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B1989.016.361.8
Anchorage school construction. Hewitt's #8 [Anchorage Grade School construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.Fewell.Gene.2
Gene Fewell 8/25 Portraits (1960's era portraits)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Portraits
B2015.008.340
Wintering better than the sheep in the barns [sheep in snowy pasture]
Collection: B2015.008
B2005.026.3
My boys! 5th & 6th grades. Tyrone, Donald, Leslie, David A., Harry, Richard, Dennis, Darryl, Patrick. Kake. Teacher Claire L. Rattey (Fitzgaireld)
Collection: B2005.026
B2015.008.856
Chisana, 1912 [small white tent set up on glacier in foreground, man reclining on
blanket on ice]
Keywords: glacier, ice, mountains, mountaineering, tent, camping
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.18.2B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1983.091.S2018.5 and.6
(voting at Alaska Statehood Polls)(voting and counting ballots)
Keywords: voting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.42.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.3.1.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 3
B1990.014.2018.1.75.004
28-3 Christian Science booth at Ketchikan Fair [Woman sitting in rocking chair in foregorund; sign for "The Christian Science Monitor, An International Daily Newspaper;" table for display; chairs; lamp; woman's portrait on wall; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.604
119_12_ 1st Day 5_45pm_Crossing the Kennicott Glacier on horse back
Keywords: glacier, horses, expedition, mountains, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B2006.023.5443
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Russian Orthodox Church Eklutna Village. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.81.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1989.016.2053.35
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [parade on Fourth Avenue, passing signs for businesses including The Gitchell, Seidenverg's, U. G. Crocker, and Tent Factory]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.048
March 12, 1996 [village scene, 1996; child sitting on steps next to man with clipboard, paper, pen. At AFN 2022, youth sitting on the stairs identified as Jeffrey “Smurf” George]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Manokotak
Collection: B2019.007
B2022.005.143
[Three women in uniforms (likely Civil Air Patrol) holding belongings outside buildings]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Uniform, Clothing, CAP, C.A.P., Civil Air Patrol, Holding, Carrying, Belongings, Books, Garment bag, Purse, Handbag, Outside, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.270.002
84-2; Ariss & Wolcott Treat [portrait of woman, September 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2023.006.2257
Susan Butcher leaves Anchorage Start Line/ Iditarod Sled Dog Race [Musher Susan Butcher during ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, 1993 Iditarod]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown Anchorage, Start Line, Ceremonial Start, Musher, Susan Butcher, Dogs, Sled dog, Dog sled, Team, Signs, Stoplight, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Steven L. Nelson, Steven Nelson
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B2018.023.070a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [hydraulic mining operation, men, pipes, steam, water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.014.48.4
[bird's eye view of military vehicles and Quonset huts, military installation, Adak]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
