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B1983.091.S4193.001
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women talking with Benson; parka, Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background, PNA aircraft model tail at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.594.1
40. Indian graves, Eklutna, A.R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.19.162
People - Rondy - 1955 2-3922-55; Wes Heverling, Bill Bittner [two men wearing suits stand at microphone while audience seated at tables watch; cameras; icicle decoration overhead; possibly at Miners & Trappers Ball in Elks Club]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 19
B1989.016.2034.1
Photo by M. Cramer (A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2034.2
(A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2034.3
(A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.1
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker with metal plaque, "This tablet is erected by the Alaska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the opening of the Anchorage-Matanuska Highway, 1935"]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.10
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.11
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4193.005
"Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing.]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.853
L59 An Aleutian Landscape [copy neg; jeep parked alongside dirt road next to waterfall; likely Umnak Island]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.157
Alaska ’47 – Sleitmut, Indian woman & baby on porch of trading post [Alaska Native woman holding infant, three men sitting on porch, man with back to camera possibly Ray Petersen, Sleetmute]
Collection: B2017.011
B1983.091.S4193.003
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women talking with Benson; parka, Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background, PNA aircraft model tail at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.38.3b
"Schools, Kids and Teachers" [children playing indoors, wood stove, flag, view out window]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1998.014.1.854
(L60 An Aleutian Landscape; Tulik Falls) [waterfall, likely on Umnak Island, Tulik Volcano, Mt Okmok]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.012.47
[cannery complex seen from water. original image blurry]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.019.464
Alaska Eskimo dance, Nome. c. Robinson Studio, Anchorage [two dancers wearing masks performing outdoors on snow, one holding dance fans, possibly Yupik]
Keywords: clothing, dancing
Collection: B2014.019
B1983.091.S4187.182
Walrus Island trip. Walrus at Round Island in Walrus Island Group. (4x5 neg of massed walrus) [walruses hauled out on beach] May 1964
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1792
T102 Arctic beach at Kotzebue, Alaska, Frank Morgan photo [view of shoreline, fish on drying racks; dogs laying near fish racks; structures, boat in water; steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1182
O40 Alaskan G.I. finds comfort in Alaskan wilderness {1946 postcard (person in life raft on land w/mosquito netting) (Alaskan GI); photo by E. Tetinek} [copy neg; river, sleeping bag, trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S4193.006
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [Airline counter and customer in backgornd; PNA aircraft model at left background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
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
B1998.014.1.1280
O81 Volcano dust comes to Anchorage; 15 July 1953 [Fourth Avenue, service men and civilians walking, automobiles, 4th Avenue Theater at far left; Lee's Menseart, Ship Creek Market, Food Center; Mount Spurr eruption]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S4193.002
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [women wearing parka, children, adults]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4193.004
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women, one in parka talk with Benson; Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background; tail of PNA aircraft model at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2055.10
10 (July 4, 1938, parade) [automobile festooned with crepe and banner for Anchorage Woman's Club]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.013.13
[man with mustache wearing light jacket and tall bowler hat standing with dog outside log building, Knik?]
Keywords: animals, clothing, residences, businesses
Collection: B2014.013
B1989.016.2055.23
23 (July 4, 1938, parade) [marching band in uniforms with instruments, man standing with horse, houses visible in background]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.3403
[view down boardwalk between buildings in village, cemetery on bluff in background, Kaltag? Cf. .3258]
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.013.15
[man with mustache wearing vest, jacket, beaded moccasins, and brimmed hat standing next to plate of potatoes set on wooden crate, log cabins in background, Knik? Cf. .14]
Keywords: clothing, agriculture, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B1998.014.1.1819
(T122 Valdez receiving dock; truck & barge operations (Delong barges) [similar to .1817]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1957.005.154
July 4th, 1919. Anchorage, Alaska [on verso:] Masonic Hall, Gordon’s Drug Store, 4th and F Street[parade float on street outside Masonic Temple, with American flags hanging from windows]
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1989.016.2143.22
34. Anchorage taxi service for the colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [three lines of automobiles parked alongside platform at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4179.44
Crane takes a bite out of building nexy to Highland Fling
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4187.188
(5/64) (275 negs) Walrus Island Trip. Walrus at Round Island in Walrus Island Group. (4x5 neg of massed walrus) [walrus on shore and in water]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1084.11
P-240. Palmer, July 3, 1936. Hewitt's [passengers on platform at Palmer depot next to Alaska Railroad train, one man wearing clerical collar, Rev. Bingle?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection