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B2022.001.045
Print advertisement, To Overcome we must CHANGE the MINDSET and SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Print, Ad, Advert, Advertisement, Flier, Overcome, Business, Support, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1973.079.53
[lightering at mouth of Nome River in Norton Sound supported by the boat "Belle"]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1994.022.278
[postcard of sheep grazing near bridge with log supports; sheep on bridge; river; hills in distance]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2014.028.186
Y-78. [deteriorated wood supports for pipeline, Davidson Ditch; print date Sep 73]
Collection: B2014.028
B2017.024.3244
Nome, undated [winter scene along coast with boats stored on supports, homes, structures, snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1975
T204 Lawing, Alaska, on Kenai Lake "'Alaska Nellie' home & buildings" [cabins on supports; lake in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.028.187
Y-79. [section of pipeline on concrete supports, Davidson Ditch power plant? print date Sep 73]
Collection: B2014.028
B1993.019.018
Vera (?) [woman leaning against support post on porch of log cabin; moose antler in right foreground; fence in background]
Collection: B1993.019 Liebel
B2017.024.3291
Northern Alaska; undated [winter scene of structure near coastline, pole that possibly holds an antenna, boat on support; sea ice in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2141.61
D-80 [woman in printed parka with fur trim standing in doorway to traditional dwelling, with whale bones as supports, entrance mostly buried in snow]
Keywords: residences, houses, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.128
Certificate of Appreciation, Dedicated Community Supporter, presented to Mayfield Evans, signed by Doris J. Ross, Principal, Mountain View Elementary, 1998-1999
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Certificate, Certificate of Appreciation, Dedicated Community Supporter, Community, Supporter, Doris J. Ross, Doris Ross, Mountain View Elementary, School
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1994.008.299
[from verso:] Anchorage Times photograph, Jun 1968" [helicopter supporting steel electrical supply line structure with cable; men standing near base of structure in clearning]
Collection: B1994.008
B2018.023.115a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “12” [man standing atop log held by stone supports; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2008.005.153
Ship Creek and Government Hill area this includes trains and all of the railroad buildings and support operations along the Ship Creek drainage corridor. Mt Mckinnley (Denali is visible in the distance)
Keywords: trains, mountains, Cook Inlet, railroad, construction, cars, trees, house
Collection: B2008.005
B2014.028.272
9953 [workers on heavy equipment in wooded area lowering mechanism over four metal heat pipes or vertical support members in ground; print date Oct 75]
Collection: B2014.028
B2018.023.115b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “12” [verso of slide: man standing atop log held by stone supports; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.37.001
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; two men inspect support posts inside damaged structure; ice on floor]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.37.001
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; two men inspect support posts inside damaged structure; ice on floor]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1994.009.997
Neklasson Lake 11/56. Antenna erection, assembling the structural stell support for 60 FPTs antenna. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., photog. R & M copy 3291.
Keywords: Cold War, communications
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1998.014.1.1744
(T73 Cordova Main Street) [street scene similar to .1743; bicycles parked near speed limit sign; man squatting next to automobile supported by jack; liquid under automobile]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.107.006
40-2 Suspension bridge at Tacoma [Washington; Feb. 21 - March 1, 1940; view of underside of bridge under construction, possibly the Tacoma Narrows bridge; people standing near base of support]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.107.006
40-2 Suspension bridge at Tacoma [Washington; Feb. 21 - March 1, 1940; view of underside of bridge under construction, possibly the Tacoma Narrows bridge; people standing near base of support]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.108.001
40-2 Suspension bridge [Tacoma, Washington; Feb. 21 - March 1, 1940; view of underside of bridge under construction, possibly the Tacoma Narrows bridge; people standing near base of support]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.108.001
40-2 Suspension bridge [Tacoma, Washington; Feb. 21 - March 1, 1940; view of underside of bridge under construction, possibly the Tacoma Narrows bridge; people standing near base of support]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1747
(T73 Cordova Main Street) [street scene, similar to .1743 and .1744; man squatting at side of automobile supported by a jack; dog looking from doorway of Cordova Studio; young girl on sidewalk outside Pioneer Cafe]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.37.002
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; interior view of damaged structure; support posts; walls; ice on floor; man standing in doorway; people in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.37.002
15-2 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; interior view of damaged structure; support posts; walls; ice on floor; man standing in doorway; people in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1339
PE5 An Eskimo home inside of the Arctic Circle (Kotzebue, Feb 1948) [kayaks, dog sled, fish nets stored on supports; dogs curled on ground; structures, stove pipe, snow, likely sea ice in background, winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.019
[men working on road construction on C Street, laying cable or structural support down lane, sign in right background for Alaska Territorial Employment Service, sign at left for Board Room Meals, Ship Creek in distance]
Collection: B2017.020
B1998.014.1.599
E31 Building a snow house north of Nome, Alaska "(G.I.)" [man wearing parka, boots, mittens, heavy pants, sitting in snow, lifting a snow slab; igloo in background; neg has damage at bottom where emulsion is peeling from support]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2007.005.4.027
"ASC project #!6" [two men sittling in kayaks in tall grass; animal pelts stretched on wooden racks and placed atop kayaks; tools with long handles support woven grass mats in background; metal pans at right]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1998.014.1.1786
T98 Ketchikan, Alaska (harbor) [view of harbor, structures, boats, ship; smoked rising from structure; fuel tanks in lower center; copy neg; neg is damaged: emulsion peeling away from support on right side of neg; removed to freezer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2231
Alaska Shop - Alaska black bear "black bear & fence" [bear with collar and chain standing on hind legs on wood with paws around cable; appears to be a small box atop the wood support; structures and mouintain in distance, likely in Seward]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.634
Big Diomede, USSR, as seen from LIttle Diomede, USA, Frank Morgan photo "E52" [overturned boats stored on supports, dogs, sea ice, open water; caption is covered with section of film affixed with cellophane tape; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.276
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banner: "Freedome Ain't Free Let's Support The NAACP" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banner, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1371
PT7 Kodiak, Alaska is in the land of the big brown bear. Commercial fishing and trade is carried on here, with support also coming from the nearby naval air station. [scenic view of town, coastline, road, mountains, structures; two people standing in field or meadow at lower left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2007.005.5.028
[stereo view of two men sitting in kayaks atop snow, possibly supported by a sled; oars; woven grass mats used for windbreak; snowshoe; Hiils Bros. can; tea pot; man on left appears to be operating a fuel stove (?); sea ice in distance]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1998.014.1.1958
T195 4th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska "Night Lights" 9shows Empress Theatre and 4th Ave th[eatre]; 15 Jan 1954) [street scene with automobiles, snow, marquee showing film Kansas Pacific, released in 1953; neg is damaged: emulsion separating from support at right; upper left corner is mission]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.274
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banners on mobile home: "Freedom Ain't Free Let's Support the NAACP" and "Denver Bound NAACP 1981 National Convention" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banners, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1366
PT2 Fairbanks, in the golden heart of Alaska, is a trading, transportation, medical, and educational center serving an area the size of Texas. Military airfields and activities are important factors in the city's grown; much support comes from gold mning. (aerial) [view of city and outlying areas; landing strip, airplanes at left; agriculture; Chena River
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.001.3
Anchorage Daily News Photograph Information: file slug: election; location: Sheraton; time/date: 8/23/88; credit: Fran Durner; description: Olympic supporters celebrate the victory at election HQ. Herschel Gardner center w/confetti, Freddie Ringer far right [group of men and women with noisemakers, Anchorage bid for Winter Olympics]
Collection: B2015.001
B2017.022.42
Storm building over house & sign condemning Antiquities Act, Eagle [house with sign on porch reading “National Park Service employees and anyone else advocating a dictatorship (including those locally who support National Park Service activities under the Antiquities Act) are not welcome here!”; print date Aug 82]
Collection: B2017.022
B1998.014.1.1954
T152 Alaska Championship dog races, starting point 4th Ave (T192, Anchorage) [winter street scene, Fur Rendezvous banner; musher, dogs on snow; men, women, children, spectators; automobiles, businesses; McKinley Building in background; Chugach Mountains in distance; copy neg; damaged: emulsion layer cracking and separating from support]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.597
"E30 Nome, An Eskimo garage (sleds on racks)" [dog sled, canoes, poles, seal float(?), supported over snowy ground, fishing net, three sled dogs curled on ground, bucket, canvas wall tent and other structure in background, man standing to left of tent, person running along shore in center right of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1929.1
(Fur Rondy 1950) [Fur Rendezvous parade float carrying woman, two people dressed as lions, and lion statue, with signs reading "Dodi Ziegler, only queen entry from Fort Richardson sponsored by Anchorage Lions Club" and "Lions Days of '98 Ambassador Club 9 tonite support Dodi Ziegler from Fort Richardson games refreshments door prizes"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.7
10 (Parade) [float carrying woman, two people dressed as lions, and lion statue, with signs reading "Dodi Ziegler, only queen entry from Fort Richardson sponsored by Anchorage Lions Club" and "Lions Days of '98 Ambassador Club 9 tonite support Dodi Ziegler from Fort Richardson games refreshments door prizes", passing Fourth Avenue businesses including Dr. Hines Optometrist and Reed's, 1950 Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1365
PT1 Anchorage, trading and transportation center, is Alaska's largest city. Many government agencies are located here. Other support comes from fishing, farming, mining and trapping. (aerial) [looking northwest over Anchorage; Merril Field in lower right; Park Strip, downtown, South Addition, Ship Creek, Government Hll, Cook Inlet, Knik Arm; Point MacKenzie; ship moored along jetty; Alaska Range obsured by clouds]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1743
(T73 Cordova, Alaska; Cordova Main Street) [street scene, automobile supported by a jack and with open trunk parked in front of liquor store missing tire; businesses, store fronts, Cafe, Alaskan Hotel, Card Room, Cordova Hotel, Lutheran Mission, Liquor Store, Pop's Taxi, Cordova Steam Laundry, Cordova Studio - Developing and Printing; children riding bicycles; people walking on boardwalks; man in doorway of liquor store; woman walking at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1992.016.3
Alaska Territorial Legislature 1. Sen. O.D. Cochran (D) Nome 3. Gov. Ernest Gruening 5. Sen. N.R. Walker, (D), Ketchikan, 2. Mrs. Roy (Elizabeth) Peratovich, Klawock 4. Rep. Anderson, Nome (D) 6. Roy Peratrovich (D) Klawock. The signing of the Anti-Discrimination Bill which was passed by the 1945 Territorial Legislature. This Bill was supported by the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood. These organizations carried the fight over a 2 year period to a successful conclusion.
Collection: B1992.016