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B2009.017.2004.03.04
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Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.2041.1
[text of advertisement, "Da-Lite Beaded Screens for movies slides $995 30x40 on stand"]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2041.2
[text of advertisement, "Da-Lite Beaded Screens for movies slides $995 30x40 on stand"]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.010.002
[man standing outside building with screen door open and snow on the ground] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Building, Nutchirviq
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B2015.008.1197
Agra, Taj Mahal. Interior showing tomb and screen surrounding. Mausoleum of “Begum”, or wife, of Shah Jehan. Built by him. On river, & can be seen from Jasmine Tower where he died. His tomb next hers, not showing. Tombs both of white marble, inlaid. Screens of white marble, inlaid around the borders. Every bit perfect.
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.008.21
An Alaska Bachelor’s Gals Home – Mine [house with a dog standing inside entryway behind a screen door. Likely Myrtle Everett Bragaw’s house]
Keywords: House, Dog, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1979.002.4897
[Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 26; horses, draft horses, corral, snow, agricultural buildings, possible watertower in distance; image appears to have been taken through a screen]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2013.058.409
[A woman holding possibly a No. 4 Screen Focus Kodak Model A folding camera. A squeeze bulb remote shutter release is in her right hand. She is standing in front of a three-story house]
Keywords: photography
Collection: B2013.058
B1998.014.1.1157
O28 Along an Alaskan Hiway (Paxson's Lodge, 1938; 1946 postcard) [log structures, antlers, screened porch, sign: "Good fishing; big game hunting" automobile tire, wheelbarrow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2068.9
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [man and woman walk over ceremonial bridge towards young boys and scout master in uniforms, pull-down screen on wall behind, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.43
85. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Steam shovel at Palmer) [steam shovel dropping gravel through screen into open rail car, piping on ground in foreground, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.11
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [living room, with couch, tables, lamp, folded room screen propped at left, curtained window]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2068.10
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [young boy in uniform walks over ceremonial bridge towards woman, young boys and scout master in uniforms, pull-down screen on wall behind, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.010.198
VB. White M. AA [large group of girls wearing uniforms performing calisthenics in classroom, projection screen and piano in background. Related to .199] [Indigenous children in formation. 1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Students, Children, Education, Schools, Schoolrooms, Classrooms, Uniforms, Gymnasiums, Caslisthenics, Exercises, Screens, Pianos, Musical instruments
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame 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
B2015.008.1196
Agra, Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, high treasurer of Emperor Jehangir, 1670, 3d of the Great Moguls, or Mohammedan conquerors. The tomb is a gem. White marble inlaid with semi-precious stones, chiefly dark. The screens are each carved out of one piece of marble [exterior]
Collection: B2015.008
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
B2015.008.1198
Agra, Jasmine Tower of Shah Jehan’s palace in the fort, overlooking the Jumna River. He was the 2d Grt. Mogul, 1648 A.D., who built the Taj. This tower is part of the zenana, or women’s apartments. It is 2d only to the Taj in beauty in all India. White marble inlaid everywhere that is not cut into screen work. Dome tarnished gilt. Floors marble inlaid, with fountain. [exterior]
Collection: B2015.008