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B90.14.5.ARR.3.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 3
B1989.016.2143.5
9. Under headway for the east, A.R.R. & C. Project, Matanuska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man constructing tables outside row of walled tents, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences, construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.1.20
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.3
Lipscomb home moving down Roguseta Drive from Turnagin
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B1990.014.5.People.14.88
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.1.53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1991.046.39
Patriarchs of Gamble, 7/52 [group portrait of eight Alaska Native men posed outdoors, buildings in background, Gambell]
Collection: B1991.046
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.55
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2294.2
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of main hall, August 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.213.006
67-3 Grand Coulee Dam [community in foreground; Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.TV.166.58.4.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2015.004.7
An “iron Chinaman” at an Anchorage salmon cannery. Photo by Brickley Photocraft [cannery workers operating an “Iron Chink” machine, possibly at Emard Cannery]
Keywords: fishing industry, diversity, immigrants, work
Collection: B2015.004
B1990.014.2018.1.311.006
91-3 Nome [April 1943; Pan X; abandoned mining equipment in foreground; structures, automobile, storage tanks in distance; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.003.13
Alaska(Skagway)[view from mountain side looking down onto the docks where a large steamship is docked and is taking on or offloading passengers town center can be seen in the distance]
Keywords: ships, shipping, transportation, port, wharf
Collection: B2014.003
B1989.016.BorgPeter.1
Borg, Peter, Passport Photos, 1935-36
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.99.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B2015.008.1263
[view down street with sidewalks and benches at left, buildings at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B90.14.5.ARR.2.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1989.016.1593.1
[bird's eye view of residential area in northwest Anchorage with Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; Sackett's Harbor at dock?]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.933
P-545. Palmer Day Dance, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard, buildings and water tower in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.463a
Kasigluk, 1949, Nochols family: rear: Marie K., Ella, Joe, and Evan. Front: Grace and Olive [men, women, children pose outside wood structure; kuspuk, mukluks, fur parkas, wooden barrels, wind]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.2115
W16 Winter in Anchorage "(home)" [copy neg; same as .2114]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2012.006.532
[view down waterfront in winter, with village buildings at right; no date]
Collection: B2012.006