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B1995.014.68.2
Anchorage Army base [exterior of chapel]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.10
Earthquake damage Anchorage March 27, 1964 Inlet Hotel. 4th at L St.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.50
(catastrophe){firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: catastrophe, fire, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.014.29.6
F-E Co. 1942 [crane and hose at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.007.077b
[damageto McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in background. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B1995.014.39.14
[climbers setting up base camp, snowmachine at right, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, military, mountaineering, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.60.4
Susitna Flats, Army [soldiers gathered around camp fire in low brush]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.023.245
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" house boats or floating docks under bridge)
Keywords: boats, bridge
Collection: B2014.023
B1997.008.071
Canneries. Shearwater Bay. Shacks and tents where workers live. The superintendent's home doesn't show.
Collection: B1997.008
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.38.6
Demolition after 27 March 1964 8.7 magn earthquake. Mostly of the McCutcheon Bldg. No Print.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1995.014.5.17
[three young Alaska Native children standing outside near fish nets]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.17
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.2
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men removing traps from ice and piling up fish, mountains in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.34.5
[man hauling snow bricks for shelter at base camp in mountains, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, camping, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.41.4
[snowmachine pulling men and packs up slope, man on skis at right, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.53.16
[two dogs standing on top of log kennel, buildings in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.60.5
Susitna Flats, Army [soldiers gathered around camp fire in low brush]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.3980
[two Alaska Native women and two children outside of Eckardt’s Store, caribou antlers mounted over window, Kotzebue; print date May 63]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.199
I3 82125_Lake Becharof and Mt Peulik_that interminable last day{pack horses and handlers on slope above lake}
Keywords: lake, horses
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.3300
[four Alaska Native girls and young boy sitting on driftwood log on beach, one girl wearing Naknek t-shirt, girls chewing gum]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.53.13
Cemetery in Nulato [grave markers, crosses, pennants on poles]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.53.6
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldiers working slime line, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.72.15
Cabin the mailman used to own [man standing outside log cabin, two large tents at left]
Keywords: military, camping, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.281
R33-2. Portage Bay (F. F. B.) [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.4
JC Penny's building after the quake showing structural damage and crushed car under debris.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.5.2
Earthquake damaged JC Penny's building
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2017.024.1158
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in winter, 1986 [image likely taken between 1961-1971; actually, a group of Inupiat adults and children standing outside wearing parkas; one child holding back of a toy sled; structures in background; possible storage structure in foreground; snow]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sled
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.5
A group of young boys on bikes looking at the JC Penney building destruction resulting form the earthquake.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2015.026.1257
Lake Louise and on way home, 3/00 [Patty asleep on snowmachine, scenics of Glenn Highway including Lion’s Head and Palmer area] [Goat Mountain Twin Peaks Chugach Range outside Palmer.]
Keywords: Lake Louise, Lake, Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, Scenic, View, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Mountain, Mountain range, Chugach Range, Range, Goat Mountain, Twin Peaks, Palmer
Collection: B2015.026
B1989.016.1166
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Building) [two automobiles parked outside three-story frame building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.460
17. West Hartford road, lowered 10’ by flood [dirt road in front of damaged buildings]
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.077a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle “41” [likely passengers on a ship deck looking at scenery; water; mountains; men; women; hand colored; verso notation reads: “29416 C & M”]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.37.003
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; exterior damage of structure, dock, table; ship at left; town in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.37.003
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; exterior damage of structure, dock, table; ship at left; town in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.37.005
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, structure; debris in water; people in background; automobile; net]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.37.005
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, structure; debris in water; people in background; automobile; net]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.37.006
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; damaged dock, structure; net]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018