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B1984.077.13.020
Pier 5; Arlington Dock Co. Northland Transportation Co. Seattle [Dock scene, city skyline in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.105.19
Tracks could take men from Russian Mission to Kuskokwim [man in plaid shirt standing near dilapidated railroad track, Russian Mission]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.394
Vermont Potato Growers Association, 1921 [large group of men walking in field. Cf. .1002]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.784.6
[Star Air Lines airplane NC781W with boxes of Garrett's Virginia Dare wine at Merrill Field, Milt Odom loading boxes into plane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.10
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [view from tail of American Airways Fairchild 71 number NC 9745 at Merrill Field, wings folded to side of airplane, with wind vane visible in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1829
Lake Spenard, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's [trees in foreground, buildings visible on opposite shore]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.226
Palmer, Alaska, Aug. 1936. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, P-401 [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.1
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplanes and spectators outside hangars, one with sign "Elevation 197 ft., Transient Aircraft," Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.2
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplanes and spectators outside hangars, one with sign "Elevation 197 ft., Transient Aircraft," Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.105.001
38-3 [Ketchikan; February 1940; sailing ship reflection on water, bird in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.105.001
38-3 [Ketchikan; February 1940; sailing ship reflection on water, bird in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.197.002
64-1 March 1941 Plus X 40-24 11 min @ 68°; seagulls on trip south [bird in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.197.004
64-1 March 1941 Plus X 40-24 11 min @ 68°; seagulls on trip south [birds in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.197.005
64-1 March 1941 Plus X 40-24 11 min @ 68°; seagulls on trip south [bird in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.198.001
64-2 Seagulls on trip south [birds in flight; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.198.002
64-2 Seagulls on trip south [birds in flight; structure at right; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.198.003
64-2 Seagulls on trip south [bird in flight; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.198.004
64-2 Seagulls on trip south [bird in flight; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1996.035.2.1070to1071
.1070—Watts down by the photo lab 10/15/46 [standing on bunker with sign: NAVAL READY MAGAZINE NO SMOKING KEEP OUT] .1071—Watts 10/15/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1997.003.219
[aerial image, water, mountains, possibly near Anchorage; neg is deteriorating]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.246
[four men resting atop supplies, boxes, sacks, wooden fence or railing]
Collection: B1997.003
B2009.037.004
.4a – [close-up of military radio with portraits of woman framed above, c. 1939] .4b – [same radio scene as .4a but with soldier posed in front of radio, c. 1939]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.735.5
Anchorage, Alaska. Bragaw's [first flight Anchorage - Fairbanks, July 1924. Airplane "Anchorage" with tail number T4656. Man standing on airplane is Bill Yunker. Man on left against wing is Noel Wien. Cf. B1965.002.13]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1613
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two pilots standing next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.104.004
38-2 [Ketchikan; February 1940; reflection on water near dock; thin ice]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.104.004
38-2 [Ketchikan; February 1940; reflection on water near dock; thin ice]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.197.003
64-1 March 1941 Plus X 40-24 11 min @ 68°; seagulls on trip south [bird in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1553.1
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [pilots climbing into cockpit of Star Air Service biplane "North Star." Flight instruction?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.037.007
.7 – Love All Ways, Always Your Gal [studio portrait of woman with love message in bottom left corner]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.1435.1
46. Whale hunting. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [whaling boat Aberdeen with several whale carcasses]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2274.2
(April 18, 1951) [Hewitt's Drugs, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, summer, with pedestrians, automobiles, and street light]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.153.004
50-3; old houses on point at Pennock Island [wood structures near shore; water; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.037.010
.10 – Flier [appears to be the same pilot as above, now wearing fur gloves]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.1560.8
(The Salvage of the Winnie Mae) [men working to right wrecked airplane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.477.17
[Aerial of mud flats in Westchester Lagoon - Fish Creek - Cook Inlet area, now part of the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, 2013]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2050.7
(Berger's Boats, duck hunting) [three men and retriever posed with dead ducks and geese on pilot house of boat, bluff in background, Cook Inlet? cf. .1453, .1589]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2050.8
(Berger's Boats, duck hunting) [three men and retriever posed with dead ducks and geese on pilot house of boat, bluff in background, Cook Inlet? cf. .1453, .1589]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.196.004
63-2, Falls of Clyde [ship at dock; anchor; prow; figurehead; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.196.005
63-2, Falls of Clyde [ship at dock; anchor; prow; figurehead; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.196.006
63-2, "Effie" [interior scene of dog; washtub, rake, doormat, Ketchikan Chronicle next to door; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.197.001
64-1 March 1941 Plus X 40-24 11 min @ 68°; seagulls on trip south [two birds standing on structure]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1445.1
[two totem poles in trees, with two girls sitting on large rock with plaque similar to a coin with a likeness. copy neg. same as .1440.2]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection