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B1963.016.173
[The Hub of Alaska drawing of Anchorage]
Keywords: brochure, advertisement
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1989.016.394.4
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. No signature
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.5
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. No signature
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.8
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. No signature
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.9
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. No signature
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.10
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.11
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.2
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.6
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Harry Apodruk
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.7
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Bertha Schaeffer?
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2528
"Water resources display; drawing of dam" [same as .2527]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2531
"Water resources display; drawing of dam" [same as .2527]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.394.1
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Harriet V. Schaeffer
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.394.3
Copies of Eklutna student drawings, 1940. Hazel E. Aveoganna
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.10785
10785 Drawing lines of division prior to cutting up the whale.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.2529
"Water resources display; drawing of dam" [same as .2527; transparency]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2530
"Water resources display; drawing of dam" [same as .2527; transparency]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2008.008.142
[William Svensson drawing bow, arrows set in ground at feet]
Keywords: archery, recreation
Collection: B2008.008
B2008.008.143
[Unidentified man drawing bow, arrows set in ground behind him]
Keywords: archery, recreation
Collection: B2008.008
B1989.016.1969.1
(Christmas Card, Alaska - Season's Greetings moose in water) [drawing of moose]
Keywords: greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.002.30
Copy of drawing of Cal Williams by his friend, John Leviege, 1962 [signed hand-drawn portrait with mountains, drum, and railroad tracks in background]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Drawings
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.2527
"Water resources display; 5 negs & drawings - dam" [one neg and one transparency taped together, emulsion side out; drawings of dams, spillway, structures, mountains, lake]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1084.2
P-231. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [group of men drawing lots from a hat]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.C1262.4
City of Anchorage Photos for brochure. (Architectual drawing of Loussac Library on F Street.) 7-19-54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B2006.023.4304.jpg
Joe Redington, Sr., leading dog team drawing 1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey in parade.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4306.jpg
Joe Redington, Sr., leading dog team drawing 1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey in parade.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4304
Joe Redington, Sr., leading dog team drawing 1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey in parade.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.4306
Joe Redington, Sr., leading dog team drawing 1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey in parade.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2011.007.8.095
Watercolor sketch. Drawing by Dr. Otto George given to Etta and Foster Jones, Kipnuk, Alaska, 1930s.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B1989.016.1968.3
(Christmas Cards, Holiday Greeetings (cache)(copy 17a)[ Photograph of a log cache coupled with a pen and ink drawing of a wolf and cabin]
Keywords: cache, drawing, cabin, greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.4
(Christmas Card, Alaska Greetings form the Northland) (2 huskies)(PA) [Greeting Card with Huskies and pen and ink drawing of cabin and mountains]
Keywords: dog, drawing, card, cabin
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2150.2
Alaska, Merry Christmas [greeting card with drawing of polar bear and kayak with photograph of ice chunks in Cook Inlet. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.6
(Christmas Card, Greetings from the Northland) (bears and sheep) [Greeting card of Sow with three cubs in the woods and a pen and ink drawing of Dall Sheep]
Keywords: bears, card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.7
(Christmas Card, Greetings from the Northland) (glaciers and cabin)[Greeting card with photograph of snow covered mountain rd and pen and ink drawing of a cabin in the mountains]
Keywords: snow, cabin, card, mountains
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2150.1
Alaska, Merry Christmas. Thomas Kodagraph Shop, Anchorage [greeting card with drawing of bear and photograph of musher with dog team. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.5
(Christmas Card, Season's Greetings) (cabin and husky) [photograph of a log cabin with Matanuska Peak in the back ground superimposed over a drawing of a husky and dog house]
Keywords: cabin, dog, drawing, card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2150.3
Alaska, Merry Christmas, Jewell and Eddie Richmond. Thomas Kodagraph Shop, Anchorage [greeting card with drawing of bear and photograph of Mt. McKinley. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2532
"Water resources display; 4 negs & drawings - crane in water" [copy neg; dragline excavator equipment; Manson (Construction?); possible dredging; shoreline]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.33
"15822 - Education Palmer; D.R. Photos; Deano Larsen; Pied Piper preschool; Insh Holtz; January 1964" [child drawing at easel, one under easel]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1989.016.607
Municipal Building for the City of Anchorage, Alaska. E. Ellsworth Sedille, architect [drawing based on photo of City Hall, #73 Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. H.M. Wolfe, del.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.723.bw
"H7 Greetings from Seward, Alaska moose & Seward RR depot" [greeting card design, summer scene, train, railroad, mountains in distance, neg is delaminating, drawing of moose in pond]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1969.2
Mt Mckinley Glacier (Christmas Card, Northland Greetings (mountain and glacier) [Greeting card showing the McKinnley Glacier and surrounding mountains of the Alaska Range placed over a pen and ink drawing with a cabin]
Keywords: glacier: mountains, greetings, card, McKinnley, Denali
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1969.3
(Christmas Card, Alaska, Greetings from the Northland (cabin, trees, and mountain) [Greeting card showing a snowy tree lined road with mountains in the background. This photograph is layed over a pen and ink drawing of a cabin and "Northland Greetings"]
Keywords: card, cabin, snow, streets, drawing, greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1982.046.056b
Fine Arts Musem [drawing] "Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum 1. Mary Louise Rasmuson, 2. Bob Reeve, 3. Dick Silberer, 4. Wilda Hudson, 5. Elmer E. Rasumson; Merrill E. Grube Photography; September 12, 1967 [verso of .056a]
Collection: B1982.046
B2015.008.1276
2. Proboscis of mosquito, female. A dissection of the proboscis or beak. Beginning at right are 1) labium or sheath for other parts, 2) hypopharynx for saliva, 3) labrum or tube for drawing up blood, 4) 2 mandibles, lancets to pierce skin, 5) 2 maxillae or teeth peculiar to female. Male can’t bite
Collection: B2015.008
B1982.046.057a
"Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum groundbreaking, Sept 12, 1967; 1. Mary Louise Rasmuson, 2. Dick Silberer, 3. Bob Reeve, 4. Wilda Hudson, 5. Elmer Rasmuson; Merrill E. Grube Photography" [Dick Silberer turns over soil, grass, digs, as others look on, easel with drawing of museum]
Collection: B1982.046
B1982.046.056a
Fine Arts Musem [drawing] "Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum 1. Mary Louise Rasmuson, 2. Bob Reeve, 3. Dick Silberer, 4. Wilda Hudson, 5. Elmer E. Rasumson; Merrill E. Grube Photography; September 12, 1967 [Bob Reeve turns over soil, grass with shovel as others look on; groundbreaking]
Collection: B1982.046
B1982.046.055a
"Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum; left to right: 1. Mary Louise Rasmuson, 2. Herb Hilscher, 3. Evangeline Atwood, 4. Bill Creighton, 5. Norma Hoyt, 6. Wilda Hudson, 7. Richard Silberer, 8. Elmer E. Rasmuson; taken by Merrill E. Grube Photography, September 12, 1967" [Eight people stand in a semicircle on grass as Mary Louise speaks, papers, easel with museum drawing, suits, overcoats; groundbreaking]
Collection: B1982.046
B1982.046.053a
"Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Breaking ground for the museum on September 12, 1967. the building was completed and the museum opened its doors in July 1968. These are the members of the City Historical & Fine Arts Commission. 1. Mary Louise Rasmuson, chairman, 2. Norma Hoyt, 3. Bill Creighton, Director, Parks & Recreation, 4. Evangeline Atwood, 5. Dick Silberer, 6. Bob Reeve, 7. Wilda Hudson, 8. Elmer Rasmuson. Anchorage Times photograph." [Eight people stand in grass, one with shovel, easel and museum drawing at left. suits, dresses, overcoats]
Collection: B1982.046