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B90.14.5.Anc.Air.7.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 7
B1990.014.2018.1.250.002
77-1 Mar 1942 Pan X 12 min @68° DK 20; Eulachons drying in sun at Saxman [fish hanging on ropes in front of structure, detail]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.48
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1087.1
M-17. The Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop (1937) [floral display, with wall signs reading No Smoking Allowed and Children Must Be Quiet and Remain Seated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.574
(Richardson Highway Freight and freightage-tractors-wagons)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2015.008.435
See how the poplars have grown
Keywords: farm, farm house, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2014.016.1934
Nome. The Glue Pot, bar, etc., mostly frequented by Natives [men sitting on bench outside building]
Keywords: businesses, alcohol
Collection: B2014.016
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.88.99
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.234
2 5 9525 Port Wells Alaska Sunset on Harriman Fjord
Keywords: Chugach, College fjord, Prince William Sound, Port Wells, glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.AKNative.36.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.69
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B2017.024.polarbear1986.darting02
Polar bear survey -- copter must get about 25 yds for good shot.
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2022.001.119
State of Alaska Certificate of Appreciation, presented to Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners, in recognition of outstanding volunteer contributions to 2002 Governor’s Anchorage Annual Family Picnic, signed by Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, July 20, 2002
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, State of Alaska, SOA, Certificate, Certificate of Appreciation, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Volunteer, Community, Governor's Anchorage Annual Family Picnic, Anchorage, Tony Knowles, Governor
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.725.bw
A Merry Christmas and a happy new year "H9 insert missing" [greeting card template with geometric pine trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.29.1
F-E Co. 1942 [crane and hose at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.307.004
90-5 Nome [town as seen from sea ice; people in small groups off shore; April 1943]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.32b
(Anchorage Schools Dimond High School)(15 Sept 1968)(Anchorage Dimond High School)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2017.024.1376
Diomede, Feb 1962 [person wearing red parka with fur ruff, eyeglasses]
Collection: B2017.024