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B1983.091.S4176.4
Anchorage International Airport, tower in distance.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S3016.78
1959 Aerials, Anchorage (International Airport area)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4860.3
Aerials, Anchorage International Airport July 1970
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4860.4
Aerial, Anchorage International Airport July 1970
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1989.6
International Airport Anchorage Alaska, Hewitts Drug Store Photo (Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954 copy)[Two large commuter/cargo planes on the tarmac]
Keywords: airport, planes, mountains, terminal, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.1989.2
(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
B2017.020.020
[man standing outside passenger entrance at Anchorage International Airport]
Collection: B2017.020
B1983.091.S5430.36
Anchorage aerials, Sept. 1978 [Fish Creek? Looking south towards International Airport]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.020.024
[family posed next to automobile at Anchorage International Airport, young girl wearing leg braces]
Collection: B2017.020
B2016.019.1.11d.10803.17
Fed Express planes loading at the airport, Anchorage, AK [Planes and Airports - AEDC/Aadland FedEx], 1994
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Planes and Airports, AEDC/Aadland Fedex, FedEx planes, Anchorage International Airport, ANC, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1989.4
(Anchorage International Airport,Inside Cloud Hoppers Cocktail Lounge, May 8, 1954)
Keywords: airport, bar, lounge, restaurant
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.435
B135 Anchorage International Airport [parking lot, automobiles, van, pickup truck, air traffic control tower]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2309
[Anchorage International Airport with control tower, Cordova Airlines airplane on tarmac, Chugach Mountains in distance. Pre-1964. color transparency]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.568
[low aerial looking north over Anchorage International Airport, with Lake Hood and Lake Spenard in middle ground, downtown in distance]
Collection: B1995.010
B1983.091.S3343.1
(Missle site near Anchorage International Airport)[aerial view]
Keywords: military, aerial, missle
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.020.060
[Chinese American women and small child walking towards airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other airplanes in right background; print date Jul 59]
Collection: B2017.020
B2015.025.822
[International bucket truck, or cherry picker, suspended from crane, Port of Anchorage]
Collection: B2015.025
B1989.016.1989.3
(Anchorage International Airport,Inside Cloud Hoppers Cocktail Lounge, May 8, 1954)(8x10 print)
Keywords: bar, airport, restaurant, interior
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.30
(catastrophe)(November 28,1970)(APS Anchorage D-8 wreck Anchorage International November 28,1970)(46 dead)(230 aboard outbound for Vietnam War area)
Keywords: catastrophe, crash, airplane disaster, accident, wreckage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.1989.5
(Anchorage International Airport,Inside Cafe, May 8, 1954)[Interior photograph of cafe showing one patron sitting at the bar]
Keywords: cafe, restaurant, tables, chairs, bar, interior
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1527
(Anchorage Baseball Trophy) [cup engraved: International Baseball Challenge Trophy, presented by Discovery Day Association, Dawson, Y.T., 1936]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.020.061
July 59 Frank wife & Hoon passing Anch. [Chinese American woman posed with young boy in front of Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-7 airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other passengers walking at left; print date Jul 59
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.711.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Pacific International Airways CH-300 Pacemaker NC-259M, called "Aquila" circa 1930-1932, possibly at Merrill Field in Anchorage. Airplane marked P.I.A.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.711.1
[Pacific International Airways CH-300 Pacemaker NC-259M, called "Aquila" circa 1930-1932, possibly at Merrill Field in Anchorage. Man working on airplane marked P.I.A.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.6.1
(catastrophe)(November 27 1971)(in anniversary of Capital Airlines wreck in which over 47 people died at ANchorage International Airport. A wreath to the service men and families. Plane a DC 8 / People shown: Col Taylor AF Chaplin, Lt Col Finnegan, Robt Sharp City Anch, Wilda Hudson Boro and City Council, John Asplund Boro Chairman, Elmer Gagnon Amer Legion, Mabel Crawford
Keywords: airplane, wreck, memorial, service
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.6.2
(catastrophe)(November 27 1971)(in anniversary of Capital Airlines wreck in which over 47 people died at Anchorage International Airport. A wreath to the service men and families. Plane a DC 8 / People shown: Col Taylor AF Chaplin, Lt Col Finnegan, Robt Sharp City Anch, Wilda Hudson Boro and City Council, John Asplund Boro Chairman, Elmer Gagnon Amer Legion, Mabel Crawford
Keywords: memorial, wreck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.2046.8
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [man wearing leather mittens and fur parka with geometric decorations standing in front of Pacific International Airways CH-300 Pacemaker NC-259M, called "Aquila" circa 1930-1932, possibly at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2046.9
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [man wearing leather gloves and fur parka with geometric decoration standing in front of Pacific International Airways CH-300 Pacemaker NC-259M, called "Aquila" circa 1930-1932, possibly at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1557
T2 Anchorage - Alaska (Street scene, Anchorage) [looking east toward mountains, crowds of people on sidewalks, building steps and rooftops, military marching band in front of City Hall, automobiles, American flags hung over 4th Avenue, dog crossing street; likely a public celebration; businesses: Gitchell Hotel, barber pole, International Order Office, Jeweler, M. Seidenverg Clothier, Dr Hines, J. Vic Brown, Sears, City Hall on right.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley