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B90.14.5.ARR.4.30
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 4
B1998.014.1.1028
L158 Anchorage - Seward Hiway (1955 Postcard) [view of Seward Highway, guard rail, railroad tracks, possibly Gorilla Rock, Turnagain Arm]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.846
P-34. Hewitt's (Palmer Days with Governor Troy) [picnickers and Gov. John Weir Troy at outdoor event, circa 1935-1939]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2289
Kotzebue, June 1967 [two children stand on a dirt road; boats, structures, clotheslines, metal drums in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.649
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-6 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging against structures; pickup truck in foreground]
Collection: B2019.007
B1998.014.1.723.bw
"H7 Greetings from Seward, Alaska moose & Seward RR depot" [greeting card design, summer scene, train, railroad, mountains in distance, neg is delaminating, drawing of moose in pond]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.3472
Joe Redington Sr. Iditarod Trail. Sign reads: Keep It Up 5 Mi. To Go. [dog team on snow field]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.103
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 exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1989.016.2334.3
(Recreational fishing for tourists out of Seward) [fishing boat in Resurrection Bay. color 35mm neg]
Keywords: fishing, tourism
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.095.128.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.1882.5
(Bristol Bay fishing) [interior of warehouse]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1009
[landscaping in front of shop. Cf. .536]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.703
F23 Alaska's number one industry, photo by Frank Morgan "purse seining in Alaska" [copy neg, same as .699]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.80
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2014.009.2
Kotzebue 1957 [man wearing rubber boots, brimmed hat and zippered jacket sitting on bench outside building next to woodpile]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.009
B1990.014.5.AKNative.4.53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1167
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Elks Building, Anchorage) [two-story frame building in winter, trees covered in hoar frost]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.PearsonAEMrs.1
(Pearson AE Mrs Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.2018.1.89.004
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with cigarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; artwork on wall at upper right; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.P.26.35.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P26
B2022.005.80
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and child outside midwinter wearing fur (likely reindeer) parkas; buildings in background] [At AFN 2024, person on left identified as possibly Emma Willoya]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Child, Parkas, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Pelt, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Mittens, Gauntlets, Gloves, Winter, Snow, Buildings, Structures, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.C10172.68
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)(conservator #076_14_03_00)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1990.014.004.13768
Kobuk River makes cut into permafrost: peat solid frozen with many ice lens. Photographer's number 13768
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.54.006
22-1 Aug. 1939; Super x - 32-20; Dev in DK 20-28 min @ 65 degrees; Pat Thomas [woman standing on roadway wearing trousers, jacket, headscarf; low wall and trees in background; likely near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
