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B2006.023.8263.jpg
[Boat building]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1998.02.4
Captain Michael A. Healy on board the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear with his parrot Polly. The old sea captain's Arctic careet spanned nearly 25 years from 1880 to 1902. He was one of the most colorful and celebrated officers of the United States Revenue Service.
Collection: B1998.002
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.43
Anchorage Harware Building damaged from the earthquake
Keywords: damaged buildings, damaged streets, street lights, street signs, power lines
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B2015.008.463
20. What the flood did to a 100 year old brick house [house in ruins]
Collection: B2015.008
B98.2.6
June 25th 1955, Panoramic Photograph of Fort Richardson Alaska
Keywords: 1955, Panoramic photograph; Fort Richardson, National Photo and News Service
Collection: B1998.002
B2009.061.110
Freighting Near Icy Point, Thompsons Pass Shows width of trail nearing Icy Point going up summit. Ed S. Orr Stage Co. Received April 5, 1908
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.1183
St. Petersburg, The Islands = Kammenoi Ostrov. D.K. Aug. ’99 [Kamenny Ostrov and other islands as seen from water]
Collection: B2015.008
B1966.010.11
4th of July Parade 1919, Anchorage, Alaska. 3.25 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1966.010 CIHS Anderson
B1973.079.51
[Nome downtown scene with pedestrians and dogs on the street]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.52
[Nome downtown scene with pedestrians and dogs on the street]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1689.1
Copper Center. Hewitt's [Copper Center Roadhouse. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.061.71
(circle)[several men sitting on the board walk infront of store]
Keywords: commercial, town, frontier town
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.1184
St. Isaac’s, St. Petersburg. D.K. Aug. ’99 [view across square to Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, or Isaakievskiy Sobor]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2298.2
(Chitina, store, interior) [person standing inside general store, with counter and shelves full of goods]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.01b.13590.11
Summer view of Hope, Alaska, [Alaska Cities - Hope], c. 1999
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Hope
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.2018.1.304.001
90-2 Nome [April 1943; Pan X; view of boats and structures taken from snow-covered beach; U.S. Coast Guard vessels]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.23
4th Ave looking east from H St. Earthquake of 1964
Keywords: streets, buildings, traffic signal, cars, street light, national guard soldiers
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1997.019.21full
open water to help hual in the whale, the performance being made safe by the charm birds wrapped in seal fat & suspended over the carcass of the whale
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2009.061.106
The "switchback" on the trail to the summit. Cantwell, Valdez, Alaska #107. [on back:] Ed S. Orr Stage Co. Received M.L.W. Upper end of switchbacks 260 double ender sleds were working at one time this season freighting up to summit [of Thompson Pass].
Collection: B2009.061
B2014.016.2009
Upper Talarik. Pete, Aleut Native who lives alone [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, and driving cap, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B1989.016.2298.11
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Post Office and "Curios Kodaks Drugs Stationery Magazines Candies and Cigars," truck parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2321.1
(Boats in water near cannery) [small vessels including the Putter at dock in small boat harbor, houses and town buildings on bluff in background]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.75
[two buildings and possibly grave markers on grassy hill above mouth of river, ocean in distance]
Collection: B2008.013
B2008.013.77
[men butchering whale at commercial whaling station, carcass on dock, men using cutting tools, inlet and mountains in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2015.008.1187
[commercial studio portrait of man in Cossacks uniform, or cherkesska. With Russian caption]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.3096
[George and unidentified woman outside school building in Fort Yukon, Phyllis McCutcheon with camera crouching down to take photograph, signs for “U.S. Native Service School” and “Office of Indian Affairs, Speak English and Talk to the World”]
Collection: B1995.010
B2000.017.30
[women sitting on tundra near whale meat in foreground, others sitting behind plastic windbreak in background, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2015.008.1188
[commercial portrait of two children in traditional clothing, Transcaspian Oblast. With Russian caption]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.464
21. Wreckage on tree showing flood level opposite Mrs. Bugbee’s [debris piled against tree trunks along riverbank, road and buildings at right. Cf. .1007]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.488.1
Winner of 1940 Dog Derby, Fairbanks, Alaska. Hewitt's 24. (Ice Carnival)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.061.68
(Tanana LT7 Fall 1907)[Northern Commercial Co. building in Tanana during the winter]
Keywords: industry, commercial
Collection: B2009.061
B1989.016.1545
[winter street scene of Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage, with children running in street, one child being pulled on sled by dog, businesses include U.G. Crocker, Hotel Gitchell Cafe, H. Seidenverg Clothier. early 1930s?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.2
18 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [blanket toss on Fourth Avenue during Fur Rendezvous, with spectators in front of federal building, The Gitchell, Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection