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B1990.014.5.EQ.15.23
Mac's Foto store front
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.3.2
store front damaged by earthquake
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.47
Damaged store front of the Northern Commercial Company
Keywords: tower, street lights, cars, damaged buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.016.2014.1
(Hewitt's Corner 1955)(has print)[Hewitt's Store as seen from the street with cars parked in the front]
Keywords: cars, streets, street signs, traffic lights, store, drug store
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.355.3
Leonard Hopkins and Company store front, Fourth Ave. [Hopkins Sporting Goods]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.3599
(Anchorage, Mt View)[MountainView Store with lumber stacked to the side and two cars parked in front]
Keywords: groceries, commerce, hardware store, construction
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2011.014.24
Man and woman standing in front of store window. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2017.023.051
[three women stand on sidewalk in front of store window; two in dresses; one in trowsers.]
Collection: B2017.023
b2011.014.23
Two men and a woman standing in front of store window. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2015.002.02
[Fur Rondy parade marching down 4th Ave in front of Vans Sporting Goods Store]
Collection: B2015.002
B2015.002.05
[Fur Rondy parade marching down 4th Ave in front of Vans Sporting Goods Store]
Collection: B2015.002
B2017.022.411.4
Hope, AK [young girl posed next to inflatable Halloween pumpkin in front of store in Hope], 2002
Collection: B2017.022
B2016.024.070
Ketchikan, Apr. ’53 [Thunderbird and Crane totems by Sidney Campbell outside store, automobiles parked in front]
Collection: B2016.024
B1995.010.3113
[two Alaska Native women posed in front of Northern Commercial Company store, Fort Yukon. Cf. .3108]
Collection: B1995.010
B2016.006.2157
[two Alaska Native men standing in front of Arctic Circle Store, sign for Arctic Circle at left; 1950s?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.024.3406
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; men and woman on boardwalks in front of Savoonga Native Store; man carrying gasoline can]
Collection: B2017.024
 Urban Collection/images/B1995_019_413.jpg)
B1995.019.413
[Produce displayed on a table in front of Brown & Howkins store in Seward with sign "Raised n Seward, Alaska; approximately 1925]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.158.1
(catastrophe)(February 16, 1946)(Leonard Hopkins Sporting Goods Store at 4th and G across from old Empress Theater)(Mat Valley Bank)(Walt Smith for DCK)
Keywords: store front
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.158.2
(catastrophe)(February 16, 1946)(Leonard Hopkins Sporting Goods Store at 4th and G across from old Empress Theater)(Mat Valley Bank)(Walt Smith for DCK)
Keywords: store front
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.158.3
(catastrophe)(February 16, 1946)(Leonard Hopkins Sporting Goods Store at 4th and G across from old Empress Theater)(Mat Valley Bank)(Walt Smith for DCK)
Keywords: store front
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1979.001.084
[three men standing in front of Polley Bros. General Store, one holding broom; tents at left; Anchorage, 1915, tent city]
Collection: B1979.001 AHFAM FIC
B1998.014.1.1743
(T73 Cordova, Alaska; Cordova Main Street) [street scene, automobile supported by a jack and with open trunk parked in front of liquor store missing tire; businesses, store fronts, Cafe, Alaskan Hotel, Card Room, Cordova Hotel, Lutheran Mission, Liquor Store, Pop's Taxi, Cordova Steam Laundry, Cordova Studio - Developing and Printing; children riding bicycles; people walking on boardwalks; man in doorway of liquor store; woman walking at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1346
Diomede, Feb 1962 [men, women, children pose in front of Diomede Native Store, dog in lower left; structures and rock wall in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.355.1
Leonard Hopkins and Company store front, Fourth Ave. [Fourth Avenue scene with U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center, Alaska Transfer Co., New Method]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.4050
Town [Nome street scene, with children and women on boardwalk in front of drug store, Arctic Oil Delivery, and A. Polet, automobiles parked at left; print date Aug 63]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.011.032
Junction City [summer scene of men posing in front of buildings, signs reading “Muirhead Bros. Landscape Photographers,” “M & S Store,” and “Branch of the Atlin Laundry”
Collection: B1998.011
B2015.008.462
19. Store front washed out by flood [exterior of building with signs “F.L. Worthley - Son Service Quality General Merchandise” and “Post Office, West Hartford, Vt.”]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.461
18. West Hartford stores, fronts washed out by flood of Nov. 3, 1927 [gasoline pump in front of building at right, building at left with signs “F.L. Worthley - Son Service Quality General Merchandise” and “Post Office, West Hartford, Vt.”
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.355.2
Leonard Hopkins and Company store front, Fourth Ave. [Fourth Avenue scene with Hopkins Sporting Goods, U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center, Alaska Transfer Co., New Method]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.29.005
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [man in uniform walking ahead of color guard; scooter at right; men and women on boardwalk in front of structures, stores; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.29.005
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [man in uniform walking ahead of color guard; scooter at right; men and women on boardwalk in front of structures, stores; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.29.003
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [boys watch military unit marching in front of Hanson's store and Sunfreze ice cream shop; Chief Johnson totem pole; guns, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.29.003
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [boys watch military unit marching in front of Hanson's store and Sunfreze ice cream shop; Chief Johnson totem pole; guns, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1963.016.006
The first snow fall in Anchorage. 4th Ave Oct 8, 1915 (Anchorage 1915-1916 Townsite) [an elevated view of downtown Anchorage showing people walking along the street and board walk, business store fronts; horse team and wagon]
Keywords: frontier, town
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1990.014.2018.1.29.002
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [marching band wearing fezes in front of Hanson's store and Sunfreze ice cream shop; Chief Johnson totem pole and structures in background; people walking on boardwalk; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.29.002
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [marching band wearing fezes in front of Hanson's store and Sunfreze ice cream shop; Chief Johnson totem pole and structures in background; people walking on boardwalk; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.130.008
44-1 March 17-30 plus x 40-24; DK 20 - 13 min @ 68°; Early morning shots of Seattle, Sunday, March 17th [Street scene with woman walking along sidewalk in front of grocery store; sign for products]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.130.008
44-1 March 17-30 plus x 40-24; DK 20 - 13 min @ 68°; Early morning shots of Seattle, Sunday, March 17th [Street scene with woman walking along sidewalk in front of grocery store; sign for products]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1459
S40 Fort Richardson, Alaska (O'Hara [sic] bus in front of dept hdqtrs.) [O'Harra Bus Lines, Anchorage, license plate 10521, likely manufactured by Beck & Company parked at headquarters, service men, women; Main Store Exchange at right; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.24
(Fourth Avenue and C Street, northwest corner) [Anchorage street scene with automobiles and Owl Car taxi parked outside businesses including Frisco Cafe, Rex Liquor Store, Owl Club, and Schodde's Green Front. Gasoline pumps outside Schodde's. circa 1933-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.225.002
70-3 Main St of Sitka [Street scene including signs for Rainier Beer, Dentist, Montgomery Ward Order Office, Sitka Inn boarding house, Tilson Liquor Store front view of St. Michael Cathedral, Russian Orthodox church; people on sidewalks; boy with bicycle at left; automobiles; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.225.003
70-3 Main St of Sitka [Street scene including signs for Silver Foam Cocktail Bar, Beer, PS. Ganty, Drug store, Cafe, Montgomery Ward Order Office, front view of St. Michael Cathedral, Russian Orthodox church; people on sidewalks; man in left foreground automobiles; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1963.016.189
Woolworth's store now, 1917. [handwritten and typed information on reverse] Masonic Temple spring of 1917. Small building in rear with sign "storage" on it was used as the first Presbyterian church while the present one was being built. A small corner of the roof can be seen. 1962.. Masonic temple 1963 Woolworth's 10 c store. corner of 4th Avenue and F Streets. Brought in by Norma Hoyt who received it at Christmas time from a Mrs. Archie Lewis. She gave it to us Feb. 24, 1963 during our Fur Rendezvous opening (1 week). [dog team on street in front of building, snow]
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1989.016.770
Anchorage Hotel. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Fourth Avenue street scene with automobiles and businesses including Schodde's Green Front, Frisco Cafe, Koslosky's, W.E. Hand Taxidermist, A. Niemi Hardware, a drug store, Paris Dry Cleaners, Anchorage Grill & Restaurant, Sultan Building, North Pole Bakery, Watson's Baby Shop, Star Air Lines, Logemann Building, Kennedy's]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2004.021.64
"Mrs. Harrison" the "Welcome Hostess" of Anchorage Alaska. She welcomes all new comers and brings gifts from different stores. She came April 9, 1947 the very first day we moved in our tent. She is standing in front of our new home our first home in "Alaska". She came back Fri. April 11, 1947 with a carton of Pepsi Cola, box candy, bottle of hand lotion and a bouquet of Carnations. She also gave me 16 credit coupons.
Collection: B2004.021
B2012.12
Sheelor Photo-Copyrighted, 1916.This Panoramic photograph of early downtown Anchorage looking North East towards Chugach Mountains shows early Anchorage as a frontier town with store fronts situated on a single dirt road and board walk. People can be seen walking and there are two horses and carriage seen iin the foreground. Distinguishable buildings included in this photograph are Quick Lunch, Lennon's Bakery, Confectionery, The Northern, Tent Factory, Richter House.
Keywords: Panoramic; 1917, Chugach; Mountains; Anchorage; horses, frontier
Collection: B2012.012
B2012.12.6ft
Sheelor Photo-Copyrighted, 1916.This Panoramic photograph of early downtown Anchorage looking North East towards Chugach Mountains shows early Anchorage as a frontier town with store fronts situated on a single dirt road and board walk. People can be seen walking and there are two horses and carriage seen iin the foreground. Distinguishable buildings included in this photograph are Quick Lunch, Lennon's Bakery, Confectionery, The Northern, Tent Factory, Richter House.
Keywords: Panoramic; 1917, Chugach; Mountains; Anchorage; horses, frontier
Collection: B2012.012
B1989.016.2045.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska ("Seaska" airmail non-stop flight, June 20, 1936, powered with Plymouth car engine seized by U.S. Marshal, Juneau, for non-payment of gas bill in Cordova. 1985, still stored in Juneau) [group portrait of men and women standing in front of Fahlin SF-2 Plymocoupe airplane parked in gymnasium, writing on plane reads in part "Seattle-Alaska Last Airmail Frontier Trail Blazed by the Seattle Washingtonians"]
Keywords: aviation, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2045.4
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska ("Seaska" airmail non-stop flight, June 20, 1936, powered with Plymouth car engine seized by U.S. Marshal, Juneau, for non-payment of gas bill in Cordova. 1985, still stored in Juneau) [group portrait of men and women standing in front of Fahlin SF-2 Plymocoupe airplane parked in gymnasium, writing on plane reads in part "Seattle-Alaska Last Airmail Frontier Trail Blazed by the Seattle Washingtonians"]
Keywords: aviation, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.154
(catastrophe)(April 12, 1951)(Sportland Sign 4th and C)(Corner of 4th at C. N.W. early 20's Bldg was a pool hall and news stand owned by Jack Diamond. Later brought by Mr and Mrs Schodde and was ice cream parlor and news stand, in late 40's owned by man named Bittner)(Historical)
Keywords: store front, cars, shopping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat