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B2016.019.8.31.10104.02
K-Mart - Kenai [Alaska Cities - Kenai], c. 1993
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Kenai, K-Mart
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.HitchcockBK.1
(Hitchcock B and k Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.HitchcockBK.2
(Hitchcock B and K Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.SmithMorleK.1
(Smith Morle K Passprt Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1983.091.S4178.22
General views of Business District, L and K streets.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2009.056.5a
Around 5th & K [1964 earthquake damage, Anchorage]
Collection: B2009.056 Truth Coven Gray Earthquake Album
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.26
Phyl at 6th and K. Phylllis McCutcheon looks over quake damage.
Keywords: pedsestrians, cars, streets
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1979.002.Album1.224
Old Knik Roadhouse and K. K. Kuney's camp. P. S. Hunt J1826 [log building with several walled tents around it, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.007.11
[paddle steamer Barry K. leaving Nenana dock, crane on dock at left]
Collection: B2018.007
B2018.007.13
[paddle steamer Barry K. at Nenana dock, crane on dock at left. Has print]
Collection: B2018.007
B1967.019.22
1917 Panoramic photograph of Anchorage looking east down 4th Ave from K street
Keywords: 1917, Panoramic photograph, Anchorage, 4th Ave
Collection: B1967.019 CIHS Isaacs
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.74
By Inlet Hotel Phyl McCutcheon K St. between 4th and 5th west side
Keywords: pedestrians, damaged buildings, houses
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
AEC.G541
A.E.C. G541 P.S. Hunt Anchorage, Alaska [White House] 4th between I & K
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.7.002
People on dock leaving for K [ie Ketchikan]; Yukon [possible reference to vessel name] 3/25/39
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.7.002
People on dock leaving for K [ie Ketchikan]; Yukon [possible reference to vessel name] 3/25/39
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.074.108
Residential (rural) collector (DeArmoun) PKM [Peter K. Martin? print date Aug 73]
Collection: B2013.074
B1996.035.2.1090to1091
.1090—Watts and me in the radio compartment in the Cat 5/16/47 Stan K .1091—Swan on one of the sacks in the 8 ball 1/7/47
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2017.007.059a
[damage to buildings at corner of 6th Avenue and K Street, with street sign in center, man walking at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.2018.1.7.001
People on dock leaving for K [ie Ketchikan]; Yukon [possible reference to vessel name] 3/25/39 [rope; gangway]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.7.001
People on dock leaving for K [ie Ketchikan]; Yukon [possible reference to vessel name] 3/25/39 [rope; gangway]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.65
Inlet Hotel, 4th Ave at K St. Southwest corner. Owned by Chas R. "Red" Nelson and Wife Vera
Keywords: pedestrians, hotel, buidingn, street signs, street lights
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.68
Inlet Hotel, 4th Ave at K St. Southwest corner. Owned by Chas R. "Red" Nelson and Wife Vera
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.002.20
Tap Room, McKinley Park Hotel, K-17, Photograph approved by theatre censor A.D. [Postcard; interior, soldiers at bar]
Collection: B1990.002 Frances Ray
B1984.077.17.036
Rooms .75, $1 Whitehouse, 4th St. Near K St [two men walk along road, uphill toward downtown]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1048
[Copy neg of architectural rendering, United Protestant Church, Palmer, Alaska, Rev. B.J. Bingle, Pastor, Harry K. Wolfe, Architect]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.15
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Indigenous Alaskan man and woman with dog outside midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Dog, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1979.002.6501
(River Boat Nenana)(sternwheeler Yukon in the background in the silt at Nenana)(Barry K is in the foreground)(Oct 1 1949){two stern wheelers resting on dry rivers edge with bridge in foreground}
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2013.074.228
[print date Sep 75; in 2014, identified as Anchorage Community College, with K Building at left and security building, now Eugene Short Hall, at right]
Collection: B2013.074
B1989.016.1049
[Copy neg of architectural rendering, Saint Michael's Church, Palmer, Alaska, Rev. Merrill Sulzman, Pastor, Leo B. Jacobs & Harry K. Wolfe, Architects]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.067b
[view down 5th Avenue between K and I Streets, with signs for Northern Hotel, AFL Labor Local, Alaska Orthopedic Appliances, Conright’s, Holy Family Cathedral in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B1995.010.531
[elephants in parade passing Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska on Fourth Avenue near K Street, automobiles parked in street in foreground, McKinley Apartments in distance, 1954. Cf. .431
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.889
Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska 1914 K 4526 [view down Columbia glacier moraine to fjord, pine trees anf ice chunk at right_same as 184
Keywords: Prince William Sound, Columbia Glacier, Harriman Fjord
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.14
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Small Indigenous Alaskan boy in fur (likely reindeer) parka holding dead bird at side; midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Bird, Dead bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Winter, Snow, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1100
(N10 Cushman Street, Fairbanks, Alaska 1946 postcard) [copy neg; nighttime winter street scene; structures, stores, automobiles; Rexall Drugs; clock readiing 7:10; California Bar; Bank; Shoe Mart; lights over street; pennants]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.260a
M-7. Main St. Knik. W. F. Milliken [street scene with log buildings, signs for Saloon, K. T. Co., and Sweet Orr. Railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.004.35188
4th Ave from west of K Str late evening March 1947 Photographer's number: 35188 [Fourth Avenue street scene, night, winter, 4th Avenue Theater, Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.017
"Animals: Bears, Polar Bear[s] by pressure ridge, Conv. from K-1, 17254; Feb 8, 1971 16" [aerial view of two polar bears walking away from pressure ridge]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.019
"Animals: Bears, Polar Bear in broken ice, Cukchi Sea, Conv. K-1, 17253; Feb 8, 1971 16; Agents - Feb 71, Marka, Lane, Tierfreund, Monkmayer."
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2009.056.4b
7th between K & L [business damage with sign reading "I knew it was tough to make a living in Alaska, but I didn't think we'd go in the hole this bad!" 1964 earthquake, Anchorage]
Collection: B2009.056 Truth Coven Gray Earthquake Album
B1989.016.2177.4
7 (Parade) [night, woman riding in automobile with "K" banner, Boy Scout walking alongside, past businesses including The Hub, Bill's Electric Supply and McVicker's, Fourth Avenue, Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.050b
April 26, 1964 [couple and small child walking past damaged buildings on K Street, man holding camera at right. Has print. Identified by donor as west end of 9th or 8th Avenue]
Collection: B2017.007
B1979.002.Album1.58
Knik, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1824 [bird's eye view of town, buildings and businesses including K. T. Co. and C. W. Palmer, waterfront at right, railroad exploration, circa 1915]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.018
"Animals: Bears, 3 Polar Bears, Thalarctus Maritimus, Female w/two yearling cubs, Chukchi Sea Ice; Conv. from K-1 6 FEb, 1971; 17255, Feb 8 1971 9"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2018.023.092a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “79” “Walrus heads, Nome, Alaska” [walrus heads with tusks, likely on wooden boat, letter “K” inside diamond shape; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.010.432
[Fourth Avenue street scene looking east near K Street, automobiles parked in street in foreground, circus parade passing Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, McKinley Apartments in distance, 1954. Cf. .531]
Collection: B1995.010
B1970.015.02
Earthquake, 1964-Anchorage-Aerial Views "L" Street looking south Knik Arms Upper Right Corner 6th Ave and L st Fourth Ave looking east Between K & L Sts
Collection: B1970.015 Betty Bannon Collection