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B1990.014.5.EQ.16.40
Buckled pavement at C and 2nd Ave with damaged car and street light
Keywords: cars, street lights, street signs, damaged streets
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.016.2274.1
[Hewitt's Drugs, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, summer, with pedestrians, automobiles, and street light]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2258.6b
[street scene in winter with street light, pedestrians passing Anchorage Log Cabin Visitors Center and City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2281.2a
[Z. J. Loussac Public Library, exterior, summer, with automobiles and street light]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4753.1
Street - lighting on 9th Ave from E St east, 7-69 [Chugach Mountains in distance, park strip on right, Equitable Life, Texaco, and other businesses on left, street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2274.2
(April 18, 1951) [Hewitt's Drugs, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, summer, with pedestrians, automobiles, and street light]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4753.2
Street - lighting on 9th Ave from E St east, 7-69 [automobile heading west, Chugach Mountains in distance, park strip on right, Equitable Life, Texaco, and other businesses on left, street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2279.2
[Hewitt's Drugs, Bevers & Pfeil building, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, summer, with pedestrians, automobiles, and street light]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2289
[First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue, summer, with parked automobiles, light pole, fire hydrant, street signs]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.23.002
5-7 nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks; automobiles; neon lights; Bank at end of street; Model Cleaners on left; bakery(?) 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.002
5-7 nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks; automobiles; neon lights; Bank at end of street; Model Cleaners on left; bakery(?) 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.001.732
[view down residential street in winter, Volkswagen Beetle parked in driveway of house in .731 at left, fire hydrant and street lights; print date Jul 77]
Collection: B2014.001
B1989.016.2031.5
(Anchorage, Fourth Avenue, 1958) [street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street, with Anchorage All-America City banner, street lights, automobiles, pedestrians, signs for Hewitt's Drugs, Bevers & Pfeil Building, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1100
(N10 Cushman Street, Fairbanks, Alaska 1946 postcard) [copy neg; nighttime winter street scene; structures, stores, automobiles; Rexall Drugs; clock readiing 7:10; California Bar; Bank; Shoe Mart; lights over street; pennants]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S1239.1
Anchorage street scene in snow storm, 1952 (Fourth Avenue from F Street) [looking east with snow falling, pedestrian crossing street, automobiles in front of businesses including Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, 515 Club, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banners on street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2325.1
(Construction of Minnesota Bypass at Spenard Road, 1966) [intersection of dirt roads, with stop light, utility poles, gas stations on both sides of street]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2098.1
[street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage, with traffic light and automobiles outside Bevers & Pfeil Building and Logemann Bldg., with businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.23.001
5-7 Nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks, automobiels; structures; neon lights; Drug store sign; Model Cleaners; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.001
5-7 Nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks, automobiels; structures; neon lights; Drug store sign; Model Cleaners; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2031.6
(Anchorage, Fourth Avenue, 1958) [street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street, with Anchorage All-America City banner, street lights, automobiles, signs for businesses including Hewitt's Drugs, Bevers & Pfeil Building, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Carlquist Jewelers, Anchorage Grill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1441.1
Night views of Anchorage streets, rain, 9-12-53 (Fourth Avenue, 300 block east from corner of E Street) [night view of Rutherford's Men's Wear, with lighted sign and store windows, automobile at curb]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1687
[Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage, with automobiles parked outside businesses including Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Building with sign for Fotoshop & Studio, and Masonic Temple, street light in foreground. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2279.1
[Hewitt's Drugs, Bevers & Pfeil building, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, summer, with pedestrians, automobiles, and street light, signs for businesses including Cheechako Tavern, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and Cecil V. Abbott Insurance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2110
(Hewitt's Sept. 1956) [street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage, with traffic light and automobiles outside Bevers & Pfeil Building and Logemann Bldg., with businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Carlquist Jewelers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1624
T29 Anchorage - Alaska [street scene looking east down center of 4th Avenue with Chugach Mountains in background; automobiles, businesses, people, Lumber, White House, cafe, Frigidaire, Paddock Paint Shop, bus lines, Piggly Wiggly, 1st National Bank, street lights]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1946
T187 4th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska [street scene looking east from H Street; automobiles, people, men, women, businesses: Jad Room; Jay's Lunch Fountain; Dale Beauty Shop; Flowers; Empress; 4th Avenue theatre, NBC KENI signs; The Club & Cafe; Pioneer Club; Mona Lee's; McKinley Building in background; Chugach Mountains in distance; street lights]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1989.016.1583.7
[Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue at E Street looking east, parked automobiles with businesses including Rexall Pharmacy, Anchorage Light & Power Co., Anchorage Grill and Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, circa 1936. Prior to construction of Anchorage Hotel. Scaffolding around building that would become Hewitt's Drug Store]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1815.1
[Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage looking east to Chugach Mountains, with automobiles and businesses including Eckmann's Furniture, 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Building with sign for Fotoshop & Studio, Masonic Temple and Oyster Loaf, street light in foreground. circa 1946. copy neg. Photographer Sidney Hamilton, same as B1976.082.37]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1920
T168 Alaska's most important and longest street - famous 4th Ave at Anchorage. [winter street scene looking east on 4th Avenue near H Street; snow; automobiles, people walking on sidewalks; B&B Liquor Store; Anchorage Times; Paddock Furniture; Theatre; Alaskan Printing; The Rose Shop; Liquor; Sewing Machines; Piggly Wiggly Grocery; The Pioneer Club; palm tree (likely with neon lights on rooftop); McKinley Building in distance; Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2029.1
(Hewitt's Drugstore, Oct 12, 1963)[Hewitt's Drug Store as seen from 4th Avenue with Anchorage All American City Banner hanging over the street]
Keywords: cars, streets, street signs, traffic lights
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1998.014.1.1958
T195 4th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska "Night Lights" 9shows Empress Theatre and 4th Ave th[eatre]; 15 Jan 1954) [street scene with automobiles, snow, marquee showing film Kansas Pacific, released in 1953; neg is damaged: emulsion separating from support at right; upper left corner is mission]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1955.2
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Anchorage, 4th Ave April 16, 1953) [View down 4th Ave looking NE towards the Chugach Mtns.
Keywords: street lights, street signs, streets, cars, buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2029.4
(Hewitt's Drugstore, Oct 12, 1963)[Hewitt's Drug Store as seen from 4th Avenue]
Keywords: streets, street signs, cars, traffic lights
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.29
Looking 4th to West at Denali Theater
Keywords: destroyed buildings, street lights
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.32
Denali Theater after the EQ
Keywords: damaged buildings, street lights
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.54
4th Ave between C&D-looking west-just prior to demolition project."Mac's Foto, my shop went down the hole"
Keywords: street lights, power lines, destroyed buildings, damaged streets
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.52
4th Ave between C&D-looking west-just prior to demolition project
Keywords: street lights, power lines, destroyed buildings, collapsed buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.8
City Cache to A/W Hotel
Keywords: city; cache; cars; buildings; street lights
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16