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B2015.008.933
[man standing in mine entrance in wooded area, shovels and picks propped against
earthen walls]
.931 – [two men standing in same mine entrance as in .930]
.932 – [similar to .931]
.933 – [similar to .931]
Keywords: mining, miners, mine
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.270.002
84-2; Ariss & Wolcott Treat [portrait of woman, September 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.21.6.31B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.662
F6 Drying salmon on Copper River [wood drying rack, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1510
S79 HQS. BLDG. USARAL, Fort Richardson [US Army Alaska headquarters, paved road, sidewalks, automobiles, cloud in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2011.007.affidavit4
Affidavit of recovered civilian
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.171.006
57-2; Christmas card negatives; 90 mm [December 1940; snowy street scene artwork includes Santa, sleigh, and reindeer with tag "Greetings, Basha and Ken;" "Sheaffers" at top of image]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.898
P-504. Hewitt's Photo (Health Fair Display, Valley) [booth with table, immunization and vaccination display, Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.BoirchEly.1
Boirch, Ely, Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.TV.094.331.1A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2016.024.036
Klawak totems, Apr. ’53 [totem poles on hill overlooking village in distance, Blackfish totem in foreground, Klawock]
Keywords: Klawock, totems
Collection: B2016.024
B1995.010.4913
[Alaska Native woman holding baby, probably beautiful baby contest, Fourth of July, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1986.004.0193
Col. O.F. Ohlsen Gen. Mgr. Alaska Railroad waves to the colonists
Collection: B1986.004 Odsather Collection
B1998.014.1.1114
O9 An Alaskan Island fox farm (1946 postcard) structures, house, chimney, water, rocks, beach in foreground, pier at left, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.178
[Man with newborn posed crouching next to wood stove]
Keywords: Man, Newborn, Baby, Infant, Crouched, Crouching, Wood stove, Fire stove, Stove, Heat, Heating, Room, Interior
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.366.3
#150. Children of the valley, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [sitting on wooden rail next to Alaska Railroad car]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1917.3
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland [Christmas card mat with sketch of log cabin in winter, with photograph captioned "Belated Harvest, Hewitt's"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.59
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: power lines, airplane, building exterior, cars
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1989.016.1882.2
Lomen Bros. / 38. Eskimo Crab Fishers, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [woman in parka fishing in hole in ice. copy neg]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2371
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
b2011.014.34
Three women, two men in front of tar-paper building. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B1995.010.1984
[scenic overlooking bay, waterfront buildings in middle ground, fireweed in foreground, mountains in distance, Kodiak? Cf. .1980]
Collection: B1995.010
