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B1970.019.696
[Unidentified man looking at driftwood on river bank.] 2.5 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.58.005
22-5 Pictures of deer at Ward Cove; 8:30 pm - Aug. 5th [1939; black-tailed deer in trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.41
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1989.016.1937.3
8 (Fur Rondy Ice Show, 1950) [group of girls in costumes getting set to skate, spectators in background, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.146.170
Government railroad_ Driving first spike April 29 1915 { post card showing a woman getting ready to strike a spike into the ground with 5 men watching}
Keywords: post card, railroad, transportation, construction
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1979.002.Album1.211
Baird Glacier, Mile 66, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1897 [view of the terminus of the glacier from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.P.2.21.42A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1736.5
(Midnight sun on Chugach Mountains, March 1952)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.32.005
13-6 Plate of macaroni [fork, knife, and tablecloth; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.72.15A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1812
Corner 4th and E, Anchorage. Hewitt's [Fourth Avenue and E Street scene with pedestrians, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, lawn and fence in foreground with sign “Pick Up Military Personnel Here.” copy neg. cf. 1289, 1691.1]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.904
P-514. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Lobby at the Dormitory) [interior of sitting room, Palmer?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2187.3
"Everybody works but Father, he sits 'round all day, etc." Lomen Bros. Nome #33 [Native family, woman and two children with washtub outside of white tent, clothing hanging on line in background. Woman wearing printed parka, young girl with braided hair and Western-style dress. copy neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1848
Alaskan trapper's cache. Hewitt's Photo [log cache in winter. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.019.355
#1227. Chilkat Indians in dancing costume. Griffin’s, Fairbanks [two women wearing headscarves with feathers and holding paddles posed outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.30
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2024.001.825
“1958—AK Statehood Fire” [children sit on adult shoulders among a crowd in front of a large bonfire in the Delaney Park Strip for the Statehood Celebration. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1958]
Keywords: Alaska, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Delaney Park Strip, Alaska Statehood, Bonfire, Celebration, Spectators, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1990.014.5.People.14.343
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1998.014.1.1992
[T216, Anchorage, Mountain View. Automobiles and signs for businesses including Harold's Hardware, National Body Shop, Piggly Wiggly, Sears]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.189
80. Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.2018.1.233.002
72-2 [Sitka; August 1941; view of St. Michael Cathedral, Russian Orthodox Church through trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.128
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1995.014.105.11
Rex Beach cabin, Yukon River, 1934 [log cabins along river]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.22.77
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1926.2
(Fur Rondy 1952) [street scene at corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, with spectators standing in front of Hewitt's Drugs and "Anchorage Fur Rendezvous" banner on lamp post]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.22.48
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.AncAir.22.36
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
