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B2016.004.17.13
Barrow people, 5-80 [two children wearing parkas posed outside]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.394.4
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. No signature
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.5
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. No signature
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.393.5
Juneau Lumber Mills [office, railroad siding, lumber shed]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.10
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.2
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.3
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Hazel E. Aveoganna
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2524
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958" [interior view; man holding sign "June 30th 49th State"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2528
"Water resources display; drawing of dam" [same as .2527]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.393.4
Juneau Lumber Mills [office, railroad siding, automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.11
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2525
"Group award: Jan 14, 1964" [seven men and one woman in office; man in uniform holding papers is Colonel Kenneth T. Sawyer; desk with papers, pens, ashtray; Essayons U.S. Army Corps of Enigineers insigna on wall; clock on wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2527
"Water resources display; 5 negs & drawings - dam" [one neg and one transparency taped together, emulsion side out; drawings of dams, spillway, structures, mountains, lake]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1968.3
(Christmas Cards, Holiday Greeetings (cache)(copy 17a)[ Photograph of a log cache coupled with a pen and ink drawing of a wolf and cabin]
Keywords: cache, drawing, cabin, greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.002.26
Cal Williams dressed as Michael Jackson, Democratic Convention ball, downtown Anchorage, 2008 [Cal in black suit and wearing curly afro wig]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Democratic Convention, Costumes
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.2523
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958" [interior view; eight men and one woman pose; tables and chairs at either side of image; one man wearing rubber overboots; woman is wearing moccasins]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1084.1
P-230. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [spectators watching automobile procession, lead car with young girl and sign "Matanuska Maid," Palmer School in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1967.8
8 (Fur Rondy, 1953, dog races) [female musher and team at starting line on Fourth Avenue in front of City Hall, Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Races]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.10
(Chistmas Card, Greetings from the Northland) (dog team)
Keywords: greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2150.12
Alaska, Merry Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Wells and Charles. Thomas Kodagraph Shop, Anchorage [greeting card mock-up with sketch of bear with photograph of glacier and terminal lake. copy neg, mock-up clipped to copy stand with clothespins]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.2
Mt Mckinley Glacier (Christmas Card, Northland Greetings (mountain and glacier) [Greeting card showing the McKinnley Glacier and surrounding mountains of the Alaska Range placed over a pen and ink drawing with a cabin]
Keywords: glacier: mountains, greetings, card, McKinnley, Denali
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.3
(Christmas Card, Alaska, Greetings from the Northland (cabin, trees, and mountain) [Greeting card showing a snowy tree lined road with mountains in the background. This photograph is layed over a pen and ink drawing of a cabin and "Northland Greetings"]
Keywords: card, cabin, snow, streets, drawing, greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.214.3B
Curry Hotel, A.R.R. Hewitt's [room interior. cf. 175.1-176.4]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.11
(Chistmas Card, Greetings from the Northland) (winter scene) (P.A.)[Portage Glacier and Mt Maynard in winter]
Keywords: greeting card, glacier: mountains
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2150.13
Holiday Greetings [greeting card with sketch of candles and holly with Sydney Laurence painting of Northern Lights. copy neg, card clipped to copy stand with clothespins]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2529
"Water resources display; drawing of dam" [same as .2527; transparency]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.17
"6839 - Education; Inlet school room; 14 November 1957" [children at desks in classroom]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1989.016.604.2
28. Limestone peaks, Mt. McKinley National Park. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.721.bw
H5 Season's greetings from Alaska "dog team" [greeting card mock up, sled dogs, sled]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1968.6
(Christmas Cards, Alaska Greetings (husky)(copy) [Alaskan themed greeting card with a husky and "Alaska"]
Keywords: dog, husky, greeting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.1
(Christmas Card, Alaska - Season's Greetings moose in water) [drawing of moose]
Keywords: greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1982.046.054b
"Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum groundbreaking, September 12, 1967, 1. Herb Hilscher, 2. Bill Creighton, 3. Mary Louise Rasmuson, 4. Norma Hoyt, 5. Wilda Hudson, 6. Dick Silberer, 7 Elmer Rasmuson, 9. Ken Maynart, 10. Ben Marsh, Shultz & Maynard Architects, 14. Ted Schultz, (Shultz & Maynard); Merrill E. Grube photography" [verso of .054a]
Collection: B1982.046
B2015.008.1272
Oesophagus and supplementary stomach of a mosquito, showing accidental infection with a mycelium. No. 15
Collection: B2015.008
B1982.046.055a
"Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum; left to right: 1. Mary Louise Rasmuson, 2. Herb Hilscher, 3. Evangeline Atwood, 4. Bill Creighton, 5. Norma Hoyt, 6. Wilda Hudson, 7. Richard Silberer, 8. Elmer E. Rasmuson; taken by Merrill E. Grube Photography, September 12, 1967" [Eight people stand in a semicircle on grass as Mary Louise speaks, papers, easel with museum drawing, suits, overcoats; groundbreaking]
Collection: B1982.046
B1982.046.054a
"Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum groundbreaking, September 12, 1967, 1. Herb Hilscher, 2. Bill Creighton, 3. Mary Louise Rasmuson, 4. Norma Hoyt, 5. Wilda Hudson, 6. Dick Silberer, 7 Elmer Rasmuson, 9. Ken Maynart, 10. Ben Marsh, Shultz & Maynard Architects, 14. Ted Schultz, (Shultz & Maynard); Merrill E. Grube photography" [Mary Louise stands next to easel with drawing, speaks to crowd as unidentified woman snaps a photograph; man in hardhat to far right, suits, overcoats, automobiles in background]
Collection: B1982.046
B1982.046.053a
"Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Breaking ground for the museum on September 12, 1967. the building was completed and the museum opened its doors in July 1968. These are the members of the City Historical & Fine Arts Commission. 1. Mary Louise Rasmuson, chairman, 2. Norma Hoyt, 3. Bill Creighton, Director, Parks & Recreation, 4. Evangeline Atwood, 5. Dick Silberer, 6. Bob Reeve, 7. Wilda Hudson, 8. Elmer Rasmuson. Anchorage Times photograph." [Eight people stand in grass, one with shovel, easel and museum drawing at left. suits, dresses, overcoats]
Collection: B1982.046