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B2006.023.4623.jpg
[Hotel des Alpes restaurant]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1989.016.707.1
Jade Room, June 23, 1948. [Anchorage restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.707.2
Jade Room, June 23, 1948. [Anchorage restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.707.3
Jade Room, June 23, 1948. [Anchorage restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.707.4
Jade Room, June 23, 1948. [Anchorage restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.6.27.01834.07
Flying Machine Restaurant [Anchorage - Buildings], c. 1979
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Flying Machine Restaurant, Restaurants, Anchorage Businesses
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.6.27.01834.17
Flying Machine Restaurant [Anchorage - Buildings], c. 1979
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Flying Machine Restaurant, Restaurants, Anchorage Businesses
Collection: B2016.019
B2016.019.6.27.01834.27
Flying Machine Restaurant [Anchorage - Buildings], c. 1979
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Flying Machine Restaurant, Restaurants, Anchorage Businesses
Collection: B2016.019
B1979.002.5006
Knik Alaska(AEC J1823) {the town of Knik and The Railroad Kitchen restaurant}
Keywords: frontier town
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.005 .002
(Nikko Garden Japanese restaurant Anchorage, Alaska){owned by Kimura Family}
Keywords: japanese, restaurant, Kimura
Collection: B2015.005
B2015.005 .002
(Nikko Garden Japanese restaurant Anchorage, Alaska){owned by Kimura Family}
Keywords: japanese, restaurant, Kimura
Collection: B2015.005
B1975.175.7
Alaska. Nome. Chinese Restaurant. July, 1938. Ray B. Dame 07830
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1983.091.S4176.105
Woman climbing out of window above Denali restaurant on ladder. 4th and B.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1320
Idle Hour Tap Room. Hewitt's, 99 [interior of restaurant with bar and stools]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.104.003
38-2 [Ketchikan; February 1940; man, possibly sitting at booth in restaurant (?)]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.104.003
38-2 [Ketchikan; February 1940; man, possibly sitting at booth in restaurant (?)]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2001.014.98
[King Island dancers with Grover, Alitha and two unidentified white women in restaurant banquet room]
Collection: B2001.014
B1989.016.1378
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Cabin in trees) [log building exterior, possibly Idle Hour Restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1327
Where good fellows meet, Idle Hour. Hewitt's 95 [interior of restaurant, view from bar to dance floor and fireplace]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.074.218
[Sep 75p6 Similar to Sep 75p5; businesses, exterior shots; Granada Lounge, Pancho Villa Mexican Restaurant,
Collection: B2013.074
B1989.016.1321
Wine, dine, and dance at the Idle Hour, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 101 [interior of restaurant with dance floor and bar in corner]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.4
#4 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [parade floats passing Richmond's Restaurant on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1790
T100 Kotzebue, Alaska (America’s Farthest North Restaurant in Feb 1948, Archie Ferguson’s Grille) [copy neg; same as .1789]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.003
[Army tanks and other equipment in parade on Fifth Avenue, passing businesses including Pagoda Restaurant, 76 station, Polar Hotel, Polar Café]
Collection: B2017.020
B2017.006.lee.pyong.8331.8
Pyong Lee, Tea Leaf. Invoice 8331, 1984 [group portrait of owners of Tea Leaf Chinese Restaurant, standing in office, Anchorage visible out window in background]
Collection: B2017.006
B1989.016.2053.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 1) [young people on flatbed truck festooned with flags and banners, playing out restaurant scene with diners, waitress, chef]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.18
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 18) [young people on flatbed truck festooned with flags and banners, playing out restaurant scene with diners, waitress, chef]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.011.014
.14—[man standing in doorway of log building with signs: “Miners Exchange / Restaurant Bar / Wines, Liquors, _____, _____,” “Beer, Tea,” “Pabst Beer,” “Coffee & Pie,” “For Sa__.”
Collection: B1998.011
B1989.016.1509.19
(Fourth Avenue between D and E Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with North Pole Bakery and Logemann Building including Anchorage Grill & Restaurant and Economy Grocery. circa 1930-1940]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.12
#12 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [group on horseback passing Alaska Transfer Co., New Method Cleaners, and Richmond's Restaurant near corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.9
#9 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941, Anchorage Woman's Club Float. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [women and Uncle Sam on parade float with banner "Watchful Waiting" passing Richmond's Restaurant on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1149
(4th Avenue Theatre, May 18, 1947) [Fourth Avenue street scene in Anchorage, with 4th Avenue Theater, Reed Bldg., Masonic Temple, Oyster Loaf Restaurant, pedestrians and military personnel on sidewalk, automobiles parked at curb]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.23
Hewitt's 23 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army truck) [soldiers in truck pulling heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, passing spectators and Fourth Avenue businesses including New Method Cleaners and Richmond's Restaurant]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.J35
A St. looking south, June 27th, 1917, Nenana, Alaska. A.E.C. No. 61, A.J. Johnson official photographer [street scene with wagon and signs for businesses including Cooney's Gen'l Merchandise, Cascade Laundry, Silver Moon Restaurant]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.J61
A St. looking south, June 27th, 1917, Nenana, Alaska. A.E.C. No. 61, A.J. Johnson official photographer [street scene with wagon and signs for businesses including Cooney's Gen'l Merchandise, Cascade Laundry, Silver Moon Restaurant]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1983.091.C3979.1
Mama Martha's House of Shish Kabob, Catholic Aux. Fashion Show, 10-8-59 (3 negs). Photographer's number C3979 [woman modeling clothing while other women, seated at tables, look on, painted scene on restaurant wall]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C3979.2
Mama Martha's House of Shish Kabob, Catholic Aux. Fashion Show, 10-8-59 (3 negs). Photographer's number C3979 [woman modeling clothing while other women, seated at tables, look on, painted scene on restaurant wall]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.2146.6
#6 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941, American Legion Float. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [parade float passing federal building, Alaska Transfer Co., and Richmond's Restaurant near corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.007.007
This picture taken Sept. 30, 1911. My partner by my side and a mud puddle two feet deep in front. Jap Restaurant next to us. M.V.T. [Street scene showing log building under construction, wooden two-story building with sign “Shoes Repaired While You Wait,” walled tent with sign “Brunell and Tyler Painters Paper Hangers and Sign Writers,” and walled tent with sign “Restaurant, Bakery and Coffee House.” Two men outside Brunell & Tyler’s, and man and woman in aprons outside bakery, with two men in street clothes and a dog]
Collection: B2013.007
B1989.016.1509.16
(Fourth Avenue and E Street, northeast corner) [Anchorage street scene with pedestrians and automobiles outside businesses including Hewitt's Drug Store, Star Air Service, Anchorage Grill & Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners A. Niemi Hardware, and Koslosky's. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.31
Hewitt's 31 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army truck) [military automobiles, trucks, and heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade headed west on Fourth Avenue, passing spectators and businesses including Northern Commercial Co., U.G. Crocker, Alaska Storage, Richmond's Restaurant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1229.1
Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Fourth Avenue street scene with parked automobiles, businesses including Kennedy's, Logemann Bldg., North Pole Bakery, Anchorage Grill & Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, A. Niemi Hardware, Koslosky's, Green Front, Peterson's Hotel, KFQD]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.007.024
[Photographic postcard] Flat City, Alaska, 1911, Lomen [street scene showing pedestrians on boardwalks, horse team, N. Jaffe Clothing & Furnishings, E.W. Griffin, Casey’s, Arcade Restaurant, The Home Spring Beds and Furnished Rooms, Globe Bakery & Coffee House, M & M Bank]
Collection: B2013.007
B1989.016.1288.4
No. 15. Anchorage, Alaska, approx. population 3,500. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Fourth Avenue street scene looking east from E Street with pedestrians and automobiles, including Star Air Service, Hewitt's Drug Store, Anchorage Grill & Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, A. Niemi Hardware, Kennedy's, City Cash Grocery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection