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B1979.002.4879a
(Cronin #5 Breakup in front of dock, Nenana 1920)
Keywords: shipping, winter, ice, river
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.TV.089.39.1.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.2047.3.1
(US Air Force airplane down in Cook Inlet, January 30, 1957) men in canoe in water near site of airplane crash, Douglas C-124C Globemaster II]
Keywords: aviation, accidents, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.014
Mayfield Evans and Willie Mae Evans [Bumping foreheads like granddaughter, Dakota would do]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Willie Mae Evans, Couple, Pair, Married, Husband, Wife, Family, Bumping foreheads, Affection, Love
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.322.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.P.28.5.26.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B2006.023.9253.jpg
[Vi Redington]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 9000-9999
B1991.009.150
From verso: Hope - settled about 1897; Tom Odale pix [view of townsite from boardwalk; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1991.009 Simonson
B1979.002.Album1.156
Delta River. [group of men in open car stopped on Valdez-Fairbanks Trail overlooking river valley with mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B90.14.5.ARR.1.200
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B2015.008.193
H5 81425 Climning far up at dusk to avoid canyons 2 hours down to river
Keywords: horses
Collection: B2015.008
B2006.023.5284.jpg
Photo by Jeff Schultz.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.19.001
Scn AIR; Looking up Knik Glacier which creates Lake George in Chugach Mountains near Palmer. 15 August 1973
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.2311.1
(City of Juneau, view from roof top, September 23, 1941) [A-J Mine in distance at right]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.1.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B90.14.5.ARR.3.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 3
B1998.014.1.1282
O82 Flower growing, pioneer wagon, Seward, Alaska [delivery wagon in meadow, wording on side: "Alaska; tel; Coal, (see .1283 for complete wording)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.001.087
Driving the first spike, April 29, 1915. [caption attached to image:] Driving the first spike on the Government railroad at Anchorage on April 29, 1915. Participants in the event have not been identified. [from verso:] Miss Martha White of Ladd Station near Tyonic, 19 years old. [men observe while woman prepares to swing spike driver tool]
Collection: B1979.001 AHFAM FIC
B2006.023.4806.jpg
[Wedding of Joe Jr. and Thela Redington?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1989.016.1713.3
(Abalone sky, Anchorage, Feb. 1, 1950) [reverse original of copy negs 1713.1-.2]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.080.8
Louise's dog, cream-colored. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2076.5
27 (Fur Rendezvous, First Day of Big Races, 1954) [musher with bib #2 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators and businesses including Ship Creek Market, L. W. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Sons Jewelers, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon, Pacific Northern Airlines]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
