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B1985.027.853
(Wien Destinations_Arctic Village)(Box 3 Folder 60)(Arctic Village Calling){native man working a transmission radio}
Keywords: communication, radio
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1983.091.S1564.B36
(Nunivak Island Trip native people)(men with radio)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2009.037.004
.4a – [close-up of military radio with portraits of woman framed above, c. 1939] .4b – [same radio scene as .4a but with soldier posed in front of radio, c. 1939]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2021.002.045
Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, 1950s [in his office with radios he repaired.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990, African Americans Military Service
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2013.010.860
(Antenna of a ham radio who lives next door to lab (Bill Geyser)
Collection: B2013.010
B1983.091.C1135.6
Dick Rand in front of KENI radio station microphone with script in Anchorage, Alaska 5/12/54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.1512
U.S. radio station, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [small building with large antenna]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.64.4
[soldier using field radio while standing next to large white tent being erected in wooded area]
Keywords: military, communications, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.2.1090to1091
.1090—Watts and me in the radio compartment in the Cat 5/16/47 Stan K .1091—Swan on one of the sacks in the 8 ball 1/7/47
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1998.014.1.387
B99 Seward Radio Station KIBH [building, antenna, mountain in background; neg has a tear in upper right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2594
Nome, September 1961 [man posing in front of structure with KICY 850 KC lettering; radio station]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1801
KFQD, Anchorage, Alaska [exterior of KFQD Radio at Fifth Avenue at E Street in winter, circa 1924-26]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.2.003
Lee's birthday [similar to .002; woman at right bakcgroud; clock and lamp atop what may be a radio cabinet; door; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.2.003
Lee's birthday [similar to .002; woman at right bakcgroud; clock and lamp atop what may be a radio cabinet; door; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.386
B99 Seward Radio Station KIBH (Neg cut; 2 negs) [building with antenna, buildings in the distance, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.037.021
.21 – [interior of barracks (possibly Quonset hut), close-up of military radio and pinup photos around it]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.2036.2
[text of poem, "Kodiak" written by Isaacson, Radio Man First Class, U.S. Coast Guard, with illustration of large steamship]
Keywords: wit and humor
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.1.005
1-2; Lee [toddler standing with arms raised near radio; chairs; tables; lamp; window in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.1.005
1-2; Lee [toddler standing with arms raised near radio; chairs; tables; lamp; window in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.002.029
Samuel Fleming, Ladd Air Force Base, early 1950's [at his desk as avionics technician responsible for repairing airplane radios.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990, African Americans Military Service
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1989.016.1590.9
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD with equipment, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.1
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, sign over doorway reads "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.2
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, sign over doorway reads "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.3
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, sign over doorway reads "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.10
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.11
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.12
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.13
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.14
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.4
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.5
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.6
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.7
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.8
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1962.2
[Fourth Avenue street scene with automobiles parked outside Bevers & Pfeil Building with Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Logemann Bldg. at right]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.33
(1941 Fur Rondy parade, KFQD Radio) [children on KFQD float, Fur Rendezvous parade, with decoration reading "We Are Ice Worms, Are You? 3000 ft straight down"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1494.1
KFQD - farthest north station in U.S., Anchorage, Alaska [winter street scene, KFQD Radio at Fifth Avenue at E Street, circa 1924-26. neg damaged]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2078.10
12 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military marching band on Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.175.002
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.003
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.004
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.005
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1993.020.517a
Flag on fed. bldg., radio broadcasts on st., st[atehood] celebration [statehood day, automobiles on Fourth Avenue with sign “State of Alaska” on easel in street; print date Jul 58]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2017.024.2083
King Island, copyright 1986 [person wearing eyeglasses, Nome Nanooks hat and waders eating possibly walrus (?), holding knife in hand in umiak; radio at lower left]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1962.1
4th Ave. at "E", Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's [Fourth Avenue street scene with automobiles parked outside Bevers & Pfeil Building with Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern. copy neg]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2078.6
7 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military unit marching down Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2078.7
8 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military unit marching down Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.019.210
Elmendorf 29 Dec ’51 [Elanor sitting on floor, wearing formal gown that she was sewing in .207-208, Christmas tree at left, greeting cards mounted on wall, dish of nuts next to radio on shelf]
Collection: B2017.019