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B2008.014.Abbie Morgan walking
School group in new winter parkas with Abbie Morgan walking out of picture
Collection: B2008.014
B1989.016.1882.26
(Bristol Bay fishing) [dock or jetty under construction, probably near Libby, McNeill, & Libby cannery]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.06b.05617.16
Faith Baptist Church exteriors [Chruches - General], 2007
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Churches, Faith Baptist Church
Collection: B2016.019
B1970.073.020
58. Group of Indians [on verso:] Copper River Indians [stereograph. Ahtna Indians standing outdoors]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1989.016.1648
[bird's eye view of street scene on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage looking east, with automobiles and businesses including OK Cleaners, Tom's Radio Service, Dry Cleaning, The Club, First National Bank, and 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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.Album1.76
Camp at Mile 41. Eugene Underwood [bird's eye view railroad tracks passing several white tents in wooded area, gravel riverbed at left, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: residences, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2312.2
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of office, May 9, 1951) [rear of business next to Alaska Railroad tracks, buildings on bluff above]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2318.14
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [i.e. Edwin Suddock, boxes of goods and food on conveyor belt and in piles, including cartons of Campbell's Soups]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2317.6
(Hollywood Shopping Center, Anchor Bowling Alley, Ed Suddach, interior) [three men at microphone, one wearing bowling shirt with "Bill" on pocket and shoulder patch reading "League [?] 1951"]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1129
[4th Avenue Theater under construction, with posters for Empress Theatre showings in foreground, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1881.9
(Fur Rendezvous spectators) [woman and child in fur parkas, 1952?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2317.7
(Hollywood Shopping Center, Anchor Bowling Alley, Ed Suddach, interior) [cafeteria area]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2318.15
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [i.e. Edwin Suddock, shelving and conveyor belt holding boxes of goods and food including Lipton Tea Bags, Post's Raisin Bran, King Oscar Sardines, Lipton Noodle Soup Mix, Cream of Rice, Quick Quaker Oats, yellow corn meal]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.2
[Fort St. Michael in winter]
Keywords: flag, military buildings, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1882.21
(Bristol Bay fishing) [hold full of fish, probably Libby, McNeill, & Libby cannery. neg deteriorated]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2317.8
(Hollywood Shopping Center, Anchor Bowling Alley, Ed Suddach, interior)
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2318.16
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [i.e. Edwin Suddock, man standing next to boxes of goods and food in piles in loading bay area, including cartons of Crisco, Albers Quick Oats, and Friskies Dog Food]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1882.1
Fire Dept., Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [two fire trucks parked outside firehouse, with 515 Club visible on Fourth Avenue in background, 1950 license plate on truck]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1882.12
(Bristol Bay fishing) [interior of warehouse, probably Libby, McNeill, & Libby cannery]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1914.1
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2312.3
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of office, May 9, 1951) [business with loading dock area, truck parked in bay]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4695
"8/8/1919 M. Nelson Homestead, RHG seeds [?] 6/5 [possible planting date]" [sleeve 64; man wearing hat staning in grain field, log structures in background, agriculture, hills]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.760
338.5. Ericson Glacier from his tent, Alaska. 9.9.16 [man loading pack horse on rocky
ground, gnarled pine tree at right, glacier in background. Proof print]
Keywords: pack horse, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2318.1
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [boiler or furnace machinery]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.84.005
30-2; Repacking scene [man with camera and tripot looks down; man in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.84.005
30-2; Repacking scene [man with camera and tripot looks down; man in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1978.065.20
Hotel Holman P.S. Hunt G769 V.T. Co's Stage Leaving Copper Center, Alaska, May 17, 1906
Collection: B1978.065
B1978.075.03
(Anchorage 1910 1919)(Moving the tent store The George Carrol building was ready and I believe this put in the back as a warehouse)( the original was a post card)
Keywords: horses, Anchorage
Collection: B1978.075 Carroll Collection
B1989.016.1882.23
(Bristol Bay fishing) [cannery worker standing on dock next to sunken sailboat, probably Libby, McNeill, & Libby cannery]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.7.4
(catastrophe)(november 6, 1972)( Adjuster Gilpin Child killed Campbell School N.P.)(Client Legal)
Keywords: school, playground, legal
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.010.1676
Dawson [automobiles, including Mac’s Foto station wagon, parked outside the Royal Alexandra Hotel]
Collection: B1995.010
B2018.021.437
Kotz. kids, 3-26-53 [two children wearing parkas with fur ruffs]
Collection: B2018.021
B1989.016.1130.1
[Juneau Lumber Mills, with railroad tracks in center, office at right, other buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.662.3
70. Matanuska, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Matanuska depot, Alaska Railroad, with parked automobiles and other buildings visible behind station]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.2008
[woman wearing Yup’ik headdress and using dance fans lying on floor of gymnasium; print date Feb 77]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2065.3
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [man writing on pad at front of room filled with session attendees, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2065.6
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [woman and man in office, with desks and filing cabinets, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2065.4
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [woman and man in office, with desks and filing cabinets, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2065.5
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [women and man in office, with desks, telephones, office equipment, and filing cabinets, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.009.293.294
Power plant installations - Rabbit Creek [from verso:] Rabbit Creek 11-1-56. [White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1989.016.2141.12
D-12. Arctic Circle cache, Noatak, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [large log cache, snow on ground, fir trees in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2318.10
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [i.e. Edwin Suddock, looking out of truck interior along ramp moving boxes of goods into warehouse, including Stokely's Bartlett Pears]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection