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B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.18
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building interior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.2
Guard at David home
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11
B2007.005.6.B8
[two native woman preparing salmon harvest for drying racks]
Keywords: fishing, salmon, subsistance
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
TV.202.29.6
08 21 70 Air: Eskimo village of Wainwright. Large bldg in center is schoolhouse which was about 1 year old when photo made (6 Negs)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1995.014.94.5
Army drying fish for dogs [soldiers unloading carts full of processed fish and hanging them on drying rack, building at right, water in distance]
Keywords: fishing, military, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.TV.083.73.10.4A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.872
Colonists at work. P-54, Hewitt's Photo Shop [man on tractor pulling man on harrow, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.1.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1995.014.113.6
McGrath, wolf skins [woman holding rifle standing next to two pelts hanging near building porch]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.15.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.CurtisEF.1
[Curtis, EF Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.18.12
(timber)(July 1966)(KP. Co. Thorne Bay. Portable Steel SPAR)(N.P.)(very good)
Keywords: forestry, lumber, logging
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Logging.2.28
(Ketchikan Pulp Company Thorne Bay)(4906)(July 1966)( Ketchikan Pulp Co.)(log truck pulling out in am)(thorne Bay KPCo)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, timber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 2
B1994.002.127
Anchorage Light and Power Co. Dam, Eklutna, Alaska [Lake and spillway of dam taken from above, undated]
Collection: B1994.002 Wennerstrom Collection
B2014.019.21
Palmer [young boy holding large cabbage]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Palmer, Boy, Child, Kid, Cabbage, Vegetable, Grown, Agriculture, Farm, Food
Collection: B2014.019
B1989.016.HolmesLaRoe.1
(Holmes La Roe Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1993.020.553
Keywords: Alyeska, Girdwood Alaska, skiing, winter, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1998.014.1.2469
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; circled number "15" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1814
T119 Juneau, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo (harbor & mts) [scene of harbor, boats, docks, pilings, structures, mine tailings, possibly power plant, mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley