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B1979.002.4851
Anchorage Aug 4th 1915 {large number of tents scattered around an open field with a group of men gathered around the center most tent}
Keywords: frontier, tents
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.4.MF.Scn7.5925
Worthington Glacier. Photographer's number 5925. [Free Ice sign]
Keywords: glaciers, ice
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B2006.023.5896.jpg
Fur Rondy parade
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1990.014.004.03346
Eskimo hunters on the ice pack, they will take seals. Point Hope. Photographer's number: 03346. Stamp: 06 20 1968
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.dec77p7.14.frost
[Print date Dec 77 P7, image number 14]
Keywords: weather, winter, snow
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.People.12.20
"1745; 7/4/48; Walter Mickens conducting ceremonies at 4th of July gthering 1948; commander American Legion" [solder in helmet, microphone, bunting, person on roof in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2016.004.454
Children swinging over sea ice, Little Diomede Island, March 1983 [child suspended in rope harness from house, second child sitting at left; print date Apr 83]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2245.4
Palmer, Alaska, Hockey Team, 1936. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group portrait of hockey team on outdoor ice rink, three men with ribbons on shirts, one man wearing sweatshirt reading "Butchers Chittlin"]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.1
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Kennedy Hardware, KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Symposium; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.30
Hewitt's 30 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army truck) [soldiers gathered around heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, passing spectators and the federal building]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.31
#31 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [spectators gathered around majorette in uniform and three horn players on City Hall lawn, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.31
31 (July 4, 1938, parade) [Alaska Sawmill Corp. float, General Motors truck loaded with lumber, man standing on top, second truck loaded with brush following, man standing next to Walt's Transfer truck parked on street, buildings visible in background]
Keywords: logging, industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.34
#34 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [military marching band passing federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.14
(Parade, 1950) [spectators watching military trucks parading down Fourth Avenue at E Street in Anchorage, passing businesses including Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Baby Shop, Carlquist's Jewelry, Anchorage Grill, KFQD, Marita Bar; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.7
7-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Loyal Order of Moose float with children on flat bed trailer next to panel decorated in crepe reading "Moose"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.19
19 (July 4, 1938, parade) [General Motors flat bed truck festooned with crepe and flags, Northern Transfer painted on door, children on back of truck on swingset and seesaw, one boy holding basketball, banner reading "Bond Anchorage Youth Preferred J.C.C. Playground"]
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1470
{S46 Ft Richardson (Elmendorf Field) Main Gate, war time} [Bus 411, licencse FH876 leaving base, soldiers, MP at gatehouse; automobile at far right; signs "dim your lights" and All cars pull in close to station" "stop" structures, mountains in distance.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1471
S46 Main Gate, Elmendorf Field, Alaska (Fort Richardson; main gate, war time) [similar to .1470; automobile, taxicab (illegible) ter Post Cab, MPs at guard post; pipe sections, watertower, structures in background, footbridge in left foreground; neg has been modified to remove name from guard shack.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2145.7
7 (American Legion Banquet at the Idle Hour Country Club, Anchorage) [interior with people at tables]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2145.8
8 (American Legion Banquet at the Idle Hour Country Club, Anchorage) [interior with people at tables]
Keywords: businesses, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2245.2
Palmer, Alaska, Hockey Team, 1936. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group portrait of hockey team on outdoor ice rink, three men with ribbons on shirts, one man wearing sweatshirt reading "Butchers Chittlin"]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.16
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units and V.F.W. post members parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Dykes Building, The Hub, Bill's Electric. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.33
33-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [marching band and majorette passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.42
42 (July 4, 1938, parade) [automobile with sign "Fun Fellowship & Service" on roof and wings with "8/40" on front hood, American flags and streamers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.4303.jpg
1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey [dog truck as parade float].
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4303
1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey [dog truck as parade float].
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.2056.23
Hewitt's 23 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army truck) [soldiers in truck pulling heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, passing spectators and Fourth Avenue businesses including New Method Cleaners and Richmond's Restaurant]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.27
Hewitt's 27 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army gun) [soldiers gathered around heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, spectators and federal building in background]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.3
Hewitt's 3 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [military marching band standing in formation with instruments on Anchorage street, Linder Rooms and other buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.20
(Parade, 1950) [spectators outside Hewitt's Drug Store in Bevers & Pfeil Building, Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, with sings for businesses including Cheechako Tavern, Carlquist's Jewelry, Anchorage Grill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.4
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Anchorage Grill, KFQD, Dykes Building, The Hub, Symposium; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.15
(Parade, 1950) [spectators and man on bicycle outside Hewitt's Drug Store and Cheechako Tavern in Bevers & Pfeil Building, Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2246.19
(Parade, 1950) [uniformed military units parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including KFQD, Dykes Building, Symposium, The Hub; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.22
22 (July 4, 1938, parade) [baseball team in uniforms]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection