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B1998.014.1.378
B92 Old Russian Cburch at Ninilchik [B93 listed on envelope; church with spruce tree, foliage in foreground, possibly fireweed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1128.2
[Group of six men and one women posed in front of Anchorage Cold Storage Co. trucks in parking lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.370
B87 R.R. Depot at Anchorage [building, automobiles, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.73
First Federal EQ damage and temporary bank
Keywords: cars, demolition, damaged buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B2017.007.057b
[excavator moving earth between apartment or office building and houses, automobiles parked at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.007.062a
[view down dropped sidewalk, houses at left, automobiles at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1128.1
[Anchorage Cold Storage Co. trucks in parking lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.330
B67 Post Office, Cordova, Alaska [people, man leaning on fence, woman with baby carriage, older woman with cane, dog]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2012.006.530
[dog yard in village in winter, sled at left, buildings in background; no date]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B2012.006
B2017.007.050b
April 26, 1964 [couple and small child walking past damaged buildings on K Street, man holding camera at right. Has print. Identified by donor as west end of 9th or 8th Avenue]
Collection: B2017.007
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
B1989.016.2141.71
(D-91?) [winter street scene, with two mushers with dog teams arriving in front of spectators, possibly sled dog racing, with banners strung over street, utility poles and buildings lining street; Nome? circa 1910?]
Keywords: transportation, communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.762.5
P-424. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.021.561
[antique equipment in yard, sign identifying it as a Washington press, a type of hand printing press]
Collection: B2018.021
B1989.016.1087.1
M-17. The Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop (1937) [floral display, with wall signs reading No Smoking Allowed and Children Must Be Quiet and Remain Seated]
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
B1989.016.762.4
P-423. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.69.16
[man wearing backpack and snowshoes snowshoing up frozen creek]
Keywords: military, hiking, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2515
"Construction; Airport & crane; 1963" [steam shovel at excavation site; equipment in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.4637
(Barter Island misc Vern's) [people walking amongst Barter Island community houses and streets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1963.016.186
Funeral of First Shooting (one of the Wood Undertaking Companys Russian funerals Anchorage, Alaska)(Anchorage 1916)
Keywords: funeral, parade, band, Anchorage
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1984.077.1.010
[Cabin with bicycle on front porch under overhang, with outbuilding, cabin, trees and mountains in background. Gravel road and powerline in foreground.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1979.002.1452
[Spectators on Anchorage street, with American flags. Woodein businesses line street.] 8 x 10 nitrate negative
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1146.26
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, Feb. 27, 1940) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, finishing walls in room]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.AN5
Results of Lowell Creek Flood at Seward Sept 9-12, 1917 ANRy [Several men surveying the damage done by floods to the railroad track]
Keywords: destuction, damage, railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1146.8
(Building Federal Building, Aug. 24, 1939) [construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2297.3
(Harry and cabbage) [man in cultivated field looking at large cabbage, homestead in background, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2297.4
(Harry and cabbage) [man in cultivated field looking at large cabbage, buildings in background, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2517
"District Engineers' Building; 1958; 2 negs" [structure with flag above entrance; lawn in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1143.2
7. Reindeer near McKinley National Park. Hewitt's Photo Shop
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.54
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Apr.24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, walls going up for postal annex, showing scaffolding and sign reading: This project being constructed under the control of the Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.4638
(Barter Island misc Vern's )[A native Alaskan family standing in the door way dressed in fur parkas with hooded ruff both parents are each holding a book possibly a bible or hymnal]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.309
Sept. 1917. Registered Jerseys. Last grass before frost [cattle in yard near house]
Collection: B2015.008
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
B1979.002.Album1.61
Trestle and Loop, Mile 48-51. Eugene Underwood [distant view of railroad trestles in the Loop District, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1051
106. U.S. Experiment Farm, Matanuska, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [barns, silos, field]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.11
D-11.[aerial view of village and frozen ocean, Kotzebue? circa 1930s? Photo number written on emulsion side of neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.7
P-516, 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Lobby of Dormitory) [interior of seating area with fireplace, sofas, tables, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.761.4
P-412. Knik Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.246
Trestle at mile 69, A. N. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1847 [man standing on Alaska Northern Railway tracks along Turnagain Arm, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1980.108.20
Alaska, U.S., 1887; Muir Glacier; Partridge photo, 2832 Washington St, Boston [steamship Ancon and possibly landing craft near glacier]
Collection: B1980.108 Lockwood Collection
B2015.008.458
15. West Hartford ferry, Dec. 1927 [view from ferry to buildings on shore]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1775.1
(McKinley Apartments, Anchorage) [view down Fourth Avenue at Cordova Street looking east with apartment building on left, automobiles and woman on bicycle in street]
Keywords: residences, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection