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B2022.001.091.envelope
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Envelope front]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, Envelope, Address, The White House, Postage, Stamp, USPS
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1991.023.75
Copy negative. Envelope marked "10-67"
Collection: B1991.023 Transportation Museum Collection
B1998.014.1.047
A18 Elmendorf AFB Holpital 1040th [on envelope; 5040th on neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.463
D4 Siberian sled dogs "'Dogs looking up' on envelope"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.010.Box3.13E
[from envelope] Scenics #1 [aeiral view of mountains, snow, and clouds]
Collection: B2009.010
B2014.023.250
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" large bridge across river)
Keywords: bridge, construction
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.251
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" large bridge across river)
Keywords: bridge, river
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.252
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" large bridge across river)
Keywords: bridge, river
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.362
Cannery in ice. Hewitt's 37. [Tenakee on envelope; Emard Cannery in Anchorage?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.023.248
(envelope marked new washington hotel constuction site under bridge)
Keywords: bridge, river, construction
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.249
(envelope marked new washington hotel)(building and debris piles under bridge)
Keywords: river, bridge, construction
Collection: B2014.023
B1998.014.1.046
A18 5040th Air Force hospital at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (1040th [on envelope]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.100
A41 black bear [error on envelope; actually: A39 black bear cubs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.010.Box3.24A
[aerial view of mountains; glaciers; streams; envelope date is 3-1-60]
Collection: B2009.010
B2009.010.Box3.24B
[aerial view of mountains; glaciers; streams; envelope date is 3-1-60]
Collection: B2009.010
B2014.023.244
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" house boats or floating docks under bridge)
Keywords: boats, river, bridge
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.245
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" house boats or floating docks under bridge)
Keywords: boats, bridge
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.247
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" house boats or floating docks under bridge)
Keywords: bridge, boats, river
Collection: B2014.023
B1998.014.1.520
"D25 White Beauty, 3 neg, original envelope" [white sled dog portrait, harness]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.023.242
(sailing ship)(from envelope River w large bridge)[4 master sailing ship moored at dock]
Keywords: ship, sailing, transportation, shipping, port
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.BrownBud.1
Brown, Bud, Passport Photos, 1942 [remnants of old envelope housing adhered to bottom corner of neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2014.023.246
(envelope marked new washington hotel automobile turning off gravel road to buildings under bridge across river)
Keywords: bridge, river, car
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.520.TIF
[Label from original envelope]: Sleeping Bear (painting) copy [bear cub drinking from baby bottle. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.091.back
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Back of card with QR code]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, QR Code, QR, Code
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1994.009.1388
Fairbanks. Path to Gilmore from ACS building - [caption on envelope, probably wrong]. 5 x 7 negative, curling and cracking.
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1998.014.1.378
B92 Old Russian Cburch at Ninilchik [B93 listed on envelope; church with spruce tree, foliage in foreground, possibly fireweed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.421
B125 Jesse Lee Home for Alaskan Children, Seward [listed as B126 on envelope. automobiles, bus, buildings, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.091.front
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Front of card, opens like double doors.]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, Double doors, Wreath
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.091.interior
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Card interior with Obama family signatures]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, Signatures, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Dogs, Bo, Sunny, Holiday, Holiday season, Presidential seal, Seal
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.026
A14 Wild Alaskan wolf (Wild wolf w/man 4 neg) [positive image] (Harold Young's release pics in envelope too)
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2037
T248 Down-town Anchorage, Alaska [envelope reads: "T250 Anchorgae 4th Ave at Hewitt's;" street scene; similar to .1035]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.393
[B104 Moose Pass (No #) in w/105 school? - original envelope numbered "B104, 105 & 106"; bicycles, wheelbarrows, shovels]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.379
B92 Old Russian Cburch at Ninilchik [B93 listed on envelope; landscape view of church with spruce tree, foliage in foreground, possibly fireweed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.420
B125B Jesse Lee Children Home at Seward, Alaska [B126 written on envelope; buildings in middle ground; mountains in background; trail, fields, bus, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.437
B146 [envelope reads B136] Club'em & find'em club, Anchorage, Alaska; "Anchorage Golf Course [two men at different tees, [clubhouse and automobiles in background; chairs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1041
M8 gold mining in Alaska (M6 Hydraulicing for gold in Alaska Kodachrome; rainbow in hydraulic [image inside envelope is listed as M8]) [man aiming nozzle, spraying water, mining]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2035.16
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.17
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2277
(BPOE 1951) [Elks ceremony, one man handing another an envelope in front of a table with equipment on it, two hand-lettered placards reading "BPOE 1351, Anchorage, Alaska" and "Iron lung party"]
Keywords: fraternal organizations, medicine, healthcare
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.401
B81 Alaska Native Hospital at Anchorage, Alaska [listed on envelope as "B113, July 1954," similar view to .361; aerial view of hospital, businesses and homes in foreground; mountains, Ship Creek, railroad, and Fort Richardson in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.428
Same as .427 [wording on envelope reads: "B129 Seward City Hall & Police Station," Bank Block building, First National Bank of Anchorage; Renwald Hotel, other businesses; people with bicycles; automobiles, traffic signal]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2429
"Christmas card words & neg of people (neg was in envelope w/cut out transparencies)" Woman in hospital bed looks at a small book; man wearing medical mask points at something in book; possible photograph albums on bed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1400
"SNAFU" (S12 1946 postcard) [man wearing coveralls with flat fake hand emerging from mangle. Possibly an airmail envelope in back pocket: sign: "careless talk may cost American lives," hose on lower left, sink, tub at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1143
661. Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, la nef. Ed. H. phot. [interior of nave] [Prints .1144-1162 in envelope labeled: “Duplicates Paris & Berlin, taken by Leonora B. Borden with Dora Keen, June 1899”]
Collection: B2015.008
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
B1989.016.2035.12
(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
B1989.016.2035.13
(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