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B1989.016.218.1B
Independence Mine (circa 1939). [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.04c.03870.37
Jim Dokoozian at computer [Anchorage - Residences], c. 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Residences, Jim Dokoozian
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.145.2
Sydney Laurence painting, S.S. Yukon at dock.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.22
(National Bank of Alaska Branches) [bank branch in winter, Spenard? Similar to .1656.14]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.23
(National Bank of Alaska Branches) [bank branch in winter. Similar to .1656.16-19]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.3
(Fourth and Gambell, Dec. 26, 1953) [Anchorage, night scene, lighted sign for First National Bank, Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.4
(Fourth and Gambell, Dec. 26, 1953) [Anchorage, night scene, lighted sign for First National Bank, Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1654.3
44. [three men with Dall sheep trophies on dock next to float plane]
Keywords: hunting, aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1655.2
[Anchorage aerial looking west, with Merrill Field in foreground and Mt. Susitna in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.5
(Dec. 26, 1953) [vault in First National Bank, Fourth Avenue and Gambell Street, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.20
(National Bank of Alaska Branches) [bank branch in winter, Spenard? Sign in back reads "Spenard Service S_". not same building as .1656.16-19]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.21
(National Bank of Alaska Branches) [bank branch in winter, Spenard? Similar to .1656.15]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.10
(Dec. 26, 1953) [safe deposit boxes in First National Bank, Fourth Avenue and Gambell Street, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.1
(2-26-1953) [Anchorage Fourth Avenue street scene, with two women standing by door of U.G. Crocker, truck parked outside Alaska Transfer Co., signs for Dr. Shore Physician-Surgeon and New Method Cleaners]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1283
7. Tustemena Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [aerial of Tustumena Glacier]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1656.16
(National Bank of Alaska Branches) [bank branch in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.423
B127 Rehab Shopping Center, Bartlet, [Bartlett] AK "Seward?" gas station, The General Tire sign, automobiles, sign for Seward Sanitorium; person in medical coat and hat standing behind wood-peneled automobile; road and quonset in midground; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.424
B128 Methodest [sic: Methodist] Church at Seward, Alaska [automobile at left, trees, gravel street, mountains in background, copy neg?]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2050.6
(Berger's Boats, duck hunting) [two men and retriever posed with dead ducks and geese on pilot house of boat, Cook Inlet mud flats? cf. .1453, .1589]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1647.6
(Merrill Field in winter) [snow plow on air strip conducting snow removal]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1809
"King's" Mountain, Chickaloon, Alaska [gravel road, probably Glenn Highway in foreground, King Mountain in background. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1810
"Glen Allen" Hi-way, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [unpaved Glenn Highway in winter, with snow-covered mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1710
T64 Palmer, Alaska [railroad depot with sign "Elevation 241 ft, to Seward 156.8 mi., to Fairbanks 325.7 mi.; Shamrock Bakery, Shamrock Lounge, structures, automobiles, building under construction; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1813.1
4th Avenue, Anchorage. Hewitt's [bird's eye view, street scene of Fourth Avenue looking east to Chugach Mountains, with automobiles, pedestrians, and businesses including Crocker's, First National Bank, and federal building. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1344.4
(Moose in McKinley Park) [two moose with cabin in background and lake and hills in distance. Photographer probably George Nelson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1811.1
Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's [street scene of Fourth Avenue looking east, with pedestrians, automobiles, and businesses including Northern Commercial Co., Bert's Drugs, First National Bank, and 4th Avenue Theater. Chugach Mountains in distance. copy neg. same as .1347]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.346
(B72 Lum & Abner, Mile 233 lodge) [cabins and rooms to rent, gravel driveway, trees in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1808
[Hunting lodge at Lake Tustumena, moose standing in front of log building, two men near entrance looking at moose/camera. copy neg. cf. 1472]
Keywords: animals, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1811
T116 Chief Shakes House, Wrangell, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo [clan house with totems nearby including: (left to right) Kadashan Crane totem, Sea Serpent Pole, possibly Sun Totem (behind structure), Bear up mountain Pole, possibly Eagle Totem; end of bridge to island can be seen in lower center of image; structures in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2024
T240 5th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska [Street scene; people crossing street at stoplight; automobiles; 5th Avenue Hotel, L and J Pianos Organs Music; Bigler's; May's Cafeteria; Hoyt Motor Co.; 5&10; Echmann's Furniture; C. James Hopper; likely the First Presbyterian Church (5th & F)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1831
T128 2nd & Lacey Streets, Fairbanks, Alaska [street scene; man walking at right; bicycles parked on sidewalk; automobiles; businesses: Lacey Street Theatre with movie poster for Sands of Iwo Jima (released 1949), Peerless Coffee Shop, Lucille’s Apparel, Daily News Miner, Monsey’s Pantorium cleaners, Wien Alaska Airlines, Liquor, Drugs; flags hanging over street]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley