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B2017.007.099b
[damage to Government Hill school with water tower in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B1984.077.22.017
[railroad tracks, water tower, buildings, utility poles, likely Nenana]
Collection: B1984.077
B2017.007.098b
[damage to Government Hill school with water tower in background. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.2143.28
54. Water supply, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [water tower, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2058
[view of waterfront as seen from ship, with dock at right, water tower at left]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.2018.1.229.001
71-3 View of channel near Sitka [structures, water towers across water; ship at left; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2310.1
[bird's eye view of Anchorage looking northwest at sunset, water tower in distance at right]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.107.6
[baseball game underway on military base, with hangars and water tower, mountains in distance, Fort Richardson?]
Keywords: sports, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1553.9
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [American Airways Fairchild 71 tail number NC 9745 at Merrill Field, with communications tower and water tower visible in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1983
T210 Palmer, Alaska [view of townsite with farm fields in foreground; water tower in background; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1108.4
P-7. Hewitt's (Buildings in early Palmer) [automobile, homes, utility pole, water tower, mountains in distance]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.840.1
P-348. 8/7/36. Hewitt's (Buildings at Palmer, chicken coops) [buildings under construction with water tower behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.23.003
Atwater Coop, Red & White, Minnesota? [streetscene, businesses, water tower, Sinclair delivery truck, automobiles, wagon]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1089
M-37. Colonists' Post Office. [automobile parked next to building, Palmer water tower in background, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.014.003
"Aerial view, Anchorage, AK., 1953 Elmendorf AFB" [aerial of base in spring, showing housing and water tower, snow]
Collection: B2016.014
B1979.002.0105B
12-8/47 To provide an adequate water supply for the settlement, the railroad erected this 100,000-gallon capacity water tank. Photo taken Dec. 8, 1947 shows the new water tank with the old tank alongside. New & Old Water Towers
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1085.3
M-22. Ball game, Matanuska Valley Fair, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [baseball game, water tower in background]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.360
B81 Alaska Native Hospital at Anchorage (May 1953) [aerial view, water tower, shep creek, railroad at left; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.098a
[damaged houses on Government Hill bluff, with Native Health Service Hospital and hospital water tower on bluff across Ship Creek in distance]
Collection: B2017.007
B1979.002.Album1.252
R30-1. Water tank, Ship Creek [two women standing next to rectangular water tank on wooden tower structure, with walled tents in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.253
R31-10. Water tank, Ship Creek [rectangular water tank on wooden tower structure, next to wood plank building with walled tents in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1073
School bldgs. & athletic field, Palmer. P-267, Hewitt's Photo Shop [includes water tower at left, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1580.1
[snow removal on railroad tracks at Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot, water tower visible behind snow plow and plume of snow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1885
T149 Palmer, Alaska (Palmer Co-op) [street scene, structures, gas pumps, automobiles, trucks, water tower, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1576.5
[winter view of Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot from across Susitna River, showing pedestrian bridge, Curry buildings, walled tents, and water tower]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1743.3
(Anchorage railroad yards, Aug. 1951) [view of Alaska Railroad yards at Ship Creek, looking northeast towards water tower, Government Hill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.823.5
P-334. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [large wood frame building under construction, with shed and water tower]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.928.1
P-541. Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard, buildings and water tower in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.995
P-120. Hewitt's [bird's eye view of Palmer, with railroad tracks and depot in foreground, water tower and school in middle ground, and mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.51.1
[military truck parked outside large log roadhouse, construction on addition at right, antlers mounted over entrance, water tower in distance, Adak?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.792
L30 Palmer, Alaska "1946 postcard" [view of roadway, automobiles, field, structures, agricultural buidings, townshite, water tower, mountains in background; nitrate]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.070
City of Palmer #19, Anchorage Photo Supply, D.C.K. [view of Palmer looking over farm fields toward mountains, water tower to left]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.1108.21
P-355. 8/7/36. Hewitt's (ARRC Buildings in early Palmer) [people, automobiles, buses outside building, garage? Water tower behind. Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.933
P-545. Palmer Day Dance, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard, buildings and water tower in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.824
P-329. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [large wood frame building under construction, with water tower and walled tents in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.825
P-328. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [large wood frame building under construction, with water tower and walled tents in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.927
P-540. Celebrating Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard, spectators, buildings, and water tower in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1901
(ANS Hospital, 1952) [view from Government Hill looking east to Chugach Mountains, with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, water tower and Alaska Native Service Hospital in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.30
S.E.R.A. Camp, Palmer, Alaska. 57, Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [walled tents and water tower next to dirt road, State Emergency Relief Agency, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1690
T55 Unalaska - where the Aleutian Islands begin [copy neg; view of shoreline, harbor, military installation, Russian crosses, graves in foreground; quonsets, structures, churches, mountains, roads, water tower]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1831
Salmon fishing, Ship Creek, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [men, women, and children on riverbank fishing, with train on Alaska Railroad tracks and warehouse buildings in background, water tower and Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.5
P-512 (Anderson's Paddy) [young boy in cap, sweater, and pants standing outside in dirt lot, buildings and water tower in background, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony? photographer's number written on emulsion side of neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.29
56. At Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two men working on construction of double-wide walled tent with "FIRE" painted on boards, water tower at left, man wearing coveralls and brimmed hat walking towards camera, fire station? Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection