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B1989.016.2263.4
[view out porthole of ship across water to snow-dusted mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.162
[view of land, water from ship; unidentified object in middle left of image is part of negative]
Collection: B1997.003
B2015.008.149
584 {Columbia Glacier}
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.135
2446 2475 8 (92914)(9am)(Columbia Glacier from Station G)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2009.017.1989.08.29
“As water disappeared from Campbell Lake, float plane owners were forced to relocate to Iris St. in Spenard” ©1989 Tuesday August 29, 1989 [airplane landed in front of vehicle on flooded street]
Collection: B2009.017
B2014.023.275
(paintings, mckinley horizontal, wave and more)[photograph of painting]
Keywords: landscape, painting
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.276
(paintings, mckinley horizontal, wave and more)[photograph of painting]
Keywords: landscape, painting
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.278
(paintings, mckinley horizontal, wave and more)[photograph of painting]
Keywords: landscape, painting
Collection: B2014.023
B1995.014.3.12
Rescue squad experimenting [three men rappelling down mountainside]
Keywords: hiking, military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.248.006
76-1 February 1942; Pan X; 122 min @68°; traps at Mud Bay [fish traps off shore near Ward Cove; cabins; trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.249.001
76-2 Waves thru rocks at Knudsen's [sic: Knudson] Cove [February 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.249.002
76-2 Waves thru rocks at Knudsen's [sic: Knudson] Cove [February 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.164
[Person in winter parka hanging (possibly seal) pelt over railing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur ruff, Winter, Snow, Outside, Pelt, Seal, Pinniped, Rail, Railing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.248.003
76-1 February 1942; Pan X; 122 min @68°; traps at Mud Bay [fish traps off shore near Ward Cove; cabins; trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.248.004
76-1 February 1942; Pan X; 122 min @68°; traps at Mud Bay [fish traps off shore near Ward Cove; cabins; trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.248.005
76-1 February 1942; Pan X; 122 min @68°; traps at Mud Bay [fish traps off shore near Ward Cove; cabins; trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.663
222.3 [view across icebergs to glacier terminus with seracs]
Keywords: tidal glacier, Prince William Sound, glacier, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.664
222.4 [view across fjord to opposite mountains, moraine with gravel and driftwood in
foreground, glacier terminus at left]
Keywords: tidal glacier, Prince William Sound, glacier, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2235
"Lively in Trail, Feb 1939 (dog sitting)" [winter scene of dog sitting in snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.019.1.01b.06511.10
Scenic in Halibut Cove, Alaska [Alaska Cities - Halibut Cove], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Halibut Cove
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2198.7
Lomen Bros. Nome [four men in a hydraulic mining operation, Council area? copy neg]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2198.9
Lomen Bros. Nome [two men standing in hole at hydraulic mining operation, Nome? copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2050.8
(Berger's Boats, duck hunting) [three men and retriever posed with dead ducks and geese on pilot house of boat, bluff in background, Cook Inlet? cf. .1453, .1589]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2050.9
(Berger's Boats, duck hunting) [man with rifle and two men in pilot house of boat covered with dead ducks and geese, bluff in background, Cook Inlet? photographer's shadow in foreground. cf. .1453, .1589]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.058
Scn 10661 CPS; Jane Haycraft & Linda Chavis; Linda Chavis Jr champion skier, Jane Haycraft (FBX), Miss Alaska 1968, 20 July 1968, Glacier. [Two young women wearing shorts pose with beach ball on rocks in Portage Lake, glacier, icebergs in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.2046.10
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) woman holding on to two furs, pelts probably hanging off airplane]
Keywords: aviation, transportation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.061
Scn 10658; Linda Chavis & Jane Haycraft at Portage Glacier; CPS; 20 July 1968; glacier. [similar to 1.060]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.047
A18 Elmendorf AFB Holpital 1040th [on envelope; 5040th on neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.181
[Woman Mrs Cron with child Alma sitting on a large deck or dock]
Keywords: child, toddler, mother
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.2197.5
(Nome coast with ice and snow) [chunks of ice heaved onto shore, large buildings visible in distance. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.003a
[interior view of Russian Orthodox church in Unalaska, Holy Ascension of Our Lord Cathedral altar; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.004a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial photographer; 625 Colman Block; Seattle. [aerial view of town, likely Nome; winter scene; snow; structures; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.003b
[verso of interior view of Russian Orthodox church, Holy Ascension of Our Lord Cathedral, altar; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2002
(Portage Glacier) (The Thumb has print) [Portage Glacier, Portage lake, Mount Maynard]
Keywords: lake, glaciers, mountains
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection