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B2008.015.1.23.4
Metlakahtla Band. Band on north end of playground, Metlakahtla, Alaska [postcard] [Metlakatla]
Collection: B2008.015
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.43
"4252 - Education; Metlakatla Band; 5 March 1966; schools" [marching band inside gymnasium]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B2006.023.5616.jpg
[Marching band, Susitna Valley High Rams]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1989.016.2056.10
Hewitt's 10 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [military marching band standing in formation with instruments on Anchorage street, buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.2
Hewitt's 2 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [military marching band standing in formation with instruments on Anchorage street, buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.3
Hewitt's 3 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [military marching band standing in formation with instruments on Anchorage street, Linder Rooms and other buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1975.104.021
Anchorage 1940-49 [parade, military marching band, hardware store, I Bayles Clothing]
Collection: B1975.104 Dorothy Zappa Collection
B1989.016.1624.13
18. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band playing at Anchorage depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6052
Anchorage [parade on Fourth Avenue, with military marching band passing City Hall, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
b2009.057.32
[Anchorage. Marching band, Fourth of July parade?] 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B2009.057 Pyatt
B1990.014.004.00529
Sundya band concert on Municipal government premise, Anchorage, Alaska, June 1959. Photographer's number 00529
Keywords: music, businesses, roads
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1983.146.076
[Anchorage City Band in a parade passing Lathrop Building and Mrs. T. D. Corlew’s store, Anchorage, 1916]
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.1126.1
(Vic Brown's store, watch) [gold watch with initials E.C.F. on band, J. Vic Brown and Sons Jewelers, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1126.2
(Vic Brown's store, watch) [gold watch with initials E.C.F. on band, J. Vic Brown and Sons Jewelers, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.23
23 (July 4, 1938, parade) [marching band in uniforms with instruments, man standing with horse, houses visible in background]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1477
(S47Parade on 4th Ave; Anchorage, 1951} [marching band, possibly military, spectators, City Hall, people on rooftaps and at windows]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1624.8
11. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band playing at Anchorage depot, with spectators and Kiwanis Club grandstand in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.015.1.29.2
Anchorage Band and L.O.O. Moose, Labor Day parade, Sep. 3, '17, Anchorage, Alaska. A.E.C. G762, P.S. Hunt
Collection: B2008.015
B1989.016.2054.2
2-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [color guard and marching band assembled on street with buildings in background, possibly V.F.W. post]
Keywords: military, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.32
#32 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [majorette and marching band with musical instruments in front of City Hall, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.33
#33 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [majorette and marching band with musical instruments in front of City Hall, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.34
#34 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [military marching band passing federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2147.2
No 2 (Opening night of the remodeled Ambassador Club. Photo by W. R. Dahms] [interior with band on stage, groups seated at tables, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.026.733
6-3. Eskimo dance band. Native Alaska Set No. 6. Arctic Circle Enterprises, Anchorage [male drummers seated in hall]
Collection: B2015.026
B2023.010.2
The Handz band, L to R: Kevin Carter, Hugh Brown, George Coleman [three men in red shirts, two holding electric guitars]
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown
B1989.016.2054.33
33-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [marching band and majorette passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1993.06.24
“Romance in the ‘90s: Kodiak couple to exchange gins instead of wedding bands” ©1993 Thursday June 24, 1993 [Cupid tossing bow and arrow for handgun]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.1624.9
14. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band playing at Anchorage depot, with spectators crowded around Kiwanis Club grandstand, Government Hill in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.19
Hewitt's 19 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army unit band) [automobile with license plate U.S.A. W 205784 leading Army band in parade on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Lines, North Pole Bakery, Anchorage Grill, and Piggly Wiggly, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military, musical instruments, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.3
3. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Keywords: musicians
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.25
25-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [military marching band wearing crossed white belts and white spats, carrying flags with cross insignia, buildings in background]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2197.10
(Parade, Nome) [marching band passing A.J. Mueller Jeweler and Miners and Merchants Cafe. Lomen Bros. photographers, probably Fourth of July. circa 1918. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2197.17
[Interior view of party goers gathered in Eagle Hall during F.O.E. (Fraternal Order of Eagles) ball, Nome, with band on stage and spectators seated in mezzanine. copy neg]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2078.10
12 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military marching band on Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.5
8 (Parade) [night, truck with banner "Kitty's Kitchen Band" carrying musicians past businesses including The Hub, Bill's Electric Supply and McVicker's, Fourth Avenue, Fur Rendezvous?]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.010.3
The Handz band, L to R: Kevin Carter, Hugh Brown, George Coleman [three men in white-walled room, Brown in middle wearing white shirt, pointing at camera]
Keywords: Hugh R. Brown III, Hugh Brown, Alaska Black Caucus, HIV Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown
B1989.016.2146.30
#30 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [marching band with musical instruments on City Hall lawn, "American Legion Jack Henry Post No. 1 Anchorage Alaska" on drum]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2269.11
2 (Parade, May 16, 1953) [uniformed military marching band on Fourth Avenue at E Street in Anchorage, passing Hewitt's Drug Store and Rexall Drugs, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banner over street]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.007.099
[American Legion group gathered next to Alaska Railroad train, many men wearing stovepipe hats and fur coats, marching band musicians at head of group, Leonhard Seppala with dog team at rear]
Collection: B2013.007
B1989.016.2078.1
2 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military marching band on Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Carlquist Jewelers]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.28
#28 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [spectators gathered between City Hall and J. Vic Brown Jewelers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, marching band with musical instruments waiting in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.34
34-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Army marching band wearing crossed white belts and white spats passing Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street]
Keywords: military, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1129
Madrid, review of the guard in the courtyard of the palace. Taken Monday noon, just after coming out of the Real Armería. The band is playing their magnificent Royal March [Palacio Real de Madrid, soldiers marching in formation, man on horseback in foreground, spectators at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.29.002
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [marching band wearing fezes in front of Hanson's store and Sunfreze ice cream shop; Chief Johnson totem pole and structures in background; people walking on boardwalk; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.29.002
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [marching band wearing fezes in front of Hanson's store and Sunfreze ice cream shop; Chief Johnson totem pole and structures in background; people walking on boardwalk; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1547
S100 Elmendorf Field, 1945 (flag pole 1945 "V") [possible victory ceremony at flag pole near athletic fields, 6x6 transport truck at lower left, two men at cannon at left, military band left of flag, structures, vehicles, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2056.20
Hewitt's 20 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [men in uniform marching with musical instruments on Fourth Avenue west of E Street, passing Dr. Hines Optmetrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Sears Roebuck & Co., and Anchorage Hotel, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: businesses, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.14
Hewitt's 14 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army unit band) [men in uniform marching with musical instruments on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Lines, North Pole Bakery, Anchorage Grill, and Piggly Wiggly, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: businesses, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2148.22
#22B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of American Legion Jack Henry Post No. 1 marching band at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including Suit Club, M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, and Alaska Jewelry Co.]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection