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B1989.016.588.3
4. Gov. R.R. & Bartlett Glacier, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [negative deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.37
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.P.2.22.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1962.001.1302
First Valdez School Old City Hall 1. Alice LIEDY-governor Liedy’s daughter (not Gov. of Alaska). 2. Miss Moorehouse teacher about 1901 on Broadway or 1902. [Valdez-Schools; People-Valdez, 1900-1909; Moorehouse, Miss; Liedy, Alice; Valdez-City Hall; Valdez, Broadway (street); School teachers]
Keywords: Valdez, Schools, City Hall, Alice Liedy, Moorehouse, Teachers, School teachers, Pupils, Students, Children, Broadway Street
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2022.005.203
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan Elders gathered outside building on steps; midwinter] [At AFN 2024, adults on left identified as Grace Tocktoo and her husband on the steps of Nome's Our Lutheran Church, which was built in the 1960s. Nagazyuk home on far left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Community, Relationships, Community, Building, Steps, Winter, Snow, Nome, Grace Tocktoo, Tocktoo, Our Lutheran Church, Churches, Nagazyuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.78
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1962.001A.254.255.1
P149 [Valdez; Houses and buildings; P.S. Hunt, photographer. Cf. .254]
Keywords: Valdez, Houses, Buildings, Winter, Snowbanks, Snow berms, Log cabins
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.2018.1.6.004
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Helen [portrait of seated woman holding lit cagarette in right hand]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1962.001A.84
"Fairbanks, Chitina, Valdez, !! or bust!!" Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, P204 [Automobiles]
Keywords: Automobiles, Trails, Glaciers, Valdez, Signs, Landscapes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2023.011.57
15 Sep 60 [view of highway scenery with Ts'itonhna' (Ahtna) or Ch'atanhtnu (Dena’ina) (Matanuska River), September 1960]
Keywords: Alaska, 1960, September, Ts'itohna', AHtna, Ch'atanhtnu, Dena'ina, Matanuska River, Chugach Mountains, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1998.014.1.1919
T167 4th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska (from McKinley Bldg, May 1953) [similar to .1915]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.5.ARR.2.162
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.21.6.34A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2016.019.1.09c.12853.19
Large Alaskan Cabbage, Matanuska Valley, Alaska [Nature - Cabbage], 1998
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Nature, Cabbage, Matanuska Valley
Collection: B2016.019
B1995.014.30.6
[wood-frame and log buildings and walled tents along road in unidentified location, Willow area?]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2120
W18 Ski area, Fort Richardson, Alaska; photo by Vern Brickley [copy neg; man wearing t-shirt, pants, hat, gloves poses with skis and poles; Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.26.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.29.16
F-E Co. 1942 [crane and hose at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation, tailings piles in background]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.663
222.3 [view across icebergs to glacier terminus with seracs]
Keywords: tidal glacier, Prince William Sound, glacier, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.511
5"x7" nitrocellulose negative, severely damaged. The Shack at Fire Lake, Alaska with dog on top of car parked next to building. Postcard #113.
Keywords: Fire Lake, postcard, shack
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.213
[Two servcie men, two women sit on sofa; Wally? second from right]
Collection: B2017.023