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B1998.014.1.767
Mount McKinley, highest mountain in North America, towers 20,300 feet. From its plateau of only 3,000 ft., Mt McKinley climbs 17,000 feet more, which is said to be a world's record. PS-2 "L11" [same as .755, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.354
Feeding apples to his pets [George sitting in yard feeding piglets. Cf. .997]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1747.8
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage, drummers' shirts read "Nome, Alaska"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.397
[man wearing suit and necktie posed next to bushes in winter, George?]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.94
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1983.146.052
[Man stands talking to two women standing outside wooden building housing Mrs. Bartholf Home Bakery and Mrs. Tillman, Ladies Furnishings Dry Goods] 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.118.3
Dog team, Tazlina Lodge. Photo by Sidney Hamilton. Photographer's number: 3.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2160
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 children and adults" [actually, three children, women showing dolls to children, Easter baskets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.48
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.357
My pet pig, following me about [view back towards house from yard, piglet in middle distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.215.001
68-2 [Man sitting at shore of pond; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.775
"L16 McKinley Park - Horseshoe Lake near McKinley Park Hotel" [view looking down at lake, spruce trees, valley; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.204
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2009.017.1999.10.17
Your OPen Meetings Act at work
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.26.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1989.016.1288.4
No. 15. Anchorage, Alaska, approx. population 3,500. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Fourth Avenue street scene looking east from E Street with pedestrians and automobiles, including Star Air Service, Hewitt's Drug Store, Anchorage Grill & Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, A. Niemi Hardware, Kennedy's, City Cash Grocery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.4.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 4
B1984.077.12.023
Cordova [Dock scene, railroad tracks, people, cars, buidings, mountain in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.253.006
78-3 Elaine Cloudy [April 1942; Ketchikan; portrait, heart-shaped locket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.001
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; bird's eye view of lumber yard; structures; smoke plume; people near structures; Tongass Narrows in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.90
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.11.7
(timber)(July 1966)(Rock Pit at end of road )(Rio Beaver NP)
Keywords: logging, natural resources, lumber, construction, forestry
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1