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B1983.091.S4176.30
4x5 negative of Turnagain Subdivision. showing cracks in ground and houses that have slipped off of foundations into slide area.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1994.022.751
(Eskimo _alaska clothing)
Keywords: native alaska clothing
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1997.003.269
[Nine people and an airplane on beach at low tide, water, sand, trees in distance, reflections]
Collection: B1997.003
B1975.090.3
U.S. Occupation of Amchitka, Aleutian Island, Alaska. A U.S. Navy Catalina (PBY A) raises a veritable cloud of mud as it comes to rest on the muddy landing field at Amchitka. [No date] 4 x 5 negative
Collection: B1975.090
B1984.077.1.032
From the bridge? [secnic view valley, trees, mountain in background. neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.408
"B117 Homer School" [Two trees to left in front of school building; copy neg is of a flipped image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.116
Typical winter costume [white woman wearing embroidered mittens and holding snowshoes posed next to log building]
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.2222
"2 moose on highway" [two moose run down center of road in front of automobile; image is captures from automobile; winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1980.194.10
Sydney Laurence Anchorage 1928 Taken by Nellie Brown
Collection: B1980.194 Hedla Collection
B1995.010.6045
[distant view of six people walking down road, Knik River Bridge in background, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.024.25577
Foods - picnic over Ruth Gl. Alaska Rge. Mt. Sheep barbecue. F10-95 [Tourists eat meal served by Don Sheldon (center), coleslaw, orange, meat; man wearing plaid shirt, glacier glasses and pear-shaped hat at left; man wearing red jacket and gaitors, backpack, hat, glacier glasses on head at right]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1988
T212B Kenai, Alaska "by the road" [roadside scene, Terminal Cafe; Terminal Garage service station; automobiles; Rainbow Cafe]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.115
(catastrophe)(April 18, 1955)(Anchorage Fire Trucks F station)(F st 4th and 5th East side)
Keywords: fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.116
(catastrophe)(july 29, 1954)(7 4260 55)(Fire trucks at station Anch Main - on F stret between 4th and 5th east side of street)
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.117
(catastrophe)(February 20, 1957)(7193)(Fireman watching small cabin burn C street at 11 th ave)
Keywords: fireman, fire, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.430
Best in the North, Anchorage, Alaska "B131 4th Ave Theatre, Anchorage." [Marquee reads "Now showing Marilyn Monroe 'Seven year itch' Tom Ewell;" Reed building; autombiles, parking meters, peapole on sidewalks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.116.001
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.001
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.002
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.002
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.007.12
[paddle steamers Alice and Yukon at Nenana dock, Nenana Ice Classic tower in right background]
Collection: B2018.007
B1989.016.2245.1
(Palmer Hockey Team, 1936) [group portrait of hockey team on outdoor ice rink, three men with ribbons on shirts, one man wearing sweatshirt reading "Butchers Chittlin"]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.535.6
#68. Hewitt's Photo Shop. City Building, interior [Anchorage City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2549
Nome [portait of man with beard wearing parka (same man as in .2548)]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.116.003
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.003
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.6046
[Matanuska Valley Lines Willow Creek Stage bus on road approaching Knik River Bridge, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2246.23
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed female military unit parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Bill's Electric; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1508
(Eagle River bridge) [cf .1511]
Keywords: roads
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
B2018.007.13
[paddle steamer Barry K. at Nenana dock, crane on dock at left. Has print]
Collection: B2018.007
B1989.016.1509.12
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, north corner) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrian and automobile outside businesses including A. Niemi Hardware, W.E. Hand Taxidermist, Bering Sea Airways (Roy Dickson), Walt's Transfer, [Art's?] Taxi. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.1
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1227.3
Federal Building, Anchorage. Hewitt's Foto [view from City Hall, winter scene with parked automobile. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.008.369
(LUPC May 1979 Anchorage_ Wunnicke Hammond Parker presiding)
Keywords: public hearing
Collection: B1994.008
B1998.014.1.1099
N9 2nd and Cushman St; Fairbanks, Alaska (1946 postcard) [copy neg; nighttime view of intersection, lights strung across streets, automobiles, storefronts, some sgns legible: Curios and tourist information shop at left, dentist; Beauty Shoppe, Wien Alaska Airlines; stop sign above sreet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2183.18
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [bird's eye view looking west of spectators lined up along Fourth Avenue at E Street, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous street signs, City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.071b
[house with damaged foundation in foreground, possibly on L Street, with Four Seasons Apartments in background]
Collection: B2017.007