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B1989.016.299.1
Fairbanks 4-H Club [group outside building with sign Dining Room]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.299.2
Fairbanks 4-H Club [group outside building with sign Dining Room]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1524
S88 Housing area, Fort Richardson [structures, street, sidewals, lawn, trees, garden hose; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.009
[view of trees, glacier, mountain through trees, over water, reflections, color image]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.001.095
Jamila Evans, with Mayfield Evans and Alaska Governor Tony Knowles at Governor’s Family Picnic, 2002 [Note on front: “Best wishes, Tony Knowles”]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Jamila Evans, Granddaughter, Alaska, Alaskans, Governor, Governor Tony Knowles, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Politician, Governor's Family Picnic, Picnic, Gathering, Signature, Autograph, Teenager, Grandfather, Grandpa
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.1525
S88 Housing area, Fort Richardson, Alaska [copy neg; same as .1524]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1528
(S91 Ft Richardson; flag staff & Skyline Svc. Club) [flag at half staff, buses, automobiles, 6X6 troop transport vehicle, concrete walkways, lawn]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.898
[two men standing with horses in snowstorm, man at right smoking pipe, lake in
background]
Keywords: horses, winter
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.899
[bird’s eye view of glacier valley]
Keywords: mountains, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1527
S90 Post Theater No. 1 Fort Richardson, Alaska. (Theatre #1) [cinderblock structure; automobiles in parking lot, paved street, curbs, sidewalk; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.061.67
[paddle wheel vessel the Tanana underway is loaded with a large number of people gathered all over the vessel]
Keywords: transportation, boat, travel
Collection: B2009.061
B1980.050.15
(5x4 copy neg)(Rudolph Walton, carver)(Dance staff in photo on loan from Sitka Natl Historic Park)(191){Native man dressed in traditional clothes holding a Raven and standing next to a dance staff}
Keywords: native man, dancer, traditional dress
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1989.016.1894.2
Mt. McKinnley Hotel. Hewitt's Photo, Anchorage [Mt. McKinley Hotel in middle distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1465
S42 Hunting season in Alaska (1946 postcard) [same as .1464]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.014.88
[two young Alaska Native girls wearing fur parkas and detachable hoods posed outside large building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.014
B2022.001.070
State of Alaska Certificate of Appreciation to E&S Diversified Services, Inc., Governor’s Annual Family Picnic, signed by Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska and Fran Ulmer, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, August 5, 1999
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, E&S Diversified Services, State of Alaska, SOA, Certificate of Appreciation, Gratitude, Governor's Annual Family Picnic, Governor, Governor Tony Knowles, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Politician, Alaska, Fran Ulmer, Lt. Fran Ulmer, Lt. Ulmer
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2014.019.464
Alaska Eskimo dance, Nome. c. Robinson Studio, Anchorage [two dancers wearing masks performing outdoors on snow, one holding dance fans, possibly Yupik]
Keywords: clothing, dancing
Collection: B2014.019
B2022.001.073
Certificate of Appreciation, presented to E&S Diversified Services by Mountain View Elementary School, April 29, 2005
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, E&S Diversified Services, Certificate of Appreciation, Appreciation, Gratitude, Mountain View Elementary School, School, Community, Contribution, Dry cleaning, Cleaning, Clothes, Coats, Students, Black History, Black History Contest, Contest, Judge
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2017.023.037
[Four servicemen sitting atop post, one standing, posed. water and mountain in background.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.2053.39
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [4-H Club float decorated with club logos, with young women in bathing suits on back of truck, building in background]
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.13
21. Awaiting arrival of Matanuska Valley colonists at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.672
[panorama with two images, 223.12 and 236.1, of Yale Glacier terminus, man seated on
shore with rowboat at left. Cf. .25]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, tidal glacier, glacier, row boat, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1970.019.472
Mrs. Porter & Anna Mans in cache at Simonsons' ranch near Campbell Creek, 10/25/25 [women sitting in elevated wire cage]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection