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B1998.014.1.205
B17 Curry Hotel Lobby [people, dog, stairway, check-in desk]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.41.006
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men with hose at top of stairway with; ma at bottom of stairway; lumber in foreground; wood structure in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.006
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men with hose at top of stairway with; ma at bottom of stairway; lumber in foreground; wood structure in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.288.1
Tonsina Road House. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [interior with stairway. Negative silvering]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.60.002
23-2 wet stairway; 8/13 [1939, Ketchikan; wood steps and railings; folliage]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.60.002
23-2 wet stairway; 8/13 [1939, Ketchikan; wood steps and railings; folliage]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.184.006
60-6; Staps [January 1941; Ketchikan; woman walking up outdoor stairway; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.038.98
[passengers waiting outside Northern Consolidated Airlines terminal, jet stairway built into terminal building]
Collection: B2009.038
B2009.017.1987.12.12
“The stairway to heaven” ©1987 Sat. Dec. 12, 1987 [man falling down exterior stairs at Loussac Library]
Collection: B2009.017
B1998.014.1.1850
(T131 Valdez) [structure with bell tower and flat roof, possible concrete foundation, stairway with railing; flag pole at left; small structure at right with peaked roof, stairway; imaged taken from gravel road; foliage includes garsses, cow parsnip]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.13.030
Scn 19102; Mendell Glacier near Juneau; June 1965; Glacier [lake and moraines in midground, stairway and rock wall in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2019.003.057
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” 450 ft. ladder to the dam [view across canyon to stairway] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Dam, Ladder, View, Canyon, Stairway
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.2018.1.41.005
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men between structures; smoke; stairways; ladders; utility wires]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.005
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men between structures; smoke; stairways; ladders; utility wires]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.35.004
14-4 home [same location as .33.004; person looking out window; structures, domicile with stairway; picket fences; yards; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.35.004
14-4 home [same location as .33.004; person looking out window; structures, domicile with stairway; picket fences; yards; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.287.002
88-3; Feb 1943; Super XX; snow scene [view looking out window at snow on trees, stairway railing; curtains in foreground; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.42.002
17-3 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939, men and boy gathered outside structure; lumber; sailors; men on stairway; smoke]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.42.002
17-3 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939, men and boy gathered outside structure; lumber; sailors; men on stairway; smoke]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.42.006
17-3 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939, three sailors operate hose; men at top of stairway of structure; ladders; lumber]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.42.006
17-3 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939, three sailors operate hose; men at top of stairway of structure; ladders; lumber]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.053a
[sidewalk scene, possibly on waterfront likely in Southeast Alaska, totem poles along walk; structures; stairway; people, men, women; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.100.004
37-3 Exterior at 1055 Stedman St. [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view of domicile with porch, front stairs; possibly stairway gate on porch; sidewalk]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.100.004
37-3 Exterior at 1055 Stedman St. [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view of domicile with porch, front stairs; possibly stairway gate on porch; sidewalk]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.003
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men in KFD jackets spray water on structure; people at top of stairway; lumber in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.003
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men in KFD jackets spray water on structure; people at top of stairway; lumber in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1341
(PE8 Eskimo dance) [Interior image; men sit on floor drumming and singing, women sit singing; kuspuks, parkas, mukluks, people in stairway at upper right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.273
B49 Copper Center Roadhouse (interior) [tables, chairs, piano, music books, staircase, spittoon?; note table legs and stairway posts, glass cabinets, postcards]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.274
B49 Copper Center Roadhouse (interior) [tables, chairs, piano, music books, staircase, spittoon?; note table legs and stairway posts, glass cabinets, postcards]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.41.002
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; view of crowd watching fire; men on stairway; structures; man in foreground looking toward camera]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.002
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; view of crowd watching fire; men on stairway; structures; man in foreground looking toward camera]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
b2012.006.423
[man, woman, and young girl, all in fur parkas, standing near mobile stairway for Reeve Aleutian Airways airplane at airport; print date Feb 58. Cf. .926]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2012.006
B2018.023.053b
[verso of slide: sidewalk scene, possibly on waterfront likely in Southeast Alaska, totem poles along walk; structures; stairway; people, men, women; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.41.004
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; man in KFD jacket and other men spray water on structure; person at top of stairway; man moving lumber in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.004
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; man in KFD jacket and other men spray water on structure; person at top of stairway; man moving lumber in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.102.003
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; external stairway to second level of cedar shingled structure; empty wood crate on step "? Exchange" on side of crate]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.102.003
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; external stairway to second level of cedar shingled structure; empty wood crate on step "? Exchange" on side of crate]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.62.004
24-2 Chief Johnson's totem [bird's eye view of totem surrounded by structures, businesses, domiciles; Mother's Kitchen at lower left; potted plants on roof; stairways and boardwalks; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.62.004
24-2 Chief Johnson's totem [bird's eye view of totem surrounded by structures, businesses, domiciles; Mother's Kitchen at lower left; potted plants on roof; stairways and boardwalks; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.28.001
11-1; May 1939; Plus x 64-40 Dev in DK 20-26 min c 65 degree FAR; Park Street [street scene with delivery truck, structures, stairways, boardwalk, fire hydrant]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.28.001
11-1; May 1939; Plus x 64-40 Dev in DK 20-26 min c 65 degree FAR; Park Street [street scene with delivery truck, structures, stairways, boardwalk, fire hydrant]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.88.005
32-1; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK20 - 18 min @ 65°; Thanksgiving, Nov 23; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [1939; man wearing suit and tie reclining on stairway landing; artwork in upper right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.88.005
32-1; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK20 - 18 min @ 65°; Thanksgiving, Nov 23; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [1939; man wearing suit and tie reclining on stairway landing; artwork in upper right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.88.006
32-1; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK20 - 18 min @ 65°; Thanksgiving, Nov 23; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [1939; man wearing suit and tie posed on landing of stairway; artwork in upper right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.88.006
32-1; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK20 - 18 min @ 65°; Thanksgiving, Nov 23; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [1939; man wearing suit and tie posed on landing of stairway; artwork in upper right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1440
S30 Mail call at an Aleutian base (waiting mail call; 1946 postcard) [service men gathered outside quonsets; signs labeled "1" and "2" "Squadron Mail Room," "Post office," wooden stairway, mountain peaks in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley