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B2015.008.468
Fortifications, P.R. [commercial postcard, with Dora’s typed caption: “San Juan Harbor, Porto Rico, Jan. 1928”]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.013
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Eklutna River canyon [woman holding walking stick standing with dog in canyon in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Eklutna River canyon, Canyon, Winter, Woman walking
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1869.3
Foto by Cameron (Anchorage Air Transport Travelair 4000 C193, circa 1927, with load of furs) [airplane marked A.A.T. C193 Anchorage No. 2, with loaded bundles and skis on snow at night. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.144.004
47-6 Nefco buying scows on west coast [fishing boats and structures; pier; June 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.78.15
[log cabin on far shore of small lake, reeds in foreground, trees in background]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1794
Lake Spenard, Anchorage. Hewitt's [view looking east to Chugach Mountains, with fire barrel in foreground on beach, sunbather on floating dock pulled on shore, boats and swimmers at dock, buildings at right]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.9.033
[Dredge pond, tailings, floats for electrical line, pipeline in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1624.15
20. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.709
F25 Fishing boat, Cordova, Alaska [boat Mary M at dock, A-frame, structures, mountains in background, reflection in water, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.122
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1991.011.1208
Point Hope, May 1947 [child poses on rocky ground with tundra in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.294.005
89-1 March 43; Infra Red; Trip back on ridge [view through trees of water, island; near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2016.004.872
Iditarod Racer crosses Cook Inlet on way to Knik Checkpoint, Alaska
Collection: B2016.004
B1990.14.5.People.12.258
People-Parades-Anchorage 7/50; 7/4/5 [Alaska Railroad AuRorRa 1050 float, fire truck, spectators, wet streets, rain]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1990.014.2018.1.215.001
68-2 [Man sitting at shore of pond; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.3.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 3
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.79
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ANC.5.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1989.016.2294.14
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of lounge with jukebox, August 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.102.2
[log church with bell tower, two-story building at right]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1519.2
(Nat Brown's airplane in lake, Sasern pilot, Waco plane) [airplane with tail number NC13406 in ice, buildings visible behind. Nat Browne aircraft accident, probably Lake Spenard, early 1930s. cf. Mills & Phillips, Sourdough Sky, p. 65. With pilot Murrell Sasseen?]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1479
S49 Intertaining [sic] troops at Elmendorf Field (Entertaining, Edgar Bergen) [Charlie McCarthy, ventriloquist, dummy, microphone, outdoor performance likely in bed of truck; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.021.10
Pacific Stereopticon Co. [two miners thawing ground. Image cropped with loss of original caption]
Collection: B2017.021
B1995.014.15.14
[musher and dog team stopped on street in village, buildings, boardwalk, and weather vane in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: transportation, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1601
T17 Juneau, Alaska [view of Juneau-Douglas trestle bridge taken from Douglas Island, Lynn Canal, shore, structures, downtown Juneau at right center; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
