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B1986.096.telephone03
Telephone utility, 2/16/73
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1986.096.326.14
Telephone utility, July 4, 1973
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1986.096.326.17
Telephone utility, July 4, 1973
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1986.096.telephone01
Telephone utility, service pin 11/72
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1990.014.5.Anc.18.56
11-14-70; Anchorage 50th anniversary; telephone display" [historic telephones displayed on mantle inside log structure]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc
B1990.014.2018.1.99.005
37-2 Interiors at 1055 Stedman St [wringer waching machine at left; chair and telephone at right; telephone directory hanging from mouthpiece; photograph of girl atop telephone; doorway; Ketchikan; January 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.99.005
37-2 Interiors at 1055 Stedman St [wringer waching machine at left; chair and telephone at right; telephone directory hanging from mouthpiece; photograph of girl atop telephone; doorway; Ketchikan; January 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Anc.18.55
11-14-70; Anchorage 50th anniversary; telephone display"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc
B2017.024.2622
Nome People, July 1983 [interior scene of man on telephone; papers on desk]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1650.2
[man at desk with telephone and office equipment on desk, invoice book and paperwork, calendar on wall at right]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2623
Nome People, July 1983 [interior scene of man on telephone; papers, styrofoam cup on desk]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.087
Frost on telephone wires, taken at F and 2nd Street in Anchorage, Nov. 1946. Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.385
Telephone peas, Sept. 1920 [Dora and young girl standing next to tall staked pea plants]
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.1456
[Anchorage. Federal jail, Telegraph & Telephone building & post office. Circa 1918] 8 x 10 nitrate negative
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2065.5
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [women and man in office, with desks, telephones, office equipment, and filing cabinets, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2312.12
(Alaskan Merchandisers, interior of office, May 9, 1951) [woman sitting at desk sorting cards, with telephone at left and typewriter next to filing cabinets at right]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2197.15
[interior of cabin with table loaded with mining pans filled with rocks, hats on nearby chair, issue of the Nome Nugget tacked to wall next to telephone. copy neg?]
Keywords: residences, houses, mining, communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2004.011.Hoffman.jail
[Anchorage, circa 1916, men laying wooden sidewalk or boardwalk outside U.S. Marshal's Office and federal jail on Third Avenue, Telephone & Telegraph building at left]
Collection: B2004.011 Bagoy
B2017.024.2753
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [interior of structure, likely a business; man sitting on bench smoking; brown paper bags on bench at left; telephones on wall; bulletin board]
Collection: B2017.024
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
B1989.016.2143.7
14. Matanuska R.R. Depot. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [passengers and luggage cart on platform at Alaska Railroad station in Palmer, with sign for "Telegraph and Telephone." emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.13
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [bedroom with bed, chair, mirrored dressing table, small table holding telephone, liquor bottle, and radio]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.003.stoddard.22a
Dayton W. Stoddard in front of City Hall where he held office as City Clerk from 1925 to 1933 [man standing next to snowbanks in front of Telephone and Telegraph building on Third Avenue, Anchorage. From Legends & Legacies by Bagoy]
Collection: B2000.003
B1998.014.1.2153
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 1 child" [child wearing hearing aids (?) possibly eating candy, holding basket containing doll; adults in background; metal cart with telephone, books at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.10.004
3-2 Brad Hall at work [man sitting on stool working at desk, possibly a drafing table; lamp; telephone; typewriter on desk at right; pencil sharpener at right; Seattle Glove Co. calendar on wall at left; windows; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.10.004
3-2 Brad Hall at work [man sitting on stool working at desk, possibly a drafing table; lamp; telephone; typewriter on desk at right; pencil sharpener at right; Seattle Glove Co. calendar on wall at left; windows; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2023.003.45
Alaska Railroad RS1 #1000 Train #4, Portage, AK. 07/09/1956. 3986, 20, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [Alaska Railroad train on tracks with buildings to the right and a sign that reads, “Portage.” Telephone poles and Chugach Mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Portage, Alaska Railroad, Chugach Mountains, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B2016.004.1165
Larry Flynt. Official Entry, Best Portrait, Alaska Press Club Awards 1985 [naked Flynt sitting in wheelchair in hotel room, talking on telephone, on December 1, 1983. Entry blank adhered to back of mount. Original clipping missing]
Collection: B2016.004
B2019.007.446
Togiak, May 16, 1991 [restaurant/café kitchen, food preparation; photographer's number 2-T24-3 [woman usring ulu to cut lettuce or other vegetable; electric mixer and bowl; telephone; coffee carraffe; toaster; Wonder Bread bag; Diet Pepsi]
Collection: B2019.007
B2023.003.47
Alaska Railroad MRS1 #1076, Portage, AK. 07/09/1956. 3988, 22, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [Alaska Railroad train on tracks with one person standing at the front of the engine and one leaning outside the window. There is another train engine to the left and a sign that reads, “Portage.” Telephone poles and Chugach Mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Portage, Alaska Railroad, Chugach Mountains, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1964.001.634
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Green, Broad Pass.[Mr. and Mrs. William Greene standing in front of telegraph office at Broad Pass. Mrs. Greene was the only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time. Photo was taken just after President Harding's death (note the flag at half mast). Signson building read: "American Railway Express" and "Telegraph -Telephone." 1923.]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B2016.004.1137
.1134 - 1138 – Winds raked Anchorage. Official Entry, Best Photo Series, Alaska Press Club Competition 1980 [Trifold mount. Five images from photo feature on November 1979 windstorm. Entry blank and original clipping adhered to back of mount.] Municipal workmen were out on the job Friday, replacing telephone lines ripped down by the gale-force winds.
Collection: B2016.004