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B1983.091.S4176.50
Earthquake damaged two storied house in the Central Business District.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.21
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Bonfire pile waiting: flag of the Post 728 Central Lutheran Brotherhood in the foreground)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.22
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Bonfire pile waiting: flag of the Post 728 Central Lutheran Brotherhood in the foreground)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.25
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.27
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire burning)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.40
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.20
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(People in front of federal Building)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.28
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire burning)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.29
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.32
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.35
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd waiting on the park strip for the bonfire )
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.37
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(People waiting bonfire on the park strip0
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.31
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1997.003.105
[Two men walking near pickup truck; tall man has hand on head of shorter man who is carrying a rifle and bucket; mining equipment to right]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.106
[two men standing in front of pickup truck, one man lighting cigarette for man with rifle and bucket in his hands and basket on his back; snow on ground]
Collection: B1997.003
B2016.019.1.02b.13588.04
Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska [Alaska State Fair], 2000
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska State Fair
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.734.1
Anchorage, Alaska. Bragaw's [Hotel Anchorage, with Brown & Hawkins truck and Cook Inlet in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.029.005
1965 Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage looking northwest towards Knik Arm, Mt Foraker and Mt Mckinley (Denali), National Photo and News Service image number 1910651.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage; 1965
Collection: B2013.029
B2013.029.006
1971 panoramic photograph of Anchorage, Alaska. Looking west north west down I street to include, the park strip, Cook Inlet, Mt. Susitna, Mt. McKinley(Denali). National photo and news service image #242712.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage, 1971, park
Collection: B2013.029
B1989.016.013.13
Furs bought by James Kennedy for Goldstein Co., Juneau, Alaska, Woodley Airways.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1993
T217 Anchorage, Alaska "McKinley Bldg; July 1954" [street scene looking east on Fourth Avenue; Alaska Cleaners; Mlue Mirror Bar Lounge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2176.1
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [sled dogs in harness resting on snow along street, automobiles parked along curbs, one sled partially visible, Chugach Mountains in distance, Fur Rendezvous?. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2176.10
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [musher with five-dog team racing past spectators, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2176.11
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [young boy with one-dog sled racing past spectators, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2176.12
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [young boy leading dog on leash and pulling young girl on toboggan past spectators, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.002.18
Examples of Cal Williams community activism [clockwise from top left: making a presentation at Bartlett Democratic Club Political Forum lunch, Anchorage Senior Activity Center with a fellow veteran, holding up a photograph of John S. Parks, with actor Danny Glover at Anchorage Senior Center for Nutrition, speaking at Senior Center for Black History Month, at Anchorage Senior Center]
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.16
Cal Williams, third from left, with other members of the John S. Parks Naming Panel
Keywords: Cal Williams, John S. Parks
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.127
State of Alaska Certificate of Appreciation, Presented to E&S Diversified Services, signed by Tony Knowles, Governor and Fran Ulmer, Lieutenant Governor, September 1998
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, State of Alaska, SOA, Certificate, Certificate of Appreciation, E&S Diversified Services, Tony Knowles, Governor Knowles, Governor
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.652
"Patty" of Nome. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [dog portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2173
Eskimo games, Anchorage, Alaska. Thomas Foto-shop, Anchorage [blanket toss on baseball field. copy neg. caption written on copy neg]
Keywords: recreation, winter sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2176.3
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [parked automobiles, groups of spectators, Chugach Mountains in distance, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous?. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2176.5
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [parked automobiles, groups of spectators, Chugach Mountains in distance, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1998
T220 Anchorage, Alaska "air views" [aerial view looking northwest from Anchorage Cemetery]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.029.002
Panoramic copy negative of 1959 downtown Anchorage. The photograph looks to the South East and shows the federal bldg, 4th Avenue Theatre, Kimball's and the Chugach Mounatins. National Photo and News Service image # 106482
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage, 1959
Collection: B2013.029
B1989.016.1590.6
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2174
Mt. McKinley, viewed from the Hotel Parsons, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitts Photo Shop #7 [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4706.88
Gambell St. Lawrence Island [Man on Dogsled being pulled by snowmachine] 4/1969 (215 Negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2176.4
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [parked automobiles, groups of spectators, Chugach Mountains in distance, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2175
Sitka, Alaska [view of town from point across water. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1440.2
Totem poles. Hewitt's Photo [two totem poles in trees, with two girls sitting on large rock with plaque similar to a coin with a likeness. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.021.194
Joan, ?, Wally, Piper PA 20, Chickaloon flats, ’54 [Wellenstein and Joan Wellenstein Fuglestad sitting on ground next to airplane N7080K, unidentified man bending over] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Flats, Joan Wellenstein, Wally Wellenstein, Wallace Wellenstein, Wallace J. Wellenstein, Wally J. Wellenstein, Wellenstein Cliff Fuglestad, Plane, Piper PA-20, Piper PA 20, N7080K, Bush, Flying
Collection: B2018.021
B1995.010.4366
[scenic of snow-covered mountain; print date May 67. Cf. .4400]
Collection: B1995.010