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1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.38
(25 Nov 1964 Snow sculpture Elmendorf AB)
Keywords: school, education, winter
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1998.014.1.311
B61Gymnasium at Elmendorf Field [dirt, shrubs, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.316
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [terminal building, tarmac]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2010.020.3
[soldiers on Elmendorf assembling in early evening after 1964 earthquake]
Collection: B2010.020
B1998.014.1.199
B14 Elmendorf club house built by soldiers (log) [caption reads: "club house built by air men at elmendorf Field, Alaska"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.531.2
Green Lake cabin [now Elmendorf Air Force Base]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.047
A18 Elmendorf AFB Holpital 1040th [on envelope; 5040th on neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.310
B61 Elmendorf Field Gymnasium [trees, dirt, roacks, shrubs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.318
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [looking across tarmac at terminal building]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2038
(Elmendorf, July 8, 1940, another view) [aerial of Elmendorf Field on Fort Richardson, with rows of tents, Alaska Railroad train tracks at bottom of image]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1980.001.17
Fort Richardson in 1940, now the site of Elmendorf AFB. (US ARMY PHOTO
Collection: B1980.001
B1989.016.193.1
EF-7 Elmendorf Field, August 8, 1940. Hewitt's. [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.193.2
EF-6. Elmendorf Field, July 8, 1940. Hewitt's. [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.004.31.2
Alaska General Depot, Elmendorf Field. 2.5 x 3.5 negative
Collection: B1996.004 Merchant
B1998.014.1.308
B60 Service club, Elmendorf Field [dormers, dirt road, shrubs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.014.002
"Elmendorf AFB, 1954" [aerial view of base in summer, showing housing]
Collection: B2016.014
B1989.016.531.1
Green Lake, reflection of cabin in lake [now Elmendorf Air Force Base]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.046
A18 5040th Air Force hospital at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (1040th [on envelope]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.288
B55 (Elmendorf Chapel) [Chapel No 1, automobiles, services schedule, picket fence]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.293
B57 (Elmendorf Headquarters Building) [Headquarters Alaskan Command, concrete sidewalks, walkway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.295
B57 (Elmendorf Headqurters Building) [Headquarters Alaskan Command] [concrete sidewalk, walkway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.307
B60 Service club at Elmendorf Field, Alaska [dormers, dirt road, shrubs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.301
B58 Elmendorf Main Exchange [Post Exchange, road, fence, automobiles, utility poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.309
B61 The "Gym" at Elmendorf Field, Alaska [dirt, rocks, trees, shrubs, buildings in backgroun]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.312a
B62 (Elmendorf post theatre [sic] Chugach) movie theater, men standing outside]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.312b
B62 Elmendorf post theater Chugach [servicemen lined up outside movie theater]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.315
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [terminal building beyond tarmac, mountains and clouds in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.916
L92 Ship Creek, Fort Richardson (Elmendorf Field) [copy neg; same as .915]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.037.001
Panoramic photograph of Elmendorf Airforce Base. Alaska 1962. National Photo and News Service image number 1426591
Keywords: panoramic, airforce, Elmendorf, Anchorage, military housing, Chugach, 1962
Collection: B1991.037_001
B1998.014.1.1483
S53 Cooks Inlet near Elmendorf Field [scenic view likely taken from Knik area looking over water, pan ice toward Elmendorf; Chugach Mountains in distance; snow; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.056
Anthony “Bunch” Evans, left, E&S Diversified Services office, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, 1980s
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Anthony "Bunch" Evans, Anthony Evans, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Office, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, JBER, Anchorage, Base, Polaroid
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.009
Mayfield Evans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson [Waterfront portrait. Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina Territory, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage)]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, JBER, Base, Elmendorf-Richardson, Waterfront, Portrait, Outdoors, Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina, Territory, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.245
B37 Fort Richardson post chapel 1946 [caption reads: "post chapel, Elmendorf Field"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.298
B57 (Elmendorf) [Headquarters Alaskan Command, automobile, jeep, concrete sidewalk, walkway, building in backgound]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.302
B58 Elmendorf Main Exchange [Post Exchange, road, fence, automobiles, photographer shadow, clouds]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.305
B59 Elmendorf AFB recreation area (gym/bowling alley, Field recreation area) [road, buildings]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley