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B1989.016.1981.1
(Dog Races on Golf Course 1948)[Musher and dog team racing past large group of people]
Keywords: mushing, dogs, winter
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.061.74
(Tanana Valley R.R)[train stopped on a tressel with passengers and rail staff psoing along side the rail cars for the photograph]
Keywords: railroad
Collection: B2009.061
B1984.077.17.027
[Anchorage, view of Ship Creek, railroad yard, houses in mid-ground, locomotive in distance, smoke.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.29.9
F-E Co. 1942 [drag line at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation, tailings piles in background]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.007.092
[looking east up possibly 8th Avenue near O Street past houses, with downed tower of Four Seasons Apartments at right, hospital in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.007.099b
[damage to Government Hill school with water tower in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B2014.012.32
[woman identified by Tim Troll as priest's wife wearing fur parka standing with young girl also wearing fur parka outside building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.37
[bird's-eye view of snow drifted up against cannery buildings, church on bluff above, Nushagak]
Keywords: winter, churches, religion, fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B2022.005.173
[Two Indigenous Alaskan kids at a picnic reading comics; boy with pompadour hairstyle covering his face with an Archie comic]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Kids, Young man, Boy, Girl, Comics, Comic, Archie, Picnic, Pompadour, Hairstyle, Reading, Recreation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.17.022
Seventh Day Adventist Chapel [building, steps, foliage, gravel road, street]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.15.037
The Alaska Line, Juneau Cold Storage Co. Inc. [ shoreside, pilings, ship, buildings, housees, mountains.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.17.021
[Anchorage, view of houses, back yards, garden? sheds, powerlines, large building in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.17.024
[Anchorage, view from downtown across Ship Creek?, buildings, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.39
(Anchorage Schools Ft Rich, Ursa Manor)(20 Mar 53 Marley and Mayer Fort Richardson Schools)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.162.7a
(catastrophe)(August 1969)(Anchorage More Edit)(Anchorage Historical)
Keywords: urban, city scape, downtown
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.162.7b
(catastrophe)(August 1969)(Anchorage More Edit)(Anchorage Historical)
Keywords: urban, city scape, downtown
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2017.007.21
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking east. With cleared area along 4th Avenue in foreground, McKinley Apartments in middle ground]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.004.0043183
43183 Eskimos clean whale baleen
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2017.007.099a
[damaged houses on bluff, one with sign ‘My Neighbors Have Left But I’m Staying’, Government Hill. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1175
Midnight Sun, Yukon River. Hewitt's Photo Shop [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1771.5
(Portage Glacier) [lake in foreground with snow-covered mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.1
(Anchorage at night) [street scene, probably Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1772.10
(Anchorage at night) [bird's eye view, possibly Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Ship Creek in middle distance, downtown or Government Hill beyond?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.024
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Dog team dogs [dog chained next to log kennel] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Dog team, Dog team dog, Dog team dogs, Dogsled dog, Dogsled dogs, Dogsled team, Log kennel, Log dog kennel, Chained dog
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1590.11
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [two men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1594.2
(Arctic Valley, Anchorage) [winter view of Arctic Valley Ski Bowl, woth buildings and ski run in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.015
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Knick River [scenic of Knik River in winter, probably taken from bridge] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Knik River, Winter, Mountains, Mountain range
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1176
Hewitt's Photo Shop [ice in Cook Inlet, winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1935
T179 A section of Anchor Homes (Anchorage Homes) [view looking southeast; roadway; subdivision above wetland, Anchor Park at Lake Otis and Maple; mountains in distance at left; Chester Creek in mid-ground, utility poles; same as .1934]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.200
B14 Elmendorf club house built by soldiers (log) [caption reads: "cabin and cache - a solders club house in Alaska"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.084b
[pile of debris from demolished building, single story building at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B2019.003.036
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Pre-school children [children posed in front of Eklutna depot in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Eklutna school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Waiting station, Eklutna Waiting Station, Alaska Railroad waiting station, Alaska Railroad depot, Alaska Railroad, Railroad depot, Indigenous, Indigenous students, Students, Schoolchildren, Children, Group photo, Pre-school children, Preschool children, Preschoolers, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.014
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Wild mountain sheep [Dall sheep in pen in barn] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Wild mountain sheep, Mountain sheep, Dall sheep, Barn, Barn pen
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.010
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Sunset on Cooks Inlet at 9:30 PM [scenic, with three people on beach silhouetted in foreground] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet, Tikahtnu (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks lnlet, Cook Inlet, Sunset, Beach
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.029
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cook’s Inlet in winter [scenic, pancake ice in water] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Tikahtnu, Cook Inlet, Cook's Inlet, Cook Inlet winter, Winter, Ice formations, Pancake ice, Ice floe, Floe
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1741
Mt. McKinley, el. 20,300 ft., from Anchorage, Alaska, 152 miles. Bragaw's [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1771.3
(Portage Glacier) [river in foreground, with bridge over water in middle distance, snow-covered mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.035
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Grandma 101 years old [three boys and girl posed with elder sitting on bench in front of small log cabin. Cf. .20] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Indigenous elder, Indigenous grandma, Elder, Elder woman, Children, Young woman, Log cabin, Small log cabin
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.652
"Patty" of Nome. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [dog portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection