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Mt. McKinley building, Anchorage.

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Collection Name	Alaska Earthquake Archives Committee Collection
Identifier	UAF-1972-153-54
Title	Mt. McKinley building, Anchorage.
Description	Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- 'X' Marks the spot -- Anchorage's Mt. McKinley building [later known as the McKay Building] shows the common 'X' shaped cracks that marred many Alaskan buildings, caused by the Good Friday earthquake. The 'X' shaped fracture lines are a common occurance during earthquakes and have been noted many times before, throughout the world where 'quakes have damaged buildings. (Air Force Photo)". [This building is identified in UAF-1972-152-54 as an "L" Street apartment.]
Creator	Air Force Photo
Subject.TGM	Earthquakes Natural disasters Office buildings Banks Marks (Symbols)
Subject.LCSH	Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Corporate Name	Mt. McKinley Building (Anchorage, Alaska)
Location	Anchorage (Alaska)
Region	Southcentral Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Date.original	1964/03/28
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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