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B1984.077.9.008
[Mine building? exterior, barrels, pipe. Neg is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1934
Farthest north college, Fairbanks, Alaska [building exterior]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.96a
[exterior of building with many windows, possibly school building, tundra and low hill in back]
Collection: B2008.013
B2014.012.36
[U.S. Government Indian School, Chogiung, exterior of school building]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.40
[U.S. Government Indian School, Chogiung, exterior of school building]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2014.012
B1989.016.2305
[exterior of Federal Building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, summer, pedestrians and Jeep parked outside building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.010
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.012
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1369
Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska [front exterior with pedestrians. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1515
[exterior of Federal Building on Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, with automobiles parked outside]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2244.1
(Golf course building, September 1951) [exterior with trees and automobiles, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.012.31
U.S. Govt. Indian School, Chogiung, Alaska [exterior of school building]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2014.012
B1984.077.16.011
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood, mukluks]
Collection: B1984.077
B2001.036.1483
High school, Selawik, AK, 2-82 [exterior of large school building]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B1989.016.2242.2
(City Building, August 1, 1936) [exterior of Anchorage federal building under construction, looking east to Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2242.3
(City Building, August 1, 1936) [exterior of Anchorage federal building under construction, looking east to Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.T02
T AEC NO 2 Machine Shop Nenana July 3 19 [building exterior]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1984.077.16.013
[exterior shot, building, two people, parka, hood; blurry, possilbe double-exposure?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.021
[exterior shot, man in kuspuk bends to smell flowers, fireweed? shadows, building in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B2014.002.1094
[exterior of large building with fenced, paved yard and tall lighting; print date May 73]
Collection: B2014.002
B1989.016.2050.1
(Building, Berger's Boats, prior to duck hunting) [exterior of two-story shingled building in winter, barrels lined up outside]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B2017.021.8
The Alaska College, Fairbanks. Pacific Stereopticon Co. [exterior of Main Building. Tinted. Glass cracked]
Collection: B2017.021
B1989.016.1378
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Cabin in trees) [log building exterior, possibly Idle Hour Restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.2242.5
(City Building, August 1, 1936) [exterior of Anchorage City Hall under construction, with supplies in yard]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.1
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, exterior, construction August 1950) [bird's eye view from scaffolding, buildings in distance]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.03c.06594.03
Exterior view of the Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts [Anchorage - Buildings - Performing Arts Center (PAC)], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts, Performing Arts Center, PAC
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1147.1
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Final Shots Dec. 20, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, exterior of completed postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1147.2
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Final Shots, Dec. 20, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, exterior of completed postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2012.1
(YMCA Anchorage, 1955)(8x10 print 3)[YMCA building and USO building shown from street level with cars parked and driving past]
Keywords: building exterior, lodging, cars, streets
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1547
[three images on one copy neg: aerial view of Anchorage looking north with Ship Creek and Knik Arm, exterior of Providence Hospital, and exterior of Federal Building on Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1974.005.057
Tanana Road-Hotel-Alaska, Every other letter omitted, “Tanana House.” On front: Black’s TNN HUE [exterior of building]
Collection: B1974.005 Edward Coke Hill
B1984.077.16.008
[exterior view, dark sky, Anchorage, Third Avenue, Elk's Lodge, buildings in foreground, Mount Susitna in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.020
[Exterior, man in kuspuk standing amid tall plants, flowers, fireweed, building in background, person in left foreground]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1857.1
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.2
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.3
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.4
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1857.5
(ANMC Construction, Third and Gambell Street, 1951) [building exterior with scaffolding, Alaska Native Service Hospital, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.69
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Oct. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, exterior of nearly completed postal annex with scaffolding and parked automobile]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2242.4
(City Building, August 1, 1936) [exterior of Anchorage City Hall under construction, with workmen on roof and supplies in yard]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.1
(Chitina, road into town, Cash store, exterior) [view down gravel road to small bridge and buildings with hill in background]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2312.2
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of office, May 9, 1951) [rear of business next to Alaska Railroad tracks, buildings on bluff above]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2312.6
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of warehouse, May 9, 1951) [long warehouse building between two sets of Alaska Railroad tracks, crane at right, automobiles parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1227.1
Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 134 [exterior, taken from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street, with parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2242.1
(City Building, August 1, 1936) [exterior of Anchorage federal building under construction, with workmen and piles of lumber, two signs on building: "Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Docket No. 1002-R," "E. Ellsworth Sedille, Architect"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.017.001
Teachers’ quarters, Eek, Alaska [exterior in winter, with storage tanks in background, small diameter pipeline running above ground in front of building]
Collection: B2015.017