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B1998.014.1.1228
"O59 'Sourdough Jim,' Anchorage, Alaska" (An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim." [copy neg; same as .1227]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.8972.jpg
[Log cabin with sign "Sourdough" over door]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1998.014.1.2151
"X9, A Sourdough soldier's sunset (fishing)" [same as .2149]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.3.1200
Work at the Gulkana River crossing near Sourdough Roadhouse 18676
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1998.014.1.1231
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1232
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1233
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1234
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1235
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1236
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1237
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1238
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1239
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1104
O1 "Sourdough" {Old Timer (Sourdough) 1946 postcard} [man posed wearing parka, fur trimmed hood, hat moccasins, carrying rifle, snowshoes
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1376
S1 "Sourdough boys" (gold panning) [copy neg; same as .1375]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2150
X9 A Sourdough soldier's sunset "(fishing)" [copy neg; same as .2149]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1378
S3 Sourdough Doe and still no dough (Sourdough Boy "Pete on No Nugget Creek" 1946 postcard [man wearing military garrison cap inspects a gold pan]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1227
"O59 'Sourdough Jim,' Anchorage, Alaska {An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim" (Many poses w/crayon #)} [posed image of man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, cap, beard; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.899.1
P-505. Hewitt's Photo [Sourdough Homemakers Club canning display, Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.899.2
P-505B. Hewitt's Photo [Sourdough Homemakers Club canning display, Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1173
O34 Along an Alaskan Hiway {Sourdough, Alaska (lodge)} [copy neg; same as .1172]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1448
S34 "Reasignment most any year now!!" (1946 postcard) [copy neg, same as .1104 "sourdough"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.553
D40 Two sour-sourdough [two sled dogs in harnesses, rope, snow, portrait]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.028.88
Home of the "Sourdough" Alaska 468 {log cabin in Girdwood with Turnagin Arm and mountains in the background}
Keywords: homestead
Collection: B2015.028
B1989.016.1839
"Sourdough Roadhouse," Richardson Highway. Hewitt's Photo [log building on gravel road. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1088.2
M-23. Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop (1937) [Sourdough Club canning display]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1229
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, beard, posing on stool, portrait]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1230
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, beard, posing on stool, portrait]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2149
X9 A Sourdough soldier's sunset "(fishing)" [copy neg; man fishing from shore, rod and reell; boat in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2313
The Muskeg School of Tundra Tactics graduates another scholar "Sourdough on Yukon (cartoon) [artwork depicting man holding "Sourdough" certificate standing next to woman holding infant; "Yukon River" sign; book on ground; cabin with bear hide in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.3.1174
Refrigeration plant site will keep pipeline surroundings frozen between Hogan's Hill and Sourdough [Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1990.014.004.00212
212 June 1943 Sourdough living at the Reef Yukon's Rampart Rapids was talkative but interesting.Steve McCutcheon (L) released. Trapper died in 1945 no relatives.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.1172
{O34 Sourdough Alaska (lodge)} [log structure, moose antlers above sign, two men standing in front of door, planters; possibly Gakona]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1447
S34 "Reasignment most any year now!!" (1946 postcard) [copy neg, same as .1104 "sourdough" man in parka carrying snowshoes, rifle, fur hat]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1375
S1 Sourdough Boys (gold panning) [Two men mine for gold in creek, pickaxe, sluicebox, shovel, gold pan, military garrison cap, campaign hat; gravel, stove and tent in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1132
O20 Backyard varieties of an Alaskan Sourdough (1946 postcard) [copy neg; winter scene; cache, drying salmon, bear cub on chain, dog sled; two people, parkas, fur ruff, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1283
O82 Sourdough Express wagon spending old age growing flowers. E.L. Senft home, Seward. [wagon labeled: "Alaska Transfer; tel. main 17; coal, wood, ice" in meadow used as planter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1377
S2 Sourdough Boys (1946 postcard; gold panning) [Three men, likely service members, pan for old; pick axe, shovel, suice box, gold pan, gravel, creek, campaign hat, garrison hat]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2236
Alaska Shop Alaskan Sourdough "John Dubriel & pack dog" [Likely this is John Dubreuil of Seward; man sitting alongside trail; pack with small axe and iron skillet; dog wearing pack on right side of trail, possibly "Murphy" from .2237]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1519.1
(Nat Brown's airplane in lake, Sasern pilot, Waco plane) [airplane in ice, buildings visible behind. Nat Browne aircraft accident, probably Lake Spenard, early 1930s. cf. Mills & Phillips, Sourdough Sky, p. 65. With pilot Murrell Sasseen?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1519.2
(Nat Brown's airplane in lake, Sasern pilot, Waco plane) [airplane with tail number NC13406 in ice, buildings visible behind. Nat Browne aircraft accident, probably Lake Spenard, early 1930s. cf. Mills & Phillips, Sourdough Sky, p. 65. With pilot Murrell Sasseen?]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1560
T3 Anchorage - Alaska (1946 Postcard) [view looking west down 4th Avenue; pedestrians, automobiles, businesses, Olympia Beer, Coca-Cola, barber pole, Café, Federal Rooms, Panhandle Annex, Pay’n Takit, meats, grocers, produce, Alaska Greyhound Lines Stage Depot; Peterson Hotel, Union Club, Laurie & Morrison, Kennedy Hardware, Bendor, Ivan L. Pelton Western Auto Supply Co., National Bank, Schodde’s, Owl Cocktail Bar, Sourdough Cocktail Bar, Lucky ? Café, Frisco Cocktail Bar, Koslosky’s Mens Wear, Engebreth, Furs, Drugs, Piggly Wiggly, Liquor Store, Sears, Automobiles, Federal Cab, Greyhound bus; men crossing street, Gasoline pumps, RPM Motor Oil, Air, Water, bicycle with front basket]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley