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B1989.016.1130.2
[Juneau Lumber Mills, with office at right, other buildings and truck]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.061.72
(Circle N.N.Co. office Chena)[railroad and associated log buildings]
Keywords: railroad, industry, commercial
Collection: B2009.061
B1998.014.1.331
(B67 Cordova Post Office) [street view, buildings, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.374
B91 Wasilla Post Office and Library [buildings, fences, yard]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.77
Marathon Oil Co. Office
Keywords: damaged building, pedestrians, power lines, cars
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B2017.007.062b
[house tipped into fissure in foreground, damage to apartment or office building in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.007.064a
[house tipped into fissure in foreground, damage to apartment or office building in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1130.1
[Juneau Lumber Mills, with railroad tracks in center, office at right, other buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.334
(B67 Cordova Post Office) [street view, gravel street, buildings, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1963.014.40
Mr. Max Fancher, Mrs. Margaret Alice MacNeice with mail in front of post office, Unalaska, Alaska, 1953 [man standing at left, woman seated at right, in front of building with sign that reads "Post office" with many cloth sacks in Iluulux̂ (Unalaska)]
Keywords: Unalaska, Iluulux̂, Unangax̂, Post office buildings
Collection: B1963.014 CIHS Clifton
B2012.006.587
[dog outside log building with sign for U.S. Post Office; no date. Cf. .1023]
Collection: B2012.006
B2017.007.057b
[excavator moving earth between apartment or office building and houses, automobiles parked at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1146.33
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, May 25, 1940) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, post office boxes in lobby area]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.073
United States Post Office and court House, Sitka, Alaska [building, automobiles, people, bicycle]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.2141.75
(D-95?) [two men and woman standing on snow on roof of building in winter, with sign for Kotzebue Post Office, other buildings visible in background]
Keywords: villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1963.016.025
1916. Fast teams from the Interior, Anchorage Post Office. The Sydney Laurence Co. [on verso:] Where the Federal Building now stands, 4th St. F & G. The building at right is still our federal jail (up to 1943) [sled dog teams and onlookers in front of post office and U.S. Marshal’s office] [Dena'ina Territory, Dena'ina Elnena]
Keywords: Dena'ina Territory, Dena'ina Elnena, Alaska, Anchorage, Dogs, Dog teams, Mushing, Post office, Shipping, Crowd, Transportation, Sydney Laurence Company, Sydney Laurence Co., Photographer, Federal Building, Fourth Avenue, 4th Ave., F St., G St., F Street, G Street, Federal jail, U.S. Marshal's office
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1989.016.762.9
[Man holding crops, standing outside building with signs "Irwin," "Mr. Cronin," "Finance Office. Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.021.627
50s [log building with sign for U.S. Post Office, steel tower at left, tall spruce trees in background]
Collection: B2018.021
B1989.016.1089
M-37. Colonists' Post Office. [automobile parked next to building, Palmer water tower in background, Matanuska Colony]
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
B1989.016.762.8
[Two men holding crops, standing outside building with signs "Irwin," "Mr. Cronin," "Finance Office. Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.69.2
Mr. Tetinek doing office work [man in uniform wearing pistol holster seated at table in large, open building]
Keywords: military, arms
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2519
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958; 6 negs" [man sitting in wooden office chair outside door 225]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.4641
(Barter Island scene shows residents going to Post Office has neg (print)) [person sweeping out the entrance to a building]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1963.018
The Last Mail to Leave Anchorage by dog team March 28, 1917 Buildings are left to right: Post Office, City Bldg., Marshal's Office & Jail. This is 4th Avenue between F and G Street on the side where the Federal Building now stands. (1963)
Collection: B1963.018
B1984.077.1.014
McK. (post office later) [log cabin, horseshoe over door, plank sided building to right, possbly rain barrels, car in front of log building. Mountains in background.
Collection: B1984.077
B2014.019.25
Palmer office [yellow brick building with stone chimney at left, Quonset hut with sign for Sherrod Gardens at right, low building in background, mountains in distance, winter] [Likely Max Sherrod]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Palmer, Office, Building, Structure, Business, Businesses, Brick, Chimney, Stone chimney, Quonset hut, Quonset, Sign, Sherrod Gardens, Max Sherrod, Mountain, Ranger, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2014.019
B1962.001A.185
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 1, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G620 [same as B1962.001.725. Houses and buildings; Hotel Nizina; Alaska Prospector Office]
Keywords: Hotel Nizina, Alaska Prospector Office, Hotels, Lodgings, Offices, Buildings, Businesses, Towns, Communities, Valdez, Houses
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.1456
[Anchorage. Federal jail, Telegraph & Telephone building & post office. Circa 1918] 8 x 10 nitrate negative
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1962.001A.074
Malamoot Kid’s dog team in front of cable office, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt P61 [Tondro, Frank L.; Sled dogs; People; Houses and buildings; Valdez Mercantile Co.; Wheat, E. B.; Telegraph Office]
Keywords: Malamoot Kid, Malamute Kid, Dog teams, Sleds, Dogs, Animals, Transportation, Cable office, Offices, Buildings, Businesses, Valdez, Frank L. Tondro, Frank Tondro, Valdez Mercantile Co., Mercantiles, E.B. Wheat, Telegraph office, Street scenes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.74
Malamoot Kid’s dog team in front of cable office, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt P61 [Tondro, Frank L.; Sled dogs; People; Houses and buildings; Valdez Mercantile Co.; Wheat, E. B.; Telegraph Office]
Keywords: Malamoot Kid, Malamute Kid, Dog teams, Sleds, Dogs, Animals, Transportation, Cable office, Offices, Buildings, Businesses, Valdez, Frank L. Tondro, Frank Tondro, Valdez Mercantile Co., Mercantiles, E.B. Wheat, Telegraph office, Street scenes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.1146.3
(Building Federal Building, July 18, 1939) [bird's eye view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking west toward Knik Arm, with workmen and machinery. Includes original post office building and a two-story building on Third Avenue, as well as U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.G101
AEC G101 P.S. Hunt AEC Office Buildings and Tents Talkeetna Alaska Sept 16-16 [frontier Talkeetna main street with men and horses standing amongst the walled tents and buildings]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1147.3
(Post Office Annex, Final Shots, Dec. 20, 1941) [Federal Building, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, exterior with automobiles, flagpole. neg deteriorating]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.10
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Post Office and "Curios Kodaks Drugs Stationery Magazines Candies and Cigars," truck parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.11
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Post Office and "Curios Kodaks Drugs Stationery Magazines Candies and Cigars," truck parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2520
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958" [office scene: man standing at drafting table; woman standing at mimeograph machine (?); pipes overhead
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.001.0129
[identified on negative envelope as Chisna Post Office. Gold mines and mining –Chistochina District; Houses and building; Postal service] [Two men with log building. Ahtna Territory, Tsiis Tl’edze’ Caegge (Chistochina)]
Keywords: Chisna, Post Office, Postal Service, Gold Mine, Mining, Chistochina District, Tsiis Tl’edze’ Caegge, Chistochina, House, Building, Log Building, Men
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.1146.1
#3. Hewitt's Drug, '39 (Building Federal Building, Jly 18, 1939) [two men stand near construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with Alaska Transfer Co. truck. Includes Herman Johnson Carpenter Shop, The Gitchell, and original post office building on Third Avenue]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.6
(Building Federal Building, Aug. 19, 1939) [bird's eye view of walls going up at construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking west toward Knik Arm, with workmen and piles of supplies. Includes original post office building and a two-story building on Third Avenue, as well as U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.4645
(Barter Island scene shows residents going to Post Office (neg) with print) [several people walking on boardwalk between buildings multiple structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.313
January 1918. Our first dog, Shep, at the store [dog sitting on porch looking out at snow, second porched building across the way, possibly post office]
Collection: B2015.008
B1972.088.55
Mr. Wilmuth and his friend, at Wasilla, Sunday, June 15th, 1941. [two men standing in doorway of building with signs for Post Office and U.S. Commissioner and District Recorder]
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1979.002.Album1.65
South end of office bldg., A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [Alaska Northern Railway buildings and utility poles, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, communication
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1054.2
48. Headquarters and Offices Management A.R.R.C. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [walled tents and wood frame buildings along road, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.15
D-15 [children gathered on large snow pile outside building with sign "Government School and U.S. Post Office, Wales," with church belltower visible at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.10
17. Warton, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [exterior of building with sign "Post Office and Gen. Merchandise" in town later known as Palmer; Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.762.10
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Group portrait of men and women standing outside building with signs "Mr. Irwin," "Mr. Cronin," "Finance Office. Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection