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B90.14.5.ARR.2.84
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1989.016.187.2
The Discoverer [fishing boat, possibly on Knik Arm of Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.089.120.3.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1998.014.1.913
L91 Anchorage-Palmer Hiway (Pioneer Peak & bridge over Knik River) [copy neg; same as .910]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.268.003
83; Sept. 4, 1942; Aerial view of HIdden Inlet fire [wood structures at waterfront; boardwalks; possible water storage tanks in right background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.89B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.1411
S118 Native Alaskan Cemetery {1946 postcard (Eklutna)} [two service men look at gravesites, spirit houses, orthdox crosses]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.006.32
Mark Davis, who practiced law with Judge Larry Card, and Judge Larry Card’s neighbors Huong and Diep Phan
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Mark Davis, Huong Phan, Diep Phan
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.20.76
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B2014.019.216
[small airplane on airstrip, Quonset hut at right, unidentified location]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.019
B1989.016.1978
(Seward highway) [truck travelling south on the Seward highway towards Girdwood]
Keywords: transportation, caro, Turnagin Arm, railroad
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.75
(Anchorage Schools Romig Jr HI)(Romig Hill Jr High Construction)
Keywords: education, construction, school
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2014.023.192
(Fairbanks Scenics)[photograph of mountainous landscape]
Keywords: mountains
Collection: B2014.023
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.13.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.1.43
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 1
B1990.014.5.ConConv.15.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2016.024.021
Totems [Sun and Raven pole, small building at left]
Keywords: Totems
Collection: B2016.024
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.11.8
(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
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.17.12
(timber)(July 1966)(Log trucks loaded en route)(NP)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, tree, truck, natural resources, clear cut, transportation
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B2015.014.149
[photographic postcard. man, possibly pilot, standing next to three Alaska Native women posed by single engine airplane, two women wearing squirrel parka with walrus tusk gussets and knitted cap, one wearing reindeer parka and Western style wool hat]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B2015.014
B1989.016.1999
(Kenai lake) (has print) [Sterling Hwy along Kenai Lake heading towards Cooper Landing]
Keywords: lake, road, mountains, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.84
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.41.20
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative