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B2006.023.2984.jpg
Boundary marker 9061
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.79A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2016.11.edit
Dave Mawkinney & Albert Dickinson Started Feb. 1915 Ship Creek, Cook Inlet. First eating house Anchorage Alaska Moved to 4th St. after sale of lots
Collection: B2016.011
B2001.014.327
{Wonder Park Subdivision Properties and Residents}
Keywords: Wonder Park, subdivision, homes
Collection: B2001.014
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.5.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1989.016.1140.1
(McKinley Region, Mt. McKinley) [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.FultonTom.2
[Fulton Tom Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.2018.1.39.001
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [wood frame structures; domiciles; boardwalks; picket fence; laundry hanging on clothesline; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ANC.5.74
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1998.014.1.2218
Alaska Shop; female whale - 70 ton "Wright" - Akutan, Alaska [likely a right whale on shore next to structure; whaling station; baleen visible at right; men standing nearby]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.267
[view down railroad track to small building along Turnagain Arm]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2246.4
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Anchorage Grill, KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Symposium; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ANC.4.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
B90.14.5.ARR.2.202
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B2006.023.5740.jpg
[Cora Hoffman hospital room?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
TV.202.15
15515 Aug 21 1970 Air Wainwright
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.2145.12
12 (American Legion Banquet at the Idle Hour Country Club, Anchorage) [interior with people at tables]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.49.15
[bird's eye view of military installation with Quonset huts and other buildings in winter, road in foreground, mountains in distance, Adak]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2181.6
(Emard Property, Dining room) [Anchorage home. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.76
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.39.16
[distant view of base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.982
M-28. Colonist's harvest in the Matanuska Valley, 9-37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [homestead with barn and outbuilding, hay field in foreground]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.323
Farmerettes harvesting wheat, best workers we ever had [small format panoramic photograph, distant view of two women working with horse team in wheat field]
Collection: B2015.008
B1996.009.05full
The captain of a boat opens the ceremonies by taking from his meat cellar pieces of the whale he last killed and while sitting in charmed state under his whole charmed whaling gear he serves tiny pieces to each caller.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1989.016.2055.1
#1 (July 4, 1938, parade) [Matanuska Maid float]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection