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B1970.028.097
1920-1921, Presbyterian Hospital. I worked in and had charge of for a year, Pt. Barrow., A. Eide. [Hospital buildings, flag pole, with American flag flying]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1998.014.1.1548
(S100 Elmendorf Air Force Base, flag pole 1945 "V") [flag flying near exercise grounds; structures, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1547
S100 Elmendorf Field, 1945 (flag pole 1945 "V") [possible victory ceremony at flag pole near athletic fields, 6x6 transport truck at lower left, two men at cannon at left, military band left of flag, structures, vehicles, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.857
L61 Fort Richardson, Alaska (flag pole, 1946 postcard) [Structures in midground, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1972.088.37
4th Street Anchorage July 25 (Anchorage 1915_ townsite) {flag polewith US flag amongst tree stumps}
Keywords: frontier, Anchorage, 4th Ave, flag, flag pole
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1972.088.37
4th Street Anchorage July 25 (Anchorage 1915_ townsite) {flag polewith US flag amongst tree stumps}
Keywords: frontier, Anchorage, 4th Ave, flag, flag pole
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1998.014.1.1549
(S100 Elmendorf Air Force Base, flag pole 1945 "V") [similar to .1548, soldiers on sidewalk at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.858
L61 Fort Richardson, Alaska (flag pole, 1946 postcard) [similar to .856; structures, Chugach mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.003.018
Miles 403(403 Tanana City)[large goup of men standing around several Northern Commercial Co. log cabin structures with flag pole]
Keywords: commercial, outpost, flag
Collection: B1998.003
B1998.014.1.736
"K7 Grant Pearson, Alaskan Ranger, negs and 4 prints" [man standing on sloping roadway wearing hat, necktie, jodhpur pants, likely riding boots, structure, American flag, flag pole, trees, mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2008.013.101
[man wearing visor, woman wearing sunglasses, and boy wearing shorts posed next to large pole and chain fence with flags, Great Salt Lake?]
Collection: B2008.013
B1995.010.3411
[Alaska Native man holding kindling standing with young girl on boardwalk in front of buildings, American flag on pole at right, volleyball net next to river in background, Kaltag]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2143.26
49. H'dqrs Medical Division, A.R.R.C., Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [utility poles and wood-frame building near dirt road in foreground, walled tents in background, flag pole at left, Matanuska Colony, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation]
Keywords: medicine
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.146.304
Government Right of Way Anchorage Alaska.Pyatt [man standing on railroad tracks passing tents, wooden buildings, two flag poles, Montana Pool Room] negative, printcf. 327
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.1933.1
(Winter windy streets, school guard, 1952) [school crossing guard with flag standing in blowing snow, buildings and utility poles in background, Chugach Mountains in distance. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1933.2
(Winter windy streets, school guard, 1952) [school crossing guard with flag standing in blowing snow, buildings and utility poles in background, Chugach Mountains in distance. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.059a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [winter scene of two people with sledge, ski poles, supplies, flag, snowshoes; mountains and valley in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.059b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: winter scene of two people with sledge, ski poles, supplies, flag, snowshoes; mountains and valley in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.22.001
5-6 Town from Fed bldg [strret scene including automobiles, structures, flag on pole; "New Deal" sign on building at right; lumber at left; "Coliseum" building on corner; totems at intersection; church at right; mountains in background; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.22.001
5-6 Town from Fed bldg [strret scene including automobiles, structures, flag on pole; "New Deal" sign on building at right; lumber at left; "Coliseum" building on corner; totems at intersection; church at right; mountains in background; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1850
(T131 Valdez) [structure with bell tower and flat roof, possible concrete foundation, stairway with railing; flag pole at left; small structure at right with peaked roof, stairway; imaged taken from gravel road; foliage includes garsses, cow parsnip]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1964.001.043
"Ho" for Klondike. Lake Bennet [sic].7001 [on verso:] Boats on Lake Bennett. Spring of 1898.[View of men on boats on Lake Bennett, Canada, with United States flag flying from third boat from left and men holding oars and poles to move boats. One man in photo may possibly be Frank Michaud. Photographer's numbers 7001 and 82.]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1979.002.4673
"Snow still with us May 1st 1918" [sleeve 4, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sign reading "U.S. Agricultural experiment station" snow-covered field in foreground; structures; barbed-wire fence, possible dog yard in center mid-ground; birch trees, spruce in background; flag on pole at right of center]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2054.13
13-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [V.F.W. military color guard with flags reading in part "Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States" and "American Legion" on Fourth Avenue at E Street passing businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Lines, North Pole Bakery, Piggly Wiggly. same group as in .2054.12]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.142
"Coming and going to Anchorage Post Office." [caption] "1917 fall, 14227; Probably labor Day as parade is coming from Labor Temple - big bldg back of second flag pole. Later Shonbeck Bldg, the Hawver Bldg & burned about early 60s (also see hading, 'catastrphe'" [Empress Theatre at center back of image, dirt streets; wooden boardwalks. copy neg.]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1998.014.1.1835
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [Street scene, men, women, children, servicemen, automobiles, businesses: First National Bank, Fairbanks Medical and Surgical Clinic; Shoe Mart, Crocker’s, Lavery’s, Arthur S. Brown Jeweler & Optometrist, Rexall Drugs; flags hanging over street; totem poles outside jewelry store, bridge in distance; image is overexposed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1832
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [Street scene; men, women, children, crossing street; automobiles, bus listing Ladd Field on marquee; businesses: Fairbanks Medical and Surgical Clinic; Shoe Mart, Crocker’s, Lavery’s, Arthur S. Brown Jeweler & Optometrist, Rexall Drugs; bridge, Immaculate Conception Church in background; flags hanging over street; totem poles outside jewelry store; clock; stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1557
T2 Anchorage - Alaska (Street scene, Anchorage) [looking east toward mountains, crowds of people on sidewalks, building steps and rooftops, military marching band in front of City Hall, automobiles, American flags hung over 4th Avenue, dog crossing street; likely a public celebration; businesses: Gitchell Hotel, barber pole, International Order Office, Jeweler, M. Seidenverg Clothier, Dr Hines, J. Vic Brown, Sears, City Hall on right.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley