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B90.14.5.AncAir.22.76
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
B2013.075.509
1967-68 [Koliganek? young girl standing in doorway of house]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B1990.014.5.AKNative.42.26
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.792.t21negcrop
T21 [three climbers in tent at base camp, George at left holding cup and spoon; man in
center smoking pipe and serving up food with box of flat bread on knees, possibly H.L. Tucker;
man at right holding cup and spoon, possibly G.A. Rabehl. has neg. cf. .775]
Keywords: camp, cooking, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.468.1
Hood Canal-Lake Spenard [Lake Hood and Lake Spenard connector]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.3908.jpg
Ice and gravel on the south fork of the Kuskokwim.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B1983.091.C4307.3
Keywords: Alaska Visitor, Montana Club, Salty Dawg, Hitchin Post, Glibi Club, Idle Hour
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B2014.012.53
[Nushagak Hospital and other buildings]
Keywords: medicine, health
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.85.002
30-3 Repacking scene [transfering salmon filet between barrel and shelf; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1979.002.Album1.20
M-46. Ice in Susitna. W. F. Milliken [small chunks of ice floating in Susitna River, trees on far shore, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2009.017.1989.05.027
Dipstick
Keywords: Anchorage Daily News, cartoons, comics, political, exxon valdez, evos
Collection: B2009.017
B1995.014.111.13
[man wearing mosquito netting being swarmed by mosquitos in field]
Collection: B1995.014
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.39
(Anchorage Schools Ft Rich, Ursa Manor)(20 Mar 53 Marley and Mayer Fort Richardson Schools)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1989.016.1800.2
[Auto Park, Lake Spenard, Anchorage, Alaska. Elks Picnic. Automobiles parked in clearing, with dirt road at right. circa 1920s. copy neg. same as 1800.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.919
L94 Summit Lake on the Richardson Hiway [copy neg; lake, mountains, possible glacier in distance, Paxson vicinity]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
TV.202.16
08 20 1970 Air Wainwright
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.45.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.513
concrete dam_ house at left across meadow
Keywords: dam, vermont, farm, farm house
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1530
[Anchorage street scene, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street in winter, with automobiles and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Fred Carlquist Jeweler, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Taven, Star Air Service]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.BrownVic.1
Brown, Vic, Passport Photos, 1933
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos