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B1989.016.1983
(Government Hill Housing)(8x10 print)
Keywords: industry, railroad, houses, ship creek
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1982.2
(Anchorage April 22, 1954 w/ wide angle lens)(8x10 print)[aerial view of downtown Anchorage 1954]
Keywords: aerial, urban, streets, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.255
An Arctic church [kids sliding off snow on building roof]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.750.1
35. Spenard Lake, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop (1930) [swimmers, people on beach, building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.580
(Beautiful Valdez Narrows in July) {view from deck rail of steamer}
Keywords: Prince William Sound, Valdez, Chugach, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1982.1
(Anchorage April 22, 1954 w/ wide angle lens)(8x10 print)[aerial view of downtown Anchorage 1954]
Keywords: urban, aerial, houses, streets
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.349
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Shishaldin Volcano, Father Hubbard Expedition)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.90
[men and women on swings at rest area or small park, redwood trees in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2019.019.IB7-22
Mt. Alyeska Area, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Alyeska, Mountains
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1989.016.1986
(Anchorage Cold Storage, April 22, 1954)
Keywords: buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.97.6
[Quonset hut with sign "Out of Bounds" partially buried in snow, road in foreground, mountains in distance, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2014
T230 Monument to the builders of Whitter, Alaska [copy neg, composite image of stone monument with miltary truck and building in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2550
"Army Corps of Engineers" [man standing within scaffold or tower structure that is covered in ice. Adjoining building with door]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.023.250
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" large bridge across river)
Keywords: bridge, construction
Collection: B2014.023
B1995.014.97.15
[pigs in yard, buildings in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military, animal husbandry, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.98.13
[bird's eye view of military base, Adak. orignal neg severely underexposed]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1090
Segovia, the walls & cathedral tower from the banks of the Clamores
Keywords: cathedral, Segovia
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.69
Alaska ’48 – Kulik Lake, Bud fishing Kulik stream [Bud Branham angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.256.2
The Tanana River clearing of ice at Nenana after the 1940 break-up. Photo by Charles Wilson.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.86.5
[portrait of Alaska Native boy and girl wearing Western-style clothing standing outdoors, buildings in background, Russian Mission? 1930s?
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1143
661. Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, la nef. Ed. H. phot. [interior of nave] [Prints .1144-1162 in envelope labeled: “Duplicates Paris & Berlin, taken by Leonora B. Borden with Dora Keen, June 1899”]
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.4.024
[two-story cabin, external staircase, telegraph poles? small caings in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.2583
"Kenai Highway; snow scenes; Feb 1937" [snow; mountains; trees; overexposed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.124
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim Creek, Binks & Hazel Siefert study fishing hat [Binks Siefert and Hazel Siefert in Kougarok Railroad car named Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, looking at hat. Cf. B2013.006.4.33]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.66
Alaska ’48 – Kulik, Tikchik, Jerry making his way to Shorty [two men standing in lake, mountain in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.7
Alaska ’48 (H) – Brooks, Marion at meadow pool [distant view of Marion Hopkins fishing]
Collection: B2017.011
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.011.108
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Bob at Slate Creek mouth [man angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.2
Alaska ’48 (H) – Brooks, Marion & Fred setting up tackle [Marion Hopkins and man smoking cigarette preparing fishing rods at Brooks Camp, standing in front of tent]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.61
Alaska ’48 – Nanwhyenuk Lake, Bud with nice rainbow [Bud Branham holding fish and rod, Nonvianuk Lake. Removed from broken mount]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.2013
T229 Whittier Railroad station "Depot" [railroad tracks in foreground; jeep parked under overhang; railcar at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1160
(O30 Outdoor swimming; 1946 postcard) [swimming pool, children, adults, slide, diving boards, trapeze, ladder, bleachers, umbrellas, sand, chairs, pingpong table, paddle; baseball field, players, houses in background; banner: "Northern Commercial Co; the store for everything"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.496
George’s shop, to be vine covered [former chicken coop in new location near house]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.001.019
Mayfield Evans, left, with colonel holding golf club, San Antonio, Texas
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Colonel, Uniforms, Golf club, Club, Putter, Putting, San Antonio, Texas, USAF, Air Force
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2017.020.073
[Seward street scene, looking up Second Avenue, Mount Marathon racers in distance, spectators lining sidewalks in front of businesses including Don’s Café, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in left background, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B2015.008.605a
120.4. Crossing the countless crevasses. Upper Kennecott Glacier, 3d day, 2:30 P.M. 2 long days of this to the base. 1st year [three men pushing loaded sled across crevasse, dog at left. Proof print]
Keywords: glacier, Kennecott, expedition, Mt Blackburn, sled
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.605b
120_4_crossing the countless crevasses on the upper Kennecott Glacier_3rd day_230pm
Keywords: glacier, Kennecott, expedition, Mt Blackburn, sled
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2297.5
(Harry and cabbage) [man in cultivated field with cabbage, homestead in background, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.105
R16-10. North portal of 13,000 foot tunnel. R. J. Weir [view across valley to hanging glacier, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.2584
Seward-Kenai Highway; Mile 18 "June 25, 1939" [roadway with mountain in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley