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1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.69
(Anchorage Schools North Star)(2 Mar 53)(3 2264 53)(Spenard School North Star Playground)
Keywords: education, school
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.7
(Sep 20 1956- 9 5098 56- Door View City View School)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.70
(Anchorage Schools North Star)(Nov 1952)(11 2983 52)(Spenard School North Star )
Keywords: education, school, students
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1989.016.1366
An Alaskan winter garden [fir trees covered with snow in residential area of Anchorage, with fence and houses in distance. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.047
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Moving day [trapper wearing snowshoes pulling sled through winter woods with three dogs in harness] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Moving day, Moving, Winter, Transportation, Dogsled, Dogs, Sled, Team, Trapper, Indigenous, Snowshoes, Snowshoeing
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.390.2
The Canteen Bar, 10/28/1940 [two men outside Anchorage Grill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.390.3
The Canteen Bar, 10/28/1940 [five bartenders behind bar]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.390.4
The Canteen Bar, 10/28/1940 [five bartenders behind bar]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.062.3
Crouching Lion [rock outcropping along road]. Photo by Sidney Hamilton
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.7
#8 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and man with reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.8
#9 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and man with reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.9
#11. Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer, Naknek, Alaska [Star Airways airplane with man and reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.10
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.11
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2050.8
(Berger's Boats, duck hunting) [three men and retriever posed with dead ducks and geese on pilot house of boat, bluff in background, Cook Inlet? cf. .1453, .1589]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1989.07.025
Wow these oil eating microbes are growing like mad
Keywords: Anchorage Daily News, cartoons, comics, political, exxon valdez, evos
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.2363
[Moose in the wild] Bragaw 104
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.1553.4
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane in flight, Chugach Mountains behind]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.382.1
Mrs. Harrison's chorus [Christmas chorus on stage with harpist]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.382.2
Mrs. Harrison's chorus [Christmas chorus on stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.542.1
Airview of Anchorage, 1942 (P.C.) [aerial of Point Woronzof?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.542.2
29. Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial of downtown and Ship Creek area, port of Anchorage, Knik Arm]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.15
#20 [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.16
#21 [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.17
#50. Alaska Reindeer Transportation, Naknek, Alaska [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.2
[1929 Ford Trimotor, Star Airways, NC8410, in winter with skis, at Seversen's Roadhouse at Iliamna circa 1937-1940. Loading plane, with men. May have been taken by Art Lee]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.12
(Reindeer transportation, Star Airways, Naknek, Alaska) [reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2050.9
(Berger's Boats, duck hunting) [man with rifle and two men in pilot house of boat covered with dead ducks and geese, bluff in background, Cook Inlet? photographer's shadow in foreground. cf. .1453, .1589]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2361
Alaska sled reindeer.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.2362
[Moose in the wild] Bragaw 104
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.1499.3
(Star Airways, skis, 1936) [airplane ski set on wooden horse outside hangar or workshop in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1499.4
(Star Airways, skis, 1936) [airplane ski set on wooden horse outside hangar or workshop in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.150
Sydney Laurence painting, ocean and clouds (seascapes)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1500.1
[airplanes on skis in winter, Merrill Field, Anchorage, including Star Airways and McGee Airways]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1500.2
[Star Airways airplanes outside hangar in winter, Merrill Field, Anchorage]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1552.2
(Eklutna Powerhouse) [Eklutna Power Plant. copy neg]
Keywords: power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1552.3
(Eklutna dam) [copy neg]
Keywords: power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.10
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [view from tail of American Airways Fairchild 71 number NC 9745 at Merrill Field, wings folded to side of airplane, with wind vane visible in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.10
#15 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.11
#16 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.12
#17. Transporting reindeer by air. [Star Airways airplane with men loading reindeer into plane]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.6
[Star Airways airplane and men loading reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.680.5
#10 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and man with reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.003.71
F 116 122, Two men in kayak [two individuals sitting back to back in a skin kayak on the water]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Kayak, Skin
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1983.091.S2023.5
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.6
(Statehood Celebration)[copy neg of large american flag being hung on building]
Keywords: statehood, celebration
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock