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B1989.016.364.2
Farming at Palmer [woman and children in field with hay stacks]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.134
(catastrophe)(December 1954)(12 3712 54)(Anchorage)(Southeast over Chester Flats to Chugach)
Keywords: aerial, winter
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2016.019.1.06f.06610.33
A.R.R. Tunnel Whittier construction [Construction], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Construction, People, Alaska Railroad, ARR
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.49
4th Ave to East 3/27/64
"Shake Demolition"
Keywords: collapsed buildings, crane, destroyed buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.016.1041.2
GZ-201 (Winter Scenes in Golden Zone) [bird's eye view of valley with trail, bridge, possibly over West Fork of Chulitna River]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.11
73. A Colonists new home, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin next to walled tent at Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.15.31
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air
B1989.016.1046.2
[Palmer School, exterior, Sept. 22, 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.658.2
Arrival of S.E.R.A. at Anchorage en route to Matanuska Valley. #2, Hewitt's Photo Shop [passengers on Anchorage depot platform with rail cars on tracks, station and other buildings on C Street Hill in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.668.1
#5. Palmer, Alaska. Aug. 1935. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [aerial] 5. Palmer, Alaska from the air. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1050.1
[Palmer school, dormitory, and other buildings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.44
(Trading Station at FT Yukon Alaska){Fort Yukon Village}
Keywords: river, barge, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1986.096.publicinfooffice01
Public Information Office
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1989.016.1050.3
[Palmer School, exterior, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.653
"Dynamite," McKinley Park team. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [chained dog]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.16
24. Anchorage residents await arrival of colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1937
The New Anchorage high school in Spanard [sic: Spenard] (T180) [structure, automobiles, snow, people walking near automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2143.36
76. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Alaska [man loading supplies into wagon being pulled by horse team, woman and child sitting in wagon, another man looking on, outside building with sign for The Alaska Telegraph System, Signal Corps U.S. Army]
Keywords: communications, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.39
80. Supplies for the Colony, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [stack of cartons of rolls of metal, Type Reynolds Metallation, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.6
P-513, 9/22/36 [man standing next to truck in field, truck marked A.R.R.C. 32, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.17.011b
Hubbard Glacier for N.G.S. no print; 6 October 1966; 23 July 1975 edited but many good left; Glacier; 128 [glacier face, possible caling in center]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.2143.46
89. Colonist construction, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [men working on house under construction, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.51
97. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (New log home, Palmer) [log cabin with sod roof, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.15
23. Anchorage turns out to welcome Matanuska Valley colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.14
22. Welcoming the Valley colonists at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.52
103. Hospital at Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Hospital at A.R.R.C.) [dirt road in front of walled tents, one at right has sign with cross and "M. de Paris[?], Nurse," rolled twine or wire on ground in foreground, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: medicine, healthcare
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2584
Seward-Kenai Highway; Mile 18 "June 25, 1939" [roadway with mountain in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.17.015b
Hubbard Glacier for N.G.S. no print; 6 October 1966; 23 July 1975 edited but many good left; Glacier; 128. [glacier face, mountains in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.17.091
Hubbard Glacier for N.G.S. no print; 6 October 1966; 23 July 1975 edited but many good left; Glacier; 128 [glacier face, mountains in background, icebergs, shoreline in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.17.015a
Hubbard Glacier for N.G.S. no print; 6 October 1966; 23 July 1975 edited but many good left; Glacier; 128. [glacier face]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.1146.50
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Mar. 24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking down into postal annex construction, with workmen standing near Third Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.52
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Apr.24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, steel construction of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2518
"District Engineers' Building; 1958" [similar to .2517; shadows of trees on front of building; mountains at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.467
D5 Alaskan Cuties "#6 FS. 6 10 sec" [Siberian husky sled dog team, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley