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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
B2009.020.013
[Anchorage Alaska 1985; 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork, Denali, mountains, landscape]
Collection: B2009.020
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
B2009.020.014
[Anchorage Alaska 1985; 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork of flora and fauna in stairwell, bannister, floor coverings]
Collection: B2009.020
B1989.016.1149
(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
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
B2009.020.021
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior taken from back of balcony; stage, curtain, artwork, lighting]
Collection: B2009.020
B2023.006.2253
4th Avenue Starting Line the day before Iditarod Race/ Anchorage, Alaska [street view of 4th Avenue before the ceremonial start]
Keywords: Alaska, 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Downtown Anchorage, Road, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Stoplight, Ceremonial start, McKinley Tower, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Jeff Schultz
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
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
B1998.014.1.2005
"T223 Anchorage, East 4th Avenue" [similar to .2004]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2012.10
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, including 4th Avenue Theatre, Masonic Temple, Old Federal Bldg, and Kimball's. National Photo and News Service image number 106482,
Keywords: Panoramic, 1948, Anchorage, Chugach, Mountains, 4th Avenue
Collection: B2012.010
B2012.10printfile
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, including 4th Avenue Theatre, Masonic Temple, Old Federal Bldg, and Kimball's. National Photo and News Service image number 106482,
Keywords: Panoramic, 1948, Anchorage, Chugach, Mountains, 4th Avenue
Collection: B2012.010
B2012.10printfile70x10
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, including 4th Avenue Theatre, Masonic Temple, Old Federal Bldg, and Kimball's. National Photo and News Service image number 106482,
Keywords: Panoramic, 1948, Anchorage, Chugach, Mountains, 4th Avenue
Collection: B2012.010
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
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
B1989.016.1131.1
(April 18, 1941) [View of 4th Avenue Theater construction site from across Fourth Avenue, with four men in group on sidewalk, Eckmann's store on right, parked automobiles, signs for Empress Theatre showings, 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
B2010.007
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, including 4th Avenue Theatre, Masonic Temple, Old Federal Bldg, and Kimball's. National Photo and News Service image number 106482.
Keywords: Panoramic, 1948; Anchorage; Chugach; Mountains
Collection: B2010.007
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
B2023.006.1872
Kim Teasley at Anchorage 4th Avenue start/ Iditarod Sled Dog Race/ Alaska [Musher Kim Teasley at the ceremonial start on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, 1992 Iditarod]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown, 4th Avenue, Ceremonial start, Musher, Kim Teasley, Woman, Iditarider, Volunteers, Sled, Dog sled, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Steven L. Nelson, Steven Nelson
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B2023.006.1876
Susan Cantor at Anchorage 4th Avenue start/ Iditarod Sled Dog Race/ Alaska [Musher Susan Cantor at the ceremonial start on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, 1992 Iditarod]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown, 4th Avenue, Start Line, Ceremonial start, Dogs, Sled dog, Dog sled, Mushing, Musher, Susan Cantor, Iditarod, Volunteers, Sunshine Mall, McDonald's, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Steven L. Nelson, Steven Nelson
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B2009.020.022
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork panel left of stage, relief depicting airplane, communications, dredge, logging, ship, railroad locamotive, landscapes]
Collection: B2009.020
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
B2017.007.076b
[closer view of men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4th Avenue businesses]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.007.15b
April 23 [Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southwest. With 4th Avenue Theatre advertising “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” at left, Holy Family Cathedral in center, Turnagain in distance]
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
B2023.006.1877
Carolyn Muegge-Vaughn Anchorage 4th Avenue start/ Iditarod Sled Dog Race/ Alaska [Musher Carolyn Muegge-Vaughn at the ceremonial start on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, 1992 Iditarod]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown Anchorage, 4th Avenue, Dogs, Sled dog, Dog sled, Musher, Carolyn Muegge-Vaughn, Woman, Crowd, Spectator, Iditarod, Ceremonial start, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Steven L. Nelson, Steven Nelson
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B2023.006.5495
4th Avenue Staging Area at Iditarod Race Anchorage [Street view of Iditarod staging area with parked vehicles and sled dog teams along 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, 2003 Iditarod]
Keywords: 2003, Anchorage, Downtown, 4th Avenue, Staging, Automobile, Vehicle, Trucks, Motorhome, Road sign, Streetlight, Starting line, Ceremonial start, Crowd, Mushers, Dogs, Sled dogs, Dog team, Dog Sled, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Jeff Schultz
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
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
B2024.001.170
“4th Ave Earthquake Sep 64” [broken, sunken part of 4th Avenue following the 1964 Earthquake. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1964]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Downtown, Damage, 1964 Earthquake, Building, Signs, Sidewalk, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2023.006.1879
Skin Wysocki at Anchorage Start Line on 4th Avenue/ Iditarod Sled Dog Race/ Alaska [Musher Glen "Skin" Wysocki of Koliganek at the ceremonial start on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, 1992 Iditarod]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Downtown Anchorage, 4th Avenue, Dogs, Sled dog, Dog sled, Musher, Skin Wysocki, Glen "Skin" Wysocki, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Steven L. Nelson, Steven Nelson
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B1983.091.C7525.13
Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long 4th Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
