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B1989.016.2306.2.5
(Hewitt's) [interior with magazine racks and paintings on display]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1787
(T99 Kotzebue, aerial view, Feb. 1948) [view over town looking toward sea, snow, shadows, ice, structures; person walking on trail near shore; airplane parked on snow; tail of airplane protruding from structure on snow; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2307.1.1
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at night, automobiles and pedestrians on street, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banner above]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1376
Eleven feet of snow in April [two skiers stand near the roof of a building in Grandview, with a signpost just visible above the snow, probably Alaska Railroad depot. Original neg in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.861. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2187.2
Lomen Bros. Nome #19 [Native woman wearing Western-style skirt and boots and parka with fur trim and geometric decoration, with braided hair and loop earrings, carrying small child on her back in a hide bag]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.257.1
C-7. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [Episcopal Church, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.21
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Symposium, Bill's Electric. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6046
[Matanuska Valley Lines Willow Creek Stage bus on road approaching Knik River Bridge, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2246.17
(Parade, 1950) [spectators watching airplane flyover and uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Carlquist's Jewelry, Anchorage Grill, City Bus Terminal, KFQD, Marita Bar; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.15
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, southwest corner) [Anchorage street scene with automobile parked outside McKinley Block building and businesses including McPhee & Taylor Reliance Grocery, Kennedy Hdwe. Co. Tires, Wandling's Fur House, and KFQD. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.23
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed female military unit parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Bill's Electric; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.1
#1 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [worker with truck putting down snow on Fourth Avenue for Fur Rendezvous, with banner hanging over street, automobiles and businesses including The Hub, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.13
(Parade, 1950) [military color guard parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Bill's Electric]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.10
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Bill's Electric]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.12
(Fourth Avenue and D Street, north corner) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrian and automobile outside businesses including A. Niemi Hardware, W.E. Hand Taxidermist, Bering Sea Airways (Roy Dickson), Walt's Transfer, [Art's?] Taxi. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.1
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1227.3
Federal Building, Anchorage. Hewitt's Foto [view from City Hall, winter scene with parked automobile. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2031.2
(Anchorage, Fourth Avenue, 1958) [bird's eye view looking east to McKinley Apartments and Chugach Mountains, with Anchorage All-America City banner hanging over street and signs for businesses including 515 Club, Hewitt's Drugs, National Bank of Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.10
Hewitt's 10 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [military marching band standing in formation with instruments on Anchorage street, buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1287
Fourth Avenue in Anchorage Hewitt's Foto [view looking east, with federal building in left foreground, First National Bank on right. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.3
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence, part #3) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.417
4th Ave looking west from B St [Fourth Avenue street scene in winter, with pedestrians, automobiles, and signs for businesses including City Mike’s Hotel, Willow Creek Bus Line, Arcade, Hotel Traveler, Terminal Hotel, Hotel Lane, Davis Liquor Store, Anchorage Dairy, N. Salo Shoe Repairing, circa 1945]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1229.5
The first snowfall in Anchorage, Oct. 8th, 1915. Laurence [Fourth Avenue street scene with boardwalks, pedestrians, wood fram buildings and a walled tent, businesses including Mrs. T.D. Corlew, California Pool Room, Finkelstein & Sapiro Clothiers, Inside Inn, Miss Mac's Lunch Room, Cosy Inn, Riverside, Alaska Clothing Co.]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.15
Hewitt's 15 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army color guard) [men in uniform marching with flags on Fourth Avenue west of E Street, passing Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, and Sears Roebuck & Co., Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1785
T98 Ketchikan, Alaska (harbor) [view of shoreline; structures, automobiles, road, fuel storage tanks, water]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1880.7
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #5 and team passing corner of 4th and E Street, with spectators and businesses including Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Sons, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Anchorage Hotel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.767.4
P-420B. Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [aerial, circa 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.5
(Fourth Avenue between F & E Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with truck parked outside businesses Reed's (dress shop) and Anchorage Drug Co./Rexall Pharmacy. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1618
T25 Juneau, Alaska, Brickley (1948 postcard) [same as .1617; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1880.31
(Dog musher on trail, 1952. FR) [musher traveling through wooded area, Chugach Mountains in background, Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2133.2
(The Big Snow, December 1955) [automobiles buried in snow, with Anchorage Hotel in background, E Street parking lot. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1895.2
Easter Greetings Alaska [mat for Christmas card with photograph of Anchorage garden]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.21
#21B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking east, of military units marching on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage passing businesses including Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, Montgomery Ward Order Office, J. Vic Brown, Sears Roebuck and Co., Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.23
#23B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking east, of floats and marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage passing businesses including Alaska Jewelry Co., Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, H. Seidenverg Clothier, Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, Montgomery Ward Order Office, J. Vic Brown, Sears Roebuck and Co., Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern. Floats include Columbia Lumber float with banner "Build a Better America." North Pole Riding Academy group on horseback]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1907
T162 Homer Dock [copy neg; structure on pilings on Homer Spit; gulls swimming in water, small boat at left in water; Kachemak Bay]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley