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B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.70.2B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.015.03
1. Donald Tanner, 2. Charlie Rapuzzi, 3. Mark Lee 4. ?, 5. Art Simons [five young men and dog sitting next to building, 1930s? Modern copy print]
Collection: B2015.015
B2014.019.450
331. Nome. McCutcheon, Anchorage [two Alaska Native women on beach, one wearing fur parka and headscarf and carrying baby, one wearing print parka with fur ruff]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.4.5
(Alaska Universities)(AK Methodist )(AMU)(activities)(film)(06 7 1961)(10996)
Keywords: entertainment, Alaska Pacific University
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2024.001.398
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Same individual as .396-.397, also visible in this photo are beaded earrings and a crown that reads “Miss NCAI”. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1984.077.17.022
Seventh Day Adventist Chapel [building, steps, foliage, gravel road, street]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2281.1.6
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 1)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.290.7
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [church, flagpole, buildings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.32.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.18.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.6994.jpg
Joe Redington Sr.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1989.016.1649.2
(Alaska Railroad Yards, Anchorage) [view of yard looking northeast, with large building under construction at left, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.540
Newtok; Nick Tom family, 11/66 [man, woman, and infant pose sitting atop bed inside structure, domicile; parka]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.228.005
71-2 The Sisters, back of Ellis Island [view of mountains across water; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.007.14b
April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.5.P.2.34.4B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1983.091.S2060.14
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [Galion road grader plowing snow from city street, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.145.1
Sydney Laurence painting, S.S. Yukon at dock.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.83
[faded photo of unidentified building in St. Michael's]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.2.76.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1989.016.450.27
Independence Mine and Willow Creek. [mountain peak]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2354
Architectural rendering of Hewitt's, by H.K. Wolfe
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.068.1
Liberty Falls between [Copper?] and Chitina, June 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection