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B2021.004.Box6.Page2
.251-253 [Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood,
editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times] ; "Publisher to be speaker" 7/8/1981
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Publisher, The Anchorage Times
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.251
Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood, editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times
Keywords: Ed Wesley, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Editor, Publisher, The Anchorage Times, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.252
Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood, editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times
Keywords: Ed Wesley, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Editor, Publisher, The Anchorage Times, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.253
Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood, editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times
Keywords: Ed Wesley, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Editor, Publisher, The Anchorage Times, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1301
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [map of Texas and text from published book; touched up to create composite image in .1302]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2315
"Map of Polar Regions" [copy neg; Polar Regions including British Nth America &c.' published by Thomas Tegg, September 1, 1829; "Engraved on Steel by J. Shury"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1082
#212. Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop [walled tent housing Matanuska Valley Pioneer, Jack Allman Publisher & Editor, with ad for Hills Bros Coffee and flyer for Bible lecture on post at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2002.019.940A
[from verso] published October 1954 issue program; pub 184 [Fred Machetanz sits on stool holding tripod with camera while woman, (Sara Machetanz?) cuts his hair; sled dogs; puppies; birch trees in background]
Collection: B2002.019
B2015.008.694
233.6. 9.13.14 [two climbers negotiating crevasses, Dora at left. Published in “First
exploration of the Harvard Glacier, Alaska” (1915) with caption: “On a narrow ice bridge
between deep crevasses, exploring the Harvard Glacier. Note the heavy packs. Miss Keen in
the rear”]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.147a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [from verso] “0785 Pioneer Square, Seattle, Wash; Detroit Publishing Co.” [street scene with men, women walking; horses pulling wagons; Hotel Seattle at center; structures; utility poles; street lamps; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.147b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] “0785 Pioneer Square, Seattle, Wash; Detroit Publishing Co.” [verso of slide: street scene with men, women walking; horses pulling wagons; Hotel Seattle at center; structures; utility poles; street lamps; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1275
O78 Polet's at Nome, Alaska (Polet Store) [interior view of man wearing visor at sales counter showing beaded fur footwear to serviceman, TechnicianThird Grade insignia; sign of wall for "Eben the crane" book by Alma Savage, published in 1944; sign: "Alaskan Husky Barometer; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1780
[street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, looking east, with automobiles and signs for businesses including Sunshine Market, Alaskan Stationers and Publishing Co., Sewing Center, Piggly Wiggly, The Club, The Pioneer Club, OK Cleaners, 4th Avenue Theater, Empress Theater, Jade Room, Paddock Furniture, Anchorage Times]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1596.1
[Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue looking east, with automobiles and businesses including Carol's, Sunshine Market, Alaskan Publishing Co. Printers, Rose Florist's Shop, Piggly Wiggly, The Club, Tom's Radio Service, OK Cleaners, New Method Cleaners, South Seas Club, Alaskan Surplus, 4th Avenue Theater. circa 1930s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4584
KTVA night shot of Fourth Ave., 3-12-68 (from I St. intersection east) [automobiles, neon signs for businesses including Gary King's Sporting Goods, Alaska Business College, Alaskan Publishing Co., Theresa, Chugiak Optical Service, Pioneer Club, Martin's 4th Avenue Theater, Matanuska Valley Bank, B & B Liquor Store, Alaska Cleaners]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1596.2
4th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue looking east, with automobiles and businesses including Carol's, Sunshine Market, Alaskan Publishing Co. Printers, Rose Florist's Shop, Piggly Wiggly, The Club, Tom's Radio Service, OK Cleaners, New Method Cleaners, South Seas Club, Alaskan Surplus, 4th Avenue Theater. circa 1930s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1735
[street scene looking east on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with automobiles and pedestrians and businesses including Carol's, Sunshine Market, Alaskan Publishing Co., Alaskan Stationers, Rose Florist's Shop, Piggly Wiggly, 4th Ave. Bldg., The Club, Tom's Radio, OK Cleaners, New Method Cleaners, South Seas Club, Alaskan Surplus, 4th Avenue Theater, and the federal building, Chugach Mountains in distance. August, 1940s]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1290
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [parade scene looking west down 4th Avenue; truck with Cristiani & Bailey Bros. Circus; automobiles, circus cannon, women riding elephants; spectators - women, men, children - on streets and rooftops; businesses: Piggly Wiggly grocery, Rose Florists shop, Theresa, Alaskan Printing: Stationers and Publishing Co. 819 4th Ave., Two Sisters, Sunshine Market, Carol's Dress shop, furs, Alaska Fur Factory, Chevron Gas Station, 4th Avenue Beauty Salon, Radio, White House, Columbia Lumber, Schorn Paints; Milke Way frozen custard - fountain MI. Long Coneys, chili; Paddock Paint & Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B&B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel; circus posters in store windows; stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley