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B1990.014.2018.1.68.004
25-3; Northsea [lifeboat number 4 S.S. North Sea on ship; portholes; smokestack in background; likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.017.2003.04.05
Its time to quit fooling around with law enforcement...
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1985.027.1032
Originally in B3 F70. Wien Destinations. Circle Hot Springs. Indian girls. 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1998.014.1.2127
"Q22 Favorite winter sport, Anchorage" [copy neg; view of skiers on montain with skis and poles standing in snow in foreground; similar to .2125]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.233
[Two rows of houses on either side of the dirt road; children playing in distance]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Houses, Homes, Residence, Buildings, Community, Dirt road, Road, Children, Play, Playing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.44
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1506.2
[Pacific International Airways floatplane tail number C-259M marked PIA and U.S. Mail on shore with stack of antlers and horns, possibly Lake Hood?]
Keywords: aviation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.WamserAP.1
(Wamser AP Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.2018.1.187.001
61-3; Mose [dog in profile; woman at left; likely January 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.123
2462(92514)(1130am)(From B Harriman Cataract Surprise and Baker Glaciers)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.043
(9_18_14)(910am)(Frozen fresh water around icebergs hard to break through){rowing through icebergs}
Keywords: Glaciers, ice bergs, boat, rowing, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1146.30
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Mar. 26, 1940) [view of construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing some scaffolding, parked automobiles, small sheds, pedestrians]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1767
(T91 Dawson Creek, British Columbia; milepost in street) street scene; people standing near bus, automobilesPost Office, Style Shop, Dew Drop Hotel, Yellow Cab, Jeweler, C.J. Mackay Insurance, Wholesale Grocery, Coca-Cola, depot in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.204
[People and luggage near Transportation Co. Nome Alaska Cab bus midwinter. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, People, Passengers, Travelers, Travel, Transportation, Transportation Co., Company, Business, Nome, Bus, Vehicle, Luggage, Guitar, Musical instrument, Outside, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2056.9
Hewitt's 9 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army) [soldiers in furs coats and hats talking to man in civilian clothing, Linder Rooms in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.323
B64 Church at Cordova [similar to .322, from copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.046.98
Russian Orthodox church, Belk., 4/52 [interior of Holy Resurrection Church]
Collection: B1991.046
B2006.003.5
Construction on W[hite] P[ass] & Y[ukon] R.R. at Porcupine Hill. [photo by H. G. Barley, image #112, with two horse teams and men with hand tools in railroad cut]
Collection: B2006.003
B1962.001A.395
The first tunnel, mile 47, A.N. Railway, showing the first loop. P.S. Hunt, G4214 [Alaska Northern Railway; Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Northern Railway, AK Northern Railway, AN Railway, A.N. Railway, Railroad, Tunnel, Mountain, Range
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2006.023.8236.jpg
[Fishing boats Glacier Bear, Arctic Wolf, Miss Unalakleet, Big Kyak]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B2021.010.010
[man riding tractor pulling sled loaded with timber, two men riding sled. Same as B2002.011.215: "Wood hauling for government use."] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Tractor, Fuel, Transportation, Nutchirviq
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
