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B1990.014.5.AKNative.21.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2068.6
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [adults standing with young boy in Cub Scout uniforms in front of man at microphone wearing Native American Indian-style dress, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1993.020.2561
(Dempster Hwy Arctic Red River crossing Mackenzie River)
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1995.014.62.5
[soldiers gathered around camp fire in woods in winter]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.43
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.654
"Cree," leader summit entry. Lomen Bros. [written over with] Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [dog in harness with spectators in background. All-Alaska Sweepstakes? copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2354
Architectural rendering of Hewitt's, by H.K. Wolfe
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1990.014.5.AKNative.31.48
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.1.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.14.70
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2033.3
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [airplane with tail number NC5364 near sandy shore, two men in rowboat on water. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929. neg deteriorated]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1380
Diomede, Feb 1962 [Boy showing a puppy as a man looks on; man is holding sunglasses; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B90.14.5.ARR.1.97.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B2015.025.078-81
[four images, close-ups of ship hull in dry dock, possibly Seattle]
Collection: B2015.025
B2018.023.139a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “26” [man posing on rock outcropping at Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2015.008.103
24212(92414)(130pm)(Serpentine Glacier and Mt Gilbert from F)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.649
A Malemute Sled Dog. (PC). 5 x 7 nitrate negative. Cracked.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.62
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B1989.016.1822
(Rainbow Trout, Skilak Lake) [fish laid out on ground next to creels]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1450.071
NCL Trip: Children receiving candy & gum. 8/12/53. Northern Consolidated Airlines [pilot Jimmy Hoffman hands out candy and gum to children on the bank of River at Eek; airplane, Cessna N4613(?); dog at right in front of airplane]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2016.004.21.1
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [boy walking in front of snowmachines]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1990.014.2018.1.36.005
15-1; June; plus x 64-40 DK 20-24 min @ 66 degrees; wreck of New England Fish House by S.S. Oduna; June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m. [man photographing damaged structure and dock; ship at right; automoble at left; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2073.5
(Anchorage Houses, Nov. 1964, 12th and S Street) [two-story wood-frame home, winter, with picnic table and slide in yard, skis leaning up against house wall]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1995.014.2.14
Willow and people [pilot standing on ice with two women, one wearing Western style dress, one wearing short seal skin fur parka, village and mountain in background. same man as in B95.14.2.13]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.007.15b
April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southwest. With 4th Avenue Theatre advertising “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” at left, Holy Family Cathedral in center, Turnagain in distance]
Collection: B2017.007
B2016.024.034
Klawak totems, Apr. ’53 [four totem posts, buildings in background, Klawock]
Keywords: Klawock, Totems
Collection: B2016.024
B1994.009.1274
29 - H-21 at Tatalina; [from verso:] McGrath; Kodacolor print...week ending Oct. 22, 1955 [crashed U.S. Air Force Piasecki H-21 helicopter at site on airstrip; two men]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray