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B1989.016.723
Boy collects potatoes [Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1989.04.030
Really 70% has evaporated, dispersed, or been collected
Keywords: Anchorage Daily News, political, cartoons, comics, evos, exxon valdez
Collection: B2009.017
B1983.091.S3425.104
Peter Britch (Walking trapline, collecting beaver)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1271
O75 A collection of signs at mile 635 (Watson Lake sign collection) [Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.196
[Boy in trash can collecting glass bottles; child and building in background]
Keywords: Boy, Child, Children, Trash, Trash can, Collecting, Bottle, Glass bottle, Running, Runner, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S1026.1
(Fish Traps, Chatham Strait)(trap with fishing boat HOONAH alongside)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: fishing, industry, fish
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S1026.2
(Fish Traps, Chatham Strait)(trap with fishing boat HOONAH alongside)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: fishing, fish, industry
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S1026.3
(Fish Traps, Chatham Strait)(trap with fishing boat HOONAH alongside)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: fish, fishing, industry
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.0181.R014
(st Paul island Town Seals Churches Aerials)(Interior Russian Church)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: church, russian orthodox, st paul
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells
B1989.016.1959.1
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, 2 moose fighting)[ photograph of a photograph inside a frame]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.04086
[several men standing infront of Russian Orthodox alter putting money in the collection plate]
Keywords: religion, holiday
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2012.23.01
Tintype portrait of a man. circa 1870-1890. 1 of two tintype portraits in the collection
Keywords: Tintype, portrait
Collection: B2012.023
B2012.23.02
Tintype portrait of a woman. circa 1870-1890. 1 of two tintype portraits in the collection
Keywords: Tintype; portrait
Collection: B2012.023
AEC.L49
AEC#49 Feb28'1916 The Sydney Laurence[Train crossing tressel in winter above a small collection walled tents]
Keywords: transportation, railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1978.075.09
(Anchorage 1915)(Inside Carrol and Co from the collection of Ted Carrol){several men standing in store looking at products on shelves}
Keywords: store, commerce, hardware
Collection: B1978.075 Carroll Collection
B1978.075.09
(Anchorage 1915)(Inside Carrol and Co from the collection of Ted Carrol){several men standing in store looking at products on shelves}
Keywords: store, commerce, hardware
Collection: B1978.075 Carroll
B1998.014.1.1270
(O75 Watson Lake sign collection) [signs along Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.023
235_9 (Getting water for lunch) {man stading amongst rocks on the shore collecting water from small seep}
Keywords: Prince William Sound, boat, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.004.19133
Rime collects on road sign atop Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, hiway to Arctic. Photographer's number: 19133
Keywords: winter, weather, snow, TAPS
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1957
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Moose, south of Girdwood)[three moose grazing in the winter or early spring near the Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.640
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-8 [Grass harvesting; woman collects grass; boat, structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2009.017.1988.03.5
“Of course I want to collect money from the oil industry! I’ve always collected money from the oil industry!” ©1988 Sat. March 5, 1988 [Jan Faiks holding Tax Bill, wearing oil barrel on head with slot labeled ‘Insert Campaign Contributions Here’. Print]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.1956.1
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Ice Blocks, from Bootleggers Cove)[Cook Inlet, Sleeping Lady, as seen from Bootleggers Cove, Anchorage, AK.
Keywords: ice, mountains, inlet
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1956.2
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Ice Blocks, from Bootleggers Cove)[Cook Inlet, Sleeping Lady, as seen from Bootleggers Cove, Anchorage, AK.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1956.3
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Ice Blocks, from Bootleggers Cove)[Cook Inlet, Sleeping Lady, as seen from Bootleggers Cove, Anchorage, AK.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1956.4
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Ice Blocks, from Bootleggers Cove)[Cook Inlet, Sleeping Lady, as seen from Bootleggers Cove, Anchorage, AK.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.007.756
75-764. Steese Hwy, AK, collecting gold on his day off with homemade rifle, Sept. 1975, Konica [prospector panning on beach]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.007
B2019.007.641
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-9 [Grass harvesting; woman collecting grass along road; boats, structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2022.001.025
Mayfield Evans in his office, E&S Diversified Services, 2002 [Mayfield Evans in his office at E&S Diversified Services with his collection of Alaska Railroad posters]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Office, Business, E&S Diversified Services, Awards, Collection, Alaska Railroad posters, Decor
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1996.011.104
Collected murre eggs [young man squatting on tundra and displaying wooden basket of eggs, man attached to rope harness standing behind. Has neg]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2017.024.3409
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; people; men, women; children collecting packages at gravel landing strip; along coast; northern Alaska]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1955.1
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Anchorage, 4th Ave April 16, 1953) [View down 4th Ave looking NE towards the Chugach Mtns.
Keywords: streets, cars, street lights, street signs, pedestrians, power lines
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1955.2
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Anchorage, 4th Ave April 16, 1953) [View down 4th Ave looking NE towards the Chugach Mtns.
Keywords: street lights, street signs, streets, cars, buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1955.3
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Anchorage, 4th Ave April 16, 1953) [View down 4th Ave looking NE towards the Chugach Mtns.
Keywords: mountains, cars, buildings, streets, street signs, street lights, power lines, pedestrians
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1955.4
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Anchorage, 4th Ave April 6, 1953) [View down 4th Ave looking NE towards the Chugach Mtns.
Keywords: cars, street lights, street signs, streets, buildings, mountains
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.758.1
17. Moose and sheep trophies, Lake Tustemena Camp. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Lake Tustumena. Names of some people are included on the print in the Liston Collection]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1980.050.24
(Portrait of Chief Thom (Sitka) He is dressed and equipped for the dance called YAKE-OO-TI or The Spirit Dance)(Hat is in the Alaska State Museum Collection)(Blanket in the Sheldon Jackson Museum Collection)
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1989.016.1958
(Lu Liston Photo Collection, Moose Trail Lodge, Mi 28 Seward Highway)[A photograph showing Moose Trail Lodge in the winter located in/near Moose Pass on Tail Lake.
Keywords: lodge, cars, mountains, winter, snow, lake
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.G642
Photograph taken from the deck of an unknown river steamer of AEC's Kroto Landing on the Susitna River. The landing is a small spit of land which has a collection of 6 walled tents and a barge which also has a walled tent set up on it's deck.
Keywords: river, tents, barge, outpost
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1376
Eleven feet of snow in April [two skiers stand near the roof of a building in Grandview, with a signpost just visible above the snow, probably Alaska Railroad depot. Original neg in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.861. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.063a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “61” [caption] “Collection of nuggets of Nome, Alaska” [gold nuggets arranged in display, some in frames listing possibly locations and dates; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.5.People.6.1
"People, movies/docs - Cap Lathrop's Cheechakos '22; Alaska Moving Pictures Corporation (railroad car) very historical, from Frank Reed collection" [sled dogs, sleds, people in parkas posed outside Alaska Railroad car]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2018.023.063b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “61” [verso of slide] [caption] “Collection of nuggets of Nome, Alaska” [gold nuggets arranged in display, some in frames listing possibly locations and dates; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2793
Right Side of Sled 2 Lars R. Ostnes, Discovery, Otter Creek Left side of sled 3 Elise Ostnes, Discovery, Otter Creek John Beaton discover of Iditarod Big Lars Ostnes Al Shaplen Lu Liston Collection
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1399
City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Foto [1940s Fourth Avenue street scene looking southeast, with pedestrians, automobiles, truck, O'Harra Bus Lines bus, and large scale or thermometer on City Hall Lawn. cf .1375. Similar image in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.29. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1375
City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska [1940s Fourth Avenue street scene looking southeast, with pedestrians, automobiles, truck, O'Harra Bus Lines bus, large scale or thermometer on City Hall Lawn, and siren or speaker atop building. cf .1399. Similar image in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.29. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection