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B1979.002.4852
Anchorage Alaska {aerial view of anchorage with ship creek in the background}
Keywords: aerial photograph, frontier town
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1984.077.22.014
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No 17, General Merchandise and drugs, A.D. Thompson [Nenana street scene, businesses, automobiles, lumber, man in left foregound]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1578.1
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [cabbages and potatoes, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1752
[studio portrait of two Alaska Native children in fur parkas and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1753
#1 [musher with bib #19 (or 29) racing dog team down trail in winter, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.5.002
Fairbanks [street scene, telegraph pole? market, pickup truck in lower left corner, man in street, buildings in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.356.6
Glover's Service Station [1932? Standard Gasoline, Alemite Service, Monark Batteries, Wells, Storage, 1933 Oldsmobile]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.438.2
B.P.O.E. Fourth of July float, 1938 [elk statue draped in streamers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.129
(catastrophe)(February 26 1971)(17517)(BP Bldg just prior to completion C St at 34th east side of street)
Keywords: office building
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.13
(catastrophe)(September 4 1966)(Ketchikan Fire){firemen and police on scene of burning building}
Keywords: catastrophe, fireman, fire, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.130.1
(catastrophe)(about 1944)(Chester Creek Flats_taken for 49th Star new weekly)(Is now in 1970 a lagoon ARR bridge in background)
Keywords: marsh
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.130.2
(catastrophe)(about 1944)(Chester Creek Flats_taken for 49th Star new weekly)(Is now in 1970 a lagoon ARR bridge in background)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.131.1a
(catastrophe)(June 29 1965)(Anchorage Depot and Westward Hotel Historical)
Keywords: urban, downtown
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.1892
Seward, Alaska (T154, Main St) [Street scene near 4th and Adams Street looking south toward Resurrection Bay; autombiles, people on sidewalks, structures; businesses: Alaska House, Food, Groceries, Liquors, Meats; The Nobby Diner, Drugs, Seward Steam Laundry, Wasjold's groceries,
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2416
"Christmas time stuff; Christmas cards" [artwork of winter scene with trees 'Greetings,' structure; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2426
"Christmas cards" ["Season's greetings from" card with Alaska Army Class A patch from WWII featuring polar bear and star; Air Command patch; artwork]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1891
T154 Seward, Alaska (Main St) [street scene similar to .1890, likely 1953; fuel pump at left; men crossing street; Studebaker pickup; U.S. Department of Interior? Alaska Railroad badge on vehicle on far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2496
"Earth movers, 44 yds; April 16, 1963" [man operating Caterpillar; snow; dirt]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1066.2
P-271. Hewitt's [Palmer School with mountains behind. Circa Sept. 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1355
42. Alaska lynx. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [lynx in wood pile. neg deteriorating]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1576.7
[winter view of Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot from across Susitna River, showing pedestrian bridge, Curry buildings, and walled tents]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1577.3
[bear cub climbing over wire fence, Curry Hotel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.356.7
Glover's Service Station [1932? Standard Gasoline, Alemite Service, Monark Batteries, Wells, Storage, 1933 Oldsmobile. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.358.5
Bill Dalms fishing at Montana Creek, May 5, 1940.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.762
(Fairbanks, Alaska Hotel Alaska)[Native Alaskan family standing in front of the Fairbanks Laundry Co.]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1989.016.1411.5
20. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Winter Scene, Anchorage) [pedestrian bridge with trees covered in hoar frost, buildings visible in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1578.4
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [tray of vegetables, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.597.1
#1. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [construction of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection