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B2022.001.094B.interior
[Card included photo, see B2022.001.094] [Photo: Mayfield Evans, far right, and two others at Governor’s Family Picnic, 1997. Note on front: “Thanks for your help, Tony Knowles”]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Alaska, Governor's Family Picnic, Picnic, Governor, Governor Tony Knowles, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Politician, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Employee, Crew, Team, Volunteer, Signature, State of Alaska, SOA< Office of the Governor, Governor's Office, Card
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2021.004.274
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banners on mobile home: "Freedom Ain't Free Let's Support the NAACP" and "Denver Bound NAACP 1981 National Convention" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banners, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2001.036.1344
Quinhagak 10-82 [view of structures, church, boardwalks; bicycle on boardwalk at left; possibly water in distance]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2022.001.145
Letter and enclosure to E&S Diversified Services from State of Alaska Department of Labor, Administrative Services Division, signed by Holly Stinson, Labor Economist, April 21, 1993
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, Enclosure, E&S Diversified Services, State of Alaska, SOA< Department of Labor, DOL, Administrative Services Division, Holly Stinson
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.1127.2
[Friedman's Jewelers, exterior, night, window display, Anchorage?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Science.16.56
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Science
B1989.016.892
P-132. Hewitt's [Palmer School under construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2557
Nome, July 1961 [man seated in State Police vehicle with dog leaning out driver's window]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.001.021
Anthony “Bunch” Evans, Anthony’s daughter, Jacqueline Evans, Melphine Evans, Coco Evans at funeral for Mayfield Evans’ youngest brother, Columbus, 2011
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Anthony Evans, Anthony "Bunch" Evans, Daughter, Jacqueline Evans, Jacque Evans, Coco Evans, Funeral, Gathering
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2037.6
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [exterior of Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska with sign for Dutch Boy Paints, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.410
B118 Buckner Building, Whittier, Alaska [person walking (blurred0, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.151
A59 Fox, Aleutian, Aleutian blue fox, a camp pet (caption) 2, 1950 [quonset]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.311
B61Gymnasium at Elmendorf Field [dirt, shrubs, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.013A.s1.008
(Newtok, 1977) [interior image of women and girls wearing winter coats, hat, scarves, gathered in a public building; person using vending machine in background]
Collection: B2000.013A
B1990.014.5.Science.26.14
Pipple sp. [Pippel] July 26, 1952 [Eagle River]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Science
B1998.014.1.1442
S31 Fishing in the Aleutians (A favorite Aleutian sport; 1946 post card; fishing 4 on 1 & 1 other) [copy neg of four images, service men fishing on rivers, shore, rocks, waders; fishing poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1830
T127 Fairbanks 2nd Ave. [street scene, similar to .1828]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1828
(T127 Fairbanks 2nd Ave) [street scene; people on sidewalk at right; automobiles, flag hanging over street; businesses: Pioneer Cab, Coca-Cola billboard, Monsey's Pantorium Cleaners, Circle Hot Springs billboard, Daily News Miner, Lucille's Apparel, Peerless Coffee Shop]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1825
(T125 Fairbanks, Downtown) [street scene, similar tp .1824]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.013A.s1.008
(Newtok, 1977) [interior image of women and girls wearing winter coats, hat, scarves, gathered in a public building; person using vending machine in background; calendar caption reads: "Going home for the holidays! These young ladies are on their way from high school and visiting friends in Bethel to villages in the CMC region."]
Collection: B2000.013A
B1998.014.1.1287
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, parade scene looking west down Fourth Avenue; automobiles; elephants walking down Fourth Avenue past businesses, spectators along street and on rooftops; signs for Fourth Ave Bldg; Piggly Wiggly grocery; Rose Florists Shop; Theresa, Alaskan Printing; Carol's Dress Shop; Alaska Fur Factory; Chevron gas station; White House; Columbia Lumber; Milke Way; Paddock Paint; Paddock Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B & B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley