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B1994.022.393Z.7
(Airplanes-Hangers)[airplanes parked on tarmac]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2022.005.216
[Plane and vehicle on tarmac midwinter; passenger nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Plane, Airplane, Vehicle, Transportation, Travel, Tarmac, Airport, Winter, Snow, Mountains, Passenger
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.316
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [terminal building, tarmac]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.317
B63 (Elmendort Air Terminal) [looking across tarmac at terminal building]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.318
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [looking across tarmac at terminal building]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.024.116
Juneau airport, Dec. ’52 [two Coast Guard airplanes on tarmac]
Keywords: Juneau, Juneau International Airport, airplanes
Collection: B2016.024
B2016.024.118
Plane, PB-Y, Juneau [Consolidated PBY Catalina airplane on tarmac]
Keywords: Juneau, airplanes
Collection: B2016.024
B1996.035.2.Kirby.Stanton.5
[from verso] Gismo, 5/4/47; owner Storm Kirby [dog walking on tarmac with aircraft in background]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1998.014.1.315
B63 (Elmendorf Air Terminal) [terminal building beyond tarmac, mountains and clouds in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1989.1
(Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954)[Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes share the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: airplane, airport, mountains, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1989.2
(Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954)[Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes share the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: airplane, airport, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1412
(S19 Color Guard; 1946 postcard) [service men stand with flag, possibly on tarmac, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.021
[passengers walking across tarmac to board Alaska Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplane tail number N91005]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.2309
[Anchorage International Airport with control tower, Cordova Airlines airplane on tarmac, Chugach Mountains in distance. Pre-1964. color transparency]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1989.6
International Airport Anchorage Alaska, Hewitts Drug Store Photo (Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954 copy)[Two large commuter/cargo planes on the tarmac]
Keywords: airport, planes, mountains, terminal, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.016.1911
McGrath. NCA SeaBee, Charlie, Ray Peterson, Vern Maxfield [Northern Consolidated Airlines SeaBee on tarmac, Northern Commercial Company store in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2017.024.3352
June 1971, Northern Alaska [men, women, children gathered on tarmac near Wien Consolidated Boeing 737 N4906; man carrying luggage]
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.016.2007
Unalakleet. Stop on Bering Sea, native Eskimos meet every plane, help with mail, etc. [Alaska Airlines airplane NC91007 on tarmac, passengers and residents talking]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2017.020.060
[Chinese American women and small child walking towards airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other airplanes in right background; print date Jul 59]
Collection: B2017.020
B2017.024.2643
Nome aviation, July 1983 [three men on tarmac: man on left wearing blue Wien coveralls; two on right are likely air crew members, possibly a pilot?]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2644
Nome aviation, July 1983 [two men on tarmac: one on a bicycle with a rucksack on handlebar; Wien vehicle; twin engine low-wing aircraft, possibly a Piper model]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.020.061
July 59 Frank wife & Hoon passing Anch. [Chinese American woman posed with young boy in front of Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-7 airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other passengers walking at left; print date Jul 59
Collection: B2017.020