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B1995.010.2087
[fishing boats including New Sunrise of Cordova, Yukon of Ketchikan, and Melvin II of Juneau at cannery dock]
Collection: B1995.010
B2013.077.119
[four men in suit coats standing on dock next to crewman working on airplane, same airplane as in .120-.121, Juneau? Sigismund Levanevsky at right? Victor Levchenko second right? Santa Monica-Moscow flight via Alaska and Siberia]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2013.077
B2016.019.3.20.08930.10
The face of Holgate Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, [Scenics - Summer], 1991
Keywords: holgate glacier, kenai, kenai fjords national park, kenai fjords, southcentral, alaska, summer, scenic, Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Summer Scenics, Scenics
Collection: B2016.019
B2019.007.093
New Stuyahok, May 20, 1993 [village scene; portrait of child wearing winter jacket]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.2018.1.268.041
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Aerial view over water, possibly near Hyder or Stewart, BC; aircraft wing in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.003.15
Juneau, Alaska E Andrews [Bird's eye view of Juneau Alaska]
Keywords: city, capital, docks, buildings houses, mountains
Collection: B2014.003
B1998.014.1.913
L91 Anchorage-Palmer Hiway (Pioneer Peak & bridge over Knik River) [copy neg; same as .910]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2130.5
(Pioneer Man) [studio portrait of man in suit coat and tie]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.268.040
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Aerial view of possibly Hyder or Stewart, BC, with estuary at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.4.Science.22.33371
Forest of southeast Alaska here is mainly Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis. Photographer's number 33371. Print date Oct 86
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.268.029
83; Sept. 4, 1942; [aerial view over water, possibly Portland Canal]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.119.2
(catastrophe)(1949)(4th Ave at D street looking into south side of street. Kennedy Hardware and KFQD Radio station which in the twenty's was the Harmony Theater. Kennedy Hardware was in bldg that in the 20's was occupied by Mrs Ashton's clothing and dry goods store; on corner was a graocery store, but time of the Batles fire it was used as a bus depot.
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.119.3
(catastrophe)(1949)(4th Ave at D street looking into south side of street. Kennedy Hardware and KFQD Radio station which in the twenty's was the Harmony Theater. Kennedy Hardware was in bldg that in the 20's was occupied by Mrs Ashton's clothing and dry goods store; on corner was a graocery store, but time of the Batles fire it was used as a bus depot.
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.12
(catastrophe)(September 4 1966)(Ketchikan Fire){firemen and police on scene of burning building}
Keywords: catastrophe, accident, fire, fireman, totempole
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.120
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(Shonbeck or Hawyer Gldg fire, 4th and F street. Southeast corner. At this time it was called the Hawyer bldg and was apts with a flower shop, the Jade room bar and restaurant on the main floor. Bldg was in 1918 the Anchorage Labor Temple; in the 20's Art Shonbeckbought the building and it had apts upstairs and a garage on the main floor, and I think he was the Ford dealer at the time . It burned Juan 1 1964 only a couple of months ahead of the disasterous earthquake.{firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.121
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15592)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.122
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15591)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.123
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15590)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.124
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15589)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2002.018.27
South Seas Nite Club, owner Fred Bearden - downstairs from Berts Drug Store, corner 4th & F. [circa 1946] 5 x 7 negative
Collection: B2002.018 FIC
B1989.016.1222
Alaska's brown bombers. c. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage / Alaska's brown bombers. 32, c. Hewitt's, Anchorage [mother grizzly bear and two large cubs. Double caption. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1227.1
Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 134 [exterior, taken from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street, with parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.Science.22.17616
Evergreen forest of southeastern Alaska: spruce, hemlock, and cedar. Photographer's number 17616. Print date Aug 68
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.20.002
5-4; Troubadour in show window [ceramic figures in store window including cowboy on horseback; men in sombreros; flowering plant; Chinese checkers game; 1939?; possibly Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.20.002
5-4; Troubadour in show window [ceramic figures in store window including cowboy on horseback; men in sombreros; flowering plant; Chinese checkers game; 1939?; possibly Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1990
T213 Main Street, Seward, Alaska [street scene, people walking on sidewalk; gravel street; automobiles; Yukon Bar, clothing store; Bobbie's Alaska Ship; Harding's Cafe; other businesses]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2260.6
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplanes in flight over field]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.7
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplane coming in for landing, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.8
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplane coming in for landing, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.167
[remnants of destroyed bridge at left, new bridge at right, Seward Highway]
Collection: B2017.007
B2018.023.051a
[Portrait of man wearing Tlingit regalia, including totemic designs, blanket, moccasins, possibly beadwork; wearing traditional woven hat; holding knife with snake head design for handle; name “Louis Shotridge” at lower right (Stoowukáa) of Klukwan; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1647.7
(Merrill Field in winter) [man on tractor conducting snow removal, with hangar building in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2085.2
(Snow crevasses) [winter scenic with mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.9
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplane coming in for landing, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.101.001
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; similar to .100.005]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.001
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; similar to .100.005]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.051b
[verso of slide: Portrait of man wearing Tlingit regalia, including totemic designs, blanket, moccasins, possibly beadwork; wearing traditional woven hat; holding knife with snake head design for handle; name “Louis Shotridge” at lower right (Stoowukáa) of Klukwan; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1987.071.016
Canneries. Koggiung Libby's (graveyard) 1936.
Collection: B1987.071 Arnold Nelsen Collection
B1989.016.1911.2
(Alaska Railroad route to Anchorage, early air view) [aerial of railroad tracks in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1912.1
Farthest north Elks Temple, No. 1351, Anchorage, Alaska. Geo. L. Johnson Photo [exterior with Cook Inlet in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1912.2
Interior view, Elks Building. Bragaw's [lounge area]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.47.001
19-3 Hal. boats at sunset; July 13, 9 p.m. using 105 mm lens - 6.3 c 1/20 [man stands on dock looking at halibut boats, FOREMOST and possibly CELTIC; structures in the distance across the water; Southeast, likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.47.001
19-3 Hal. boats at sunset; July 13, 9 p.m. using 105 mm lens - 6.3 c 1/20 [man stands on dock looking at halibut boats, FOREMOST and possibly CELTIC; structures in the distance across the water; Southeast, likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.007.048
March 12, 1996 [village scene, 1996; child sitting on steps next to man with clipboard, paper, pen. At AFN 2022, youth sitting on the stairs identified as Jeffrey “Smurf” George]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Manokotak
Collection: B2019.007
B2022.005.97
[Indigenous Alaskan child in snowsuit holding food and standing next to dog outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Boy, Snowsuit, Outerwear, Clothing, Food, Dog, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1509.4
(Fourth Avenue between D & C Streets, north side) [Anchorage street scene with automobiles parked outside businesses including Koslosky's Men's Wear, D.D. Cafe, Rheinlander, Ollie's [?] Lunch, Frisco Cafe, [?]ex Liquor Store. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection