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B2009.017.1984.03.31
Silent Partner Proposed Ethics Panel
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2009.017.1993.04.01
Pick the Legislature's preferred tool for examining citizen applicants to the ethics panel
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2014.012.94
[portrait of baby sitting on pillow in chair in room with wallpaper and wood doors or panelling]
Collection: B2014.012
B2022.002.16
Cal Williams, third from left, with other members of the John S. Parks Naming Panel
Keywords: Cal Williams, John S. Parks
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1990.014.5.People.3.214
"People - artists - John Svenson; 8/26/76; Alaska Mutual bank panels; see also Ervine,Tapscott"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 3
B2016.020.102
[Photograph. Two women standing in front of wooden building with three panels bearing Tlingit designs]
Collection: B2016.020
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.73
(Anchorage Schools Ptarmigan)(8 May 72)(7negs 1/4b&w)(Ptarmigan Elem School East 9th Ave near Turpin Panel and Bldg)
Keywords: education, school, students
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.73b
(Anchorage Schools Ptarmigan)(8 May 72)(7negs 1/4b&w)(Ptarmigan Elem School East 9th Ave near Turpin Panel and Bldg)
Keywords: education, school, students
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.73c
(Anchorage Schools Ptarmigan)(8 May 72)(7negs 1/4b&w)(Ptarmigan Elem School East 9th Ave near Turpin Panel and Bldg)
Keywords: education, school
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.73d
(Anchorage Schools Ptarmigan)(8 May 72)(7negs 1/4b&w)(Ptarmigan Elem School East 9th Ave near Turpin Panel and Bldg)
Keywords: education, school
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.73e
(Anchorage Schools Ptarmigan)(8 May 72)(7negs 1/4b&w)(Ptarmigan Elem School East 9th Ave near Turpin Panel and Bldg)
Keywords: education, school
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.People.3.213
"People - artists - John Svensen [should be Svenson]; Aug 76; John Svenson sculpts bank panels; see also Ervine,Tapscott" [Alaska Mutual Bank]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 3
B1989.016.2054.7
7-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Loyal Order of Moose float with children on flat bed trailer next to panel decorated in crepe reading "Moose"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.010.1
Hugh Brown and Chris Fields, Anchorage, Alaska [Hugh Brown, left, in plaid shirt standing in front of wood paneled wall with Chris Fields who is wearing a blue cap]
Keywords: Hugh R. Brown III, Hugh Brown, Alaska Black Caucus, HIV Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown
B2012.006.632
[man in military uniform next to bank of control panels inside electrical room at radar site, identified in 2014 as Unalakleet Air Force Station personnel with equipment in the background; no date]
Collection: B2012.006
B2009.020.022
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork panel left of stage, relief depicting airplane, communications, dredge, logging, ship, railroad locamotive, landscapes]
Collection: B2009.020
B1989.016.2054.18
18-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Loyal Order of Moose float with children on flat bed trailer with panel decorated in crepe reading "Moose", float passing The Gitchell Hotel on Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1971.071.84
This panoramic photograph is comprised of 6, 4x5 copy negs showing early Anchorage in 1915 along the banks of Ship Creek when it was referred to as "Tent City". The copy negs that generated this print are referenced as B89,16,1583 written on back of one of the panels.
Keywords: tents, trees, cabins, buildings, marsh, river, inlet
Collection: B1971.071 Alice Butler
B2019.007.643
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-11 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles in plastic bag on plywood floor; twine; supplies; television; VHS tapes; Alaska map with illustrations on wall; wood paneling; Skil router]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.2018.1.86.003
31-1; Nov 23rd Pan X 32-20; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Basha on staircase [woman wearing velvet-looking dress and pumps poses on stairs; paneled wall with art in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.86.003
31-1; Nov 23rd Pan X 32-20; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Basha on staircase [woman wearing velvet-looking dress and pumps poses on stairs; paneled wall with art in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.86.004
31-1; Nov 23rd Pan X 32-20; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Basha on staircase [woman wearing velvet-looking dress and pumps poses on stairs; paneled wall with art in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.86.004
31-1; Nov 23rd Pan X 32-20; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Basha on staircase [woman wearing velvet-looking dress and pumps poses on stairs; paneled wall with art in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.86.005
31-1; Nov 23rd Pan X 32-20; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Basha on staircase [woman wearing velvet-looking dress and pumps poses on stairs; paneled wall with art in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.86.005
31-1; Nov 23rd Pan X 32-20; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Basha on staircase [woman wearing velvet-looking dress and pumps poses on stairs; paneled wall with art in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.1105
Jan71P7 #17922 Barrow [Inupiaq child wearing parka leans against jukebox "Finest stereo albums of the Month on 33-1/3 records" with albums from Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, others that are illegible; wood paneling; possible wood stove or electric heater at right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Jukebox
Collection: B2017.024
B2009.020.023
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork panel right of stage, relief depicting airplane, mountains, city, mushing, dog team, spruce trees, cold panning, scenery, hydroelectric power station, river boat, straw stacks]
Collection: B2009.020
B2015.008.1195
Agra, Taj Mahal. Solid white marble. Decoration of flowers cut bas relief in the panels, or else inlaid in semi-precious stones. Many stones are red, blue, or orange, but all the colors are soft and harmonize. It is said of the Moguls that they “conceived like Titans and finished like jewelers.” [bird’s eye view of reflecting pools and southern exterior of Taj Mahal]
Collection: B2015.008