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B1990.014.5.People.12.10
"4th of July, 7/47" [parade, bicycles, soldiers, marching, shoe store, liquor stores, Anchorage Photo Supply" sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1990.014.5.People.12.5
"4th of July 47" [parade, color guard, bicycles, soldiers, marching, shoe store, liquor stores, Anchorage Photo Supply" sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1972.032.106
[winter street scene of man with sled dog team resting near McCarthy Drug Store; Kodak supplies; snow]
Collection: B1972.032 Dorothy Surgenor
B1990.014.2018.1.53.005
21-6 Newtown sunset; 105 mm [bird's eye view overlooking Ketchikan, Nordby Supply Co, General Merchandise store at lower left; possibly Tongass Avenue looking west-northwest; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.53.005
21-6 Newtown sunset; 105 mm [bird's eye view overlooking Ketchikan, Nordby Supply Co, General Merchandise store at lower left; possibly Tongass Avenue looking west-northwest; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1846
(T130 Valdez) [Street scene; gravel surface; men on sidewalk at right; automobiles; trucks; semi trucks; bicycles at left; structures; man building structure from cinder blocks at left, masonry; dog sitting on sidewalk; businesses: Hotel, Pinzon Bar, Valdez Liquor Store, Canteen Bar, Valdez Supply Meat & Groceries, Gilson's]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.031.1
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building]
Keywords: supply store, commercial, winter
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.2
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building]
Keywords: supply store, commercial, winter
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.3
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.4
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.5
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1998.014.1.1621
T27 Anchorage - Alaska [street scene at 4th and E Street; men, women walking on sidewalks, automobiles, army jeeps, Military Police jeep, businesses: airline office, Beyers & Pfeil Building, Rexall Drugs, fountain lunches, Eastman dealers, curios, Cheechako Tavern, Gray Cab, Eggemann Bldg., Alaska Airlines, jeweler, Anchorage Grill, Anchorage Photo Supply, liquor store, 1940s]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1560
T3 Anchorage - Alaska (1946 Postcard) [view looking west down 4th Avenue; pedestrians, automobiles, businesses, Olympia Beer, Coca-Cola, barber pole, Café, Federal Rooms, Panhandle Annex, Pay’n Takit, meats, grocers, produce, Alaska Greyhound Lines Stage Depot; Peterson Hotel, Union Club, Laurie & Morrison, Kennedy Hardware, Bendor, Ivan L. Pelton Western Auto Supply Co., National Bank, Schodde’s, Owl Cocktail Bar, Sourdough Cocktail Bar, Lucky ? Café, Frisco Cocktail Bar, Koslosky’s Mens Wear, Engebreth, Furs, Drugs, Piggly Wiggly, Liquor Store, Sears, Automobiles, Federal Cab, Greyhound bus; men crossing street, Gasoline pumps, RPM Motor Oil, Air, Water, bicycle with front basket]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley