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B2006.023.2681.jpg
General Gettys.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B1989.016.375.1
General Fish docks, Anchorage [General Fish, Inc.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.375.2
General Fish docks, Anchorage [General Fish, Inc.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.375.3
General Fish docks, Anchorage [General Fish, Inc.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.2679.jpg
General Gettys leaving Knik
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B1989.031.1
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building]
Keywords: supply store, commercial, winter
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.2
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building]
Keywords: supply store, commercial, winter
Collection: B1989.031
B1983.091.C4370.2
General view of service at Bun 7-14-1960
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.S4178.22
General views of Business District, L and K streets.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.031.3
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.4
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.031.5
[The Wilmoth Co. General Merchandise building and several other structures]
Keywords: supply store, commercial
Collection: B1989.031
B1998.014.1.419
B124 Seward General Hospital [automobiles, trees in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.03a.03090.38
Anchorage Cityscape [Anchorage - Buildings - General], c. 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Cityscape, Skyline
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.1.06b.05617.16
Faith Baptist Church exteriors [Chruches - General], 2007
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Churches, Faith Baptist Church
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.1.07f.02592.26
Matanuska Valley farms [Matanuska Valley - General], 1981
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Matanuska Valley, Farms
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2569
#16 General View Campus [Eklutna Industrial School, exterior].
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.376.9
Boomtown, Old Anchorage [waiting in line at the General Delivery counter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.02b.03326.19
Rig [Man welding; Alaskan Workers - General], c. 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaskan Workers, Welding
Collection: B2016.019
B1982.046.061
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Coronation Ball 1941 Rendezvous Queen Patricia "Pat" Chisholm General Simon Bolivar Buckner Comd General ADC W.W.II
Collection: B1982.046
B2022.001.026
Mayfield Evans, Lt. General Jameson Mattis, General Daniel “Chappie” James American Legion Post 34 [Note on back: Lt Gen Jameson Mayfield 04]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Lt. General Jameson Mattis, Jameson Mattis, General Daniel "Chappie" James, General Daniel James, Daniel James, American Legion, Post 34, Portrait, Handshake
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
AEC.G666
A.E.C. G666 P.S. Hunt General View of the town of Talkeetna, Alaska.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1996.004.31.2
Alaska General Depot, Elmendorf Field. 2.5 x 3.5 negative
Collection: B1996.004 Merchant
B2016.019.1.03a.03757
Anchorage aerials - mostly from inlet [Anchorage - Buildings - General], c. 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Skyline
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.3.16.10877.25
Skyline from across Cook Inlet, Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage - Buildings - General], 1994
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Skyine, Cook Inlet
Collection: B2016.019
AEC.G1917
A.E.C. G1917 Aug. 25 - 1921 [General Office Alaska Engineering Commission]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1983.091.S3361.2
Hughes, Alaska: children, houses, general (Streets, houses) (6- -61) (28negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2016.019.1.02b.07726.19
Betty - Lab Technician at pump stn #1 [Alaskan Workers - General], 1990
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaskan Workers, Women
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.1.02f.03089.23
Anchorage from Humana Hosp. [Hospital] Roof - Sheraton [Anchorage - Buildings - General], 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Skyline, Humana Hospital, Sheraton Hotel
Collection: B2016.019
B1994.009.289.290
Power generating equipment - Big Mountain; July 1957; [from verso:] Diesel generator room; 7/27/57; A Western Electri Photo photographed by A.T. Rife [both images; White Alice]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1983.091.S3361.15
Hughes, Alaska: children, houses, general (Streets, houses) (6- -61) (28 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1996.033.skyart87.11
SkyArt 1987. General view, 9. VAC 1 [print date July 1987]
Collection: B1996.033
B2016.019.1.04f.10328.18
Parasite Jaeger on tundra in Denali Natl. Park, AK [Animals - Birds - General], 1994
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Animals, Birds, Parasite Jaeger, Denali National Park
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2298.2
(Chitina, store, interior) [person standing inside general store, with counter and shelves full of goods]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.019.26full
not water as is generally supposed. The bow shaped bone in the centre of the photo is the bone from which the whale derives its name
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1998.014.1.11085
Attu Campaign Command Posts 5-12-43 General view of forward Division CP.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.04f.09131.23
Cormorants & Kittiwakes on Gull Rock, Kachemak Bay, AK [Animals - Birds - General], 1991
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Animals, Birds, Cormorants, Kittiwakes, Gull Rock, Kachemak Bay
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.1.05e.06524.37
Starfish in China Poot Bay near Homer, Alaska [Animals - Marine Life - General], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Animals, Marine Life, Starfish, China Poot Bay
Collection: B2016.019
B2018.007.6
[view across tracks to Nenana depot, businesses in background including Fowler’s and W.A. Coghill General Outfitters]
Collection: B2018.007
B1983.091.S1228.027
10/3/51 Consecration Photos of Bishop O'Flanagan, also reception photos at Elks (Ceremony, general view from rear of church)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2298.3
(Chitina, store, interior) [patrons standing at counter inside general store, with window and shelves full of goods]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.358.7
Bill Dalms fishing at Montana Creek, May 5, 1940. [abandoned settlement with General Store, Matanuska Valley?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.375.4
General Fish docks, Anchorage [actually bluff along Cook Inlet with houses; Bootleggers Cove? Turnagain?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.375.5
General Fish docks, Anchorage [actually bluff along Cook Inlet with houses; Bootleggers Cove? Turnagain?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1492
S62 General Buckner, Alaskan Commander [man stands at creek bank, two dogs; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1114
Montserrat, general view of the serrated ridge on which the monastery is built, seen from the railroad station of Monistrol [scenic of mountain]
Collection: B2015.008