hillside was ready to seed 1 year ago" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, May 11, 2018; sleeve 8; snow-covered farm field, soil, agriculture, birch trees in the distance]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2019.007.440
Nondalton, March 23, 1993 [girls basketball; gymnasium; bleachers; spetators; girl wearing Kokhanok Lakers sweatpats and t-shirt shoots the ball]
Collection: B2019.007