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B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.07
(Anchorage_Business_Alaska Seed Co)(Fountaines shown with Tyler Cabinet at the rendezvous parade of industry Alaska Seed Co meat display case with whole pig)
Keywords: grocery, commerce
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.64
(Anchorage_Business_Dads Grocery)(At Dads Grocery showing customer at meat counter)(Lou Marek behind case)(4th Ave at N st NE corner)
Keywords: grocery, food, commerce, shopping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.21.7
Anchorage -Business- Scientific Computer Services Corp May 14, 1968 9673 P.R. Girl
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.28.14
27 July 1955 9900 Catholic Church & people - Anchorage (Holy Family Cathedral) was #4230
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.26
Carr's Food Center 13th and Gambell 1st anniversary Hawaiian Sale 9/18/53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1983.091.S4501.201
Anaktuvuk Pass trip 4/67 [man in parka]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.29b
Carr's grocery Hawaiian Week 9/18/53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.60
(Anchorage_Business_Grocery Stores_C St Grocery Store)(C St Grocery Shoppers at 9th St Owned by Maurice Reese){grocery shoppers in store}
Keywords: grocery, food, shopping, commerce
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1984.077.5.001
Fairbanks [street scene, Thrifty Market, pedestrian talking with person in pickup truck, person crossing street, telegraph? lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.138
(catastrophe)(May 24, 1969)(Air)(Anchorage Constrcution project near Military Hospital)(historical)
Keywords: aerial
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.29a
Carr's grocery Hawaiian Week 9/18/53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1989.016.1509.14
(Fourth Avenue between D and E Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with automobiles parked outside Logemann Building and businesses Star Air Service and Helen's Shop. Woman sweeping stoop at Helen's. Photographer's shadow in foreground. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.37
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [parade on Fourth Avenue, passing signs for businesses including The Gitchell, Seidenverg's, U. G. Crocker, Tent Factory, Gordon's Cantilever Shoes, and Alaska Game Commission [window at left]]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2004
T223 East 4th Avenue, Anchorage [street scene; bird's eye view looking east, likely from McKinley Building; Auto-Lite; Chugach Electric Co-op RSA; East side Service station; Alaska Native Hospital at left; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1889
T153 Matanuska Valley (farm scene) [road, structures, barn, house, sheds; fields, staked plants at left, gate, fence; mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2197.3
Lomen Bros. #874 [Overview of Ruby along riverbank, showing buildings, docks, mill, and riverboats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2301
[view down tracks to Alaska Railroad train at Anchorage depot, photographer's shadow in foreground]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2743
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [man looks into shop window; structures, sidewalks, automobiles; people in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2742
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [women, girl, Schwinn ladies' cruiser bicycle and red wagon on sidewalk at Bering Straits Federal Credit Union entrance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.206.003
65-5 Cows at Duvall [cows and calves in pasture near fence; vehicle ruts; Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.535.6
#68. Hewitt's Photo Shop. City Building, interior [Anchorage City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1893
Seward, Alaska (T154 Main St) [4th Avenue Methodist Church, pickup truck, Spic & Span Cleaners, ladder, two gulls at side of street, fire hydrant, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.4
(Fourth Avenue between D & C Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with automobiles parked outside businesses including Koslosky's Men's Wear, D.D. Cafe, Rheinlander, Ollie's [?] Lunch, Frisco Cafe, [?]ex Liquor Store. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1765.1
(Arctic Valley Skiing, White Stag Races, Feb. 26, 1950)
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1540.8
[aircraft accident, damaged airplane in field]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.15
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, southwest corner) [Anchorage street scene with automobile parked outside McKinley Block building and businesses including McPhee & Taylor Reliance Grocery, Kennedy Hdwe. Co. Tires, Wandling's Fur House, and KFQD. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1922
T250 4th & E St. Alaska's best known street (T168) [street scene looking east with men; women; baby carriage; automobiles, structures, businesses, "Anchorage Fur Rendezvous - All for fun; Fun for all" banner and traffic signal strung across 4th Ave; Hewitt's Drugs; National Bank of Alaska; businesses, McKinley Building in distance; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.130.2
Northland Greetings [Christmas card with Sydney Laurence painting from .130.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1507.2
(Otter Lake) [gravel road in foreground, cabin visible at lake edge, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads, residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.16
(Fourth Avenue and E Street, northeast corner) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrians and automobiles outside businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Star Air Service, Anchorage Grill & Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners A. Niemi Hardware, and Koslosky's. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.15.11
Mac & Mac Shop Steve and Phyllis McCutcheon owners. Mac's Foto 315 4th Ave outside shop
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.70
(Anchorage_Business_Grocery Stores_Lucky's)(Fruit case at Luckies Grocery_Odsther and Nelson on 4th Ave_For Fountaine Enterprises Tyler case_Store between C&D north side of Street)
Keywords: grocery
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B1989.016.1509.18
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, northwest corner) [Anchorage street scene with businesses including Economy Grocery, Lucky's Self-Service Grocery, Z.J. Loussac Drugs, I. Bayles Clothier. Man standing outside Lucky's with small cart. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1927
First land-mark in Mt. View, Lange's Store. T171 [Mountain View, Lange's Market and Hi-way Diner]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1929
T173 Anchorage - Palmer Hiway thru Mt. View (Mt View, Bragaw St) [street scene, automobiles; businesses: Gateway Service 76 gas station, Used Car Sales, PIggly Wiggly, possibly Sears, Grocery, possibly motel; moutains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.007.13
[paddle steamer Barry K. at Nenana dock, crane on dock at left. Has print]
Collection: B2018.007
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.54
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: cars, building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1998.014.1.1763
T88 Trading post at Teslin Lake, YT (Yukon Territory), Alaska Hiway. [BYN Bus Lines bus parked in front of structure, men boarding bus, church steeple in background; gasoline pump, boardwalk]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1925
T170 A business section on the Mt. View Road. (Anchorage, Post Rd through Mt. View) [street scene with automobiles, businesses: Alaska Cleaners, Thrifty Drugs, Used Cars, Grovery, Barber Shop, "Lots for sale" sign]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1285
Rendezvous time in Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Foto [winter street scene of Fourth Avenue with Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store, parked automobiles, banner reading "Fur Rendezvous, Mining Congress." copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.11
(Fourth Avenue between F and E Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with businesses Ship Creek Meat Co., Baldwin Grocery, and J. Vic Brown. Photographer's shadow in foreground. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection