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B2006.023.6479.jpg
Iditarod Trail 1956
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.5241.jpg
1956. Red salmon on drying rack.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.6686.jpg
Between Unalakleet & Shaktoolik, Iditarod 1956
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6696.jpg
Joe Redington Sr., Iditarod Trail 1956
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
b2012.006.780
April 14, 1956 [cemetery in village in winter]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B2012.006
B1989.016.2267.4a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.4b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.5a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.5b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.6a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.6b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.6602.jpg
[Person holding flyer for 1956 Nome to Hastings race]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6602
[Person holding flyer for 1956 Nome to Hastings race]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.2267.2a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [road through mountain pass]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.3a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with frozen lake and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.3b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with frozen lake and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.6
(Sep 20 1956 city view school (Airport Heights)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1983.091.C2202
Club 25 Ext for Balop from KTVA 4-1956 (1 neg)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.5
(Sep 20 1956- 9 5096 56 City View School)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Scn.13.005
Scn 10138; 1-1/4 Worthington Glacier from highway; July 1956.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2016.006.2640
Summit TACAN, June 1956 [airplane on airstrip, building and antennas at right]
Keywords: communications, Cold War
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.002.26
[children playing next to drying rack, buildings in background, 1956-57]
Collection: B2017.002
B1990.014.5.TV.103.42
Kodiak from old school house September 27, 1956 9 5505 56
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.4
(Sept 20 1956 -9 5095 56- City View School Airport Heights)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.7
(Sep 20 1956- 9 5098 56- Door View City View School)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.lakeotis7507656
Lake Otis school, July 25, 1956. Photographer's number 7 5076 56
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2017.002.21
[five children standing next to cardboard mantel hung with Christmas stockings, 1956-57]
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.002.31
[hunters on ice edge with Western style boat, walrus carcass on ice, 1956-57]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2017.002
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.3
(Anchorage Schools Airports HTS School)(Sept 20 1956 City View School Airport Heights)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.8
(Sep 20 1956- 95099 56- Hall Shot city view school (Airport Heights)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1993.020.368
Fur auctions, Rendezvous, 1956 [pelts with handwritten sign: Guaranteed as Advertised, Swifty’s Club 13]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2017.002.22
[woman wearing fancy parka holding Christmas stocking filled with fruit and candy, 1956-57]
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.002.27
[woman wearing St. Lawrence style parka with two children in basket of sled, 1956-57]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2017.002
B2021.002.034
Greg Fleming, Ester, 1956 [note on back: "This is where we went to get the rocks for our walkway. 8 miles from Fairbanks."
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1989.016.2267.1b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [house and outbuilding with sign "Saxton, Alaska, Matthews Howell", mountains in background]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.2b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [VW Beetle with Alaska plates parked on road through mountain pass]
Keywords: roads, automobiles
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.002.057
Greg Fleming, Rex, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1956 [Gregory is 2 years old with Rex, his first dog.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2017.002.19
[children and adults sitting in auditorium waiting to watch a movie, man standing at film projector in background, Barrow, 1956-1957]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.020.082
[two women and man standing in front of entrance to Constitution Hall during Constitutional Convention, possibly delegates, 1955-1956]
Collection: B2017.020
B2017.020.083
[Sun posed with man and woman in front of entrance to Constitution Hall during Constitutional Convention, possibly delegates, 1955-1956]
Collection: B2017.020
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.003.2
"Animals: Bears, May 1956, Polar Bear, Ice of Cbukchi Sea, NP." [polar bear on snow, buckled sea ice in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2017.002.12
[Alaska Native hunters with polar bear carcass on ice, one man holding rifle, freight sleds at left, 1956-1957]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2017.002
B1994.009.1342
Lisburne, Oct. 10, 1956. F-4. Air compressor and jack hammer used to dig ditch in frozen ground to run pipe line.
Keywords: White Alice, Cold War, communications
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B2017.002.20
[man dressed as Santa Claus handing out presents to children, Christmas tree in background, candy apples on tray at left, Barrow, 1956-1957]
Collection: B2017.002
B1994.009.333
REL PA Amplifier used in Path Testing - Kivalina Site, as received in Warehouse for Overhaul and installation of protective covers - February 24, 1956. [White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray