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B1986.096.visitors03
Distinguished visitors.
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
AEC.J61
A St. looking south, June 27th, 1917, Nenana, Alaska. A.E.C. No. 61, A.J. Johnson official photographer [street scene with wagon and signs for businesses including Cooney's Gen'l Merchandise, Cascade Laundry, Silver Moon Restaurant]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1984.118.025
Alexis B. Luce and Gladys Johnstone depart with their marvelous McKenzie River Huskies, across the overflow of the arctics, while filming "The Cheechakos", produced by Alaska Moving Pictures Corp.
Collection: B1984.118 Chechakos
AEC.J60
"A St. looking north. June 27th, 1917. Nenana, Alaska. No. 60; A.J. Johnson, Official photographer A.E.C." [street scene; people and dog on sidewalks and in street; Railroad Cigar Store; Rappolt's Bakery]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1090.2
P-126. Hewitt's [Knik River Bridge under construction, automobile in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1069
P-260. Hewitt's (Matanuska Garden, Palmer) [small cabin on edge of cultivated fields]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.139
Letter to E&S Diversified Services at U. S. Coast Guard Base, Ketchikan, Alaska from U.S. Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard, signed by Michael L. Dorsey, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, March 2, 1994, with letter from Commanding Office USCGC Naushon dated February 24, 1994
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, E&S Diversified Services, U.S. Coast Guard, Base, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S., DOT, Department of Transporation, Dept. of Transportation, Michael L. Dorsey, Michael Dorsey, Captain, Commandig Office, USCGC, Naushon
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.1062.1
P-292. Hewitt's (Picking Berries, early Palmer) [boy with bucket picking berries in Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1062.2
P-293. Hewitt's (Picking Berries, early Palmer) [four people with bucket picking berries in Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.013A.s12.019
[aerial view of village, rivers, likely near Newtok, 1977; underside of airplane wing visible in top of image]
Collection: B2000.013A
B2022.001.043
Left to right, rear: Eileen Sanchez, Mayfield Evans, Barry Evans, Nafia Evans, Left to right, front: Rosa Parks, M. Ashley Dickerson [Mayfield Evans, Barry Evans, Nafia Evans, with Rosa Parks and M. Ashley Dickerson seated in front] [In Box 2 Oversized]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Eileen Sanchez, Barry Evans, Son, Nafia Evans, Rosa Parks, Activist, M. Ashley Dickerson, Portrait, Group photo
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2017.023.037
[Four servicemen sitting atop post, one standing, posed. water and mountain in background.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.2143.46
89. Colonist construction, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [men working on house under construction, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2261
"bear & men" [two men squatting next to dead bear on tundra; gun, hunting]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.20.17
(People Rondy Queens Rondy Queen McClain presenting gold coronet to Wm Bays (L) Bob Renkert)
Keywords: FurRondy
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2022.002.08B
(Photograph on reverse side of .8A) Little Flower Academy 12th grade graduating class, 1959, Cal Williams fourth from left in first row on male students, Father Ardwin Hillard to left of students in belted robe, Sister Mary Consuela in habit to right of students [four rows of students in caps and gowns]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.2259
"Mink on rack, 1942 (under cache)" [similar to .2257; snowshoes; bus and structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2143.22
34. Anchorage taxi service for the colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [three lines of automobiles parked alongside platform at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection