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B2016.024.069
Ketchikan, Apr. ’53 [street view, with boardwalk, automobiles, and Ketchikan sign over street]
Keywords: Ketchikan
Collection: B2016.024
B1986.096.295
[Public Works.Traffic Engineers sign shop. Two men creating street signs, Anchorage, 1960s]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1979.002.4848
{large number of women marching along street holding signs}
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2307.3
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street at night, looking east, with automobiles and business signs]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2073.16
(Anchorage Houses, Nov. 1964, 12th and S Street) [single level home, winter, with fence along street, street signs]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2073.17
(Anchorage Houses, Nov. 1964, 12th and S Street) [single level home, winter, with fence along street, street signs]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.059a
[damage to buildings at corner of 6th Avenue and K Street, with street sign in center, man walking at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.2307.1.2
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at night, automobiles on street, neon signs for businesses including Polar Bar and Anchorage Grill]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2098.5
[night street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage, with neon signs for Hewitt's Drug Store, with Cheechako Tavern, 1949?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.329
B66 Cordova; Hospital & City Hall [automobiles, boardwalks, dirt street, auto parked between "no parking between signs" signs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2098.2
[night street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage, with automobile outside Hewitt's Drug Store, with neon sign and window display]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2307.5
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street at night, looking southwest, with signs for businesses including Rexall Drugs and 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.022.416.4
[view down road in winter to Cook Inlet in distance, stop sign and street sign on curve at left, possibly Atwood Drive, Turnagain neighborhood]
Collection: B2017.022
B2008.029.8
[Juneau street scene with signs for Nugget Shop, Gastineau Hotel, The Baranof, Guy Smith Drugs]
Collection: B2008.029
B1989.016.2098.3
[night street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage, with automobile outside Hewitt's Drug Store, with neon sign and window display, 1949?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2098.4
[night street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage, with automobile outside Hewitt's Drug Store, with neon sign and window display, 1949?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2307.4
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street at night, looking east, with automobiles and signs for businesses including Anchorage Grill and Coffey Simpson Insurance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.1332
[street view of unidentified town, sign for “Hotel Magazines Pool and Bar” in right foreground, utility poles with power lines crossing street. Cf. .1330
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.1334
[street view of unidentified town, dandelions in foreground, sign for Roadhouse and Liquor Store at left. Cf. .1330]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2188.1
Lomen Bros. [street scene on Front Street in Juneau, with signs for businesses including Juneau Liquor Co., Montana, and Alaska Grill, circa 1900. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2183.22
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [bird's eye view looking west of spectators lined up along Fourth Avenue at E Street, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous street signs, 4th Avenue Theater, and sign for Hewitt's Drugs]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.191
Fairbanks, Alaska. Hewitt's 14. [Carnival scenes. Street view with sign "Where's Erwin?" cf. .207.1-.207.5.]
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
B1989.016.677.1
[Hewitt's Drug Store exterior, with sign for Hewitt's Fountain Lunch. Automobiles parked at curb. Anchorage street scene]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.309.002
91-1 April 1943; Pan X; Nome [street scene with puddles, structures; automobiles; Polet sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.90.6
[row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, huts marked "Out of Bounds," sign in foreground for A Street, Adak?]
Keywords: residences, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.070.021
[street scene, E Street at Fourth Avenue, with snow, automobiles, and signs for businesses including Book Cache, Rexall Drugs, and 515 Club, “Anchorage snow storm of 1954”]
Collection: B2013.070
B1998.014.1.1771
(T91 Dawson Creek, British Columbia; milepost in street) [two men stand on either side of sign in middle of street: sign in middle of street: "Dawson Creek; Ft. St. John 49; Ft. Nelson 300; Whitehorse 918; Fairbanks 1523; Mile '0' Alaska Hi-way" businesses, automobiles in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.90.5
[row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, one hut marked "Out of Bounds," sign in foreground for A Street, Adak?]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2041
T254 Girdwood, Alaska. [street scene with Turnagain Arm in distance; bar with Hamm's and Schlitz signs is the Girdwood Hotel; automobiles.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1998.014.1.1744
(T73 Cordova Main Street) [street scene similar to .1743; bicycles parked near speed limit sign; man squatting next to automobile supported by jack; liquid under automobile]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.21.005
5-5 Mission St from Fed bldg [bird's eye view of street scene; automobiles, people on boardwals; structures; "New Deal" sign and clock on building; sign for "Chiropodist?"; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.005
5-5 Mission St from Fed bldg [bird's eye view of street scene; automobiles, people on boardwals; structures; "New Deal" sign and clock on building; sign for "Chiropodist?"; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.152
"2-20-57 Anchorage Streets; Good Fed Bldg scene w/furs on fur Rondy sign" [Alaksa Visitors Association sign, fur pelts hanging over intersection, snow, automobiles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1989.016.2073.3
(Anchorage Houses, Nov. 1964, Yale and Stanford) [two-story wood-frame home, winter, with fire hydrant and street signs]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.24
(Emard's House, exterior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [automobiles parked on street and in lot at right, One Way street sign and fire hydrant]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.024.020
[Nenana winter street view with pedestrians, railroad depot at left, wood pile and sign for “Tavern Café Bar” at right, sign for N.C. Co. in center background; pickup truck with chains on wheels; dog]
Collection: B2014.024
B1990.014.2018.1.67.001
25-2; tourist taking pictures [Mission Street Ketchikan street scene with man in center of plank street taking photographs; Ingersoll Hotel at left; "Welcome Visitors" sign spanning street; woman standing near Marine Hotel at right; store at far right with sign advertising Alaska Sportsman, scale and ball near entrance; automobiles, one with plate B43; looking inland from near docks; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.67.001
25-2; tourist taking pictures [Mission Street Ketchikan street scene with man in center of plank street taking photographs; Ingersoll Hotel at left; "Welcome Visitors" sign spanning street; woman standing near Marine Hotel at right; store at far right with sign advertising Alaska Sportsman, scale and ball near entrance; automobiles, one with plate B43; looking inland from near docks; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2183.18
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [bird's eye view looking west of spectators lined up along Fourth Avenue at E Street, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous street signs, City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2197.8
(Nome Front Street) [street scene with men on boardwalks in front of businesses including M.D. Samuels Clothing and T.I. Nestor Wines Liquors & Cigars. Sign for "Hose" on utility pole. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.143
"4 July 52; Old Federal Bldg left corner is Masonic bldg - Note the old Gitchell Hotll sign; 4th Ave & F Street' [crowd gathered along streets, on rooftops]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B2015.008.907
[street scene, with pedestrians on boardwalk past businesses, women with parasols
passing sign for “Cleaning and Pressing,” utility poles at right, mountains in distance]
Keywords: pedestrians, street, buildings, power lines
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.2548
Nome [winter street scene; two men wearing parkas talking near bars; Hamm's Beer sign; people walking; automobiles]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.020.019
[men working on road construction on C Street, laying cable or structural support down lane, sign in right background for Alaska Territorial Employment Service, sign at left for Board Room Meals, Ship Creek in distance]
Collection: B2017.020
B1998.014.1.638
E55 Eskimo blanket toss at Anchorage "City Hall, 1950" [Fur Rendezvous, A boy is high in the air above blanket, surrounded by large croud; automobiles, people standing on pickup truck, wet streets, Food Center sign across street, Northwest Airlines sign; label is affixed to neg with cellophane tape]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley