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B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.57
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.63
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1990.014.5.AKNative.7.93.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.15.45.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2258.6a
(First Presbyterian Church on 5th Avenue and F Street, Anchorage) [steeple]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.62
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.31.31.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2306.1.2
(Hewitt's) [store window displays]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1985.027.2622
Originally in B9 F166. Wien Tourism. Dogs. 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.68
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.16.10
Night time scene of a house burning.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11
B1989.016.2277
(BPOE 1951) [Elks ceremony, one man handing another an envelope in front of a table with equipment on it, two hand-lettered placards reading "BPOE 1351, Anchorage, Alaska" and "Iron lung party"]
Keywords: fraternal organizations, medicine, healthcare
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.105.11
Rex Beach cabin, Yukon River, 1934 [log cabins along river]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.416.9
12. Rendezvous Queen Mary Margaret Abercrombie, 1939 [court on stage with totem]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.044
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” 4th of July at Eklutna [young girl and boy, both wearing boxing gloves, posed outdoors, large group of students in background] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Boxing, Sport, Indigenous, Students, Schoolchildren, Outdoors, Holiday
Collection: B2019.003
B2015.008.722
321.8-9. Childs Gl. From D [small format panoramic photograph, steel bridge beams in
foreground]
Keywords: Childs Glacier, Wrangell Mountains, Million Dollar Bridge, Cordova
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.960
P-570. Colonist's Home, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [log house and barn in Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1865
T138 Anchorage, Alaska {Anchorage, aerials (same as T190 [1.1952])} [copy neg. same as .1864]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1937.1
#1 (Fur Rondy Ice Show, 1950) [woman skating, spectators on bleachers in background, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2147.8
No 8 (Opening night of the remodeled Ambassador Club. Photo by W. R. Dahms] [interior with couples dancing, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.029.005
1965 Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage looking northwest towards Knik Arm, Mt Foraker and Mt Mckinley (Denali), National Photo and News Service image number 1910651.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage; 1965
Collection: B2013.029
B2022.005.232
[Two men lounging on boulders; man (in uniform?) and building in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Men, Lounging, Reading, Relaxing, Recreation, Magazine, Uniform, Building, Structure, Boulders, Rocks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B90.14.5.ARR.2.100
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.5.26
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 5
B1989.016.2210.57
E-61 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
