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B1989.016.2197.17
[Interior view of party goers gathered in Eagle Hall during F.O.E. (Fraternal Order of Eagles) ball, Nome, with band on stage and spectators seated in mezzanine. copy neg]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.1
1-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [float with elk head, bald eagle, American flag, pocket watch, and banner with "1351" parked next to building, house and automobile in background, Elks lodge B.P.O.E. 1351?]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.18
18-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Loyal Order of Moose float with children on flat bed trailer with panel decorated in crepe reading "Moose", float passing The Gitchell Hotel on Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.3
3-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [float with elk head, bald eagle, American flag, pocket watch, and banner with "1351" passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street, Elks lodge B.P.O.E. 1351?]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.12
12 (July 4, 1938, parade) [girl sitting in chair on float decorated with crepe, banners, elk head, pocket watch, sign for B.P.O.E.]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.14
14 (July 4, 1938, parade) [boxcar festooned with flags and banners for American Legion, "Voiture Loc[al] 1098 Anchorage, 40/8 Alaska" written on car]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2269.14
13 (Parade, May 16, 1953) [Shriners in uniform with arm patch "Alaska Patrol," marching on Fourth Avenue in front of businesses including Ship Creek Market, Lee's Menswear, The Gitchell]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2275.1
(Lions meeting, October 16, 1950) [three men and two children dressed in firefighter hats and holding axes at a banquet table, banner on wall for Lions Club, Anchorage, Alaska]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2275.3
(Lions meeting, October 16, 1950) [three men and two children dressed in firefighter hats and holding axes at a banquet table, banner on wall for Lions Club, Anchorage, Alaska]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2293.1
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, exterior, renovation March 7, 1950) [with parked automobiles]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2293.2
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, exterior, renovation March 7, 1950) [with parked automobiles]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2293.3
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of main hall, renovation March 7, 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2293.4
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of main hall, renovation March 7, 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2293.5
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of main hall, renovation March 7, 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2293.6
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of lounge, renovation March 7, 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.1
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, exterior, construction August 1950) [bird's eye view from scaffolding, buildings in distance]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2294.2
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of main hall, August 1950)
Keywords: fraternal organizations
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
B1989.016.2275.2
(Lions meeting, October 16, 1950) [man presenting envelope to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman, with second senior airman and technical sergeant on left and man in suit on right with two other men in uniforms, banner on wall for Lions Club, Anchorage, Alaska]
Keywords: fraternal organizations, military
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