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B1990.014.5.EQ.18.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1990.014.5.People.14.80.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2006.023.6971.jpg
Photo by Tom Griffin
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.3940.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. at Iditarod starting line 1975. [Banner: Start Iditarod 1975 Anchorage to Nome AtlanticRichfieldCompany.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B1990.014.2018.1.41.005
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men between structures; smoke; stairways; ladders; utility wires]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.6.40
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 6
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.25
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.25.8
F-E Co. 1942 [view down long sluice box at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B90.14.5.AncAir.22.6.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
B1990.014.5.AKNative.39.75
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.963
M-41. A Matanuska Valley Farm. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [homestead with hay field in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.201
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.125.006
43-2; Grandpa Hendee [man posing with plant and structures in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2713
Nome July 1983 Street scenes [woman walking next to clothesline, laundry, structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.38.006
15-3 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; view of damaged dock, structure; man in right foreground; table; ship at left; town in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.95
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building interior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.90
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B1983.091.S4187.182
Walrus Island trip. Walrus at Round Island in Walrus Island Group. (4x5 neg of massed walrus) [walruses hauled out on beach] May 1964
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.65
Inlet Hotel, 4th Ave at K St. Southwest corner. Owned by Chas R. "Red" Nelson and Wife Vera
Keywords: pedestrians, hotel, buidingn, street signs, street lights
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1998.014.1.2237
"Murphy" Seward, Alaska [dog posed with packs and equipment; pail, iron skillet, coffee pot, gaitor; possibly belonging to John Dubreuil (image .2236); copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3554
Savoonga - Eskimo life - demonstrating native fish trap used in Alaska [visitors watch man's presentation; interior view; undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1297
Interior, Russian Church, Kodiak, Alaska. Hewitt's, 53
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection