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B1983.091.S4176.32
Turnagain Subdivision. showing cracks in ground and houses that have slipped off of foundations.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S3008.6
{Union Oil Co. - Ohio Oil Co. rig near Soldotna (Wells' Choice) 9/9/1959} [Coastal Drilling Co., pickup truck, automobile at far right]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.43
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids playing with man's hair]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.44
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids playing with man's hair]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1989.2
(Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954)[Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes share the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: airplane, airport, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1987.2
"Spa" Swimming Pool Anchorage, Alaska (Swimimng Pool "spa", April 22, 1954)
Keywords: recreation, pool, building exterior
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1988.1
(Swimimng Pool, "spa", Inside, April 22, 1954) [Interior of spa with pool ]
Keywords: pool, recreation, swimming
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.020.005
[rear view of Elks float on parade on E Street, passing Anchorage Hotel, Shriners standing with other spectators at left]
Collection: B2017.020
B1983.091.S5272.1
Loussac-Sogn Bld 1/2 way during paint job color 10 - '73
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.020.011
[view across Fourth Avenue to City Hall and Log Cabin Visitors Center in winter, pedestrians on sidewalk]
Collection: B2017.020
B2016.019.1.11c.12945.21
Hiker at Byron Glacier in Southcentral AK [Outdoor Activities - Hiking], 1998
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Outdoor Activities, Hiking, Byron Glacier
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1989
Anchorage Alaska Hewitts Photo (Anchorage April 22, 1954 6mm lens)[aerial view of downtown Anchorage]
Keywords: aerial, streets, houses, urban, cars
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.431
B132 YMCA, Anchorage [Automobiles, USO building at far left, trees in front]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2307.3
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street at night, looking east, with automobiles and business signs]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5665
Kasilof, 1945 [view from rigging of Clarissa and unidentified couple outside pilothouse of Kasilof, Cook Inlet. has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.020.024
[family posed next to automobile at Anchorage International Airport, young girl wearing leg braces]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1988.2
"Spa" Swimming Pool Anchorage, Alaska Hewitts Drug Store Photo (Swimimng Pool "spa", inside, April 22, 1954)
Keywords: recreation, pool, swimming, spa
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.29.3
(catastrophe)(November 26,1971)(1st anniversary memorial to 47 service psnl killed in DC8 crash Int Airport November 27, 1970)(Elmer Gagnon, Lt Col Finnegan, Wilda Hudson, Col Taylor, Mabel Crawford, John Asplund, R.W. Sharp, VIP, NP
Keywords: catastrophe, memorial
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.1989.1
(Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954)[Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes share the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: airplane, airport, mountains, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1526.1
(Pictures at Green Lake for Mr. Cuddy) [three log cabins in winter]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.708.9
Cannery operations [off-loading fish from boats]
Keywords: canneries, fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.708.8
Cannery workers [slime line. At Emard's in Cook Inlet, Anchorage?]
Keywords: canneries, fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.66
(catastrophe)(flood at trailer camp Goat Creek REA Power site)(7-3561 53)
Keywords: catastrophe, flood
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.67
(catastrophe)(August 9,1955)(AIR Flood near Goat Creek Old Palmer Road)(8 5524 55)
Keywords: catastrophe, flood
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.2046.4
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [woman wearing aviator's cap and goggles waving from cockpit of small airplane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2046.5
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [man in fur parka standing in front of airplane in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1553
S103 Elmendorf AFB - 1945 (combat bomber WWII 11th Air Force named Mormon Boy II) [same as .1552; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley