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B1989.016.364.6
Seeder at work. Matanuska Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.138
(catastrophe)(May 24, 1969)(Air)(Anchorage Constrcution project near Military Hospital)(historical)
Keywords: aerial
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2016.019.1.07a.12314.24
Workers on Canyon Creek Bridge Project, Alaska [Construction], 1997
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Construction, Canyon Creek Bridge
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.52
4th Ave between C&D-looking west-just prior to demolition project
Keywords: street lights, power lines, destroyed buildings, collapsed buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.016.1043.1
P-7. Palmer, the Matanuska Valley Project, July 1936. Knik Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.660.2
74. Home at Colony Project, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin house at Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.1.2
Goose Lake near Anch. (also Anchor Park Project) July 1948 7 2785 48 Anchorage AIR 1940's
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air
B1989.016.1047.1
P-#6. The Projects' new school, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [exterior of completed school, Sept. 1936?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.659.1
3. A city in the making, Matanuska Valley Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [tent city and train tracks at Matanuska Colony site]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.670
11. A specialist among us. A.R.R. & C. Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man working outside walled tents. Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1052
26. Hospital A.R.R.C. Matanuska Colonist Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four walled tents and flagpole, graffiti on tent at left reads "Will You?"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.407.1
Anchorage Grade and High School [under construction, with sign P.W.A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Workds, School Building for Anchorage, Project No. Alaska...]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.407.14
Anchorage Grade and High School [under construction, with sign P.W.A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Workds, School Building for Anchorage, Project No. Alaska...]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.0043082
43082 A research group has marked the near bear for more study far bear is seal hunting. A project of Dr. Jim Brooks on the ice of the Chukchi Sea.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1986.096.sewer01
Sewer utility. Aug. 6, 1966. End of project 402-66-02. Possible slide rule error. Suggest we specify "gap water" in the future. L.B. [Polaroid]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1989.016.1054.1
27. Headquarters A.R.R.C. Colonist Project Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [men outside four walled tents, two women walking, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.657
"All same." So St Paul, Matanuska Colonist Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [tent city next to Alaska Railroad tracks, with men, lumber, and automobiles at Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.2
6. R.R. station, Matanuska, gateway to colonist project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [automobiles parked outside of Alaska Railroad station at Palmer. emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1940
T182 Nunaka Valley housing projet [sic: project] east of Anchorage [road, structures, mountains in background; sign: Nunaka Valley Homes rental office; Anchorage Park, Inc.; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2143.4
8. "S.E.R.A. Transients" Camp, Matanuska Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [view down long line of walled tents, mountains in distance, State Emergency Relief Agency, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.42
84. Construction at Colonist Project, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two wood-frame buildings under construction with lumber in yard, trees in foreground, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.1
5. Colonist Street, Matanuska Valley Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [view down long row of walled tents in field, mountains in background. portion of emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.18.001
Scn; AIR; Veniaminof trip. Mt Veniaminof: caldera is full of ice yet a cinder cone shows on the glacier. Shot for National Park Service 1972. Hammond (later Governor) was pilot on this project. About August 1972
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.2143.5
9. Under headway for the east, A.R.R. & C. Project, Matanuska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man constructing tables outside row of walled tents, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences, construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.8
15. Colonists making themselves "to home," Matanuska Valley Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [view down row of walled tents, young girl on tricycle, people unloading crates of goods, tree line in background]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2007.005.4.027
"ASC project #!6" [two men sittling in kayaks in tall grass; animal pelts stretched on wooden racks and placed atop kayaks; tools with long handles support woven grass mats in background; metal pans at right]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1989.016.2143.19
31. "S.E.R.A. Transients", Matanuska Colonist Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [bird's eye view of railroad tracks and dirt road running past long line of walled tents, mountains in distance, State Emergency Relief Agency]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.18
30. "S.E.R.A. Transients" Camp, Matanuska Colony Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [view from atop railroad cars of automobile on dirt road running past long line of walled tents, mountains in distance, State Emergency Relief Agency]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.9
16. First Comissary, A.R.R. & C. Colonization Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [one man standing outside and man and two children standing inside commissary tent at Matanuska Colony, with sign "Comissary" [sic] and stacked boxes]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2588
"Room interior w/pool table & men" [men near pool talbe; man reading, men sitting at desk; speakers and film projection screen on wall; stairway at left; sign on wall "no drunkenness permitted"; cabinets and possibly media equipment at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.18.004
Hubbard Glacier; AIR; Veniaminof trip. Mt Veniaminof: caldera is full of ice yet a cinder cone shows on the glacier. Shot for National Park Service 1972. Hammond (later Governor) was pilot on this project. About August 1972 [not Hubbard Glacier; Alaska Peninsula, volcano, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.18.011
Hubbard Glacier; AIR; Veniaminof trip. Mt Veniaminof: caldera is full of ice yet a cinder cone shows on the glacier. Shot for National Park Service 1972. Hammond (later Governor) was pilot on this project. About August 1972 [not Hubbard Glacier; Alaska Peninsula, volcano, snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.18.002
Hubbard Glacier; AIR; Veniaminof trip. Mt Veniaminof: caldera is full of ice yet a cinder cone shows on the glacier. Shot for National Park Service 1972. Hammond (later Governor) was pilot on this project. About August 1972 [not Hubbard Glacier; Alaska Peninsula, mountains, river valley]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.1146.54
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Apr.24, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, walls going up for postal annex, showing scaffolding and sign reading: This project being constructed under the control of the Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1146.58
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, May 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, walls going up for postal annex, showing scaffolding and sign reading: This project being constructed under the control of the Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2521
"District Engineer Building Personnel; 1958" [woman with cigarette standing at likely a utility sink; coffee cups atop cabinet; projection screen leaning against cabinet; steel drum (container) at left foreground; shelves with labeled boses or books; door "Keep out unless invited to enter" sign; overhead pipes]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.471
“D6 Sarichef 26 July 58 Photographer’s record: Project or location: Sarichef; camera at (sta or location): Alaska; date of exposure: 7-26-58; description: view from [illegible] of site on overcast foggy day; contractor: Manson-Osborn; contract No: DA-997; Photographer: WNS [?]” [Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, communication site structure, Cape Sarichef]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley