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B1974.040.039
Canneries. Two cannery scows on flats waiting to go out for fish summer of 1938. Site of Emard Cannery (now Fidalgo) Anchorage.
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B1990.014.5.P.2.21.20
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.119
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2021.004.162
[Ed and Fran (in blue) Wesley with children]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Family, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2017.029.1840
[three children, one holding toy badge, one holding money; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.96.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1998.014.1.2238
1041 "fox" [fox lying on dried grass or straw; appears to be smiling; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B2014.023.248
(envelope marked new washington hotel constuction site under bridge)
Keywords: bridge, river, construction
Collection: B2014.023
B1990.014.5.ConConv.11.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2006.023.6912.jpg
[swimming moose]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1990.014.5.AKNative.42.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.024.132
Music Hath Charms Beaver City Alaska Jan. 11-1899
Collection: B1989.024 Jasper Wyman Collection
B2021.004.266
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.4.76
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.1293.dk336.10
336.10. Above Chitistone River, Alaska. Coal near Miller’s claims. 9.13.16 [scenic of coal
seams in pass area]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountain, river
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.13.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air
B1990.014.2018.1.101.002
37-4; Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St. {Ketchikan, January 1940; similar to .100.006
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.39.5.25A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.158
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: building interior, theater interior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.People.14.249
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1996.009.03full
His luck pieces and charms are kept in a box on the cache. Perhaps a skull of a wolf or caribou or dried bird.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.1.60
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 1
B90.14.5.ANC.5.135
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.61
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative