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B2016.006.2620
[view down abandoned railroad tracks to dilapidated buildings in field]
Collection: B2016.006
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.4.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 4
B1989.016.1465.2
Alaska winter transportation. Hewitt's Photo Shop [two men with dog team and sled stopped on winter trail, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.62
D-81 [woman wearing gloves and fur parka with geometric decoration standing outside large building in winter]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.011.51
13 Sep 60 [view of Ts'itonhna' (Ahtna) or Ch'atanhtnu (Dena’ina) (Matanuska River) and Chugach Mountains in the background, September 1960]
Keywords: Alaska, 1960, September, Ts'itonhna', Ahtna, Ch'atanhtnu, Dena'ina, Matanuska River, Chugach Mountains, Shoreline, Beach, Riverbed, Scenery, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.1.23
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 1
B1989.016.2152.5
[bear cub asleep on table with baby bottle, grass basket, two small totem poles, and printed tablecloth]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.8
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service pilot]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.161
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1990.014.5.P.27.47.52
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P27
B2006.023.6404.jpg
Joe Redington Sr.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1989.016.2123.2
(Catholic Church, Mountain View, 4-2-58) [exterior of church under construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1555.2
[still life with vegetables and flowers, Palmer or Matanuska Colony?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.27.47.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P27
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.60.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1966.010.02
3 men at Alaska Commercial Bldgs on Beluga River, 1919. 3.25 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1966.010 CIHS Anderson
B1962.001A.487
Christmas Day, ’09, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, G1358
Keywords: Valdez, Christmas, Holidays, Snowbanks, Snow berms, Buildings
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.2018.1.159.002
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose seated wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; curtain at right; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1536.3
136. Palmer homes. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man working on wood frame house under construction in clearing, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.005 .002
(Nikko Garden Japanese restaurant Anchorage, Alaska){owned by Kimura Family}
Keywords: japanese, restaurant, Kimura
Collection: B2015.005
B1998.014.1.2321
"Hand in Concrete 'Left y Windham at lab Sep 5, 1945. Found in his pile of junk'" [similar to .2317]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.83.002
30-1, Sept. Pan X; Dev in DK 20-30 min @ 65°F; repacking scenes; intensified [two men handling fish filets in warehouse; likely 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.ConConv.12.23
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2022.005.182
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2023.011.94
St. John [view of community in the background with powerline in the foreground]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, St. John, Power line, Buildings, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
