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B1990.014.5.AKNative.14.49
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.113
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B2019.003.071
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Mrs. Chapman, Rev. Chapman, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence, trader [two couples standing in front of church, Mrs. Chapman and Mr. Lawrence holding infants. Cf. .101]
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.7.21
Cutting steel on Cordova Bldg.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_7
B1999.014.1392
Canneries. Red salmon arriving at A.P.A. Cannery, Karluk, Alaska.
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1990.014.004.animals.31.29821
Pacific walrus - odobenus rosmarus divergens - may live to forty years & two tons wt.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1989.016.MililaMatt.1
(Milila Matt Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B90.14.5.Logging.1.8.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.P.2.15.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1989.016.332
21. Record Mt. Sheep, Chickaloon-Nelchina District. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.597.1
#1. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [construction of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.47
E-69 (Queen Ruthie Johnson) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, Eklutna? 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.149
Wrangell, Alaska, Public School, Schallerers [school building, children playing, see-saw, swingset]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.11
Reconstruction of West High School after the Earthquake
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B1962.001.1424
Reynolds-Alaska Dev. Co.’s wharf and buildings at Horse Shoe Bay, Latouche Island, Alaska. Phin. Hunt G1519 [same photo B62.1.2009; Reynolds-Alaska Development Co.; Latouche Island; Horseshoe Bay]
Keywords: Reynolds Alaska Development Co., Wharves, Buildings, Horse Shoe Bay, Latouche Island
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.22
M-33. Lake. W. F. Milliken [scenic with lake in heavily forested area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.16.4
Night time scene of a house burning.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11
B2022.001.075
Certificate of Appreciation, presented to Mayfield [Quality] Cleaners, Mayfield Evans, Kulis Air National Guard Holiday Luncheon 2007
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Certificate of Appreciation, Appreciation, Gratitude, Presented, Mayfield Cleaners, Kulis Air National Guard, National Guard, Holiday, Holiday Luncheon, Support, Recognition, Joedy Wake, Tony Hart
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.Pol.12.86.1a
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Pol
B1998.014.1.2163
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 adults and boy" [similar to .2162; boy wearing hearing devices stands on chair between mand and woman; man hands woman $250 check from Alaska District Engineers Federal Credit Union dated April 4, 1966]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.17.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative