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B1989.016.1063.2
P-290. General view of Corporation Bldgs., Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [road in foreground, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1055.2
[Town of Palmer in distance at left, Knik Glacier at right, Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.543
No. 86. Eskimo bead workers. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [caption printed on negative backwards, or, printed correctly on emulsion side]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1046.3
[Palmer School, exterior, Sept. 22, 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2123.7
(Catholic Church, Mountain View, 4-2-58) [exterior of church under construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.5463.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Iditarod Trail Centennial Race. Photo by Pete Martin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5463
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Iditarod Trail Centennial Race. Photo by Pete Martin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1114.1
P-382. Lucky Shot Mine. Hewitt's Photo Shop [two men outside mine building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2228.1
Anchorage Signal Corps Ball Team, August 1936. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group portrait of baseball team in striped uniforms]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.286.1
Col. O.F. Ohlson residence, Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [near Second Avenue and Christianson Road]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1044.2
(Chickens, early Palmer) [chicken coop with fenced enclosures]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1056.1
P-244. Hewitt's (Unloading Horses, early Palmer) [men on top of and next to Alaska Railroad train car, horses coming down ramp from car]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1240.13
[Anchorage High School, young man throwing slop bucket out top floor window]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.178.1
School Bldg., Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, 94. Dated 2/2/1942. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2858
Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage, Alaska [1920s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.899.2
P-505B. Hewitt's Photo [Sourdough Homemakers Club canning display, Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1046.2
[Palmer School, exterior, Sept. 22, 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1113
P-390. 8/31/36. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Matanuska Valley scene, cultivated fields with mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.937
P-547. Hewitt's Photo Shop (Palmer Day) [young boy on horse in clearing, with brush pile and buildings behind, 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1114.2
P-382B. Lucky Shot Mine. Hewitt's Photo Shop [mine complex in distance, with mountains behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1240.14
[Anchorage High School, young man throwing slop bucket out top floor window]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1240.15
[Anchorage High School, exterior showing fire damage, with passersby, parked automobile and school bus]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1786.1
Seward Highway. Hewitt's Photo [bird's eye view of road and Alaska Railroad tracks, looking north to Cook Inlet. copy neg. cf. 1768]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.936
P-546-B. Dedication of hospital, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop [crowd gathered to listen to speaker at hospital entrance on Palmer Day]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.939
P-548. Placing of corner-stone, Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man at flagpole cementing flagstone, with crowd looking on]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.x.015 CIHS US Army Engineer District.16
Collection: B1962.x_022 CIHS Morgan / B1962_x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District CIHS U_S_ Army Engineer District
B1989.016.104.1
Mt. Susitna, winter, taken from railroad tracks. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2223
Alaska, Seasons Greetings [Christmas card mat with sketch of musher and dog team on winter trail with Sydney Laurence painting of cabin, stream, and birch trees in winter; cf. .2214.1. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.14
(Eklutna Industrial School) [three-story building, mountains in background. neg damaged]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.605.1
46. Broad Pass District, Alaska R.R. Bragaw's [mountain scenery on Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.877
P-67. Hewitt's [scenic view of Matanuska Valley field with clouds, mountains in distance. neg torn]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1055.1
[Town of Palmer in distance at left, Knik Glacier at right, Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1069
P-260. Hewitt's (Matanuska Garden, Palmer) [small cabin on edge of cultivated fields]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1536.6
144. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage log cabin in clearing, with clothing on clothesline, walled tent, and small outbuilding, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.887
P-184. Hewitt's [log cabin in clearing, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.349
Westward Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska, Frank Morgan Photo (B73) [copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1565.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [man in tall boots standing next to Martin B-10 bomber with logo including state of Alaska, eagle, bombs, and totem]
Keywords: aviation, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.938
P-548-B. Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man at flagpole addressing crowd, including two boys on bicycles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.107
Native food cache, summer 1946. Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.927
P-540. Celebrating Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard, spectators, buildings, and water tower in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.56
E-62 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2154
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 children and adult" [child wearing apple-patterned shirt removes jacks game from package, boy wearing western-style shirt and possibly hearing aid plays harmonica; woman between chilldren]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2227.15
(Eklutna Railway Station) [Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna, with train on tracks and men offloading sacks, building at right, flagpole at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.17
(Eklutna Railway Station) [Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna, with train on tracks and men offloading sacks, passengers on platform]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #12) [two wood-frame buildings and boardwalk]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.3
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #14) [two multi-story wood-frame buildings and boardwalk, mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.4
(Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #1, General view of dining room) [interior of dining area, tables set, group of girls dressed in aprons and hats standing at right, back]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.930
P-543. Children's races, Palmer Day, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children in yard, next to school building? 1937]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.926
P-539. Palmer Day, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Queen and court on stage with woman at piano leading other children]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection