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B2006.023.7541.jpg
[Banner: Olympia Beer Start]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B1989.016.BeersGV.1
Beers, G. V., Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1996.035.2.1068to1069
.1068—The bar with Taylor and Thurkelson serving beer 10/24/46 .1069—Dutch, Hodges and Wally just coming to beer party. 10/24/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1989.016.BeersMrsGV.1
Beers, Mrs. G. V., Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1983.091.C7009.1
(Kut Rate Kid Liquors, Holland Beer sign) [exterior view of sign: "Real flavor - Imported beer 'Discovered in Holland' Discover how good beer can taste. $11.00 value $6.99 case" base of windmill at right, parking lot in foreground]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1998.014.1.1862
T136 Seward, Alaska (Main St.) [copy neg; street scene, people walking, automobiles, businesses: The Palace: Beer & Wine, liquor; Rainier Beer; Seward Beer & Wine Parlor, Alaska Café, B&H; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2004.011.Hoffman.Frank.neg7
[woman and two men picnicking outdoors, case of Olympia beer at left]
Collection: B2004.011 Bagoy
B2017.023.227
[musicians playing for audience, service men, tables, benches, beer bottles]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.005.160
[Indigenous Alaskan man in sunglasses lounging on rocky ground drinking beer]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Sunglasses, Rocky, Ground, Lounging, Snow, Winter, Beer, Glass bottle, Bottle, Beverage
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.161
[Group sitting on rocky ground midwinter, drinking beer; hotdogs and mustard nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, People, Men, Women, Drinking, Drinks, Beer, Ground, Winter, Snow, Ice, Rocky, Hotdogs, Mustard, Food
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2121
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [truck offloading beer cases next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.22.032
California Bar Beer Wine, Curios [street scene, buildings, automobiles, bridge in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.011.014
.14—[man standing in doorway of log building with signs: “Miners Exchange / Restaurant Bar / Wines, Liquors, _____, _____,” “Beer, Tea,” “Pabst Beer,” “Coffee & Pie,” “For Sa__.”
Collection: B1998.011
B1989.016.2120.1
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [beer cases piled in snow next to airplane with tail number 709Y]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2120.2
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [two men standing by beer cases piled in snow next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2120.3
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [two men standing by beer cases piled in snow next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.24
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, Otto & Ray resting [Otto and Ray Peterson drinking beer on riverbank]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.024.2746
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [interior view of woman sitting at bar with Olympia Beer can, glass, ashtray]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.52.003
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.003
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.004
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.004
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.005
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.005
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.006
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.52.006
21-5 Interior of Pioneer Bar, beer, etc.. [men in bar; calendars on wall at left, likely August 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1333.1
A pause and refreshments. Hewitt's, 144 [automobile parked next to small building with signs The Shack, Stop Hot Coffee Dogs Lunches Beer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.035.10.3.001
Photo caption: “Larry on left and Dago after they arrived back in the States, 1946” [two men in Navy uniforms, woman with beer bottle between them]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1998.014.1.2029
T245 Spenard, Alaska [street scene with stoplight; automobiles; Piggly Wiggly store, LIquors Cold Beer; Gordon's Family Shoe Store]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2548
Nome [winter street scene; two men wearing parkas talking near bars; Hamm's Beer sign; people walking; automobiles]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.anc.nodate.001
[Street scene; Kut Rate Kid Liquor Store, Beer 6 pack $1.29, Texaco, Discount Liquors, automobiles, delivery tuck, Ferris wheel at left, mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2298.12
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Pool Room and Olympia Beer, sign for "Chitina Townsite, Lots Sold on Easy Terms," truck with 1943 license plate parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2023
T238 Seward, Alaska "4th Ave." [street scene, Liquor Store, Hamm's Beer; Gateway Drugs, Gil's Cocktail Lounge; Northern Taxi, Alaska Shop; Rexall Drugs; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1906
T161 Homer, Alaska (Street scene) [copy neg; man at left possibly filling fuel container; structures; automobiles; structures; quonset; businesses: Cafe Bar at right, Blatz Beer sign]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.441
"B140 McKinley Bldg" [view looking east on Fourth Avenue, Liquor store on left, Hamm's Beer, Schlitz signs; two people walking near store; houses, automobiles; mountains in the distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.017.1984.06.23
©1984 Saturday June 23, 1984 [man painting sign ‘Welcome to the Little Su, Gunfire Hazard Today is Extreme’ jumping into garbage dump with beer cans and dog food to avoid armed motorists]
Collection: B2009.017
B1998.014.1.1446
S33 In-door sports, Aleutian Islands (4 in 1 pic) [service men at a card game; in bed; writing a letter, in a bar, barstools, cups, pinup posters, beer, cigars, coffee cups, Schlitz bottle.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1596
T15 Cordova, Alaska [street scene, automobiles, trucks, people, military serviceman carrying case, girl on sidewalk, businesses: Van's Taxi, Liquor Store, Olympia Beer, streamers in shop window; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1877
(T143 Girdwood) [The Little Dipper Inn, Post Office, Liquor Store, Hamms Beer sign, automobiles including Yukon Equipt Inc pickup truck; structures, corrugated roof, gravel road, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.023.430
[Jeanne Laurence standing in front of lodge, moose and caribou antlers mounted on roofline, parrot sitting in antlers over doorway, neon sign for Grain Belt beer at left, mountains in background. Print date Aug. 67]
Collection: B2014.023
B1998.014.1.442
B140 McKinley Bldg, new Anchorage land mark [view looking east on Fourth Avenue, Liquor store on left, Hamm's Beer, Schlitz signs; two people walking near store; houses, automobiles; mountains in the distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1374
PT10 Palmer, Alaska, in the Matanuska Valley, is the trading center of a wide agricultural area. Gold mining, logging and trapping add to the activity of this prosperous community. [street scene with storefronts, automobiles, dirt road; Bert's Beer Wine Liquor, Palmer Cocktail Bar, Ron (illegible), Cafe: Home cooking; Rainier Beer; Bakery Fountain & Lunches; Koslosky's Stores delivery vehicle; Kosloskys Department Store: Clothing, hardware, Groceries, Drugs; Dancing; Home Lunch; man, children]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.13
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, southeast corner) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrian and Red's Taxi cab parked outside businesses including Chrysler-Plymouth, The Ship Retail Liquor Store, Beer Dispensary, Pastime. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.021.245
Rondy, ’54 [three men and woman sitting at table, one man wearing Fur Rendezvous pin, one man possibly Chinese American, cans of Hamm’s Beer and Pabst Blue Ribbon on table, probably Miners & Trappers Ball]
Keywords: Fur Rendezvous
Collection: B2018.021
B1998.014.1.1155
O29 Paxson's Lodge, Richardson Hiway, Alaska (028 [on envelope] 1938; 1946 postcard) [interior view of roadhouse; rocking chairs, barrel stove, possibly victrola, record player, log structure, animal furs, hides on wall, sign for Rheinlander beer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1583
(T11 Valdez, Alaska) [image likely taken from automobile; hood, radiator cap and ornament in foreground; street scene, dirt streets, automobiles, trucks, boardwalks, dog at right, structures, businesses: Club Valdez, Hamm's Beer, Hotel (name illegible), utility poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1932
T176 Spenard road near Dead-man's Curve (Anchorage) [street scene, woman walking alongside road; snow, automobiles, businesses: Cold Beer, Millie's Pit Bar-B-Q, spenard Fuel, Grocery, Trailer Court, Dari Delite]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2745
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [exterior view of police officer and man wearing plaid jacket outside the Board of Trade Saloon; Nome's Oldest Saloon since 1900; Headquarters for the Sin City of Nome; Olympia Beer Finish banner with handwritten correction]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1286
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, exterior views of aerialists, trapeze artists performing; circus rings to left; bleachers, automobiles and structures in background with signs for liquor store, cold beer, possibly D & D Lounge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley