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B2006.023.5897.jpg
[Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5992.jpg
[Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.6866.jpg
[Dog races, Fourth Avenue, Amchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6868.jpg
[Dog races, Fourth Avenue, Amchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6869.jpg
[Dog races, Fourth Avenue, Amchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6870.jpg
[Dog races, Fourth Avenue, Amchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1983.091.C8681.1
Exterior of Fourth Avenue Theatre 10-1971
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.406.3
Food Center [Anchorage Fourth Avenue with Seidenverg's]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.C7525.17
Exterior of Fourth Avenue Theatre 9-27-1967
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C7525.18
Interior Fourth Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C7525.19
Interior Fourth Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.1772.1
(Anchorage at night) [street scene, probably Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.406.1
Food Center [Anchorage Fourth Avenue with The Gitchell, Seidenverg's]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1650
T38 Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska [similar to .1648]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.4117
Photographer's number: 4117 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, 4th Avenue Theater, 1950]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2132.1
(Fourth Avenue after earthquake, 1967) [aerial view of empty lots on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking east, with McKinley Apartments and Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1129
[4th Avenue Theater under construction, with posters for Empress Theatre showings in foreground, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1515
[exterior of Federal Building on Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, with automobiles parked outside]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1548
[street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with Kennedy's and Bili's Electric Shop]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1641.2
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with clothing displays, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1641.3
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with clothing displays, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1641.4
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with clothing displays, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1655
T41 Fourth Avenue - Anchorage, Alaska [similar to .1648; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1656
T41 Fourth Avenue - Anchorage, Alaska [similar to .1648; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1657
T41 Fourth Avenue - Anchorage, Alaska [similar to .1648; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2054.5
5-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [clown on bicycle passing spectators, some in military uniform, on Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1880.12
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [female musher with bib #12 and team passing City Hall on Fourth Avenue, with spectators lining street]
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
B1989.016.2053.40
(Fourth of July, 1932) [men lined up for start of foot race on Fourth Avenue in front of City Cash Grocery]
Keywords: businesses, recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.4116
Photographer's number: 4116 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, winter, 4th Avenue Theater, Chugach Mountains, 1950]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1691.2
Hewitt's, Anchorage [automobiles parked outside Northern Commercial Co., Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1713.1
(Mother of pearl cloud, Jan. 1950, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1713.2
(Mother of pearl cloud, Jan. 1950, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2258.5a
[street scene with pedestrians and automobiles outside federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6051
Anchorage [parade on Fourth Avenue, with group in uniforms passing City Hall, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2006.023.2351.jpg
Vi and Joe Redington in red hats. Anchorage Fourth Avenue. From Bill Devine.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2006.023.2351
Vi and Joe Redington in red hats. Anchorage Fourth Avenue. From Bill Devine.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.2146.15
#15 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [group on horseback passing City Hall on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.16
#16 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [spectators gathered outside of federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.4
#4 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [parade floats passing Richmond's Restaurant on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.333.4
Fourth Avenue street scene looking east, July 1939 [1st National Bank, Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection