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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
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B2022.001.051
DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry, before it became Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners, 1990 [Exterior of DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, DeBarr Road, Anchorage, DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry, DeBarr Quality Cleaners and Laundry, Business, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Exterior, Building, Car, Transporation, Parking Lot
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.052
DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry before it became Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners, DeBarr Road, 1990 [Exterior and parking lot of DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, DeBarr Road, Anchorage, DeBarr Quality Cleaners & Laundry, DeBarr Quality Cleaners and Laundry, Business, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Exterior, Building, Car, Transporation, Parking Lot
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.048
Mayfield Evans with Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners employee at Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners on DeBarr Road
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Employee, Staff, DeBarr Road, Anchorage, Business, Equipment, Machinery
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.132
Newspaper clipping, “No vacation from dirty laundry”, photograph in front of Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners on DeBarr Road, undated
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Newspaper, Clipping, Mayfield's Quality Cleaner, Laundromat, DeBarr Road, Sharon Anthony, John Robison, Peter Hodun
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.053
Mayfield Evans, second from left, inside the plant at Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners on DeBarr Road
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Plant, Interior, Building, Business, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Equipment, Machinery, DeBarr Road, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.050
Left to right: Nafia Evans, Jacqueline Evans, Gloria, Ruth Pleas, Barry Evans, Charles Mathis, Mayfield Evans, Bill Byas, Mayfield Quality Cleaners on DeBarr
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Nafia Evans, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Daughter, Glora, Ruth Pleas, Barry Evans, Son, Charles Mathis, Bill Byas, Employee, Crew, Staff, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Business, DeBarr Road, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.049
Left to right: Mayfield Evans, Jacqueline Evans, Ruth Pleas, Bill Byas, Larry Dawdell at Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners on DeBarr Road Left to right: Mayfield Evans, Bill Byas, Barry Evans
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Daughter, Ruth Pleas, Bill Byas, Employees, Staff, Crew, Larry Dawdell, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Business, DeBarr Road, Anchorage, Barry Evans, Interior, Laundry, Equipment
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection