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B2022.001.079
Certificate of Appreciation awarded to Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners from Mountain View Elementary School, May 4, 2012
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Certificate of Appreciation, Appreciation, Gratitude, Recognition, Contributions, Mountain View Elementary School, School, Community, Business, Partner, Chris Woodward
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.141
Certificate of Recognition from National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to Mayfield Evans, signed by Loretta Jenkins, President, February 2, 1990
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Certificate, Certificate of Recognition, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, Loretta Jenkins, E&S Diversified Services, Sponsorshop, 1992, U.S., Olympics, Team
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.142
Certificate of Appreciation to E&S Diversified Service [sic] from Georgia-Pacific Corporation and the United States Olympic Committee, signed by A.D. “Pete” Correll, President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Harvey W. Schiller, Executive Director/Secretary General, United States Olympic Committee
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Certificate, Certificate of Appreciation, E&S Diversified Services, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, U.S., Olympic, Olympic Committee, A.D. "Pete" Correll, Harvey W. Schiller
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2053.3
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 3) [girl dressed as Statue of Liberty and boy dressed as Uncle Sam standing next to automobile parked in front of house]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.596
33. Alaska Gold. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [nugget with coin for size comparison and flags "Anchorage" and "Alaska"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2239.10
(Fourth of July 1934) [Kustatan Pkng. Co. float, automobile covered in banners and boughs, spectators and house in background, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.595.2
39. Native baskets. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1888
T152 Palmer, Alaska [street scene with railroad tracks in foreground, structures, businesses: Koslosky's Department Store, Palmer Drug; Valley Real Estate - Insurance, automobiles; quonset at far right; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B2019.003.021
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” A full blood Indian and a full blood Eskimo [two young girls standing outdoors in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous children, Young girls, Indigenous girls, Children outdoors, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1882
T146 Nome, Alaska [copy neg, fish drying on rack at right; structures, automobiles, cranes (equipment) in background, boats, possible sea wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1884
T48 Merrill Field, Anchorage Airport [single-engine aircraft (possibly Piper model) with tie-downs in foreground, biplane aloft; people, airplanes on the ground in midground, tower, structures, Chugach Mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1265.5
P-480. Hewitt's Photo (Vegetables, Colony Produce, Palmer) [still life with vegetables, squash with exhibit tag]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1805
T112 Lovers Lane, Sitka, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo (Totem poles) [copy neg; woman stands next to Wolf Pole next to path or road through forest]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.137
A53 Reindeer roundup, 1948, [Native man wearing parka, mittens, boots, holds rope, reindeer, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1835
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [Street scene, men, women, children, servicemen, automobiles, businesses: First National Bank, Fairbanks Medical and Surgical Clinic; Shoe Mart, Crocker’s, Lavery’s, Arthur S. Brown Jeweler & Optometrist, Rexall Drugs; flags hanging over street; totem poles outside jewelry store, bridge in distance; image is overexposed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.167
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 exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B2022.001.136
Article, “For Evan’s Saks” [sic]Anchorage Community YMCA Community Connection, Winter 1996
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Article, Anchorage, Community, YMCA
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.137
Certificate of Completion, presented to Mayfield Evans from Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute, signed by Tracy Taft, Institute Director and Nathaniel Grant, Division Director, Oakland, California, November 1, 1995
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Certificate, Certificate of Completion, Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute, Community, Tracy Taft, Neighbor Works, Nathaniel Grant
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.168
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 exterior
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1998.014.1.1370
(PT6 Seward; & print) [winter scene; woman standing at left foreground, snow, harbor, Resurrection Bay, ship,automobiles on pier; railroad depot, railroad cars on pier, engine, fuel tanks; businesses, including Sewing Machine Shop; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley