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B1989.016.679.7
#8 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and man with reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.8
#9 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and man with reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.9
#11. Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer, Naknek, Alaska [Star Airways airplane with man and reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.2
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [man and woman stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.12
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.879.1
P-137. Matanusk Valley Colonist's Home. P-137, Hewitt's Photo Shop [two story log home in Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1937.3
8 (Fur Rondy Ice Show, 1950) [group of girls in costumes getting set to skate, spectators in background, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.444.3
Leonhard Seppala entry, self, driver, Eighth All Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska, April 14, 1915. Lomen Bros [written over on negative by:] Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.6
[Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.5
#10 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and man with reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.5
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [two men stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.735.2
Anchorage, Alaska [Travel Air C-194 airplane, "Anchorage No. 1" with Russ Merrill. cf. B1965.002.16]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Home.2.087
2 225853 Home; House deep snow; Summit Sew Hiway; 26 February 1953 [winter scene; plowed roadway along Seward Highway; lower half of structure buried in snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1989.016.304.3
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [two men stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.4
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [man and woman stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.678
82. Alaska Winter Blossoms. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [hoar frost on trees]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.24
[Indigenous Alaskan in spotted fur (likely reindeer) parka outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Mukluks, Gloves, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.240
[Semi-obstructed view of docks and vehicles]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, View, Dock, Vehicles, Truck, Transportation, Crate, Wooden crate, Pipe, Building, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.2
[Fort St. Michael in winter]
Keywords: flag, military buildings, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.679.13
#18 [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer at Naknek, Alaska, one man holding camera]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.879.2
A Colonist's Cabin, Matanuska Valley. P-143, Hewitt's Photo Shop [log home in Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.200
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman standing on boardwalk outside Polaris Bar building. Sitnasuaq (Nome), Inupiaq Territory]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Sitnasuaq, Nome, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Young woman, Teen, Teenager, Girl, Boardwalk, Polaris Bar, Bar, Building, Business, Sign, Coca Cola, Olympia Beer, Town
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.3043
[two Alaska Native men wearing Western style dress and snowshoes with dog hauling sled carrying tree trunk through sparsely forested area in winter]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.1
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [man and woman stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.10
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [Mt. McKinley aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1475
59. Salmon wheel, Yukon River. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [fish wheel near riverbank]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.239
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Man standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
AEC.TT10
T#10 Trussel Approach Tanana Bridge L.S. from Pier 2 July 30 22.[unfinished Tanana rail trestle being constructed]
Keywords: transportation, railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.AEC.G1001-AEC.G1002
View of Matanuska Valley [AEC G1001 and AEC G1002 together to make panorama.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.Album1.17
M-52. Party No. 5. W. F. Milliken [group of men posed outside log building, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.189
80. Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.192
48. Wreck of English barge, Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [shipwreck, ship listing in water, railroad exploration, circa 1914. original image blurred]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.194
79. "Admiral Evans," Passage Canal. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [steamship on water, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.198
Slides on A. N. Ry. near Kearn Creek. P. S. Hunt J1843 [view down Alaska Northern Railway tracks covered in debris, probably Kern Creek, Turnagain Arm area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.202
Orca Inlet, Alaska, from opposite Orca canery. P. S. Hunt J1925 [view of inlet near Orca Cannery, circa 1914]
Keywords: canneries
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.203
Chitina River from near mile 136, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1905 [view of river valley from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1