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B1989.016.443.5
5. Deliberation. Glass and Hewitt. [moose fight. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.146
A57 moose 2 negs [aerial view, moose on hind legs foraging, winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2124
W19 Rotary snow plow on the Alaska Railroad; Gyuriak photo [copy neg; same as 2123]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1053
131.12. Mt. Rainier, 5000 m., Cascade Mountains, Rainier National Park, are sud-est
de Seattle, Washington. J’en ai voulu faire l’ascension en revenant d’Alaska, an mois de
Septembre, mais il y avait trop de neige fraiche – trop pour les guides [winter scenic with pine
trees in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: Mt Rainer
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1054
Mt. Rainier, 5000 m., 131.12. Cascade Mountains, Rainier National Park, are sud-est
Mt. Rainier [similar to .1053]de Seattle, Washington. J’en ai voulu faire l’ascension en revenant d’Alaska, an mois de Septembre, mais il y avait trop de neige fraiche – trop pour les guides [winter scenic with pine
trees in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: Mt Rainer
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.019.1.03d.06777.18
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Main 2100 seat theater [Anchorage - Buildings - Performing Arts Center (PAC)], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Performing Arts Center, PAC, Theaters
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.354.7
Murrell Sasseen crack-up, Mirow April 16th [Mirow Airlines Lockheed Vega 5B NC162W aircraft accident]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1441
(S30 waiting mail call at an Aleutian base; 1946 postcard) [copy neg; same as .1440]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.001.1
[Stamp on verso: Anchorage Times photograph, Feb. 16, 1981. Hot air balloons being filled at East High School during Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, with large group of spectators and Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B2015.001
B2015.002.01
[Fur Rondy parade marching north down 4th Ave in front of the Federal Building]
Keywords: parade
Collection: B2015.002
B2015.008.1051
184.8. Gale blowing the snow off Rainier [climber standing on snow, mountain in
background, identified by seller as Dora]
Keywords: Mt Rainer, mountains, glacier, Dora Keen
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1052
183.8. So. Moritz[?] Glacier, Rainier National Park [scenic of mountainside]
Keywords: Mt Rainer, mountains, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.019.1.03e.02638
Sheffield House waiters [Anchorage - Buildings - Sheffield House], c. 1981
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Sheffield House, Sheffield Hotel, Bars
Collection: B2016.019
B1998.014.1.144
A56 Ft. Richardson Duck Hunters Elmendorf duck hunters +Bill Oakley in center, Sep 1, 1944
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1344.3
(Moose in McKinley Park) [Moose lying in snow in wooded area. Photographer probably George Nelson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.8
P-237. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [men carrying American flag and wearing pith helmets marked "Palmer CVFD" in procession down street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1526.1
(Pictures at Green Lake for Mr. Cuddy) [three log cabins in winter]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.6
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.7
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1590.8
(KFQD Radio Station, Interior) [three men inside KFQD, with equipment including turntables, signs over windows read "Studio 'A'" and "Studio 'B'"]
Keywords: communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1592
#17. Children's Dog Derby, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [young people with dogs on winter street, Anchorage street scene looking east with automobiles and businesses including Alaska Cafe, City Hotel, Blue Ribbon Cafe, Chugach Mountains in distance, Fourth Avenue?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1593.1
[bird's eye view of residential area in northwest Anchorage with Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; Sackett's Harbor at dock?]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1937.1
#1 (Fur Rondy Ice Show, 1950) [woman skating, spectators on bleachers in background, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2047.3.6
(US Air Force airplane down in Cook Inlet, January 30, 1957) [Douglas C-124C Globemaster II in water. 35mm neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2047.3.7
(US Air Force airplane down in Cook Inlet, January 30, 1957) [Douglas C-124C Globemaster II in water. 35mm neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.36
36-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [truck with Paddock Paint Shop logo on door festooned with flags and banners, boy, dog, and dollhouse in back of truck, buildings in background]
Keywords: businesses
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
B1989.016.2055.23
23 (July 4, 1938, parade) [marching band in uniforms with instruments, man standing with horse, houses visible in background]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2093.11
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland [Christmas card mat with sketch of winter cache and photograph of rock outcropping on Hatcher Pass Road]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.6
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #5, Visiting Teachers & Faculty) [group portrait, men and women standing outdoors near small garden near school buildings and utility poles, mountains in background]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.7
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #4, Visiting Teachers & Faculty) [group portrait, men and women standing outdoors near small garden near school buildings and utility poles, mountains in background]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.8
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #3, Visiting Teachers & Faculty) [group portrait, men and women standing outdoors near small garden near school buildings and utility poles, mountains in background]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.9
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two wood-frame buildings and boardwalk with mountains in background]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2228.2
Anchorage Signal Corps Ball Team, August 1936. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group portrait of baseball team in striped uniforms]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2229.1
(Fairbanks Hockey Team, 1936) [group portrait of hockey team, not in uniform, on ice]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2229.2
(Fairbanks Hockey Team, 1936) [group portrait of hockey team, not in uniform, on ice]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.223
School Bldg, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, P-265.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2230.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink, advertisements on boards in background, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2230.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink, advertisements on boards in background, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.6
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2244.4
(Golf course, September 1951) [players at hole #5 with Cook Inlet and Mount Susitna in distance, Anchorage. neg deteriorated]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2244.5
(Golf course, September 1951) [players on green, Cook Inlet in distance, Anchorage]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2244.6
(Golf course, September 1951) [players on green, Anchorage. neg deteriorated]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2244.7
(Golf course, September 1951) [golf green, Cook Inlet in distance, Anchorage. neg deteriorated]
Keywords: sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2249.2
[two goats atop compost pile next to log barn, Matanuska Colony?]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2279.2
[Hewitt's Drugs, Bevers & Pfeil building, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, summer, with pedestrians, automobiles, and street light]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.109.11
Russian Mission store [village scene in winter, drying rack in foreground, windmill at left, building with picket fence and lumber pile in center, hill with Russian Orthodox cross in background, Russian Mission]
Keywords: religion, residences, fishing, businesses
Collection: B1995.014