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B2009.037.007
.7 – Love All Ways, Always Your Gal [studio portrait of woman with love message in bottom left corner]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1994.003.20
Sydney Laurence 1924. I made this smock for him. He loved it. [Nellie Brown]
Collection: B1994.003
B2022.001.011
Willie Mae Evans [Note on front: With All My Love Willie] [Studio portrait]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Willie Mae Evans, Studio portrait, Inscription, Handwritten
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1994.002.261
Sydney Laurence 1924 Love to May & Beano from Jack & Nell Brown
Collection: B1994.002 Wennerstrom Collection
B1979.001.094
Joe Spenard of City Express loved to load his taxicab with youngsters and drive around town.
Collection: B1979.001
B2022.001.010
Mayfield Evans, Guam [Note on front: Forever Loving you Mayfield] [Studio portrait likely taken while serving in the U.S. Air Force.]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Guam, Travel, International, Studio portrait, Overseas, U.S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, Inscription, Handwritten
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.1851.1
(Dog Malchiska of Kenai, Lu's Dog, name means "Loving Little Boy," Feb. 24, 1952) [studio portrait of dog]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1851.2
(Dog Malchiska of Kenai, Lu's Dog, name means "Loving Little Boy," Feb. 24, 1952) [studio portrait of dog]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1851.3
(Dog Malchiska of Kenai, Lu's Dog, name means "Loving Little Boy," Feb. 24, 1952) [studio portrait of dog]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1851.4
(Dog Malchiska of Kenai, Lu's Dog, name means "Loving Little Boy," Feb. 24, 1952) [studio portraits of dog. copy neg of two images]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.035.2.Kirby.Stanton.1
[from verso] "Gismo." This is the pup in our hut. He is 6 weeks old and mean as the devil. He sure is cute and everybody loves him to death. We all call him the "Baby Dog." 11/1/46" [owner Storm Kirby; puppy sitting on chair]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1989.016.2054.28
28-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young women on back of flat bed truck with banner "Rainbow Girls," each girl wearing sash with single word, e.g. Patriotism, Service, Love, Religion, woman dressed as clown standing next to float]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.15
15-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young women on back of flat bed truck with banner "Rainbow Girls," girls each girl wearing sash with single word, e.g. Patriotism, Service, Love, Religion, float passing spectators in front of federal building on Fourth Avenue, clown following float]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.035.2.1137to1143
.1137—[portrait of civilian woman with inscription:] Dear Stan, Be good and please be careful. Lotsa love, Pat. [dated on back June 29, 1944] .1138—Paterson and me. Pat is 2nd mech. In P boat. We were going to chow and a guy took this and we didn’t know it. .1139—Fleet in Elliot Bay [aerial photo of several warships] .1140—[vehicles] .1141—[serviceman] .1142—[three servicemen] .1143—[serviceman with vehicles]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album