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B1989.016.1989.1
(Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954)[Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes share the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: airplane, airport, mountains, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1984
T211 Nunaka Valley Homes, Anchorage, Alaska [small houses; gravel road in foreground; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1955
T192 4th Ave. starting point for championship dog races (Anchorage) [copy neg; same as .1954]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1070
P-268. Hewitt's Photo [Matanuska Valley scenery, with wagon wheels in foreground and mountains and clouds in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.34
The Cache, at 5th Ave between D and E
Keywords: pedsestrians, power lines, street lights, damaged buildings, collapsed buildings, crane
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1994.022.751
(Eskimo _alaska clothing)
Keywords: native alaska clothing
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1407
(S16 Alaska fishing "a la Gee eye" ADC) men eat near campfire; canvas top vehicle, cooking pots, skillets, wood crate; possibly tent or sleepingbag in stuff sack in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1068
Signal Corps, Palmer. P-264, Hewitt's Photo Shop [walled tent with sign Alaska Telegraph System, Signal Corps, U.S. Army, Telegrams Accepted]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1078.2
P-242. Hewitt's (Palmer Horses) [man holding two horses, more horses and cow in field]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1864.2
(Mt. McKinley) [nitrate negative, warping]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.835
P-359. 8/7/36. Hewitt's [man and horse team working hay field, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.487
Gill netting salmon, Bristol Bay. Hewitt's 22. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1779
(Turnagain Arm Apartments, Anchorage) [street view with Alaska Sales and Service on corner, apartment building behind, automobiles on street]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2281.4.8
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 5) [National Alpine Ski Championship]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2281.4.9
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 5) [National Alpine Ski Championship]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S1402.1
Carnival Club, aerial (Views from above highway). 6/2/53 [showing neighborhoods of Rogers Park and Traversie in background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1957
T194 Seward, Alaska (dock and ship Charles Crocker) [ship at dock; railroad car with camper trailer; men walking on dock; structure; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1981
T208 Kenai from Cook's Inlet [muddy road; structures near shore in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1229.4
Anchorage, Oct. 8th, 1915. The Sydney Laurence Co. [street scene with light snow, lumber piles, pedestrians, wood frame buildings with businesses including Newt W. Pilger, Anchorage Cafe, Fairbank's Men's Furnishings]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.9
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD with equipment, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1607
(Early Palmer Hospital) [walled tent with sign "Keep Off the Grass", Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.471.1
View of Fairbanks, 1939. Chena River Bridge [with Samson Hardware & Machinery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.24
(Fourth Avenue and C Street, northwest corner) [Anchorage street scene with automobiles and Owl Car taxi parked outside businesses including Frisco Cafe, Rex Liquor Store, Owl Club, and Schodde's Green Front. Gasoline pumps outside Schodde's. circa 1933-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1785.2
(Hinton's Lodge, Russian River) [bird's eye view of roadhouse in trees with mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1764
T89 Lesser Slave Lake Village, approach road to Dawson Ck. (Alaska Highway) [Alberta, Canada, road scene; railway crossing, fences, structures, "Imperial Dealer," "Coffee shop, meal"; tractor in roadway, automobiles, two horses hitched to wagon at left; church]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.17
(Fourth Avenue and C Street, southwest corner) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrians outside businesses including Star Bakery & Lunch Room, Panhandle Cigars-Dispensary, Annex Liquor Store. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.53
Clean up 4th after quake of 3/27/64
Keywords: crane, demolition, damaged streets, damaged buildings, destroyed buildings, mountains, street lights, power lines
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.016.1590.6
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2195
[photograph of letter from the Assistant U.S. Attorney-General to U.S. Marshal E.R. Jordan in re U.S. Deputy Marshal Philip Holland and the loss of a two horse team in lagoon at Port Safety, Alaska, on October 28th, 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2282.1
(Mount Susitna from Anchorage) [bird's eye view across Cook Inlet, with Alaska Railroad yards, bridge over Ship Creek, and small boat harbor in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2092
W6 Alaskan winter sport "1946 postcard (skiing & ski jump)" [people with skis gathered near ski jump as one person begins sking the run; wooden structures for ski jumping]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S1428.1
Club 25, for Jacobin. (08/25/53) (3 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1970.015.01
Earthquake 1964-Anchorage-Aerial views "L" St. looking north Original Providence Hosp - Between 8th and 9th on L St. Community Hosp Across L St 8th and 9th on L St.
Collection: B1970.015 Betty Bannon Collection
B1989.016.1509.21
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, southwest corner) [Anchorage street scene with McKinley Block building and businesses including McPhee & Taylor Reliance Grocery, Kennedy Hdwe. Co. Tires, Wandling's Fur House, and KFQD. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1933.3
(Winter windy streets, children crossing, 1952) [three children in swirling snow. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.14
#14 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [group on horseback with sign "North Pole Riding Academy" passing Alaska Transfer Co.and federal building near corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.767.5
P-421. [aerial of farm and homestead near Palmer, circa 1936?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.03325
A poke is an inflated seal skin used to float whales. Point Hope. Photographer's number: 03325. Stamp: 06 20 1968. Alaska Pro Pix
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2208.2
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [small room with bare bulb in ceiling, hair dryer, mirror, trophy, and other household goods]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.663
51. Knik Glacier in background. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [three men standing next to airplane]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.664
79. Home of "The Law" at Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [walled tent with signs for U.S. Commissioner Mr. Carr and U.S. Marshal Mr. Sheely]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1893
Seward, Alaska (T154 Main St) [4th Avenue Methodist Church, pickup truck, Spic & Span Cleaners, ladder, two gulls at side of street, fire hydrant, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1986
"T212 Kenai by the road" [looking down gravel road; businesses and automobiles on left; log structures, Mount Redoubt in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.5.008
Fairbanks [depot, railroad tracks, bridge in distance, rail cars in right foreground, telegraph? poles]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1933.4
(Winter windy streets, 1952) [street scene with blowing snow, house in foreground, building in distance possibly McKinley Apartments]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1902
Spanard [sic] Lake at Anchorage (Spenard Lake w/swimmers) [same as .1901]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley