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B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.31
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1998.014.1.1816
T121 Cape Wales, farthest west point in th American continent; Frank Morgan photo [view of coastal village; beach, rocks, water, structures, steel drums (containers) dogs; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.118.003
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.36
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B2016.004.733
Tlingit-Haida dancers, Alaska, AFN, Oct. 1984, Anch. [people wearing regalia on stage, Alaska Federation of Natives convention; print date Oct 84]
Keywords: dancing
Collection: B2016.004
B2006.023.6346.jpg
[Dog team in front of building with sign Solomon - El Paso, Alaska]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2014.019.259
Oil well, Chickaloon, Alaska, 7-5-42 [wooden well frame in wooded area with fireweed] [similar to B2014.019.260]
Keywords: Petroleum, Chickaloon, Ahtna, Dr. Flora, Doctor Flora
Collection: B2014.019
B1990.014.2018.1.11.002
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 1, 1930; shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.14.79.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.88.100
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.599
D-22. [Engine No. 1 at Fairbanks depot of Alaska Railroad. neg deteriorating]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1601.6
117. Teachers Home, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [automobiles parked outside of wood frame building in trees, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.1457
8 x 10 nitrate negative, with tape on three sides.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.EQ.08.5
Earth crack from severe 8.7 quake runs under house at Lake Otis Rd at Seward Hwy date of 27 March 1964.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_8
B1990.014.2018.1.84.004
30-2; Repacking scene [stacks of salmon fiilets on open shelves; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018