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B1990.014.2018.1.102.004
37-5 Piano (no good) [Ketchikan, January 1940; Kimball grand piano with music book; bench; armchair at right; windows with sheer curtains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.102.004
37-5 Piano (no good) [Ketchikan, January 1940; Kimball grand piano with music book; bench; armchair at right; windows with sheer curtains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.85.005
30-3; Smith family [child sitting on piano bench; piano with sheet music at right; window, curtain, and books in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.85.005
30-3; Smith family [child sitting on piano bench; piano with sheet music at right; window, curtain, and books in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2181.5
(Emard Property, Living room) [Anchorage home with piano and chairs. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1100.1
P-131. Hewitt's (Palmer School auditorium) [empty hall, covered piano on stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1136.1
(Presbyterian Choir, 1941) [group portrait of choristers on stage, piano at left, Christmas decorations]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1136.2
(Presbyterian Choir, 1941) [group portrait of choristers on stage, piano at left, Christmas decorations]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.16.002
4-3; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [woman playing piano; curtain in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.16.002
4-3; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [woman playing piano; curtain in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.38.4b
"Schools, Kids and Teachers" [children sitting on folding chairs; man sitting at piano ]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1989.016.1100.2
P-131-b. Hewitt's (Palmer School auditorium) [empty hall, covered piano on stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.4.002
Sheldon [man sitting in arm chair; talbe; lamp; bookcase at left; piano at right; newspaper at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.4.002
Sheldon [man sitting in arm chair; talbe; lamp; bookcase at left; piano at right; newspaper at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.38.4a
"Schools, Kids and Teachers" [children sitting on folding chairs; man sitting at piano, two women at right background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1989.016.926
P-539. Palmer Day, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Queen and court on stage with woman at piano leading other children]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.21
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [living room, with piano, easy chairs, ottoman]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.9
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [living room, with piano, easy chairs, ottoman]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.174.004
58-2; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.174.005
58-2; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.174.006
58-2; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.001
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; chairs; upright piano and bench; footstool; table and lamp; rug]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.273
B49 Copper Center Roadhouse (interior) [tables, chairs, piano, music books, staircase, spittoon?; note table legs and stairway posts, glass cabinets, postcards]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.274
B49 Copper Center Roadhouse (interior) [tables, chairs, piano, music books, staircase, spittoon?; note table legs and stairway posts, glass cabinets, postcards]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.175.002
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.003
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.004
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.005
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.25.002
9-1; May 1939; Plus X 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min c 70 Far; Billy Young, violinist [boy stands playing violin; woman plays grand piano]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.25.002
9-1; May 1939; Plus X 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min c 70 Far; Billy Young, violinist [boy stands playing violin; woman plays grand piano]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.25.003
9-1; May 1939; Plus X 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min c 70 Far; Billy Young, violinist [boy stands playing violin; woman plays grand piano]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.25.003
9-1; May 1939; Plus X 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min c 70 Far; Billy Young, violinist [boy stands playing violin; woman plays grand piano]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2587
"Kashim Club/Interior" [NCO club on Elmendort; view of seating area with fireplace, stage with piano and images of female dancers; bookshelves; trophy at right, pool table at right, pool cues; logs and rough lumber decor]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2141.36
D-49. Eskimo choir. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group of men and women standing indoors, one woman carrying a baby, woman playing piano at left, woman on rocker holding child on her lap at left]
Keywords: musical instruments, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.25.004
9-1; May 1939; Plus X 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min c 70 Far; Billy Young, violinist [boy stands playing violin; woman plays grand piano; book on chair at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.25.004
9-1; May 1939; Plus X 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min c 70 Far; Billy Young, violinist [boy stands playing violin; woman plays grand piano; book on chair at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.010.198
VB. White M. AA [large group of girls wearing uniforms performing calisthenics in classroom, projection screen and piano in background. Related to .199] [Indigenous children in formation. 1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Students, Children, Education, Schools, Schoolrooms, Classrooms, Uniforms, Gymnasiums, Caslisthenics, Exercises, Screens, Pianos, Musical instruments
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.98.004
37-1 Jan. 1940; Plus X 40-24; Dev 15 mins in DK 20 @65°; interiors at 1055 Stedman St. [living room furnished with sofa, console radio; grand piano with lamp and bench; chair; drapes; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.98.004
37-1 Jan. 1940; Plus X 40-24; Dev 15 mins in DK 20 @65°; interiors at 1055 Stedman St. [living room furnished with sofa, console radio; grand piano with lamp and bench; chair; drapes; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.39.004
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman playing piano next to window; armchair with paper laying across arm; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.39.004
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman playing piano next to window; armchair with paper laying across arm; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2024
T240 5th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska [Street scene; people crossing street at stoplight; automobiles; 5th Avenue Hotel, L and J Pianos Organs Music; Bigler's; May's Cafeteria; Hoyt Motor Co.; 5&10; Echmann's Furniture; C. James Hopper; likely the First Presbyterian Church (5th & F)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1627
Queen Ninteman & her royal Rendezvous court. (T29 Anchorage, Alaska) [Babs Ninteman sits on throne with pickaxe back, with two women wearing gowns seated on each side of her; three girls wearing tutus and one boy wearing suit sit on steps; piano, drum, microphone, northern lights, aurora borealis backdrop; 1954, Fur Rondezvous]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley