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B1989.016.2270.14
(Road construction, housing) [series of trailers with wooden Arctic entries and wooden walkways, bicycle in front of one trailer]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.66
(catastrophe)(flood at trailer camp Goat Creek REA Power site)(7-3561 53)
Keywords: catastrophe, flood
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1993.020.499
Bird Creek [automobiles, boats, and trailers parked along Seward Highway; circa 1950s]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2016.023.8
[view down muddy Alaska Highway, Jeep and fifth-wheel trailer stopped on shoulder]
Keywords: transportation, tourism
Collection: B2016.023
B2017.009.postoffice
Post office near trailer park [distant view of Quonset hut, Spenard, 1949]
Keywords: postal services, Anchorage
Collection: B2017.009
B1990.014.5.Logging.2.18
(Ketchikan Pulp Company Thorne Bay)(4896)(July 1966)( Ketchikan Pulp Co.)(Thorne Bay Trailer homes)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, timber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 2
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.10
(Catastrophe-Disasters, Accidents, Faulty Construction)(25371)(March 22, 1976)(Bad Trailer Welds)(Surveyor and scenes R&M Consultants)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.11
(Catastrophe-Disasters, Accidents, Faulty Construction)(25372)(March 22, 1976)(Bad Trailer Welds)(Surveyor and scenes R&M Consultants)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.6
(Catastrophe-Disasters, Accidents, Faulty Construction)(25368)(March 22, 1976)(Bad Trailer Welds)(Surveyor and scenes R&M Consultants)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.7
(Catastrophe-Disasters, Accidents, Faulty Construction)(25367)(March 22, 1976)(Bad Trailer Welds)(Surveyor and scenes R&M Consultants)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.8
(Catastrophe-Disasters, Accidents, Faulty Construction)(25369)(March 22, 1976)(Bad Trailer Welds)(Surveyor and scenes R&M Consultants)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.2.9
(Catastrophe-Disasters, Accidents, Faulty Construction)(25370)(March 22, 1976)(Bad Trailer Welds)(Surveyor and scenes R&M Consultants)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.2317.11
(Hollywood Shopping Center, sign, temperature 83) [two automobiles, one pulling trailer, near sign]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.1.9
(Coastal for Standard [drill site with mobile home trailer, structures, fuel tanks, snow, chimney in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P1
B1993.020.396
Alaska bound, Alcan car problems [military truck pulling automobile pulling trailer; circa 1940s]
Keywords: transportation, animals, dogs
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2016.023.6
[semi tractor-trailer rig stopped on side of highway to assist the McRaes, tire chains hanging off front bumper]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2016.023
B1989.016.2270.13
(Road construction, housing) [workman walking over boardwalk to small building, clothesline with laundry at left, Lytle and Green trailer at right]
Keywords: houses, residences, roads, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.122
[bird's eye view of railroad cars loaded with large rocks, steam shovel, flatbed trailers, men, railroad tracks, quarry]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.443
B141 Anchorage Municipal Auditorium [corner building; automobiles, pickup truck, station wagaon with boat on roof, pulling camper trailer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.023.3
[family posed with Jeep, trailer, and automobile, Topeka. Left to right: FL, Frankie, Betty, Jim, friend Bill Keegan, Vicki]
Collection: B2016.023
B2017.002.08
Pumping water at Point Barrow, summer time [two men standing on trailer with water tank, one man kneeling next to river with hose]
Collection: B2017.002
B1989.016.2054.24
24-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Travis Dancing float with children on flat bed trailer, float passing The Gitchell Hotel on Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1957
T194 Seward, Alaska (dock and ship Charles Crocker) [ship at dock; railroad car with camper trailer; men walking on dock; structure; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2054.7
7-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Loyal Order of Moose float with children on flat bed trailer next to panel decorated in crepe reading "Moose"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.6
6-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [float on large flat bed trailer with woman dressed as Statue of Liberty next to eagle with spread wings, building in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2073.7
(Anchorage Houses, Nov. 1964, 12th and S, Yale and Stanford, Columbia and Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge) [single level wood-frame home, winter, with trailer parked at left]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Logging.2.37
(Ketchikan Pulp Company Thorne Bay)(5001))(July 1966)(Air)( Ketchikan Pulp Co.)(Thorne Bay Camp and Trailer area)(2-16-67 6-8x10)(1-28-68 6-8x10)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, timber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 2
B1989.016.2131.2
(Anchorage waterfront, freight yards, July 13, 1964) [bird's eye view of railroad yard with trailers on flatbed cars, Port of Anchorage in distance with freighters at dock in Cook Inlet]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Logging.2.40
(Ketchikan Pulp Company Thorne Bay)(5004))(July 1966)(Air)( Ketchikan Pulp Co.)(camp, trailer and dock)(6-8x10 2-16-67)(6-8x10 1-28-68)(2-8x10 12-15-68)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, timber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 2
B1998.014.1.1016
L148 Anchor River bridge near Homer, Alaska [gravel road, possibly Sterling Highway, gas station, log structure, automobiles, Jeep, trailer, people entering structure, family]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2006
T224 Moose Pass "1952" [roadside scene; framed structure; automobiles, one with license plate V-7426; Blackin's (?) Parking with rates for car, and car and trailer sign at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.25.2B
1964 Earthquake - General; Anchorage Earthquake Damage: Much very good stuff; March 27, 1964 [men and women visiting the Earthquake Branch of Matanuska Valley Bank located in travel trailers]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1989.016.2054.18
18-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Loyal Order of Moose float with children on flat bed trailer with panel decorated in crepe reading "Moose", float passing The Gitchell Hotel on Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.38
38-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [man driving tractor pulling float on large flat bed trailer with woman dressed as Statue of Liberty next to eagle with spread wings, building in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2077.18
51 (Fur Rendezvous, Last Day of Big Races, 1954) [young girl driving single-dog sled down Fourth Avenue past spectators in front of trailer with sign for Rondavoo Cofee and Chili Parlor]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1928
T172 Road thru Mt. View (Anchorage; The Spot on right) street scene at curve in road, winter; automobiles; Artesian Trailer Court sign at left; businesses: Auto Repair, Batteries, Garage; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2025
Mt. View Road, Anchorage, Alaska. T241 [Mountain View businesses and automobiles, including Gateway Service; Mt View Cleaners and Washaroo; Mt View Shoe Repairing; Sunset Trailer Park directional sign]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.1135
.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.] Before the winds blew, this truck and trailer were parked neatly next to each other behind St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 2111 Muldoon Road. Now, they give new meaning to the term semi-trailer.
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.1881.6
(Fur Rendezvous, clowns in snow) [two male clowns on Fourth Avenue in front of City Hall, one sitting on a dogsled, the other being pulled through snow on big shoes, spectators, truck, and trailer lining street, 1952?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1986.004.478
Modern pioneers going down the mail street, Palmer. Caterpillar and trailer is the only practical form of transportation over some of the roads. [men and supplies aboard a wagon pulled by a tracked vehicle; dirt road; structures in background; building supplies; Matanuska colony, 1935]
Collection: B1986.004 Odsather Collection
B1998.014.1.1818
{T122 Veldez receiving dock; truck & barge operations (Delong barges)} [pier, structure, crane on barge, semi trailers on barge; Portland Tug & Barge Co 16-53; Portland Ore; Ocean Tow Inc boat to right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1932
T176 Spenard road near Dead-man's Curve (Anchorage) [street scene, woman walking alongside road; snow, automobiles, businesses: Cold Beer, Millie's Pit Bar-B-Q, spenard Fuel, Grocery, Trailer Court, Dari Delite]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1941
T183 Post Road thru Mt. View (Anchorage, Bragaw, summer) [street scene; people walking; automobiles, structures; businesses: Gateway Service 76; Union Oil Dealer; Auto painting, Sunset Trailer Park, possibly Sears; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1817
T122 Receiving dock for truck & barge operations at Valdez, Alaska (Delong barges) [men on piers, structures; crane unloading semi trailers from barge; Portland Tug & Barge Co 16-53; Portland Ore; skiffs on floating piers; mountains and low clouds in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1945
East Anchorage, Alaska. T186 [bird's eye view looking east down Third and Fourth Avenues over Denali Street; Alaska Native Service hospital on left; East Side Service station; automobiles, people, camper trailers; structures include log cabin at left; Merrill Field tower in center background; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1931
T175 Spenard Road at KFQD turn-off (Turnagain Rd) [neg damages; torn at left edge; street scene; automobiles; people, man, woman, dog; businesses: Piggley Wiggley, Liquors, Cold Beer, Bert's Drugs, Auto Supplies, Gordon's Shoes, Jeweler, Arctic Realty, Curly's Chinese-American Food, Paul's Barber Shop; dust or exhaust from automobile; sign for Trailer Park in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.1136
.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.] Boots Nelson is understandably upset. Her front yard is now littered with the roof of her house and the wreckage of her son’s motorcycle. And behind her home in the trailer park at DeBarr and Muldoon are the remnants of a shed taken by the wind, too.
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.001.092
Left to right: Jacqueline Evans, Mayfield Evans, Alaska Governor Tony Knowles, Governor’s Picnic, 1997 [Note on front: “Mayfield, Thanks for another great Alaska Gov. picnic! Tony Knowles”] [Photo received with card from Governor's office, see B2022.001.092B]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Alaska, Alaskans, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Daughter, Governor, Governor Tony Knowles, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Politician, Governor's Picnic, Picnic, TOTE, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Gathering
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection