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B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.40.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.Crukvich,Eli.1
[Crukvich,Eli Passport Photos, 1934-5]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.407.1
Anchorage Grade and High School [under construction, with sign P.W.A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Workds, School Building for Anchorage, Project No. Alaska...]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.35.003
14-4 Midge & baby [Midge Marsh and Carol Marsh in hospital bed; flowers; book at left on nightstand; June 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.14.76
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.2018.1.25.002
9-1; May 1939; Plus X 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min c 70 Far; Billy Young, violinist [boy stands playing violin; woman plays grand piano]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.39.64
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.52.2
[group of school children posed outdoors in winter, most wearing Western-style clothing, some with skin mittens, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.74
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.6331.jpg
[Log cache with moose antlers]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B90.14.5.ARR.1.87a
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1989.016.HoltGeorgie.1
(Holt Georgie Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.587.3
8. Nuka Bay Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. J.B.F.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.38.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.024.3331
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [man wearing coveralls stands under wood structure, possibly scaffold; structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.186
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1990.014.5.AKNative.28.39.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative