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b2012.006.469
[two children standing outside shingled house, laundry on clothesline at right; no date]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2012.006
B1989.016.1933.5
(Winter windy streets, 1952) [street scene with automobiles in blowing snow, house in foreground, building in distance possibly McKinley Apartments]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.93a
[scenic of coastline as seen from water. original neg overexposed]
Collection: B2008.013
B2014.012.32
[woman identified by Tim Troll as priest's wife wearing fur parka standing with young girl also wearing fur parka outside building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.37
[bird's-eye view of snow drifted up against cannery buildings, church on bluff above, Nushagak]
Keywords: winter, churches, religion, fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B1989.016.2304.3
(Mountain scenery along Cook Inlet) [Alaska Railroad train traveling along Turnagain Arm]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.006
[street scene, Anchorage, Third Avenue, Elks Lodge, houses, automobiles, Cook Inlet, Mount Susitna in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.008
[exterior view, dark sky, Anchorage, Third Avenue, Elk's Lodge, buildings in foreground, Mount Susitna in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1365.1
An Anchorage garden [garden in residential area in foreground, house visible in back. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1512
U.S. radio station, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [small building with large antenna]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.6
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.012.28
[man sitting on sled, dog team stopped next to cannery and other buildings, building and cache on bluff above]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1984.077.16.007
[interior shot, dresser with mirror, self-portrait in mirror, parining on wall, dark room]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2240.1
(Fourth of July 1934) [parade float, children riding in flatbed truck festooned with boughs and banner reading "Best Alaskan Product, 'Kids'" Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2240.2
(Fourth of July 1934) [group of children on bicycles, buildings in background, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.L20
AECN.X20 June 4"/16(Subjects in photo listed on back 1.FA Hansen, 2.Anton Anderson, 3.Hon Dan Sutherland, 4. Freud W Wood, 5. Judge Leopold David, 6. John H Robinson, 7. Joe Conroy, 8. Dr EE Blyth)[ 26 men standing by stream with water wheel]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1984.077.16.009
[exterior shot, Anchorage, Elks Lodge, Third Avenue, Mount Susitna in distance, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.017
Seventh-Day Adventist Chapel [Exterior shot, man at door, kuspuk, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B2014.002.043
{Anchorage Fur Rondezvous 4 th Ave downtown Anchorage}
Keywords: winter, carnival, fur rondy, anchorage, 4th ave, theater, banners, street
Collection: B2014.002
B1989.016.2047.3.9
(US Air Force airplane down in Cook Inlet, January 30, 1957) [Douglas C-124C Globemaster II in water. 35mm neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1933.8
(Winter windy streets, 1952) [street scene on Fourth Avenue with automobiles and snow piles in front of businesses including Lido Cafe and Aleutian Lanes Bowling, with McKinley Apartments in distance. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1934
Farthest north college, Fairbanks, Alaska [building exterior]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.021.4
16. Skaguay. Property of the White Pass & Yukon Route. Chicago Transparency Co. [bird’s eye view of Skagway. Tinted. Glass cracked]
Collection: B2017.021
B1989.016.1377.6
Anchorage Hotel. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Jan. 24, 1942) [interior of room, with bed, easy chair, bench, wash stand, and desk with chair and lamp]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1933.7
(Winter windy streets, 1952) [street scene on Fourth Avenue with automobiles and snow piles in front of businesses including Lido Cafe and Aleutian Lanes Bowling, with McKinley Apartments in distance]
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
B1989.016.2293.6
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of lounge, renovation March 7, 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.03c.03209.16
CINA [Cook Inlet Native Association] Bldg [Anchorage - Buildings - CIRI], 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, CIRI, Cook Inlet Region Inc., CINA, Cook Inlet Native Association
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1146.70
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Nov. 27, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, view through several open doorways in completed postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.71
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Nov. 27, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, interior of bathroom in completed postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2011.1
(Portage Glacier oversize print)[Glacier ice on Portage Lake with Bard Peak and Burns glacier in the background]
Keywords: ice bergs, lake, mountains, glacier, snow
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1544.1
(Northwestern Fisheries Co. cannery) [cannery complex of buildings and docks in winter, with mountains behind]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.004
[city scene, Anchorage, Ship Creek, Government Hill, dock, pier, houses, garden, road.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.016
[Exterior shot, man on porch, door, kuspuk, hood, mukluks, plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1855.3
(Mountains from new Seward Highway) [field in foreground, water in middle distance? snow-capped mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1855.5
(Mountains from new Seward Highway) [field in foreground, water in middle distance? snow-capped mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1855.6
(Mountains from new Seward Highway) [field in foreground, water in middle distance? snow-capped mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.1146.65
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Aug. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, view from roof of postal annex looking north]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2241
(Fourth of July 1934) [Anchorage Fire Department engine with six men aboard, buildings in background, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2297.2
(Harry and cabbage) [man in cultivated field looking at large cabbage, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2312.1
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of office, May 9, 1951) [business with loading dock area next to Alaska Railroad tracks, garage or warehouse area at right, automobile parked outside]
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
B1989.016.1222
Alaska's brown bombers. c. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage / Alaska's brown bombers. 32, c. Hewitt's, Anchorage [mother grizzly bear and two large cubs. Double caption. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.224
New dormitory, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, P-272.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.015.10
[two young men posed on boardwalk or bridge, railroad tracks at right, one boy wearing eyeglasses and carrying camera case]
Collection: B2015.015