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B2011.007.8.3
Auntie Tetts, Nurs. School Graduation. [Etta Schureman Jones, Philadelphia Hospital Training School for Nurses, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1908.]
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
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
B2000.014.743
(743)(Girls Alice Grant Alice Elia Catherine Tanana April 9 1917)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2006.023.7605.jpg
[1978 Iditarod Trail Race, Unalakleet Checkpoint, sponsored by Unalakleet Fisherman's Coop.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7761.jpg
[People standing together in front of helicopter. Some men in uniform. Center left: Gen. Gettys, Center right: Muktuk Marston.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7762.jpg
[People standing together in front of helicopter. Some men in uniform. Center left: Gen. Gettys, Center right: Muktuk Marston.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7605
[1978 Iditarod Trail Race, Unalakleet Checkpoint, sponsored by Unalakleet Fisherman's Coop.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.7761
[People standing together in front of helicopter. Some men in uniform. Center left: Gen. Gettys, Center right: Muktuk Marston.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.7762
[People standing together in front of helicopter. Some men in uniform. Center left: Gen. Gettys, Center right: Muktuk Marston.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.256.2
The Tanana River clearing of ice at Nenana after the 1940 break-up. Photo by Charles Wilson.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.16.9
[portrait of dog lying on frozen river next to backpack, skis, and ski poles, mountains in distance]
Keywords: animals, transportation, sports
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.758.2
20. Kenai Peninsula sheep. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [two men with rifles, Dall sheep]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2011.007.8.27
Mr. & Mrs. C. Foster Jones, Apr. 1, 1923. [Wedding portrait]
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2017.024.1158
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in winter, 1986 [image likely taken between 1961-1971; actually, a group of Inupiat adults and children standing outside wearing parkas; one child holding back of a toy sled; structures in background; possible storage structure in foreground; snow]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sled
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2198.1
Lomen Bros. [Dredge No. 7 on creek, Nome or Ophir Creek? copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.x.015.005
Mired in the mud – Permanently frozen ground, which turned into a bottomless bog when
cleared of topsoil, presented 1 of the major problems during construction of the AK Highway
by the U.S. Army Engineers. Here one D-8 tractor is shown mired in the Alcan mud 67 miles
east of Teslin, Y.T., during the construction days. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the
completion of the 1,600 mi. long highway built by Corps of Engineers troops. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District