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B2015.008.429
Near Rangeley, tent partly untied [small tent in wooded area, automobile parked at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B1970.019.658
"Kennicott, Alaska; copper mine & mining, Mother lode mine, Kennicott" [Kennecott Mine, mountain, mine entrance, tailings, snow]
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.228.006
71-2 The Sisters, back of Ellis Island [view of mountains across water; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1392.3
2. Reindeer along the McKinley Park Route. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.19.032
[mining site, man, hydraulic mining, pipe, cutbank, silt formations]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.229.001
71-3 View of channel near Sitka [structures, water towers across water; ship at left; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2592
"Map of Mexico Guatimala [sic]" [1829 map; Guatemala]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3022
July 1983, aerials, villages [view of coastline with sandbar or gravel bar, road and structures in distance, possibly birds flying above water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.2590
"Map of AK over USA" [map of Alaska superimposed over Lower-48 states]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.930
[man standing in mine entrance in wooded area, shovels and picks propped against
earthen walls]
.931 – [two men standing in same mine entrance as in .930]
.932 – [similar to .931]
.933 – [similar to .931]
Keywords: mine, miners, mining
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.1.021
[river, boulders, railroad trestle, mountain, cutbank. neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.011.567
Newtok; Nicholas Tommy family; 1957 [woman and children pose, some wearing parkas]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.581
"Newtok family" [man, woman and child pose outside wood and steel structure]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1989.016.1882.10
(Bristol Bay fishing) [men lowering Libby, McNeill, & Libby boat 72 from dock into bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.538
Newtok; split oil barrels on outside of house to protect weathering of the frame dwelling; 11/66 [man, woman, and infant pose in front of metal-clad structure; parka; seal fur infant parka]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2015.008.747
333.10. Fred Reynolds on Nizina River. Mushing to Dawson. 8.25.16 [man carrying
backpack and rifle standing with pack dogs in riverbed, second person at far left. Original
image blurry. Proof print]
Keywords: Nizina River, rifle, dog
Collection: B2015.008
b2011.014.220
Four men, one woman, standing in road with 1920s Oakland automobile. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B1970.019.049
[View from 3d and I St.] 2.25 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1998.014.1.1183
O40 Comfort in Alaskan wilderness {1946 postcard (person in life raft on land w/mosquito netting) (Alaskan G.I.) photo by E. Tetinek} [copy neg; same as .1182]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.040a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [Woman with braids and bangs standing on what is possibly a cutbank wearing one-piece fur-lined suit made of hide, with left arm removed from sleeve, mukluks, necklace, bracelet; grass and leaning branch in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1403
(S13 Fishing where there is fish in Alaska; 1946 postcard) [same as .1402]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.029a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print photograph:] “Ten years ago 1200 reindeer were imported to Alaska. These have reproduced until now the herds number 65,000. In 10 more years there will be several million reindeer in the territory and the industry will provide a living for 100,000 people in the coldest part of Alaska.” [winter scene: reindeer harnessed to sleds; cargo bag; people; parkas; trees; snow; mountains in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.040b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: Woman with braids and bangs standing on what is possibly a cutbank wearing one-piece fur-lined suit made of hide, with left arm removed from sleeve, mukluks, necklace, bracelet; grass and leaning branch in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.029b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print photograph:] [verso of slide] “Ten years ago 1200 reindeer were imported to Alaska. These have reproduced until now the herds number 65,000. In 10 more years there will be several million reindeer in the territory and the industry will provide a living for 100,000 people in the coldest part of Alaska.” [winter scene: reindeer harnessed to sleds; cargo bag; people; parkas; trees; snow; mountains in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.594
E28 Eskimo dance, photo by Frank Morgan "1948 postcard [same as .592, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.044a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [men, women, and children play drums, appear to dance while others look on; kuspuks, parkas, suits, hats; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2019.003.027
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” The school in winter [distant view of buildings, people standing on depot platform in middle ground] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Waiting station, Eklutna Waiting Station, Alaska Railroad waiting station, Alaska Railroad depot, Alaska Railroad, Railroad depot, School, View of school, School grounds, School campus, Campus, Dorms, Dormitories, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B1991.011.581
"Newtok family" [man, woman and child pose outside wood and steel structure; identified at 2019 AFN as Charles family; also identified during 2019 village visit as Agnus Tommy, Jojean Charlie, and Jimmy Charlie]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.598
"Newtok; Mar 60 dupe; Betty Ann Tom w/floats" [winter scene; woman wearing parka poses with two seal flats; child at right; structures in background; sled runners at lower left]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.569
Newtok; Sept. 1957; Andrew Tommy family [man and woman pose with children outside sod structure; parkas; wood dogsled at right; possible whalebone at left]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.1221
"O56 Alaskan Cache, Tok Road" (Cache / A trappers on Tok Rd; 1948) [same as .1220; copy neg removed to freezer - emulsion separting from base]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.043a
043 Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “37” [people standing in skiff poling along shore of possibly a river; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.044b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: men, women, and children play drums, appear to dance while others look on; kuspuks, parkas, suits, hats; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.047a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [men, women, children pose; summer; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2019.003.049
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Pie eating contest [onlookers including teachers watching students eating pie off plates without using hands, Fourth of July at Eklutna] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Pie, Pie eating contest, Contest, Competition, Girls, Boys, Children, Schoolchildren, Students, Indigenous, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Summer, Holiday, Teacher
Collection: B2019.003
B2018.023.043b
043 Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “37” [verso of slide: people standing in skiff poling along shore of possibly a river; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.047b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: men, women, children pose; summer; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1991.011.539
"Newtok; 1957; sod igloo; making Eskimo boots (mukluks) Interior of sod igloo - wall lined with split paper cartons; husband (at time) hospitalized w/T.B" [woman sewing boots while toddler sits next to her on sofa or bed]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.566
Newtok; Bob Kalangak family, 1950s [man, woman, and child pose inside structure; flashlight hanging on wall; turntable at left; parkas; calendar displaying January 1957; cross hanging over calendar]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.539
"Newtok; 1957; sod igloo; making Eskimo boots (mukluks) Interior of sod igloo - wall lined with split paper cartons; husband (at time) hospitalized w/T.B" [woman sewing boots while toddler sits next to her on sofa or bed; identified in 2019 as Maryanne Hooper and David Moses]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.1682
T51 Fairbanks, Alaska [copy neg, cropped version of image .1681]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.064b
[verso of slide: miners work a creek, sluice, shovels; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1684
T52 Seward, Alaska [copy neg; cropped version of .1683]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.030.5
Tidal Fish Trap Cook's Inlet[four men standing amongst dead fish inside the fish trap at low tide]
Keywords: fish, fishing, natural resource, fishermen, trap
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B1983.091.S1536.2
(JackPainter Covering N.C.A. for Cinemascope)(Wells Choice, floatplane and men with Camera)
Keywords: camera, fisherman, fishing, film, documentary filming
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
