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B1990.014.5.AKNative.22.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1032
GZ-45 [airstrip in valley of West Fork of Chulitna River near Golden Zone Mine, with two men near airplane on skis and wind sock]
Keywords: aviation, mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1487
Lava cone of Novarupta from Baked Mountain, Falling Mountain in background, Katmai Nat'l Monument. c. Roy Gilley, guide, Kodiak, Alaska
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.13.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1989.016.HuntLillian.1
(Hunt Lillian Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.P.2.16.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.4.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.8857.jpg
Weight pulling contest at Anchorage. Shadow. Joe Redington.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1995.010.5772
[winter view from platform of rotary snowplow and other equipment at Tunnel. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1227.5
The Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 135 [view from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street with parked automobiles, pedestrians]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1990.014.2018.1.180.003
60-2 views taken around Thomas Basin; Basha's [January 1941, Ketchikan; boats docked in Ketchikan; reflection in water; structures, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2312.7
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of warehouse, May 9, 1951) [railroad and equipment yard, Ship Creek area, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.68
[Indigenous woman and child outdoors midwinter; buildings and structures in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Child, Parka, Outerwear, Clothing, Gloves, Buildings, Structures, Village, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1957.005.234
Bluff cleared below Talketna [sic]. AEC G100 P.S. Hunt. Alaska Railroad - Caswell to Curry, Fishlake. [view down river near Talkeetna]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Caswell, Curry, Fishlake, Bluff, Talkeetna, P.S. Hunt, River, View
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B2016.004.23.7
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [woman carrying pan of meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.1289
Hewitt's, Anchorage, Alaska [Fourth Avenue and E Street scene with pedestrians, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, lawn and fence in foreground with sign "Pick Up Military Personnel Here." copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2073.4
(Anchorage Houses, Nov. 1964, 12th and S Street) [two-story wood-frame home, winter, with picnic table and slide in yard, skis leaning up against house wall]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.898
(ARR- the loop)[rail trestle near Spencer Glacier]
Keywords: transportation, train, Alaska Rail Road
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1989.016.1086.8
M-7. A prize bull of the original "Carnation Brand" Holstein sire. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Matanuska Valley Fair, Prize Stock, 1937) [man with boy holding calf by halter next to barn painted with "Matanuska Valley Fair"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2270
Kotzebue June 1967 [girl wearing parka stands on shore, ice; water in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.ConConv.08.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1989.016.2281.2.5
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 2)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1657
T41 Fourth Avenue - Anchorage, Alaska [similar to .1648; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.107.004
40-2; Ocean Falls [British Columbia; Feb 21 - March 1st, 1940; view of structures, including domiciles; water, mountains in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ANC.5.97
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1995.010.389
3rd Ave, Anch [view looking west down dirt road, automobiles parked in front of house, greenhouse at right, boardwalk at left]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.87
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: school, children, building exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B90.14.5.ARR.2.182
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2