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B1989.016.764.15
42. Livestock at the Colony, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [horses and cattle next to covered hay pile]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.18.14
[portrait of dog wearing pack]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2008.008.142
[William Svensson drawing bow, arrows set in ground at feet]
Keywords: archery, recreation
Collection: B2008.008
B1990.014.2018.1.61.005
24-1 Aug 1939 Panatonic X - 32-20 Dev in DK20 - 20 min @ 70 degrees; billiard balls [Underexposed, cue stick, and balls on table; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.14.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.People.13.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 13
B1990.014.2018.1.65.005
24-5; Hillside [view of structure in forest on hill; likely August 1939; Ketchikan area]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.594.1
40. Indian graves, Eklutna, A.R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.766.2
P-491. Hewitt's Photo (Woodwork Exhibit, Matanuska Valley) [crafts display area, Palmer fairgrounds?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.BagoyEileen.1
Bagoy, Eline (Eileen?), Passport Photos, 1935-36
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.People.14.122
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2021.004.Box6.Page12
"Police, minorities agree to work together" 8/6/1981; .268-270 [Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, Bob Hughes, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2018.023.125b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [verso of slide: scenic view over trees toward mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.41.002
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; view of crowd watching fire; men on stairway; structures; man in foreground looking toward camera]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.10.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1989.016.917.2
P-11. Hewitt's (Clearing Land) [men clearing field with axes and equipment, water tanks in background, Matanuska Valley?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1986.096.parkscommendations02
Parks & Recreation, commendations. March 1968
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1990.014.5.AKNative.39.44
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.1627
Queen Ninteman & her royal Rendezvous court. (T29 Anchorage, Alaska) [Babs Ninteman sits on throne with pickaxe back, with two women wearing gowns seated on each side of her; three girls wearing tutus and one boy wearing suit sit on steps; piano, drum, microphone, northern lights, aurora borealis backdrop; 1954, Fur Rondezvous]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1139.5
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.081
Fish wheel near Copper River, June 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1837
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [actually 4th & Cushman, similar to .1822, street scene]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2585
"Room w/counter; 2 negs" [roomwith desk, lock, overhead projector, file cabinet, mimeograph machine, floor outlet; likely a fire extinguisher at far left; wall clock; camera equipment; drafting table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.78
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1993.020.128
{state hood bonfire}
Keywords: statehood, newspaper, bonfire
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1990.014.5.People.14.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1989.016.2141.63
D-82 [woman wearing mittens and fur parka with geometric decoration standing outdoors in winter]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.14.62
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative