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B2022.005.147
[View from car down 4th Avenue, Anchorage]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, View, Street, Road, Cars, Vehicles, Tranportation, 4th Ave, 4th Avenue, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Downtown, Businesses, 4th Avenue Theater, Eatery, Restaurant, Empress Theatre
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.2005
"T223 Anchorage, East 4th Avenue" [similar to .2004]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S4028.1
Anchorage, 4th Avenue, old days [Looking west, Model A]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.004.4117
Photographer's number: 4117 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, 4th Avenue Theater, 1950]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2022.005.148
[View from car down 4th Avenue, Anchorage; people crossing street]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, View, Street, Road, Cars, Vehicles, Tranportation, 4th Ave, 4th Avenue, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Downtown, Businesses, 4th Avenue Theater, ABC KENI radio, Radio, 1st National Bank, First National Bank, Bank
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1129
[4th Avenue Theater under construction, with posters for Empress Theatre showings in foreground, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1635
T31 Anchorage - Alaska (4th Avenue) [street scene, similar to .1634]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1815b
T120 Anchorage's 4th Avenue [copy neg; cropped version of .1815a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1962
T197 A June mid-night on Anchorage's 4th Avenue [same as .1961]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.084a
[demolition of damaged businesses on 4th Avenue, Flowers by Bagoy building at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.16
Buildings along 4th Ave showing earthqauke damage.This to include 4th Avenue Theater, Valley Bank and N.C. Company.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.016.2029.2
(Hewitt's Drugstore, Oct 12, 1963)[Hewitt's Drug Store as seen from 4th Avenue]
Keywords: cars, store, street signs, streets, traffic lights
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2029.3
(Hewitt's Drugstore, Oct 12, 1963)[Hewitt's Drug Store as seen from 4th Avenue]
Keywords: cars, traffic lights, street signs, streets
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2029.4
(Hewitt's Drugstore, Oct 12, 1963)[Hewitt's Drug Store as seen from 4th Avenue]
Keywords: streets, street signs, cars, traffic lights
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.4116
Photographer's number: 4116 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, winter, 4th Avenue Theater, Chugach Mountains, 1950]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1149
(4th Avenue Theatre, May 18, 1947) [Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage, with 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Bldg., Masonic Temple, Oyster Loaf Restaurant, pedestrians and military personnel on sidewalk, automobiles parked at curb]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.35188
4th Ave from west of K Str late evening March 1947 Photographer's number: 35188 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, winter, 4th Avenue Theater, Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.333.4
Fourth Avenue street scene looking east, July 1939 [1st National Bank, Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.208.4
Anchorage street scene, 4th Avenue [winter, looking west, Alaska Transfer Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.020.013
[Anchorage Alaska 1985; 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork, Denali, mountains, landscape]
Collection: B2009.020
B2017.007.076b
[closer view of men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4th Avenue businesses]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.004.32752
Night view of 4th looking east the winter of 1949-50. Photographer's number: 32752 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, winter, Club 25, 4th Avenue Theater, Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2307.5
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street at night, looking southwest, with signs for businesses including Rexall Drugs and 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1648
T38 Anchorage - Alaska [looking east down 4th Avenue; people, automobles; businesses: Columbia Lumber Company, White House, Cafe, Piggly Wiggly, Frigidaire, 4th Avenue Theatre under construction]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1961
T197 A June mid-night on Anchorage's 4th Avenue [street scene looking east from center of street; 4th Avenue Theatre on right; Federal Building on left; glare in center of image; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.C7525.13
Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long 4th Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C7525.14
Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long 4th Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C7525.16
Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long 4th Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1998.014.1.1634
T31 Anchorage - Alaska (4th Ave) [street scene looking east down center of 4th Avenue; men, women, children walking; automobiles, federal building, Bert's Drugs, 1st National Bank; 4th Avenue Theatre is partially constructed, scaffold, ladders, barricades]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1131.2
(April 18, 1941) [View of 4th Avenue Theater construction site looking towards Fourth Avenue, with federal building in background, parked automobiles, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1925.3
(Fur Rondy 1952, snow dumping) [truck depositing snow on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage under Fur Rendezvous sign, with 4th Avenue Theater in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.3.16.03055.03
Summer scenic on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage - Buildings - Hilton Hotel], c. 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Summer, Anchorage, Buildings, Hilton Hotel, 4th Avenue, Downtoan Anchorage
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1918.7
From Anchorage, Alaska, comes a hearty Merry Christmas [Christmas card mat with sketch of Cook Inlet and photograph of Fourth Avenue looking east, with 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1924
T169 Famos 4th Avenue "Longest Bar in the World" Anchorage, Alaska. [winter street scene, similar to .1920]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.020.014
[Anchorage Alaska 1985; 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork of flora and fauna in stairwell, bannister, floor coverings]
Collection: B2009.020
B1989.016.2284
[4th Avenue Theater, exterior, "Francis Joins the WACS" on the marquee, with signs for Fourth Avenue businesses including Players Cafe, 1st National Bank, Empress Theatre, 1954]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.333.3
Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's. July 1939 [Fourth Avenue scene looking east, with Northern Commercial Co., Bert's Drugs, First National Bank, 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1230.1
4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Foto [street scene of Fourth Avenue with pedestrians and automobiles, federal building, The Gitchell, Anchorage Jewelers, L. Seidenverg Clothier. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.208.1
Anchorage street scene, 4th Avenue [winter, looking east, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.208.3
Anchorage street scene, 4th Avenue [winter, looking east, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.073a
[damage to businesses on 4th Avenue, including D & D Bar & Café, BJ’s Billiards, Mac’s Foto]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.007.076a
[men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4th Avenue businesses including Sedalia Shine Parlor at left. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B2009.020.007
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.008
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020