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B1989.016.1143.1
6. Reindeer near McKinley Park, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.30
4th Ave West district area
Keywords: street signs, traffic lights, pedestrians, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1995.014.81.7
[soldier in protective clothing, possibly for dog training? Quonset huts in background]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.6
Refugee's walking past Penny Bldg.
Keywords: refugees, earthquake
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.26.7
Steve at K.S.M. yards
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B2015.008.407
Wood pile, after lumbering, March 1921 [fuel wood stacked in yard next to barn and silo]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.86
[Four Indigenous Alaskan children holding hands outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Child, Boy, Girl, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, Mukluks, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.78.12
[scenic with tracks in snow through wooded area, mountain peak in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.78.13
[scenic with tracks in snow through wooded area, mountain peak in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1919
Greetings of Alaska [Christmas card with photograph of Turnagain Arm]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.103.11
[workers at hydraulic mining operation, possibly breaking down at end of season, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.59
[Indigenous Alaskan in fur parka posed against outside of building midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Parka, Fur, Caribou, Reindeer, Fur ruff, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Building, Exterior, Structure, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.90.15
[group of soldiers preparing for hike in mountainous area in winter, snowshoes and backpacks on ground, one man wearing sun goggles, Willow Creek area?]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.002.01
Construction, our first good snow, 9-21-56 [close-up of radar antennas under construction]
Collection: B2017.002
B1979.001.081
Photo by Sydney Laurence of a waterfront scene summer of 1915 {stern wheeler beached at dock during low tide}
Keywords: stern wheeler, dock, ship creek, Cook Inlet
Collection: B1979.001
B1989.016.2318.6
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [i.e. Edwin Suddock, boxes of goods and food on conveyor belt and in piles, including cartons of Wesson Oil and Red Heart Dog Food]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.210
[aerial view, possibly railroad tracks and cars, farm fields, forest; image is deteriorating]
Collection: B1997.003
B2015.008.575
After shearing, unrecognizable to their own lambs. May [sheep in pasture, barn in distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.019.1.01a.04254.04
Fairbanks milepost sign [Alaska Cities - Fairbanks], 1984
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Fairbanks, Milepost sign
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2054.9a
9-40 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [automobile covered in ballons, with sign reading "Hoyts Make Your Car Troubles Far Lighter Than Bubbles," parked in front of Hoyt Motor Co.]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.249
B39 Seward ARR depot 2 negs, 1 print "Alaska Railroad" [fountain in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.65
[Alaska Native women posed next to log cabin. Original image blurry]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
jimwithboat.oct75
[Jim with skiff, Spenard Road backyard]
Keywords: boats, recreation
Collection: B2015.026
B1995.014.4.15
Patsy Serguei [sic] from Marshall Landing [Alaska Native man wearing corduroy shirt and brimmed hat holding money, river in background]
Keywords: clothing, economy
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1034
M2 {(mining) gold mining near the Arctic Circle} [from dragline: "Porcupine Mining Co., Fairbanks, Alaska" men working, sluicebox, water, placer mine, hydraulic, bucket, tailings, overburden]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b1969.015.1.60
[Horse pulling sled with two passengers in basket and one driver, stopped outside log buildings.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1989.016.1142
(Snow Scene) [river or creek in winter, possibly Ship Creek? Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2094.7
Merry Christmas [Christmas card mat with sketch of holly leaves and creek in winter with Sydney Laurence painting of man at campfire near cache]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.28.16
F-E Co. 1942 [two miners working sluice box at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.113
[white man and young girl posed next to log cabin in winter]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.133
[large group of Alaska Natives gathered outside public school, all wearing traditional clothing, other buildings at right. Print faded]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.95
[two young Alaska Native women wearing sailor shirts and lace-up boots seated on fence or dock, possibly river in background]
Collection: B2015.007
B1984.077.17.019
[person dressing? long underwear, bed, window, blurry image.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2011.1
(Portage Glacier oversize print)[Glacier ice on Portage Lake with Bard Peak and Burns glacier in the background]
Keywords: ice bergs, lake, mountains, glacier, snow
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.23
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [boy and girl in blackface, boy wearing tuxedo and bowler, girl wearing headscarf and apron and holding feather duster, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.18
18 (July 4, 1938, parade) [young woman riding on American Legion float, automobile festooned with crepe, flags, and banners reading "Fun, Fellowship and Service" and "8/40", passing building with sign for Carpenter Shop]
Keywords: fraternal organizations, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.355.1
Leonard Hopkins and Company store front, Fourth Ave. [Fourth Avenue scene with U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center, Alaska Transfer Co., New Method]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.355.2
Leonard Hopkins and Company store front, Fourth Ave. [Fourth Avenue scene with Hopkins Sporting Goods, U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center, Alaska Transfer Co., New Method]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.355.3
Leonard Hopkins and Company store front, Fourth Ave. [Hopkins Sporting Goods]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection