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B1995.010.3060
[Alaska Native family posed next to wood pile in front of Beaver post office]
Collection: B1995.010
B1996.035.10.3.page.7a
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 1 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2006.023.8264.jpg
[Boat building]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1989.016.450.13
Independence Mine and Willow Creek. [Hewitt's #36]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.1.111
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1989.016.681
86. Offices and shops of the Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [bird's eye view of Ship Creek area looking north to Mt. McKinley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.130.003
44-1 March 17-30 plus x 40-24; DK 20 - 13 min @ 68°; Early morning shots of Seattle, Sunday, March 17th [Street scene including street cars (Broadway 15), automobiles; woman crossing street; businesses: Savoy Hotel; Mailing Bureau; Nudelman Bros; First Savings; New Washington building in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
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
B1998.014.1.2593
F12 Intake of Stetson Creek Ditch K.M & M Co; Seward, Alaska; L.N.G "Mining" [Kenai Mining & Milling Company; wooden water diversion structure at waterfall; tributary of Cooper Creek]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.284.005
87-3; Jackie Hammette [Portrait of woman; November 1942; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.108.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.61B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.004.animals.24.27844
Reindeer, rangifer tarandus
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1989.016.1482
45. Alaska timber wolf. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two Alaska Native men with possible wolf-dog hybrid on chain in snowy field. name Bragaw scratched off neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.74.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1994.009.1342
Lisburne, Oct. 10, 1956. F-4. Air compressor and jack hammer used to dig ditch in frozen ground to run pipe line.
Keywords: White Alice, Cold War, communications
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1990.014.5.P.1.184.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.28.56
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.114.1
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014