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B2013.058.356
[man, probably pilot, sitting on lift struts of Golden Eagle Chief airplane, same airplane as in .354]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2013.058
B2022.002.41
Cal Williams, second from left in front row, bein installed in Knights of Columbus at St. Anthony Catholic Church
Keywords: Cal Williams, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1990.14.5.People.12.036
People-Parades-Anchorage 1745-6; School house float; 4th July 47 [truck, children looking out window of schoolhouse, "Anchorage School," Dykes Bldg in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1998.014.1.1624
T29 Anchorage - Alaska [street scene looking east down center of 4th Avenue with Chugach Mountains in background; automobiles, businesses, people, Lumber, White House, cafe, Frigidaire, Paddock Paint Shop, bus lines, Piggly Wiggly, 1st National Bank, street lights]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.002.03
Cal Williams (left) with Lillor Culpepper, his paternal grandmother, in front of the home of Bennie Browning. (Right) Cal Williams’s father, Eddie Williams with his mother, Lillor Culpepper, who was in the first graduating class of licensed nurses in Louisiana. [Photocopy of black and white photo on left, of sepia photograph on right]
Keywords: Williams, Cal Williams, Lillor Culpepper, Eddie Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1990.14.5.People.12.003
People-pardes-Anchorage 7/47; 4 July 1947, 2 of 18, Some Anchorgae historical 4th of July negs. [parade, man walking dog pulling skis on wheels with chair, flag, boy sitting on chair, small dog in barrel, second boy pushing, slogan "Alcan pony express 49th state?" spectators, Kennedy Hardware store, Reliance Grocery Market]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2022.001.003
Mayfield Evans and Willie Mae Evans, General Daniel “Chappie” James. American Legion Post 34, January 2005. [Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina Territory, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage)]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Families, Family, Couple, Married, WIllie Mae Evans, General Daniel James, Daniel "Chappie" James, General Daniel "Chappie" James, American Legion, Post 34, Anchorage, Dgheyaytnu, Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina, Territory
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.002.04
(Left to right) Eddie Williams and his mother, Lillor Culpepper, Cal Williams and his paternal grandmother Lillor Culpepper, Cal Williams and Lillor Culpepper on camping trip with the Bedoit Family, also pictured are Eugene Bedoit and Nancy Bedoit [Cal Williams and paternal grandmother with Bedoit children standing in front of camper with canopy]
Keywords: Eddie Williams, Lillor Culpepper, Eugene Bedoit, Nancy Bedoit
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.05
Cal Williams (first man in second row) with fellow soldiers in Personal Equipment Specialist training for Titan 2 missiles, Chanute Air Force Base, 1964 [Cal and eight other soldiers holding helmets, first row squatting, second row standing, note on bottom right of photograph: Personal 05063A Equip 27 Aug 63. Stamped on back: Instructor’s Copy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Chanute Air Force Base
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.02
Cal Williams (top right) in 1944 with photographs of people he admired: Sam Cook (top left), and Little Richard with Bill Hailey [Cal Williams as a child, sitting on bench and looking down]
Keywords: Williams, Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams