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B1973.079.033
On Bering Sea near Nome [team of sled dogs and three people] [orig neg only]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1967.36
(Dog Races Fur Rondy, Feb 21, 1953 )[Fur Rondy Musher and dog team racing by spectators on fourth avenue]
Keywords: dogs, dog sled, mushing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1978.075.03
(Anchorage 1910 1919)(Moving the tent store The George Carrol building was ready and I believe this put in the back as a warehouse)( the original was a post card)
Keywords: horses, Anchorage
Collection: B1978.075 Carroll Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.094.327.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1995.014.56.11
[Native man in boat on river, possibly Yukon River. original image grainy]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2181.3
(Emard Property, Living room) [Anchorage home. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.3.16.03055.03
Summer scenic on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage - Buildings - Hilton Hotel], c. 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Summer, Anchorage, Buildings, Hilton Hotel, 4th Avenue, Downtoan Anchorage
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1894.2
Mt. McKinnley Hotel. Hewitt's Photo, Anchorage [Mt. McKinley Hotel in middle distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.083.144.4.3B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.16.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1989.016.841
P-344. Matanuska Experimental Farm, 8/7/36. Hewitt's [field, farm buildings, mountains in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.28.7.27
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B2016.005.050
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B1990.014.2018.1.213.005
67-3 Grand Coulee Dam [Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.174.004
58-2; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.003.095
Fish camp [several young women wearing headscarves and aprons standing around tables on beach at fish camp, drying rack in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.1.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.P.2.21.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1989.016.1011.3
GZ-191 (Snowbound, Golden Zone) [cabin covered in snow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1094
Granada, the Court of Myrtles. The first part of the Alhambra we saw together [courtyard with pool]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2244.1
(Golf course building, September 1951) [exterior with trees and automobiles, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001.0772
[identified as early days at Kennicott by patron 6/79; Bonanza Mine; Houses and buildings; Mountains; Copper mines and mining-Kennicott] [Likely Ahtna Territory]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Bonanza Mine, Mines and mining, Sawmills, Copper mines and mining, Kennicott, Buildings, Landscape
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
b2012.006.462
[village in winter, with buildings, storage tanks, and dry-docked fishing boat; no date]
Collection: B2012.006