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B1989.016.1128.1
[Anchorage Cold Storage Co. trucks in parking lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.5490.jpg
Sign: Iditarod the trail for all seasons. In plaza parking lot.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5490
Sign: Iditarod the trail for all seasons. In plaza parking lot.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1998.014.1.285
B54 Federal Building, Nome, Alaska. [automobile, parking lot]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.286
B54 Federal Building, Nome, Alaska. [automobile, parking lot]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.5.004
Fairbanks [Samson Hardware Company building, parking lot, trucks, riverbank]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.5.009
Fairbanks [small cabins, delivery truck? plank parking lot or road?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.Const.30.18
Feb. 18, 1953 [Six BMR trucks and trailors in a snow covered parking lot]
Keywords: commercial, transportation, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Const
B1998.014.1.439
"B137 Anchorage High School (West High)" [view looking across parking lot; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1935.3
(L Street Apartments, Anchorage, Nov. 6, 1952) [building exterior with automobiles in parking lot]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1935.4
(L Street Apartments, Anchorage, Nov. 6, 1952) [building exterior with automobiles in parking lot]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.9
4th Ave, East from 3rd and E park lot Quake cracks from 27 March 64
Keywords: construction, damaged buildings, demolition, mountains
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1989.016.1935.2
(L Street Apartments, Anchorage, Nov. 6, 1952) [building exterior with construction materials in parking lot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.10
Alley by Inlet Hotel Rooter breaks frost after earthquake. Is now the 4 & L parking lot.
Keywords: damaged buildings, power lines, cars
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1989.016.1128.2
[Group of six men and one women posed in front of Anchorage Cold Storage Co. trucks in parking lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.435
B135 Anchorage International Airport [parking lot, automobiles, van, pickup truck, air traffic control tower]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S1435.1
Curly's Cafe (for Jacobin), 1953 [night scene of Curly's Chinese-American food, with neon lights and automobiles parked in lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2061.1
(Church photos taken for the Anchorage Daily Times) [unidentified church, with cross on tower and parking lot, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2061.2
(Church photos taken for the Anchorage Daily Times) [unidentified church, with cross on tower and parking lot, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.135
[Two young men in Civil Air Patrol (CAP, civilian auxiliary of US Air Force) uniforms standing in parking lot]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young men, Men, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P., Uniform, Clothing, Parking lot, Cars, Transportation, USAF, U.S.A.F., US, Air Force
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2133.2
(The Big Snow, December 1955) [automobiles buried in snow, with Anchorage Hotel in background, E Street parking lot. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2320
[bird's eye view of the Alaska Railroad Headquarters and depot at Anchorage, looking northwest to Chugach Mountains, automobiles parked in lot near station]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.9
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. Close-up of damage to parking lots between 4th and 3rd Avenues]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.203
(Portage; August 1960) [man standing in parking lot, likely photographing glacier, icebergs; Chevrolet automobiles with luggage rack and Alaska plate C18141; telescope]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2003.011.55a
New library, 11/5/45. This is the old cow barn at 5th and E St., now a parking lot (10 Jan 66). Photo by Walt Smith
Collection: B2003.011
B2003.011.55b
New library, 11/5/45. This is the old cow barn at 5th and E St., now a parking lot (10 Jan 66). Photo by Walt Smith
Collection: B2003.011
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.200
(Portage Glacier Lodge; August 1957) [sign for coffee shop, Alaskan souvenirs, film; structures, icebergs and mountains in background; automobiles, road, parking lots]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.434
B134 Fairview business section, Anchorage, Alaska [14th Avenue, Carrs Food Center, Eastchester Drugs, Variety, Hardware store, parking lot, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1989.016.2055.9
9 (July 4, 1938, parade) [men on horseback in parking lot, with parked automobiles in background, man at right in polo outfit, three men with cowboy hats, boy on pony with painted face, possibly rodeo clown]
Keywords: animal husbandry, recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.006
Scn Alaska. Portage Glacier. A tour bus stops-the glacier is about 60 miles south of Anchorage; June 1960. [Trailways bus, people in parking lot, icebergs]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.1527
S90 Post Theater No. 1 Fort Richardson, Alaska. (Theatre #1) [cinderblock structure; automobiles in parking lot, paved street, curbs, sidewalk; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.384
(B98 Seward Sanitorium; Pics? no name) [exterior view in winter; snow banks, automobiles in parking lot; mountains in background; right edge of negative is jagged from breakage]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2298.12
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Pool Room and Olympia Beer, sign for "Chitina Townsite, Lots Sold on Easy Terms," truck with 1943 license plate parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.24
(Emard's House, exterior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [automobiles parked on street and in lot at right, One Way street sign and fire hydrant]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.054
Scn 23860 Air; Portage River & Resort; 14 August 1974; Portage Glacier & Lake [aerial view of lake, outlet to creek, icebergs, automobiles in parking lot, roads, valley]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.2549
"Army Corps of Engineers; 5 men in uniform" [Actually, three men in uniform and two wearing suits standing around a table or desk; flags; window with view of automobiles in parking lot and mountains in the distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.009
Scn Alaska. Portage Glacier. A tour bus stops briefly in front of glacier. About 60 miles south of Anchorage on the Seward-Kenai, Anchorage Hiway; June 1960. [Trailways bus, people in parking lot, icebergs, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1983.091.C7009.1
(Kut Rate Kid Liquors, Holland Beer sign) [exterior view of sign: "Real flavor - Imported beer 'Discovered in Holland' Discover how good beer can taste. $11.00 value $6.99 case" base of windmill at right, parking lot in foreground]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.057
Scn 23863; Air; Portage Lake & Glacier; 14 August 1974; Glacier. [aerial view looking up Portage Valley at creek, lake, icebergs, glacier; railroad at lower center of photo, left of creek; road, parking lots, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.194
(Portage Glacier; 25 June 1961) (people, automobiles in parking lot near lake, icebergs, woman with camera standing next to Dodge station wagon with California plate SYN838; luggage carrier; Rambler with Alaska plate 76277; Oldsmobile with Alaska plate 80039 backed toward lake with trunk open; trash can near lake]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.62
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964
Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64
Edited May 20, 1975
NP
Keywords: Safeway grocery parking lot with cars
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.63
Earthquake-Airport, June 12, 1964
Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64
Edited May 20, 1975
NP
Keywords: Safeway grocery parking lot with cars
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.46
Earthquake-Aiport, June 12,1964
Anchorage-some earthquake ARR Rehab after EQ 64 Edited May 20.1075
NP
Keywords: Safeway grocery parking lot with cars, no earthquake damage visible
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5