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B1996.035.10.3.page.16a
[Cover of four-page tabloid newspaper reprint about Bikini Atoll nuclear tests: “Clippings Taken From The Honolulu Advertiser, 3 Feb & 1 March 1946 Pertaining to “A” Bomb Test Of Which You Are A Part . . . , handwritten note on first page that “Cot sent this to me” back page is taped down]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1962.001.2791
Picture below is Cannery later Railroad Carpenter Shops Cordova
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1973.079.155
[Mrs Cron and Alma getting dressed on front porch steps]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.118.025
Alexis B. Luce and Gladys Johnstone depart with their marvelous McKenzie River Huskies, across the overflow of the arctics, while filming "The Cheechakos", produced by Alaska Moving Pictures Corp.
Collection: B1984.118 Chechakos
B1989.016.1524
(Homestead in Making, Pippels) [Pippel homestead in Matanuska Colony, with road in foreground, house and barn in middle ground, fields and mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1525.1
(Construction of City Hall Building) [street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with construction site on right, automobiles, pedestrians, and signs for businesses including Seidenverg's. circa 1936]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1525.3
(Construction of City Hall Building) [passersby at construction site on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with sign Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Docket No. 1002-R. Building visible next to City Hall lot. circa 1936]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.002.049
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, early 1950's [Mr. Samuel Fleming worked here during the early 1950s, note on front, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Campus, Britt works here.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2006.003.5
Construction on W[hite] P[ass] & Y[ukon] R.R. at Porcupine Hill. [photo by H. G. Barley, image #112, with two horse teams and men with hand tools in railroad cut]
Collection: B2006.003
B2008.013.97a
[village scene, buildings and boardwalk at left, beach and docks on right, mountains in distance]
Collection: B2008.013
B1989.016.1525.2
(Construction of City Hall Building) [passersby at construction site on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with sign Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Docket No. 1002-R. circa 1936]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.141.001
47-3 Basha's pictures - taken with Grace & Dorothy [fishing boats moored next to pilings; structures on shore; likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.141.002
47-3 Basha's pictures - taken with Grace & Dorothy [two women standing in roadway; water and trees in background, likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.020.027
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.028
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.024.001
Canneries. Picture showing ice conditions encumbered at Bristol Bay of the Alaska Packers fleet at cannery about the middle of May. Donated by R.E. Astrup.
Collection: B2009.024
B1990.014.2018.1.138.005
46-6 Basha [woman; likely 1940 Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.138.006
46-6, Basha [woman posing; likely 1940 Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.139.001
47-1 May 1940 Plus x Dk 20; Picture of Fish Exchange board [Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.139.002
47-1 May 1940 Plus x Dk 20; Picture of Fish Exchange board [Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.139.003
47-1 May 1940 Plus x Dk 20; Picture of Fish Exchange board [Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2041.2
[text of advertisement, "Da-Lite Beaded Screens for movies slides $995 30x40 on stand"]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.62.004
24-2 Chief Johnson's totem [bird's eye view of totem surrounded by structures, businesses, domiciles; Mother's Kitchen at lower left; potted plants on roof; stairways and boardwalks; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.62.004
24-2 Chief Johnson's totem [bird's eye view of totem surrounded by structures, businesses, domiciles; Mother's Kitchen at lower left; potted plants on roof; stairways and boardwalks; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.020.026
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B1990.014.2018.1.140.002
47-2 Basha's pictures - taken with Grace & Dorothy [young girl sitting on rocky outcrop holding doll, likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.140.003
47-2 Basha's pictures - taken with Grace & Dorothy [man standing in water cleaning salmon next to boat, likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Scn.13.9
Scn. Air. Mendenhall Glacier aerial, 15 Junr 1968. Glacier 12. Photographer's number 10276
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2015.008.1120
Old Castile, convent of San Asensio (from a moving train) [distant view across fields to convent on hill]
Collection: B2015.008
b2015.027.148
The belles of the village ready for the egg race [Aleut women wearing dresses, berets, and high-heeled shoes lined up near buildings, male spectators in background]
Keywords: Fourth of July celebrations, clothing, recreation
Collection: B2015.027
B1990.014.2018.1.58.002
22-5 Pictures of deer at Ward Cove; 8:30 pm - Aug. 5th [1939; black-tailed deer in meadow; water in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.58.002
22-5 Pictures of deer at Ward Cove; 8:30 pm - Aug. 5th [1939; black-tailed deer in meadow; water in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.58.003
22-5 Pictures of deer at Ward Cove; 8:30 pm - Aug. 5th [1939; black-tailed deer at edge of meadow; trees in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.58.003
22-5 Pictures of deer at Ward Cove; 8:30 pm - Aug. 5th [1939; black-tailed deer at edge of meadow; trees in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.14.5.Cat.2.55.8
(Catastrophe: Accidents, Disasters, Faulty Construction)(December 1951)(Service Center Fire)(Russ Swank)(15vm)(Sosee-#22){firemen on scene of fire along with hook and ladder fire engine}
Keywords: fire, firemen, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.2044.1
(Sydney Laurence pictures of Natives) [studio portrait of woman in fur parka and mittens holding end of one snowshoe. copy of print in oval embosed mat]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection