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B1990.014.5.Ed.2.38.4a
"Schools, Kids and Teachers" [children sitting on folding chairs; man sitting at piano, two women at right background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1989.016.2055.7
7 (July 4, 1938, parade) [men on horseback, horse-drawn wagon, and truck carrying logs assembled on field, possibly baseball field, with advertisements along back wall, truck with banner advertising a sawmill]
Keywords: businesses, animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.16
Hewitt's 16 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army unit at attention) [men in fur coats and hats standing on Anchorage street, Hotel Lane in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.26
Hewitt's 26 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army gun) [soldiers and children gathered around heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, in front of spectators, the federal building, and Fourth Avenue businesses including The Gitchell]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1975.090.3
U.S. Occupation of Amchitka, Aleutian Island, Alaska. A U.S. Navy Catalina (PBY A) raises a veritable cloud of mud as it comes to rest on the muddy landing field at Amchitka. [No date] 4 x 5 negative
Collection: B1975.090
B1989.016.1624.1
1. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [group of soldiers wearing MP helmets marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6048
[Alaska Railroad steam shovel 102 in yard at Palmer, station at left, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.004.0043183
43183 Eskimos clean whale baleen
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1125.6
Bishop Mtn., Yukon River (CAA Airfields Surveys, copied Apr. 7, 1941) [aerial, with markings. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1125.7
Bishop Mtn., Yukon River, Bishop Slough (CAA Airfields Surveys, copied Apr. 7, 1941) [aerial, with markings. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.2
#2 (July 4, 1938, parade) [4-H Club float, young people on flatbed truck with signs for 4H Anchorage and Scissor Snips]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1473
4th July at Anchorage (S47 Parade on 4th Ave; Anchorage, 1951) [similar to .1472]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1624.4
4. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [view down platform at Anchorage depot, with trains and man standing on platform]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.16
16-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [floats passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.29
#29 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [spectators gathered around baton-twirling majorette in uniform, Hewitt's Photo Shop visible in background, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.3
#3 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [parade floats passing federal building at corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage, one float with banner of Anchorage Rainbow Girls]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.2147.14
No 14 (Opening night of the remodeled Ambassador Club. Photo by W. R. Dahms] [interior of bar area, with bartender pouring drinks, Anchorage]
Keywords: alcohol, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.026.64
{three men looking at a deck that is being built}
Keywords: construction
Collection: B2015.026
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
B1989.016.2054.3
3-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [float with elk head, bald eagle, American flag, pocket watch, and banner with "1351" passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street, Elks lodge B.P.O.E. 1351?]
Keywords: fraternal organizations
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1993.03.25
“By my faith, ‘tis ... No, not Jan, but Joe of ARCO” ©1993 Thurs. March 25, 1993 [Joe Green as Joan of Arc with oil barrel on head]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.1624.5
6. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [spectators and group of MPs standing on platform at Anchorage train depot, with tracks visible at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.15
Hewitt's 15 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army color guard) [men in uniform marching with flags on Fourth Avenue west of E Street, passing Ship Creek Meat Co., Dr. Hines Optometrist, and Sears Roebuck & Co., Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.20
25. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.21
21-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young boy leading dog and pulling wagon with sign for Black Dog Transfer past Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street, second person wrapped entirely in black fabric]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2195
[photograph of letter from the Assistant U.S. Attorney-General to U.S. Marshal E.R. Jordan in re U.S. Deputy Marshal Philip Holland and the loss of a two horse team in lagoon at Port Safety, Alaska, on October 28th, 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2197.13
Looking up Ophir Creek [Lomen Bros. photographers. copy neg, original caption cropped out of image]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2077.7
40 (Fur Rendezvous, Last Day of Big Races, 1954) [musher with bib #3 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators in front of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.15
#19 (Parade) [night, woman, probably Rondy Queen, carrying bouquet of flowers outdoors in front of spectators, 1950 Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.2146.27
#27 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [military unit marching past federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2268.3
(Iron lung, 10/6/50) [group portrait of three men and nun standing next to iron lung in hospital, probably Providence Hospital, Anchorage]
Keywords: health, healthcare, medicine
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.007.058
[horse-drawn wagon stopped outside 36 Roadhouse, men and dogs on building’s roof, signs on walls “Take trail at No. 77 for 30 Below Lower Dominion Ck & Dawson Short Cut,” “Dog feed for sale,” “The Nugget Express”]
Collection: B2013.007
B1989.016.2077.6
39 (Fur Rendezvous, Last Day of Big Races, 1954) [musher with bib #2 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators in front of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.24
#24 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [military unit marching past federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.30
30-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [flat bed truck covered with crepe and banners reading "God Bless America" and "Liberty and Justice for All" passing buildings, women dressed as Statue of Liberty and Justice riding in back of truck with man in suit]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.299.001
1; March 1943; Spool, thread & thimble [still life on fabric]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.299.002
1; March 1943; Spool, thread & thimble [still life on fabric]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1543
S97 Gate No 1, Elmendorf Field, Alaska (war times, 1970 postcard) [copy neg, winter scene, automobiles lined up at guardhouse; people in background appear to wait at a shelter; structures in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2056.17
Hewitt's 17 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army marching) [men in uniform marching on Fourth Avenue passing federal building, lead soldier saluting, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.2148.19
#19B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view, looking west, of floats and marchers on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including 1st National Bank and U.G. Crocker Economical Shopping Center. Cook Inlet in distance. Marchers include groups on horseback]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection