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B2016.019.1.14d.03712.03
Anchorage welcome sign [Tourism], 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Tourism, Anchorage, Signs
Collection: B2016.019
B2006.023.2095.jpg
Ruby Trading Company. Ruby Welcomes '800' Marathon.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 1001-2000
B2006.023.2095.jpg
Ruby Trading Company. Ruby Welcomes '800' Marathon.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2006.023.2118.jpg
Banner on building reads: Welcome to Nikolai Iditarod Mushers.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2006.023.2403.jpg
Iditarod Trail Race Welcome to Nome. Finish line.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2006.023.2118
Banner on building reads: Welcome to Nikolai Iditarod Mushers.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.004.AKNative13.16755
A Tlinget Indian by [sic] is blanket tossed by Eskimo as a welcome. Kotzebue.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2006.023.4135.jpg
Spectators holding banner reading "Welcome Herbie Shishmaref Cannonball."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4135
Spectators holding banner reading "Welcome Herbie Shishmaref Cannonball."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2016.010.95
Boundary, Yukon [road sign “Welcome to the Yukon, the Magic and the Mystery”. 1987]
Keywords: tourism
Collection: B2016.010
B2006.023.4890.jpg
Spectators on street under banner reading "Iditarod Trail Race Welcome to Nome."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4890
Spectators on street under banner reading "Iditarod Trail Race Welcome to Nome."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.6532.jpg
[Fans holding banner: Welcome Herbie, Shishmaref Cannonball, sponsors: ARCO, AK Airlines, Munz]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6532
[Fans holding banner: Welcome Herbie, Shishmaref Cannonball, sponsors: ARCO, AK Airlines, Munz]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2022.005.116
[Dogsled team racing down snowy street, buildings and bystanders nearby; "Welcome" banner overhead]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Husky, Huskies, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders, Banner, Sign, Welcome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.024.3256
[Nome, mushing, two men hold sled dog team, "Welcome mushers" banner hung across street, spectators]
Collection: B2017.024
B1996.035.6.welcometoNASAdak.p27
Welcome to NAS Adak (NAS Adak, Public Affairs State, November 1988) [page 27 shows images of housing]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1996.035.6.welcometoNASAdak.p28
Welcome to NAS Adak (NAS Adak, Public Affairs State, November 1988) [page 28 shows images of housing]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1998.014.1.1905
T160 (Homer "Welcome to Homer" sign at Top Hill) [copy neg; view overlooking bay, Homer Spit, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2012.030.3694
Sally & kids [woman with two children posed in front of Anchorage welcome sign; print date Jun 64]
Keywords: transportation, families
Collection: B2012.030
B1963.x.010
Copper River Indians of Athapaskan stock performing tribal ceremonies welcoming dance at Matanuska Valley Fair, 5 Sept 1955
Collection: B1963.x_010
B1996.035.6.welcomeAboard.p1
Welcome Aboard / U.S. Naval Station Adak, Alaska / Birthplace of the Winds [1961, page 1 includes map, totem, sky writing]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1990.014.004.Mar51984.Last.Party
Mar 5 1984 Anchorage: City deadline for destruction this block invited alcoholics Last Party Free Food All Drinks 1/2 price Sat. March 3 Everyone welcome
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2143.14
22. Welcoming the Valley colonists at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.3259
[Nome, musher with bib number 6, "Nome, Robt Tocktoo" sled dogs, man looking over shoulder, "Welcome mushers" banner hung across street, spectators; Q Cab building]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3259
[Nome, musher with bib number 6, "Nome, Robt Tocktoo" sled dogs, man looking over shoulder, "Welcome mushers" banner hung across street, spectators; Q Cab building]
Collection: B2017.024
B2004.021.64
"Mrs. Harrison" the "Welcome Hostess" of Anchorage Alaska. She welcomes all new comers and brings gifts from different stores. She came April 9, 1947 the very first day we moved in our tent. She is standing in front of our new home our first home in "Alaska". She came back Fri. April 11, 1947 with a carton of Pepsi Cola, box candy, bottle of hand lotion and a bouquet of Carnations. She also gave me 16 credit coupons.
Collection: B2004.021
B2009.017.1984.06.23
©1984 Saturday June 23, 1984 [man painting sign ‘Welcome to the Little Su, Gunfire Hazard Today is Extreme’ jumping into garbage dump with beer cans and dog food to avoid armed motorists]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.2143.15
23. Anchorage turns out to welcome Matanuska Valley colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1993.020.839
Welcome Ike sign & military guards, 4th Ave. [Anchorage street scene with Mode O’Day, Farrel’s, 515 Lounge, Esquire Shop, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs; print date Jul 60]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1998.014.1.282
B52 Roadhouses and ARC Camps are always welcomed after many miles of travel without seeing any signs of human habitation. Above is Paxson's Lodge, mid-way on the Richardson Highway. PH-5 (1948) [cabins, hillside, road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3254
[Nome, musher with bib number 3, "Teller, Issac Okleasik" standing behind empty sled, dogs, man holding sled, "Welcome mushers" banner hung across street, spectators; drug store, Q Cab building]
Collection: B2017.024
B1996.035.6.welcomeAboard.p25
Welcome Aboard / U.S. Naval Station Adak, Alaska / Birthplace of the Winds [1961, page 25 shows housing "Adak housing is considered to be the best outside the U.S. ...waiting for you. Furnished quarters before the lady's touch."]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1989.016.2071.3
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [two men shaking hands in front of cartoon with text bubble "Jim, you're welcome to anything that's left," early computing]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2071.4
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [two men shaking hands in front of cartoon with text bubble "Jim, you're welcome to anything that's left," early computing]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1990.014.2018.1.67.001
25-2; tourist taking pictures [Mission Street Ketchikan street scene with man in center of plank street taking photographs; Ingersoll Hotel at left; "Welcome Visitors" sign spanning street; woman standing near Marine Hotel at right; store at far right with sign advertising Alaska Sportsman, scale and ball near entrance; automobiles, one with plate B43; looking inland from near docks; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.67.001
25-2; tourist taking pictures [Mission Street Ketchikan street scene with man in center of plank street taking photographs; Ingersoll Hotel at left; "Welcome Visitors" sign spanning street; woman standing near Marine Hotel at right; store at far right with sign advertising Alaska Sportsman, scale and ball near entrance; automobiles, one with plate B43; looking inland from near docks; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1782
{T97 Ketchikan, street scene as seen from deck of ship tied to dock (Deck of "Alaska)} [people walking on sidewalks, boardwalk street; Hotel Ingersoll, Rotary International Club Ketchikan welcome sign; possibly Pan American World Airways sign; clock, Marine Hotel, Victor Fur (?) shop, parking meters dented automobile missing spare tire parked at right; figure seen through open hotel window at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.641
A group of visitors to the Fur Rendezvous from the Alaskan Arctic. The Eskimo games, dances and art exhibits are most welcomed and looked-forward to each year. "E57 Diomede Eskimos at Anchorage, 1950" [people, dancers, Sammy Mogg, Frank Ellana, pose in snowy ball field, mukluks, fur parkas, man in rear center wears military uniform; fence with signs for Murmac Lounge, City Bank, Rainier Beer in background, structures, McKinley Tower, house, trees in distance; caption label is taped to neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley