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B1998.014.1.047
A18 Elmendorf AFB Holpital 1040th [on envelope; 5040th on neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1980.001.17
Fort Richardson in 1940, now the site of Elmendorf AFB. (US ARMY PHOTO
Collection: B1980.001
B2016.014.002
"Elmendorf AFB, 1954" [aerial view of base in summer, showing housing]
Collection: B2016.014
B1998.014.1.046
A18 5040th Air Force hospital at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (1040th [on envelope]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.305
B59 Elmendorf AFB recreation area (gym/bowling alley, Field recreation area) [road, buildings]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.014.003
"Aerial view, Anchorage, AK., 1953 Elmendorf AFB" [aerial of base in spring, showing housing and water tower, snow]
Collection: B2016.014
B2022.001.036
Jacqueline Evans, Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, 1975 [Note on back: J Evans Teaxas (sic), Carswell AFB 1975]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Girl, Young woman, Carswell Air Force Base, Air Force Base, USAF, Texas, Fashion, House, Home, Residence, Building, Exterior
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.1553
S103 Elmendorf AFB - 1945 (combat bomber WWII 11th Air Force named Mormon Boy II) [same as .1552; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1555
S105 Elmendorf AFB 1944 [Two men with sled dog team, dog sled at rest in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress airplane, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1554
S104 Joe Lewis at Elmendorf AFB [boxer wearing gloves, robe stands near ropes in ring; stool, bucket, service men, spectators can be seen in background; possibly inside a hangar]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1552
(S103 combat bomber WWII 11th Air Force named Mormon Boy II) [nose art on B-25 aircraft number 57, depicting enemy kills, battleship; Elmendorf AFB, 1945; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2514
"Construction: airport & crane; 1963" [men working; paving surface likely at Elmendorf AFB; dump trucks, paver, steam rollers, rakes, runway with aircraft, structures, railroad tanker cars in mid-ground; Chugach Mountains in distance; no crane]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B87.83.9
9. First meeting by Director of OEP McDermott, Senator Bartlett, Senator Gruening, and Governor Egan with available federal, state, and municipal officials ay 6:35 p.m. March 28, 1964 at Elmendorf AFB for briefing on actions to be taken [1964 earthquake]
Collection: B1987.083 McDermott Collection