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B1975.090.3
U.S. Occupation of Amchitka, Aleutian Island, Alaska. A U.S. Navy Catalina (PBY A) raises a veritable cloud of mud as it comes to rest on the muddy landing field at Amchitka. [No date] 4 x 5 negative
Collection: B1975.090
B1998.014.1.2222
"2 moose on highway" [two moose run down center of road in front of automobile; image is captures from automobile; winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.25577
Foods - picnic over Ruth Gl. Alaska Rge. Mt. Sheep barbecue. F10-95 [Tourists eat meal served by Don Sheldon (center), coleslaw, orange, meat; man wearing plaid shirt, glacier glasses and pear-shaped hat at left; man wearing red jacket and gaitors, backpack, hat, glacier glasses on head at right]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.115
(catastrophe)(April 18, 1955)(Anchorage Fire Trucks F station)(F st 4th and 5th East side)
Keywords: fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.116
(catastrophe)(july 29, 1954)(7 4260 55)(Fire trucks at station Anch Main - on F stret between 4th and 5th east side of street)
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.117
(catastrophe)(February 20, 1957)(7193)(Fireman watching small cabin burn C street at 11 th ave)
Keywords: fireman, fire, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.430
Best in the North, Anchorage, Alaska "B131 4th Ave Theatre, Anchorage." [Marquee reads "Now showing Marilyn Monroe 'Seven year itch' Tom Ewell;" Reed building; autombiles, parking meters, peapole on sidewalks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.116.001
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.001
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.002
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.002
41-5; Mother [portrait of woman; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2549
Nome [portait of man with beard wearing parka (same man as in .2548)]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.116.003
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.003
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1927
First land-mark in Mt. View, Lange's Store. T171 [Mountain View, Lange's Market and Hi-way Diner]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.12
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, north corner) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrian and automobile outside businesses including A. Niemi Hardware, W.E. Hand Taxidermist, Bering Sea Airways (Roy Dickson), Walt's Transfer, [Art's?] Taxi. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.1
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.008.369
(LUPC May 1979 Anchorage_ Wunnicke Hammond Parker presiding)
Keywords: public hearing
Collection: B1994.008
B1998.014.1.1099
N9 2nd and Cushman St; Fairbanks, Alaska (1946 postcard) [copy neg; nighttime view of intersection, lights strung across streets, automobiles, storefronts, some sgns legible: Curios and tourist information shop at left, dentist; Beauty Shoppe, Wien Alaska Airlines; stop sign above sreet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.071b
[house with damaged foundation in foreground, possibly on L Street, with Four Seasons Apartments in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1287
Fourth Avenue in Anchorage Hewitt's Foto [view looking east, with federal building in left foreground, First National Bank on right. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1370
(PT6 Seward; & print) [winter scene; woman standing at left foreground, snow, harbor, Resurrection Bay, ship,automobiles on pier; railroad depot, railroad cars on pier, engine, fuel tanks; businesses, including Sewing Machine Shop; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1229.5
The first snowfall in Anchorage, Oct. 8th, 1915. Laurence [Fourth Avenue street scene with boardwalks, pedestrians, wood fram buildings and a walled tent, businesses including Mrs. T.D. Corlew, California Pool Room, Finkelstein & Sapiro Clothiers, Inside Inn, Miss Mac's Lunch Room, Cosy Inn, Riverside, Alaska Clothing Co.]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.20.19
(People Rondy McClain Rendezvous Queen Mclain-viewing Rollei Exhibit at YMCA)(Rollei Rolliflex camera and plates exhibit at Rondy)
Keywords: FurRondy
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1989.016.767.4
P-420B. Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [aerial, circa 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1229.4
Anchorage, Oct. 8th, 1915. The Sydney Laurence Co. [street scene with light snow, lumber piles, pedestrians, wood frame buildings with businesses including Newt W. Pilger, Anchorage Cafe, Fairbank's Men's Furnishings]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1639
T34 Palmer, Alaska [view possibly taken from a rooftop (see image .1641) across gravel road and railroad tracks; watertower, possible gas sation at left; railroad siding with possibly boxcars and platform; structures in distance; automobles in left foreground, including one in disrepair]
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