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B1983.091.S5430.35
Anchorage aerials, Sept. 1978 [Above Minnesota at Hillcrest looking southeast]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2016.019.3.21.10035.27
Thomsen Harbor Sitka, Southeast AK summer sunset [Scenics - Sunsets]
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Sitka, Thomsen Harbor, Southeast, Sunsets, Scenics
Collection: B2016.019
B2019.007.1145
August 3, 1994 Southeast ferries [aeiral view of community; airport]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.333.1
First National Bank, July 1939. [bird's eye view looking southeast]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.268.045
83; Sept. 4, 1942; [Aerial view of shore with trees, mountains in distance; Southeast]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.003.19
[Southeast Alaska or Canada as seen from the water][copy negative of print][Manual Training High School slide]
Keywords: town, port
Collection: B2014.003
B1998.014.1.917
L93 Alaska Hiway - Johnson River bridge [southeast of Fairbanks; mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2131.4
(Anchorage 1960s) [aerial view, from Fourth Avenue looking southeast, with Dykes Building in foreground. circa 1965?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.268.044
83; Sept. 4, 1942; [Aerial view of boat, possibly tug pulling platform (?); Southeast]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.4.Science.22.VU111606
Thuja plicata donn. Western Cedar, Tongass Forest, southeast Alaska, USA. Visuals Unlimited number 111606
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.268.033
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Aerial view of sky; top of aircraft wing with star emblem in foreground; Southeast]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.121
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15592)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.122
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15591)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.123
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15590)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.124
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15589)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.125
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15588)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.126
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15587)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.127
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15586)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.128
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(15585)(Hawyer or Shonbeck Bldg fire){4th and F street. Southeast corner firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire truck, fire, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2002.019.933E
[from verso] pub 78 [man standing on steps at entrance to clan house; likely in Southeast; camera on tripod; totem; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B2019.007.1139
May 23, 1990 Southeast Ferries [view of dock possibly used by Alaska Marine Highway System; boats; mountains in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.1227.1
Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 134 [exterior, taken from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street, with parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1227.5
The Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 135 [view from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street with parked automobiles, pedestrians]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.Science.22.33371
Forest of southeast Alaska here is mainly Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis. Photographer's number 33371. Print date Oct 86
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.20.004
Stedman St from Fed Bldg [looking southeast along waterfront; pilings; low tide; strutures; automobiles; boats at right; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.20.004
Stedman St from Fed Bldg [looking southeast along waterfront; pilings; low tide; strutures; automobiles; boats at right; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1994
T218 City View Homes, Anchorage, Alaska [street scene looking southeast at new housing development; automobiles; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.002
Juneau sub port on embarkation. Looking southeast down Gastineau Channel. Taken from plane 20 Oct 1944. [from backof image, listed as secret.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.2261.1
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.2
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.3
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.007.25
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking southeast. Demolition and clearing between 4th and 3rd Avenues in foreground, Army/Navy store at right. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B2018.023.053a
[sidewalk scene, possibly on waterfront likely in Southeast Alaska, totem poles along walk; structures; stairway; people, men, women; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1649.1
(Alaska Railroad Yards, Anchorage) [view of yard looking southeast, with Quonset huts in foreground, equipment and buildings including depot in middle ground, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2089
Native totems, Alaska. Thomas Kodagraph, Anchorage [two totem poles near fence and boardwalk, clothesline behind, Presbyterian church in background, southeast Alaska, 1930s?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.4
[group portrait of four Southeast Alaskan Native men in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.101.003
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view looking southeast of domicile; road; boardwalks; fuel storage tanks; utility poles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.003
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view looking southeast of domicile; road; boardwalks; fuel storage tanks; utility poles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.053b
[verso of slide: sidewalk scene, possibly on waterfront likely in Southeast Alaska, totem poles along walk; structures; stairway; people, men, women; mountain in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1987.071.028
[from verso] "cannieries" [caption is likely in Norwegian sending a greeting that the ship Alameda visited last Sunday, references "x" in upper left of building; steamship docked near cannery likely in Southeast Alaska]
Collection: B1987.071 Arnold Nelsen Collection
B1989.016.1914.1
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1914.2
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1914.3
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.47.003
19-3 July 13, 9 p.m. using 105 mm lens - 6.3 c 1/20; Elaine Hawkins [woman standing holding cigarette, Southeast, likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.47.003
19-3 July 13, 9 p.m. using 105 mm lens - 6.3 c 1/20; Elaine Hawkins [woman standing holding cigarette, Southeast, likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.007.1143
May 23, 1990 Southeast ferries [view of cove or bay near ferry terminal (see .1131); Alaska Marine Highway System; possible fish pens; structure along shore in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B2023.003.17
3927, 33, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [view of Alaska Railroad yard at Ship Creek with parked train cars and buildings facing southeast with downtown Anchorage and Chugach Mountain in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Ship Creek, Alaska Railroad, Train, Chugach Mountains, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1989.016.1509.8
(Fourth Avenue and E Street, southeast corner) [Anchorage street scene with automobiles parked outside businesses including Kennedy's, Carlquist, City Cash Grocery, Bank of Alaska. circa 1930-1940]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection