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B1967.019.23d
"Labor Day Parade" Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-29? [man leading seld dog team pulling wheeled sled down dirt street; Anchorage Cafe & Bakery, Bathes, Barber shop, Polley Bros General Store; spectators]
Collection: B1967.019 CIHS Isaacs
B1972.067.020
1170 Muir Glacier, Alaska. from elevation of 1800 feet. LaRoche Photo, Seattle, Wash. [two man overlooking glaciers and bay; walking sticks]
Collection: B1972.067
B1996.035.2.1090to1091
.1090—Watts and me in the radio compartment in the Cat 5/16/47 Stan K .1091—Swan on one of the sacks in the 8 ball 1/7/47
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1990.003.006
Ilene Adams Ninilchik School 1936-38 This school was built under the direction of Alyce E. Anderson, first territorial school teacher in Ninilchik. 1912
Collection: B1990.003 Alyce E_ Anderson Collection
B1979.002.Album.Engine.830
Engine 830 on the ice at Tanana River. Nenana Dec. 11, 1921
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.Album.Engine.Narrow.Gauge
Type of Engine used on Narrow Gauge Tanana River to Fairbanks & Chatanika Dec 11, 1921
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1981.036.15
(Reaindeer FairsEskimo Deer Men or....[unreadable]
Keywords: reindeer, herdsmen
Collection: B1981.036
B1981.036.22
Kuuzamapa Hot Springs Feb 1916 Lomen Bros Nome #590 (Reindeer Fairs)[Reindeer harnessed to sled with handler standing amongst several people]
Keywords: reindeer, native
Collection: B1981.036
B1985.027.1242
Wien-Destinations-Goodnews Bay General View of Dredge Good News Bay. M. Co. 1450-90-18-L
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.009.3
33. Arguments. Alaska Brown Bear. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1293
Roadway near Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's, 78 [Palmer Road with trees, mountains]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1691
T55 Unalaska - where the Aleutions [sic, Aleutians] begin [copy neg; same as .1690]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1704
T61 Nome, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcard) [copy neg, same as .1703]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1705
T62 Seward, Alaska [woman wearing trousers, coat, headscarf looks at view of dock; Resurrection Bay, shoreline, ship at dock, piers, railroad cars, automobiles on pier possibly offloading from ship; structures, fuel tanks, depot, snow on ground; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.171
B3 Anchorage City Hall, shot during "7" war loan [1945, war bonds]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1750
18. Silver frost in Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [trees covered in hoar frost]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1271.4
[moose in winter. same as .1271.1. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.2067.snow.for.rondy.1958
Some winters snow must be trucked so annual dog races may be held in Feb. Feb 1958. [snow piles on streets, dumptruck, automobiles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2017.011.187
Alaska ’47 – Thompson’s Pass, “natural barrier” on highway swerves at foot of glacier, closed by snow& ice 8 mos. of year [scenic]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1726
Palmer, Alaska, Hi-way. Hewitt's [Palmer Road/Glenn Highway passing Pioneer Peak. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.632
70. Glacier Creek, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [neg cracked]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.188
Alaska ’48 – Valdez, glacier silt, blue & white [scenic of river valley]
Collection: B2017.011
B2012.030.2300
Fur Rendezvous Native dances, Carl Heinmiller, director, Port Chilkoot. Anchorage, Alaska, 2/19-24/63
Collection: B2012.030
B1998.014.1.2210
Lean & Revell dog team - "Jessie Lee Home" in background [musher and sled dogs pose, passenger in sled basket; Seward; Mount Marathon in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2060.3
(Nellie and Jack Brown's 50th Wedding Anniversary, May 1, 1962, Mayor George Sharrock, Governor William Egan, Jack and Nellie Brown)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.1798
[Alaska Steamship Co. steamship Denali approaching dock, sign for Standard Oil in center, small boats at anchor at left, mountains in background, Sitka?]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.011.189
Alaska ’47 – Kodiak, Women’s Bay [bird’s eye view of Womens Bay]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1265.6
P-481. Hewitt's Photo (Vegetables, Colony Produce, Palmer) [still life with vegetables, peas with exhibit tag]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2035.7
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [man wearing three-piece suit and fedora with woman, presumably from the Daughters of the American Revolution, standing next to stone marker]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2339
Packing supplies in the Dead Forest, Katmai Nat'l Monument. c. Roy Gilley, Guide, Kodiak, Alaska [deteriorated nitrate negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection