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B1990.014.5.P.2.25C.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B2006.023.8238.jpg
[Boat building]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.52.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.4.69
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
b1969.015.1.81
[Four men sitting on porch, drinking, with dog. Buildings in background.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1989.016.2281.1.33
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 1)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1717
(T67 Cordova, Alaska, telephoto lens) [scenic view of strucutres, roads, streets, automobiles, water, structures on pilings at right foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.9.1B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B90.14.5.AncAir.18.3.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 18
AEC.G317
Station 2234 near mile 91 3/4, A.E.C. Ry. A.E.C. G317 P.S. Hunt
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1995.014.13.5
[Russian Orthodox church and graveyard in winter, frozen water in background, Russian Mission? cf. 54.4-.54.5]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.17.2
(timber)(July 1966)(Log trucks loaded en route)(NP)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, tree, truck, natural resources, clear cut, transportation
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.32.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.029.2976
[Tlingit dancers in regalia, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1990.014.5.ConConv.18.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.40.38
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative