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B2016.004.23.9
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people cutting meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1962.001.1544
[Indigenous person] [Ahtna man sitting on woodpile outside cabin]
Keywords: Ahtna, Indigenous, Man, Sitting, Woodpile, Cabin, Log Building, Building
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.2418
[Aerial of Mt. Washburn. Washburn, 1938] 7
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1998.014.1.1159
(O29 Paxson's Lodge ? wolf; 1946 postcard) [Actually, same as .042, A17, "Alaskan timberwolf"; wolf, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.146.127
(boats)(boating){boat on mud flats at low tide with ice berg in foreground}
Keywords: boat, ice
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B2017.007.12a
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. J.C. Penney parking garage in middle ground]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.002.19
[children and adults sitting in auditorium waiting to watch a movie, man standing at film projector in background, Barrow, 1956-1957]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2017.002
B2014.003.13
Alaska(Skagway)[view from mountain side looking down onto the docks where a large steamship is docked and is taking on or offloading passengers town center can be seen in the distance]
Keywords: ships, shipping, transportation, port, wharf
Collection: B2014.003
B1990.014.5.ConConv.12.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2023.011.40
Eklutna [one individual posed with Idlu Bena (Eklutna Lake) in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Idlu Bena, Eklutna Lake, Person, Posing, Trees, Mountains, Scenery, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1965.018.678
Nome - Kruzamapa Hot Springs, Seward Peninsula, Alaska- Orth- "Kruzgamepa Hot Springs Later Known as Pilgrim Springs" Pilgrim Springs
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1989.016.1080
M-31. A Matanuska Valley country road, Sept. 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [hay stacks in field in foreground, termination dust on mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.024.041
Klawak totems, Apr. 1953 [several totem poles, Klawock]
Keywords: Klawock, Totems
Collection: B2016.024
B2021.002.040
Samuel Fleming, 32 years old, Fairbanks, November 1963 [in front of his 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood blue station wagon.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.143.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.7784.jpg
[Burled arch on Front Street in Nome, with banner: 12th Annual Iditarod Trail Race Anchorage to Nome 1,049 Miles, Olympia]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B1990.014.004.14821
Ice shown in wall of pipe ditch dug in fractured rock. Photographer's number 14821
Keywords: permafrost
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2023.011.88
Alcan [scenic view of trees with valley and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, Trees, Mountain, Valley, Scenery, Riverbed, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1983.091.C10172.84
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1997.003.217
[aerial view of Anchorage, possibly parkstrip; Mount Susitna in distance; neg is deteriorating]
Collection: B1997.003
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.25
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.1133
O21 One of Alaska's oldest churches {1946 postcard (at Eklutna)} [log structure, Old Saint Nicholas Church, bell tower, structure in left background, spurce trees; fireweed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.3.3
[Caterpillar Diesel tractor in water in flooded wooded area]
Keywords: machinery, flooding
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.763.12
P-471. Hewitt's Photo (Farm products, Matanuska Valley) [vegetables for judging, cauliflower with "1st Prize" tag]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.86
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
