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B1989.016.1956.3
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Ice Blocks, from Bootleggers Cove)[Cook Inlet, Sleeping Lady, as seen from Bootleggers Cove, Anchorage, AK.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Hous.3.330.2
Willow Park dedication, AHA [Torn down 1990. Badly damaged negative.]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Hous
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.26
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1989.016.2554.2
[Off to the potlatch, by Sydney Laurence]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1991.011.589
"Newtok 1959' [winter scene; group of women pose wearing fur parkas and boots; snow; structures; identified at 2019 AFN as Tununak; identified in 2019 village visit as: second from left: Mary George; fourth from left: BettyAnn Tom; fifth from left: Marie Fairbanks; sixth from left: Mrs Mark (Lucy) Tom]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.86
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B90.14.5.ARR.2.203
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1989.016.764.5
P-449. Hewitt's Photo (Farm animals, Matanuska Valley) [boy with horse]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.VarraGeorge.1
Varra, George Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2015.008.615
(124_9 Arrival at Ridge Camp 9th day 7pm){mountaineer standing atop large rock outcrop}
Keywords: mountaineer, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2413
"Bread - slices with holes; doll in hole" [same as .2409]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.23
Mac's Foto
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2006.023.4311.jpg
Man at camp fire.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.8264.jpg
[Boat building]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1990.014.5.P.2.26.6A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.158
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.790
"L29 Matanuska Valley farm, winter" [view across snow-covered farm field, barns, structures, farm houses, agricultural buildings, mountains, Pioneer Peak in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.021b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: people in open boats, skiffs, wood, gathered, possibly near shore; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.014.55.14
Eugene Tetinek [portrait of man in uniform seated indoors next to barrel stove]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.4.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 4
B2017.023.263
[scenic view, mountain, glacier, terminus, icebergs, ice floe, rocks, snow]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.2259.2
(Lions Club members with brooms, April 28, 1953) [four men standing in street next to street sweeper, Anchorage]
Keywords: maintenance, Municipality, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection