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B2014.023.181
(people with baby)[man and baby in a basket with dog]
Keywords: child, infant, dog, family
Collection: B2014.023
B2022.005.38
[Indigenous Alaskan child holding implement pointed towards viewer, possibly small fishing pole?]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Boy, Toddler, Pointing, Implement, Fishing pole, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2264.1
[view of Alaska-Juneau Mine, or A-J Mine, from docks]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2264.2
[mine cars on tramway at A-J Mine, with mine buildings in background]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.4.3
(catastrophe)(wreck of the SS Yukon near Seward)
Keywords: ship, ship wreck, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.4.4
(catastrophe)(wreck of the SS Yukon near Seward)
Keywords: ship, shipping, ship wreck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.010.2247
[dock or other structure collapsing into water, mountains in background. Cf. .2245]
Collection: B1995.010
B2022.005.212
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1979.002.4878
(Cronin#4 Tanana River breakup at Nenana note fish traps in ice)
Keywords: winter, river, ice
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1991.048.195
[H.E. Auringer, probably atop Empire State Building circa 1934]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B2015.019.58
Misha & Tony [Alaska Native man and young boy sitting on snowmachine, man wearing sunglasses and fur-lined hat with earflaps; print date May 79]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.019
B2022.005.86
[Four Indigenous Alaskan children holding hands outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Child, Boy, Girl, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, Mukluks, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1554
121. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man on Caterpillar tractor pulling a walled tent along a road, utility pole visible, mountains in background, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5784
[George holding skis standing outside Tunnel station in winter, with sign ‘Tunnel, Altitude 491 Ft.’ Has neg dated 5/27/46. Cf. .5779]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.020.005
[rear view of Elks float on parade on E Street, passing Anchorage Hotel, Shriners standing with other spectators at left]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1355
42. Alaska lynx. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [lynx in wood pile. neg deteriorating]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.356.7
Glover's Service Station [1932? Standard Gasoline, Alemite Service, Monark Batteries, Wells, Storage, 1933 Oldsmobile. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.358.5
Bill Dalms fishing at Montana Creek, May 5, 1940.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.57.10
Pete Knutson packing water [man carrying two metal cans suspended from wooden neck yoke in winter, river in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.010.382
[Alaska Native elder sitting on wooden bench with young boy and young girl, Nome or Kotzebue? print date Sep 78]
Collection: B2016.010
B1981.020.022
The Dam, Ocean Falls, B.C. No. 2923 [hydro power dam erected by Bella Coola Pulp and Paper Company to power mill, town buildings in background]
Collection: B1981.020 Hotchkiss
B1989.016.304.5
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [two men stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.294.8
(catastrophe)(September 12,1970)(Kincaid Accident)(legal){accident scene and details}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.294.9
(catastrophe)(September 12,1970)(Kincaid Accident)(legal){accident scene and details}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.295
(catastrophe)(September 12,1970)(15669)(Gary Kincaid)(legal){detail face photograph}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.29.4
(catastrophe)(November 26,1971)(1st anniversary memorial to 47 service psnl killed in DC8 crash Int Airport November 27, 1970)(Elmer Gagnon, Lt Col Finnegan, Wilda Hudson, Col Taylor, Mabel Crawford, John Asplund, R.W. Sharp, VIP, NP
Keywords: catastrophe, memorial
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.29.5
(catastrophe)(November 26,1971)(1st anniversary memorial to 47 service psnl killed in DC8 crash Int Airport November 27, 1970)(Elmer Gagnon, Lt Col Finnegan, Wilda Hudson, Col Taylor, Mabel Crawford, John Asplund, R.W. Sharp, VIP, NP
Keywords: catastrophe, memorial
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2016.010.380
[woman posed with Alaska Native elder and young boy on wooden bench, Nome or Kotzebue? print date Sep 78]
Collection: B2016.010
B1974.040.039
Canneries. Two cannery scows on flats waiting to go out for fish summer of 1938. Site of Emard Cannery (now Fidalgo) Anchorage.
Collection: B1974.040 Charles Weller Collection
B1979.002.1306
Cronin#8 Limited from Healy arriving at Nenana 1920)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2227.13a
(Eklutna Industrial School) [rear view of three-story building, clothesline at right, small boy playing in yard]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.3
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [two men stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.304.4
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [man and woman stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.011
"Animals: Bears, 1970 Polar Bear, 22259. Leo Miller bought it May 1, 1973" [Polar bear walking in snow with ice in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2019.015.1
JUL 65P [View of railroad tracks with two people standing in front of the Hurricane Station House next to the tracks. Two railroad cars on second set of tracks to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B2019.015.10
JUL 65P [View of Susitna River and trees to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Susitna River
Collection: B2019.015
B1989.016.526.2
Bridge near Camp Eielson [Mt. McKinley National Park. Savage or Toklat Bridge]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection