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B1989.016.1995
(Along Seward Highway)(has print)[Chugach mountains and hemlock trees at alpine tree line]
Keywords: mountains, winter, snow
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.019.IB7-18
Middle Glacier - Portage, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Portage, Middle Glacier, Glaciers
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2019.019.IB7-20
Explorer Glacier - Portage, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Portage, Explorer Glacier, Glaciers
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1989.016.1998
(Seward Highway in Winter)[Seward Highway at Turnagin Pass in winter]
Keywords: winter, travel, snow, highway, mountains
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1365
Salmon fishing, Trading Bay, Alaska [small boats tied along beach, snowy mountains in distance]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.019.IB5-6
Brooks Lodge area [Katmai], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Brooks Lodge, Water, Katmai
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2019.019.IB6-13
Ukak River - Katmai, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Ukak, Rivers, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Katmai
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1989.016.2021.2
(Oblique of Fourth Avenue,1959)(8x10 cropped)(original 4x5 negative)(original 11x14 filed in overzies photo box)[A view of downtown Anchorage looking down 4th Ave towards the Chugach Mountains]
Keywords: urban, streets, street lights, street signs, water tower, apartment building
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.2009.5
Alaskan Sawmill Goat Creek, Alaska Hewitt's Drug Photo (Alaskan Sawmill, Goat Creek, 1955)
Keywords: lumber, lumber mill, wood, resource extraction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.158
Scn 10 3477 53; Portage ice peak [icebergs, glacier, lake]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.161
Scn 103480 53; Ice pinnacle [Portage Lake, icebergs]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.186
Scn; Ice cave Portage Gl [glacier]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1995.010.6118
5/27/46 [winter scenic with dog and ski poles in snow in foreground]
Collection: B1995.010
B2021.002.042
Margaret Fleming, Randal Fleming.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Randal Fleming, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.002.043
Left to right, Samuel Fleming, Sheldon Fleming, Margaret Fleming, unknown couple, Anchorage, 1958 [by apartments on 9th Street.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Sheldon Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.188
Scn Portage Glacier; 4 March 1962. [people approaching glacier face on frozen lake, sled, man carrying tripod, smoking pipe, crampons]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.004.32752
Night view of 4th looking east the winter of 1949-50. Photographer's number: 32752 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, winter, Club 25, 4th Avenue Theater, Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.1015
(L146 Seward Highway) [View of Turnagain Arm, water, automobiles on highway, gravel pullout, mountains across water]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.159
Scn 10 3478 53; Ice pinnacle. [glacier, icebergs, mountain]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.2098.7
(Hewitt's Drug Store Interior, 1949?) [with lunch counter and displays]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.167
Scn; Portage Glacier 1945 DCK, Portage Glacier [ lake, shore, rocks, moraine]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.068.1
Liberty Falls between [Copper?] and Chitina, June 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.068.2
Liberty Falls between [Copper?] and Chitina, June 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.068.3
Liberty Falls between [Copper?] and Chitina, June 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.070.1
Glacier ice blocks, Portage Glacier, taken in Oct. 1944. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.070.2
Glacier ice blocks, Portage Glacier, taken in Oct. 1944. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.145
Scn 8260; Portage Glacier; 25 September 1958. [two people walking near lake shore, icebergs, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.040
Scn; Worthington Glacier; 5 September 1964
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.052
Scn 18841; Air, Portage Glacier area showing Inn also; 12 October 1957; 5 12 July 1967. [aerial view of Portage Lake, icebergs near river outflow, valley in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.095.2
Northern Lights, Feb. 20, 1946. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.176.3
Curry Hotel, dining room, A.R.R. Hewitt's 26. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1771.1
(Portage Glacier) [river in foreground, with bridge over water in middle distance, snow-covered mountains in background]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2017.1
(Presbyterian Church,5th and F St Anchorage 1955)(8x10 print (3)
Keywords: church
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.12.4
(Portage Glacier; 4 negs; Air and surface; 2-1/4 negs; Air: 14 Aug 1974: Surface Aug 21 '74; Portage Glacier, Terminal Lake and Visitor's viewing area) [aerial view of Portage creek, Railroad tracks in lower center; roads, lake, icebergs, glacier, mountains, structures]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.197
Scn, Portage Glacier. [Portage Lake, boulder, rocks in foreground, icebergs, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.152
Scn 10 2471 53; Ice, Portage Glacier [icebergs, lake, rock]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.208
(Tourist at Worthington Glacier) [automobiles parked in front of glacier]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.1017
{L149 Kissing bridge (covered) near Anchor River?MB} [barely discernable from neg: "near Cooper's [sic] Landing; Alaska's only 'kissing bridge'"; gravel road in foreground, river]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1968.1
(Christmas Cards, Alaska Greetings (cache)) [Log Cache in winter with "Alaskan Greetings" overlayed across the image]
Keywords: winter, cache
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.14d.08776.05
Tourists at whale monument, Barrow, Alaska [Tourism], 1991
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Tourism, Barrow, Whale Bone Monument, People
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.2.2
Portage Glacier 2-1/4 color negs; Portage Glacier, 1972 [icebergs, water]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.42.001
1937 Glacier (unidentified) 3 35 mm neg [river valley, steep banks, possibly Mt Drum in distance; no obvious glaciers]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.044
Scn; Searching Wrangell Mountains for Dall sheep, Alaska Guide Lawrence Roberto of Alexander Creek; September 1959. [possible glacier in distance, man seated on rocky ground, looking through binoculars, duffle or rucksack at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn