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B1986.096.50thanniv02
Anchorage 50th anniversary, 1970. Photographer's number 17422
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1989.016.JeffereyEdmund.1
(Jefferey Edmund Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.73b
(Anchorage_Business_Grocery Stores_Lucky's)("Buy Alaska" Sign on Luck's Grocery North side 4th Ave near C and D streets Owned by Lucky Baldwein and later by Nelson)(2 negs)
Keywords: grocery, food, commerce, buisness
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B2021.010.204
[1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1973.096.31
Plate 720_Jajuk-Selawik_From Copyright Photograph1928 by E S Curtis_Photogravure Suffolk Eng Co Cambridge, Mass native man posing for the camera wearing fur parka with hooded ruff]
Collection: B1973.096
B90.14.5.ARR.1.32b
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.56
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.88.125
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.MarinoJoe.1
(Marino Joe Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.LarsonFritz.1
(Larson Fritz Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B90.14.5.ARR.3.60
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 3
B2006.023.2706.jpg
Old Woman Cabin on Iditarod Trail during Joe Redington Sr.'s Iditarod Challenge.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B1990.014.5.People.14.221.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1995.014.120.6
F-E Co., Fairbanks, 1942 [drilling apparatus, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.69.3
[soldiers bringing inflatable raft on shore of gravelly river, mountains in background]
Keywords: boats, transportation, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1917.4b
Northland Greeting [Christmas card mat with sketch of caribou, with photograph of bull moose swimming]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.C0053.1
4th Ave Theater Window Display Capt. Horatio Hornblower Aug 16, 1951
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1990.014.2018.1.82.005
29-6; view & scenery from top of mountain [simalar to .81.002; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1997.003.147
[woman from image .146 stands looking over her shoulder while next to automobile with gun mounted in window of passenger door]
Collection: B1997.003
B1973.079.115
[moving the rec hall at Ft. St. Michael during the winter of 1907-1908. Woman dressed in parka standing in the foreground with workers and horses attending to the structure in the background]
Keywords: construction, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2023.006.3427
Ramey Smyth 1997 Iditarod Portrait [Musher Ramey Smyth, 1997 Iditarod]
Keywords: 1997, Portrait, Musher, Ramey Smyth, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Jeff Schultz
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B1990.014.004.07355
07355 Coiling line for a fast runout as the whale is hit
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B90.14.5.ANC.5.40
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
