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B1983.091.S2023.25
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.26
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
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.S2023.30
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.5
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.24
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(People gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
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
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.S2023.36
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd waiting on the park strip for the bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.39
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.40
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd gathering on the park strip for the Bonfire)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.35
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)(Crowd waiting on the park strip for the bonfire )
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1997.003.109
[airplane parked on snowy landing strip; tire tracks in snow, barrel in foreground]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.110
[two airplanes parked on snowy landing strip; vehicle tracks in snow in foreground]
Collection: B1997.003
B2016.019.1.02e.06507.16
Aerials of Downtown area 7/88 & sky out over Park Strip [Anchorage - Aerials], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Aerials, Park Strip
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.735.3
Russ Merrill's plane on the park strip [Travel Air C-194 airplane with skis]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Sports.1.2
1959 Kid's Ball game on Park Strip Between C st. & E St.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Sports
B2013.029.009
Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage 1976. Showing the park strip and construction of the Pioneer Home on I street.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage
Collection: B2013.029
B2013.029.010
Panoramic photograph of downtown Anchorage 1976. Showing the park strip and construction of the Pioneer Home on I street.
Keywords: panoramic; anchorage
Collection: B2013.029
B1989.016.013.17
Photographer's number 13A. [Two Sikorsky amphibious planes on Anchorage Park Strip in 1939, R-71, R10]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1997
Anchorage, Alaska city center "T220 Anchorage, air views" [aerial view looking northwest of Park Strip]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2176.2
(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
B1989.016.2176.3
(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
B1989.016.2176.4
(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
B1989.016.2176.5
(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
B2022.002.23
Cal Williams walking with Bridge Builders organization, July 4 parade on Anchorage Park Strip [Cal Williams, center, wearing baseball cap and kente cloth poncho]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Bridge Builders, Parades, Anchorage Park Strip
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.20
Cal Williams performing at Pacific Islanders event, Park Strip, Anchorage, 2018 [Cal wearing blue robe and kente cloth hat, playing djembe] Handwritten note on back of photograph: 2018 performing at Pacific Islanders event on the Anchorage Park Strip in 2018
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1979.002.1559
#556 donated to city of Anchorage park strip playground between 9th and 10th ave [ locomotive # 556 with steam]
Keywords: transportation, trains
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2022.001.131
Mayfield Evans with Alaska Governor Tony Knowles, Anchorage Park Strip [Note on front: “Mayfield, Thank you for all your help over the years and your friendship, Tony”]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Alaska, Governor, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Anchorage Park Strip, Anchorage, Community, Inscription
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.013.12
Anchorage Hangar and plane's. Bragaw Photographer's numbers 13A, C193. [Anchorage Air Transport hangar, Travel Air 4000, Anchorage Park Strip]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.656
4. Anchorage from the air. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial looking northwest from park strip to Government Hill, with Ship Creek area, port, and downtown, 1930s]
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
B1989.016.2176.7
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [musher with seven-dog team racing past spectators, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2176.9
(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
B1998.014.1.2001
T221 Anchorage, Alaska "Air views" [aerial view looking north from Park Strip over downtown, Ship Creek, Government Hill, port, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1983.091.S1852.5
Ice skaters at city rink, 1-5-58 (skaters on park strip) [families skating on temporary ice rink, with houses along 10th Avenue visible in background]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1591.1
#11. Hewitt's Photo Shop [ice hockey game at outdoor rink in Anchorage, with sign for Frisco Cafe on fence, houses and utility poles in background; Delaney Park Strip?]
Keywords: sports
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
B1983.091.S4753.1
Street - lighting on 9th Ave from E St east, 7-69 [Chugach Mountains in distance, park strip on right, Equitable Life, Texaco, and other businesses on left, street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2176.8
(Sid's dog races and dogs, 1948) [musher and handler with small dog team starting out in front of spectators, Anchorage Park Strip? Fur Rendezvous? Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1986.096.94
[City flag. Flag flying, possibly over Anchorage Pioneer Home, Delaney Park Strip in background, with Union 76 building, Captain Cook Hotel, Cook Inlet in distance, 1960s]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
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
B1983.091.S4753.2
Street - lighting on 9th Ave from E St east, 7-69 [automobile heading west, Chugach Mountains in distance, park strip on right, Equitable Life, Texaco, and other businesses on left, street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1979.002.5716
neg 24 locomotive #556_ Locos Steam #556 ARR presented this loco to the city of Anchorage on 8/27/59. It was moved to the park strip between 9th and 10th Ave [steam locomotive moving through a mountain pass]
Keywords: transportation, trains
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1444
[aerial of Anchorage looking east, showing Fort Richardson, Ship Creek, downtown area south to park strip, Merrill Field and Chugach Mountains in distance. Barge on mud flats at low tide. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.021.215
Anchorage, 6-20-53 [low aerial of Bootlegger’s Cove neighborhood and Cook Inlet, military housing on west end of park strip at right, Point Woronzof at left, Mount Spurr and Tordrillo Mountains in distance]
Collection: B2018.021
B1995.010.451
[aerial view of Anchorage looking northwest up G Street, CAA housing on H and I Streets south of park strip in foreground, Providence Hospital at left, federal building in background at right, Cook Inlet and Denali in distance, circa 1945]
Collection: B1995.010