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B1997.003.141
[Man sitting in driver's seat of automobile; buildings in the background; could be same location as image .123]
Collection: B1997.003
B1990.014.5.TV.105.50
Kotzebue November 30, 1961 High view Kotz Hosp 11630
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2022.002.12
Cal Williams demonstrating against ExxonMobil in front of the company’s corporate office in Anchorage, 1989 [Cal Williams wearing white sheet with black “oil” stains, Handwritten note on back of photograph: 1989 Valdez Oil Spill]
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.005.179
[Newborn laying on floral couch]
Keywords: Newborn, Baby, Infant, Laying, Lay, Couch, Floral, Room, Interior, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S1468.1
Jacobin Guide to Alaska, night shot, Sabre Jet and Tops (tavern at 708 E. Fourth Avenue at night, with Tops Drive-In) [automobiles parked outside]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2015.008.325
Lambs, separated from their mothers, August [sheep in field in front of outbuilding]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.People.14.213
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.004.sunset.aerial.oct1964
Anchorage [aerial looking west across Cook Inlet at sunset. print date Oct 64]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1979.002.Album1.300
R32-1. Loading supplies at Ship Creek [boats and barge tied to banks of Ship Creek, men moving supplies, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.P.27.69.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P27
B1989.016.GeorgeSteve.1
[George Steve Passport Photos 1935-36]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2018.023.145a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman wearing buckskin dress, beaded headband and necklaces poses on a rock looking at the water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.2486
"Earth movers, 44 yds; April 16, 1963" [man operating Caterpillar #657 through dirt; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.003.245
[distant view of drag line moving equipment at mine site, water, tundra, hills]
Collection: B1997.003
B1989.016.551.2
A-14. Mt. McKinley, el. 20,300 ft. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [copy neg, damaged]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.027.36
#4-78. Inuit male spectator, Iditarod 1978, Nome, Alaska [portrait of man wearing fleece-lined hat with earflaps, green down jacket, and eyeglasses]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.027
B1995.014.124.2
Willow Creek, 1946 [bird's eye view of man working at sluice box in pit at mining operation, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.91.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.2023
T238 Seward, Alaska "4th Ave." [street scene, Liquor Store, Hamm's Beer; Gateway Drugs, Gil's Cocktail Lounge; Northern Taxi, Alaska Shop; Rexall Drugs; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
