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B1989.016.CounterMrs.1
[Counter,Mrs, Passport Photos, 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.CrabbErnest.1
Crabb, Ernest, Passport Photos, 1934-35
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2021.004.164
Note on back: “Edward & Fran Xmas 1975”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Christmas, Party, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.165
[Ed Wesley outdoors, midwinter]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Outdoors, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Winter, Midwinter, Snow
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2015.009.05
Hazel 1932 [girl wearing snowshoes standing on large snowbank in front of house]
Collection: B2015.009
B2013.049.69
[Katherine Kane and schoolchildren outside Koggiung school]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2013.049 Kane
B2014.019.493
726. Juneau. Photo by E. Wolf [two Alaska Native girls posed on sled frame, dog in harness on grass, lake in background, summer]
Keywords: transportation, animals, children
Collection: B2014.019
B2015.008.1223
93. Paraguay, Apr. ’09. River Manduvirá, at Arroyos y Esteros [people passing in riverboat with pontoons]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.001.002
Left to right: Jacqueline [Jackie] Evans, Barry Evans, Melphine Evans, 1974 [studio portrait]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Families, Family, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Barry Evans, Melphine Evans, Studio, Portrait
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.70.002
26-3; Indian girl [two girls and one man seated in front of window, possibly in back seat of an automobile; man is same as .001 (Doug); likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.002
26-3; Indian girl [two girls and one man seated in front of window, possibly in back seat of an automobile; man is same as .001 (Doug); likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.990
March mud at our door [view along driveway and wire fencing, house and barns in
distance. Excised from photo album]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.006.08
Left to right: Al Jenkins, Mayfield Evans and Willie Mae Evans, and Gloria Johnson, former head of Highland Mountain Correctional Center
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Al Jenkins, Mayfield Evans, Willie Mae Evans, Gloria Johnson, Family, Highland Mountain Correctional Center
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1990.003.001
Alyce E. Anderson First Territorial School teacher, Ninilchik 1911. Was well acquainted with Sidney Lawrence in early 190's
Collection: B1990.003 Alyce E_ Anderson Collection
B2022.001.017
Mayfield Evans with family and friends, General Daniel “Chappie” James American Legion Post 34, November 4, 2008 [Mayfield Evans celebrating with group at American Legion Post, handwritten note on front: Obama Makes History, 11-4-08, Post 34]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Friends, General Daniel "Chappie" James, American Legion, Post 34, Celebration, Presidential, Obama Makes History, Ed Wesley
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2035.2
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker with metal plaque, "This tablet is erected by the Alaska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the opening of the Anchorage-Matanuska Highway, 1935"]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.3
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker next to road, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.4
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker next to road, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2239.1
(Fourth of July 1934) [man and woman in automobile sporting two American flags and a hand-lettered banner, passing spectators and houses, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.5
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [two men standing next to stone marker, one wearing sweater and bow tie, other wearing three-piece suit and fedora]
Keywords: roads, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2033.9
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [man holding rifle standing next to caribou carcass. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Keywords: hunting, animals, firearms
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.15
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.004
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.004
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.001.001
Willie Mae Evans and Mayfield Evans, 1974 [studio portrait]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Families, Family, Couple, Married, Wife, Husband, Spouse, Willie Mae Evans, Portrait, Studio portrait
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.159.002
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose seated wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; curtain at right; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.159.001
52-2 Basha [woman posing wearing kimono and obi and holding umbrella or "wagasa;" likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.540
"D33 Dick Mitchell's team, trees background" [dog sled team, musher at sled, man in plaid shirt at far right in front of spruce tree, Chugach Mountains in background, Wolverine Peak left of center in image, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.158.004
51-5; Native man at home at Saxman; man near board-and-batten structure with ladders, wash tub, axe; rocks in foreground; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.158.005
51-5; Native man at home at Saxman; detailed view of man possibly splitting wood near board-and-batten structure with ladders, wash tub, axe; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.158.006
51-5; Native man at home at Saxman; detail of man near board-and-batten structure with ladders; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.001.030
Willie Mae Evans, Vera Randolph in England, c. 1970-1974 [Note on back: Church in England, Chicksand, Willie Mae/Mrs. Randolph]
Keywords: BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Willie Mae Evans, Vera Randolph, England, Travel, International, Overseas, Church, Religion, Chicksand, Fur coat
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.005.8
[Woman ice fishing while wearing infant on her back; small pile of fish at left]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Child, Infant, Baby, Fishing, Ice fishing, Fish, Winter, Snow, Ice, Parka, Fur, Fur ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Baby wearing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2034.1
Photo by M. Cramer (A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2034.2
(A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2034.3
(A hot lunch in Alaska. Goats, Morris Cramer's photo) [mountain goats with kid nursing. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.1
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [stone marker with metal plaque, "This tablet is erected by the Alaska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the opening of the Anchorage-Matanuska Highway, 1935"]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.10
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.11
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection