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B1970.019.636
Anchorage, Fur Rendezvous, 1949. 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1993.020.1210
{Togiak aerial views and school with teachers and community buildings}
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
b2011.014.374
Mrs. Stockton & I at Oroville, Calif. May 19th 1915. [Two women seated on observation platform of railroad passenger car with sign reading “The Scenic Limited;” this train was run by the Western Pacific Railroad between Oakland, California and St. Louis.] 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.183.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1995.010.6060
[view of residential area in winter, tracks in snow in foreground, houses in background, Anchorage Fairview neighborhood, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.AKNative.38.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.BowmanEd.2
Bowman, Ed, Passport Photos, 1935-36
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2017.011.55
Alaska ’48 – Nonwhyenuk, Rudy admiring rainbow [man holding fish on shore of Nonvianuk Lake]
Collection: B2017.011
B1990.014.4.Science.8.Aug.70.15
Tundra; Aerial; August 1970
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.P.23.76.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P23
B1989.016.2351
First National Bank, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1998.014.1.340
(B70 Alaska Highway; Kluane Inn; Mile 1093) [log structure, Kluane Lake, Burwash Landing, Yukon Territory, Canada]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2006.14
Tourist Center Anchorage Alaska Hewitts Drug Photo (Tourist Center, Anchorage (Log Cabin) 1955)
Keywords: cabin, tourism, winter, anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.12
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4697.2
A.P.P.A. new officers, 1968-69, Bob Boyer, Jean McLain, Ken Kard, 12/14/68 [four photographers with cameras in studio]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.011.125
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Binks & Hazel leaving camp [Binks Siefert carrying creel and possibly tripod, Hazel Siefert walking behind him, man standing next to small cabin in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.007.069b
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. Close-up of Port of Anchorage in center, Kaiser Permanente Cement tanks at left, Cold Storage and Ketchikan Spruce Mills in foreground. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B2006.023.6876
[Dog food and supplies for 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, outside Joe Redington Sr.'s home.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.AKNative.41.13.4A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.1934
(T179 Anchorage, Homes) [view looking southeast; roadway; subdivision above wetland, Anchor Park at Lake Otis and Maple; mountains in distance at left; Chester Creek in mid-ground, utility poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S3425.137
4/62 (334 negs) Peter Britch (Skinning beaver and processing skins)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.15.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B2009.009.32
[two Schodde girls with dog on street corner]
Keywords: animals, children
Collection: B2009.009
B1997.019.20full
The captain puts on his pendant made of pieces of whale meat sewed in pieces of seal skin, the whole village hurries to the
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2016.019.1.03c.04316.07
Club 25 move - near 4th & D Sts [Anchorage - Buildings - Club 25], 1984
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Club 25
Collection: B2016.019
