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B2022.001.041
Alice Hemphill, seated, Murphy Evans [sticky note on back: Mayfield’s Parents]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Parents, Alice Hemphill, Murphy Evans, Portrait, Studio portrait
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.143
Newspaper clipping from Anchorage Daily News announcing E&S Diversified Services winning Contract from Maintenance and Logistics Command in Alameda, California, November 6, 1993
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Newspaper, Clipping, Anchorage Daily News, E&S Diversified Services, Announcement, Winning contract, Maintenance and Logistics Command, Heard on the Street
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2039.3
[two men in military uniforms with cable or rope in wooded area in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2039.4
[brown bear carcass on rocky beach]
Keywords: hunting, animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.43
43 (July 4, 1938, parade) [Scissor Snips float? truck with flatbed holding small fir trees and children dressed in costumes. cf. 2055.38]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.218.1B
Independence Mine (circa 1939). [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.23
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [boy and girl in blackface, boy wearing tuxedo and bowler, girl wearing headscarf and apron and holding feather duster, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.2
18 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [blanket toss on Fourth Avenue during Fur Rendezvous, with spectators in front of federal building, The Gitchell, Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1628.2
Native ceremonial mask from Nunivak Island 12/23/54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2100
D-77 [cabin buried in snow drift]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2101
Portage Glacier. Hewitt's Drug Photo [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1928.1
(Fur Rondy 1952, Carrying the blanket for blanket toss) [group of men in fur parkas carrying bundle]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1929.1
(Fur Rondy 1950) [Fur Rendezvous parade float carrying woman, two people dressed as lions, and lion statue, with signs reading "Dodi Ziegler, only queen entry from Fort Richardson sponsored by Anchorage Lions Club" and "Lions Days of '98 Ambassador Club 9 tonite support Dodi Ziegler from Fort Richardson games refreshments door prizes"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2047.3.6
(US Air Force airplane down in Cook Inlet, January 30, 1957) [Douglas C-124C Globemaster II in water. 35mm neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.070.020
[Fifth Avenue street scene, with snow, pedestrians, automobiles, and signs for businesses including Kimball’s, Independent Lumber, and Book Cache, “Anchorage snow storm of 1954”]
Collection: B2013.070
B1989.016.1928.2
(Fur Rondy 1952, blanket toss) [blanket toss in middle of Fourth Avenue, with spectators lining street in front of federal building, Smart Shop, The Gitchell Hotel, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.14a
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southwest. Close-up with Holy Family Cathedral in foreground, damaged houses beyond, trees in Turnagain in distance]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1927.2
(Trudy Fritz, Fur Rondy Lions Queen, 1952) [studio portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.070.04
Anchorage 1953 [woman in costume riding paint horse down street, house and spectators in background; Shrine Circus?]
Collection: B2013.070
B2009.017.2001.02.27
The Committee is reworking the campaign finance law
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2013.075.85
(Alaska _Tanana #2 Kaktovik)[child and dog playing on blanket in the snow]
Collection: B2013.075
B1989.016.2055.35
35 (July 4, 1938, parade) [floats lined up for parade, parked trucks festooned with banners and flags, buildings visible in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2228.2
Anchorage Signal Corps Ball Team, August 1936. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group portrait of baseball team in striped uniforms]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2229.1
(Fairbanks Hockey Team, 1936) [group portrait of hockey team, not in uniform, on ice]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2229.2
(Fairbanks Hockey Team, 1936) [group portrait of hockey team, not in uniform, on ice]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.223
School Bldg, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, P-265.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.033.575
Unloading Ice Worm at Palmer, 10-8-77 [crane lifting railbus off flatcar; print date Oct 77]
Collection: B2017.033
B1989.016.2053.18
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 18) [young people on flatbed truck festooned with flags and banners, playing out restaurant scene with diners, waitress, chef]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.13back
[accordion-fold black & white souvenir postcards of Kodiak, twelve images with captions, 1940s? (6 per side)]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13b
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.13front
[accordion-fold black & white souvenir postcards of Kodiak, twelve images with captions, 1940s? (6 per side)]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.194
B12 Fairbanks University of Alaska - aerial [not actually an aerial view; building, automobile, ladders]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1639
T34 Palmer, Alaska [view possibly taken from a rooftop (see image .1641) across gravel road and railroad tracks; watertower, possible gas sation at left; railroad siding with possibly boxcars and platform; structures in distance; automobles in left foreground, including one in disrepair]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley