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B1979.002.Album1.202
Orca Inlet, Alaska, from opposite Orca canery. P. S. Hunt J1925 [view of inlet near Orca Cannery, circa 1914]
Keywords: canneries
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1970.019.392
Billy Richards, winter of 1916 [man with loaded backpack walking on taiga]
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2005.042.2
U.S. Coast Guard S.S. "Northland" Capt. Hoettle at Chilkoot Barracks (about 1927).
Collection: B2005.042
B2018.023.002a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial photographer; 625 Colman Block; Seattle. "Unalaska" [scenic view of Russian Orthodox church, Holy Ascension of Our Lord Cathedral, structures, Iliuliuk Bay, channel, mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.131.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1990.014.2018.1.100.002
37-3 interiors at 1055 Stedman St. [Ketchikan; January 1940; darkroom with sink, basins, materials on high shelf]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.AncAir.22.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
B1995.010.361
[Dena’ina spirit houses in cemetery, buildings in distance, Anchorage]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.74.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1979.002.3.1839
No. 79. Mrs. Wm. Greene, Broad Pass (only woman telegraph operator in Alaska). Original depot. Picture taken in 1923 just after Harding's death, note flag at half mast. Worked at Broad Pass 11/1921 to 8/1925. Worked on ARR 4/11/21 to 4/30/41, rehired 1/4/43 to 3/22/44. Retired as Agent at Healy, 4/30/41. 5 x 7 neg
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.70.002
26-3; Indian girl [two girls and one man seated in front of window, possibly in back seat of an automobile; man is same as .001 (Doug); likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.18.7A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 18
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
B1993.020.2634
(Dawson City Yukon Diamond Tooth Gertie's gambling hall)
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1989.016.2078.4
5 (Fur Rendezvous Parade, 2-22-58) [military unit in white polar uniforms marching down Fourth Avenue passing spectators and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.168.10.6.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.2018.1.129.005
43-6 Lee and Lyn [two children sit on bench with stuffed animal;, possibly hot water bottle, eating crackers or cookies; interior view with windows, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1377.9
Anchorage Hotel. Hewitt's Photo Shop (Jan. 24, 1942) [interior carpet in hallway]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.2.56
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B90.14.5.EQ.6.20
Anchorage Sand and Gravel 6 ex 8x10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_6
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.75
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.010
(Going Prospecting Lake Kenai in home made boats){5 men with camping gear and boats staged on the shore of Kenai lake}
Keywords: boat, skiff, Kenai, Kenai Lake, camping, prospectors
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.007.156
[Alaska Native woman wearing print parka with fur trim sitting on ground holding infant, young boy wearing bib overalls standing at left, woman in doorway of log cabin in background]
Keywords: families, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.131.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
