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B1990.014.5.Scn.1.60colorcorrect
Linda Chavis & Jane Haycraft at Portage Glacier CPS 20 July 1968 Glacier 10659
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2007.005.6.B18
[man standing by the entrance of underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1989.016.1046.3
[Palmer School, exterior, Sept. 22, 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.125
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15588)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2015.008.514
Lining the bank with clay. House here [view from trees past dam under construction to depression in ground being prepared for flooding]
Collection: B2015.008
B1994.009.913
35; Kalakaket site (Galena) [laboratory equipment [from verso:] A Western Electric Photo photographed by A.T. Rife [White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1989.016.2141.69
(D-88?) [children playing outdoors in winter, in yard or street between buildings, Nome?]
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1046.2
[Palmer School, exterior, Sept. 22, 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.662.3
70. Matanuska, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Matanuska depot, Alaska Railroad, with parked automobiles and other buildings visible behind station]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.007.15
[military tents at Nenana, steam locomotive on railroad tracks in background, riverboat at dock in distance]
Collection: B2018.007
B2022.001.063
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, First Lady Sandra Parnell, E&S Diversified Services employees, Governor’s Family Picnic, 2012 [Barry Evans second from right, Mayfield Evans in white hat behind Governor]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, First Lady, Sandra Parnell, Alaska, Governor, Governor Sean Parnell, Governor Parnell, Sean Parnell, Politician, Barry Evans, Son, Family, Governor's Family Picnic, Picnic, Gathering, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Employees, Crew, Team
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.1279
O80 Lake Spanard [sic] - near Anchorage. (Lake Spenard swimming) [summer scene, people in water, children, adults, shore, floating swimming platform, inner tubes; log structure at left; bicycle, automobile; trash on beach; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
AEC.G873
"Decoration Day" May 30, 1918. Anchorage, Alaska. Ceremony at the Cemetery
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1146.68
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Oct. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, finishing walls in hallway of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1745.1
(Denali School, 1951)
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.747
333.10. Fred Reynolds on Nizina River. Mushing to Dawson. 8.25.16 [man carrying
backpack and rifle standing with pack dogs in riverbed, second person at far left. Original
image blurry. Proof print]
Keywords: Nizina River, rifle, dog
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.001.064
Left to right: First Lady Sandra Parnell, E&S Diversified Services employee, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, Governor’s Family Picnic, 2012
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, First Lady, Sandra Parnell, Alaska, Governor, Governor Sean Parnell, Governor Parnell, Sean Parnell, Politician, Governor's Family Picnic, Picnic, Gathering, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Employee
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.1146.70
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Nov. 27, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, view through several open doorways in completed postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.71
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Nov. 27, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, interior of bathroom in completed postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.134E
Letter and media advisory from National Society of Fund-Raising Executives, Alaska Chapter, to Mayfield Evans, signed by Julie Alfred-Troiano, President, October 26, 1996 [page 6 of 6]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, Media Advisory, Nation Society of Fund-Raising Executives, Alaska Chapter, Alaska, Chapter, Julie-Alfred-Troiana, Philanthropy, Award, Winner, Luncheon
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.1146.63
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, July 24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, bird's eye view of postal annex with construction shed in foreground and Cook Inlet in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.15.3
[helicopter flying low on approach to beach, low bluff across water in distance, Marshall?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.15.4
[helicopter flying low on approach to beach, mountains across water in distance, Marshall?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1172a
10.15.10, 10:30 A.M., bright, 16, 1/25 sec., 50 ft. 51.12. The old Rathaus or Council Hall of 1253, Brunswick, Germany [With stamp of Dora Keen. Proof print]Proof print]
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.x.015.005
Mired in the mud – Permanently frozen ground, which turned into a bottomless bog when
cleared of topsoil, presented 1 of the major problems during construction of the AK Highway
by the U.S. Army Engineers. Here one D-8 tractor is shown mired in the Alcan mud 67 miles
east of Teslin, Y.T., during the construction days. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the
completion of the 1,600 mi. long highway built by Corps of Engineers troops. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1989.016.1146.65
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Aug. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, view from roof of postal annex looking north]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.67
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Sept. 24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, showing nearly completed postal annex and parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.x.015.001
Cutting highway path – A wide path is cut through a grove of trees for the Alcan Highway
during the early construction days in 1942. Photo courtesy Canadian Army [same as .24]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B2013.059.030
Canneries. Bering Sea. [two men on tractor pulling wagon with four men aboard, "probably used on the road between NN and O and M." per Monsen]
Collection: B2013.059
B1962.x.015.003
Engineer Construction troops couldn’t wait for bridges as they rushed work on the AK
Highway during WWII. Here trucks are shown crossing the Teslin River at Johnsons Crossing
using a pontoon ferry. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the completion of the AK Highway.
[US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District