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B1989.016.2183.18
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [bird's eye view looking west of spectators lined up along Fourth Avenue at E Street, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous street signs, City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S3178.064
Unalakleet, preparing fish, 7-18-60 [woman prepares fish at shore, shakes salt, roe at right; fishing boat with net moored off shore, children play in water in left background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B90.14.5.ARR.1.124
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1962.001.689
[Bridges; Sleds; Transportation – Horses]
Keywords: Bridges, Sleds, Transportation, Freight and freighting, Horses, Animals, Livestock, Rivers
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2014.002.749
[Tlingit female dancer standing next to student encouraging participation, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Keywords: education, dancing
Collection: B2014.002
B1990.014.5.P.27.73.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P27
B1996.035.2.1090to1091
.1090—Watts and me in the radio compartment in the Cat 5/16/47 Stan K .1091—Swan on one of the sacks in the 8 ball 1/7/47
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.116
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.P.2.35.4B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1998.014.1.193
B12 Fairbanks University of Alaska - aerial [not actually an aerial view; road, buildings]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1865
T138 Anchorage, Alaska {Anchorage, aerials (same as T190 [1.1952])} [copy neg. same as .1864]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.323.5
Trapper's camp and furs [child standing near beavers, woman hanging wash next to tent]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.068b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from front of print photograph: “The Musher” from verso of print photograph “An Alaskan prospector.”] [verso of slide: man carrying pickaxe and shovels over his shoulder, wearing rucksack, hat with bug net, and waders carrying walking stick as he walks on a grassy slope; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2006.023.4214.jpg
Vi Redington and [?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2019.019.IA7-16
Harbor Street [Ketchikan], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Ketchikan
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2015.008.627a
Good camp site from slides [arrow] three climbers wearing backpacks and holding picks reclining on snow in foreground cornice above]
Keywords: glaciers, mountaineer, Mt Blackburn, mountain climbing
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.215
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.90.30
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.PocaratidioAndreas.1
(Pocaratidio Andreas Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2009.061.96
Looking up First Ave from Northern Commercial Co. Ruby, Alaska Sep.1912(Ruby)
Keywords: frontier, town
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.1175
Turku, Kalasatamasta. Åbo, Från Fiskarhamnen. No. 239, Ståhlberg H:fors. 1300 cathedral completed. D.K., Åbo, Finland, 2 Aug. ’99 [view across Aura River to Turku Cathedral, or Turun tuomiokirkko]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.P.2.25B.4B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B90.14.5.ARR.3.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 3
B1990.014.2018.1.12.002
3-4 Brad & Nancy [interior scene with man and child; overexposed; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.626
E45 Diomede Island mother & child, Frank Morgan photo [portrait of woman with braide hair, wearing fabric parka with fur trim child inside back of parka, belt, knit stocking cap, headscarf, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1957.005.023
Anchorage Seward train obstructed by snowslide at mile 72 Gov't R[ail]road. Nov. 29, 1918. HGK AEC H122 [on verso:] J.T.C. Supt. Of Transp., W. Gerig Assist. Chief Engineer, F.A. Hansen District Engineer, Chas Mathison? Locomotive Engineer, Henry Howard, Clarence Olsen Conductor [Group of men standing beside train partially hidden by avalanche at mile 72 of Alaska Engineering Commission government railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, AEC, Train, Snowslide, Mile 72, Superintendent of Transportation, William Gerig, Chief Engineer, F.A. Hansen, District Engineer, Chas Mathison, Locomotive Engineer, Henry Howard, Clarence Olsen, Conductor, Avalanche
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
