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B2006.023.4796.jpg
Joe Jr. and Thela Redington.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1990.014.5.People.14.188
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.5.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1991.011.544
"Sept 1958 Newtok" [view possibly from boat of shoreline, structure, likely fish drying rack, river]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.2578
"Kenai Highway; snow scenes w/1937 Buick; Feb 1937; [automobile on plowed road; snow berms; 1937 Alaska license plate 4003]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.011.598
"Newtok; Mar 60 dupe; Betty Ann Tom w/floats" [winter scene; woman wearing parka poses with two seal flats; child at right; structures in background; sled runners at lower left]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.5.ConConv.03.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1989.016.FischerJames.1
[Fisher James Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.2018.1.39.001
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [wood frame structures; domiciles; boardwalks; picket fence; laundry hanging on clothesline; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1994.008.369
(LUPC May 1979 Anchorage_ Wunnicke Hammond Parker presiding)
Keywords: public hearing
Collection: B1994.008
B2021.010.230
[seven Indigenous women and five Indigenous men in parkas sitting in front of a building] [At AFN 2025, individual in back row on left identified as possibly Arthur Nokik Yupickson and individual in back row on right identified as possibly James Arthur Allen.] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Arthur Nokik Yupickson, James Arthur Allen, Group photos, Buildings, Fur parkas
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1998.014.1.1172
{O34 Sourdough Alaska (lodge)} [log structure, moose antlers above sign, two men standing in front of door, planters; possibly Gakona]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.001.1293
Valdez Glacier Early Route to Interior [Sleds]
Keywords: Valdez Glacier, Routes, Trails, Sleds
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.5.TV.083.143.6.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.People.14.289
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B90.14.5.ARR.1.122.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B2022.001.072
Certificate of Appreciation presented to E&S Diversified Services by Mountain View Elementary School, May 22, 2003
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, E&S Diversified Services, Certificate of Appreciation, Appreciation, Gratitude, Mountain View Elementary School, School, Contribution, Community
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.055.167.4B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.2072.1
(IBM installation of sorter 1240 baud data processing system, 1960s) [man looking down through hole in floor to machinery on floor below, early computing]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.60.004
23-2 Totem;l 8/13 [1939; children pose in front of Pointing Figure totem; Saxman]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.5446.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Graveyard Eklutna Village. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.164
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: building exterior, bowling alley
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1984.077.1.002
[Dog sitting in dog yard, fence made of chicken wire, doghouses in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.7.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B90.14.5.ANC.6.9.5b
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC.6
