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B1989.016.2079.25
[aerial of oil tanks at storage facility]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.5444
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Independence Gold Mine, Willow Creek District. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B90.14.5.ARR.2.209
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1965.018.657
from verso: Grand Jury, Sept 19,1907? Nome, Alaska, Compliments of Mort Bryant [large group portrait of men and one boy in sailor suit outside structure]
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B2006.023.1648
Joe Redington, winter camp site for training dogs. Copyright Bill Devine.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.BrownBud.2
Brown, Bud, Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B90.14.5.ARR.2.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1983.091.S1281.003
(stock 1281-003)(08/04/52)(4negs)(Little League, McKinley liions Club0 (003,4,Youngsters at bat)[Umpire, catcher and batter engaged with a pitch. View is from home plate towards third base with crowd watching on from side lines]
Keywords: baseball, recreation, batter, referee, umpire
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.ConConv.03.21
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2006.023.8392.jpg
Rock ptarmigan. Stewart's Photo Shop.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.134.43
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1995.010.5932
Anchorage [three young children playing in wooden boat, Cook Inlet in background, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.15.2
[small skiff with outboard motor pulled onto beach, trees and low hills in distance]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.39.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1970.019.688
[View from 3d and I St.? circa 1950s] 2.75 x 3.5 negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.36
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.1.136.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.32.21a
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.089.120.3.3B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1998.014.1.1134
O22 "Snow flower" {snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard (many small negs)} [possible copy neg; snow atop rose stem, leaves, thorns, close-up]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.IrickFrank.1
(Irick Frank Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2006.023.2390.jpg
Burled arch in Nome, finish line of the Iditarod.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000