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B1986.096.policebldgs01
PS Bldg dedication, 31 Aug 61 [Police buildings. Men in uniform lined up outside of Public Safety building, fire trucks under cover in background]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1986.096.policepeople02
Police, people. 1965
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1986.096.policepeople01
Police, people. Ward Wells Neg No. 8315-14
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B2021.004.Box6.Page16
"Rosa Parks made history in a bus seat, Metro, C-1" 5/17/1982
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2017.023.133
[Whitehorse, YT, Canada, barracks to right, river, mountains in background]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.118
(catastrophe)(June 1967)(7212)(Ketchikan Forks Creek Fisher Lassie #1 w CG behind)
Keywords: ship wreck, shipping, accident, fishing boat, grounding
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.126
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15587)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.158.3
(catastrophe)(February 16, 1946)(Leonard Hopkins Sporting Goods Store at 4th and G across from old Empress Theater)(Mat Valley Bank)(Walt Smith for DCK)
Keywords: store front
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.106
(catastrophe)(Lido Hotel Fire Anchorage){fire men on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.376
B92 Ninilchik school house [automobiles, banner "Ninilchik Fair, Sept 10, 11"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.422
B126 Jesse Lee Children's Home, Seward [buildings in midground; mountain with snow chute in background; neg has arc-shaped exposure obscuring top of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.216
Ed Wesley in front of 1st Annual Juneteenth banner
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1st Annual Juneteenth, Juneteenth, June 19, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.236
Ed Wesley with Al Hejaz lodge brothers [Prince Hall Masons, Wesley fourth from left. Likely Mt. Mckinley Lodge #2 of Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Prince Hall Masons, Al Hejaz, Lodge brothers, Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, Fraternity, History Makers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.237
Ed Wesley with Tony Knowles and one other Note on front: “To my good friend Ed who got me to the church on time. Best Tony”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Tony Knowles, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.276
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banner: "Freedome Ain't Free Let's Support The NAACP" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banner, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.95.back
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera. "Edward Patroling [sic] The Gate of Fort Greely" [Ed Wesley, Military Police, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Postcard, Military Police, Patrol, Fort Greely, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2009.017.2003.04.15
“Alaska: 44 years old, and still not weaned” ©2003 4-15 [baby with oil barrel bottle]
Collection: B2009.017
B2017.023.158
Haines, Alaksa (C) 43 Ordway, Commissary [buildings, people, water, mountains, pier, street]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.2421
Kotzebue, April 1970 [man wearing parka stands in entrance to Golden Nugget Jets; packages on loading dock; duffels]
Collection: B2017.024
B1986.096.197.4
City Managers Office. George Sullivan at right
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.7.17
25 Jan. 1961 AMU (Alaska Methodist University) (Grant Hall) 10681
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.177.6
(catastrophe)(1958)(Xmas Homes 1958 not used)(Balog home in City view)
Keywords: christmas, christmas decorations
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2021.004.43
A Celebration of Freedom
Juneteenth
In Commemoration of Emancipation
1995
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Juneteenth, June 19, Commemoration, Celebration, Freedom, Emancipation, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.265
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.304
Poster promoting Solidarity Week, July 12-20 [Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Solidarity Week, July 12-20, Alaska Black Caucus, Mr. Louis Martin, Ms. Rosalind Cash, Dr. Calvin Rolark, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.93
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera [Ed Wesley, Military Police, Fort Greely, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Military, Police, Soldier, Portrait, Fort Greely, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1864
T138 Anchorage, Alaska {Anchorage, aerials (same as T190 [1.1952])} [aerial view looking northwest showing neighborhoods, McKinley Building, Native hospital, Ship Creek, railroad yard, train, port, Government Hill, cemetery, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.266
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.264
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP [Virna center, Ed Wesley on right]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1989.016.2183.7
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [musher with bib #7 leading six-dog team down Fourth Avenue past spectators, Fur Rendezvous banners and businesses including Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2183.8
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [musher leading seven-dog team down Fourth Avenue past spectators, Fur Rendezvous banners and businesses including The Gitchell, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2183.9
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [musher with bib #9 leading six-dog team down Fourth Avenue past spectators, Fur Rendezvous banners and businesses including Anchorage Jewelers, The Gitchell, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2184.2
13. (Dog races, 1955) [Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, musher with bib #3 leading nine-dog team, possibly on Cordova near Fourth Avenue, with spectators, police car in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2184.3
14. (Dog races, 1955) [Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, musher with bib #5 leading nine-dog team, possibly on Cordova near Fourth Avenue, with spectators, police car in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2184.4
15. (Dog races, 1955) [Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, musher with bib #8 leading six-dog team, possibly on Cordova near Fourth Avenue, with spectators, police car in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2183.6
(Dog races, Fur Rondy 1952) [musher with bib #6 leading ten-dog team down Fourth Avenue past spectators, Fur Rendezvous banners and businesses including Anchorage Jewelers, The Gitchell, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.304.002
90-2 Nome [April 1943; Pan X; view of boats and structures taken from snow-covered beach; U.S. Coast Guard vessels]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.424
B128 Methodest [sic: Methodist] Church at Seward, Alaska [automobile at left, trees, gravel street, mountains in background, copy neg?]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2740
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [boy riding BMX bicycle between two automobiles, station wagons; street and structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.423
B127 Rehab Shopping Center, Bartlet, [Bartlett] AK "Seward?" gas station, The General Tire sign, automobiles, sign for Seward Sanitorium; person in medical coat and hat standing behind wood-peneled automobile; road and quonset in midground; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1618
T25 Juneau, Alaska, Brickley (1948 postcard) [same as .1617; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley