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B1995.014.6.5
Sam Applebaum, trader at Russian Mission. Behind him was the new Russian Mission church, constructed from the remains of the old church, which was torn down in 1941
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.69.7
[dogs and kennels in dog yard along river, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.023.430
[Jeanne Laurence standing in front of lodge, moose and caribou antlers mounted on roofline, parrot sitting in antlers over doorway, neon sign for Grain Belt beer at left, mountains in background. Print date Aug. 67]
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.2141.24
D-26 (Native hieroglyphics) [photograph of sheet of paper with pictorial writing tacked to a wall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.561
E5 Eskimo woman in bird parka "1938" [same as .560, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.72
[Indigenous Alaskan women seated on boardwalk outside house while processing animal hide (likely reindeer) and making mukluks; two young children nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Processing, Animal hide, Hide, Skin, Fur, Reindeer, Making, Mukluks, Children, Toddler, Building, Structure, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.582
E25 Native Alaskan woman, Tetinek photo "1948 postcard" [same as .580, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2141.23
D-25 [village in winter, with low scrub brush and view to unbroken horizon]
Keywords: villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.67
[Person in parka at distance standing on broken up ice floes]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Parka, Outerwear, Clothing, Winter, Snow, Ice, Ice floes, Floes, Broken up, Break up, Distance, Landscape, Horizon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.75
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan young woman with long hair on display]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Woman, Girl, Seated, Posed, Long hair, Hair, Hairstyle, Mukluks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.76
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man ice fishing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Fishing, Ice fishing, Fisher, Pole, Fishing pole, Rod, Parka, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Ice
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1498
S68 A trapped eagle, "Don't let it happen to you." [eagle with burlap, rope; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1212
Jul70P8 #15377 Bethel "Eskimo kids, Bethel, Alaska" [children walk along path near docks; pilings; boats; fishing nets; floats; airplane in water at upper right; structures; Kuskokwim River]
Collection: B2017.024
b2012.006.780
April 14, 1956 [cemetery in village in winter]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B2012.006
B1970.019.421
Ship Creek April 20/24 Saw 2 ducks this day
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1989.016.2141.30
D-37. Arctic snowbound. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin buried in snow, antlers visible on roof, second building in background]
Keywords: villages, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.4940
[Wien Consolidated Airlines float on parade, man sitting in Eskimo kayak, woman sitting in sled frame, two young boys in back, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.4857
{a man sitting on the hood of car and woman standing drivers side with large barn or cabin in background during winter}
Keywords: automobile, car, winter, family
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1882.16
(Bristol Bay fishing) [cannery workers outside of warehouse, probably Libby, McNeill, & Libby cannery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.611
"E36 Kotzebue, Dancing girls at Paul's Place, Feb 1948 postcard" [same as 608, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.13.13
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.306.005
90-4 Nome [April 1943; woman wearing parka and rubber boots ice fishing; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.12.13
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [boy standing near pile of fish, mountains in background]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.131
Army 1944 [soldiers making traverse on snowshoes stopped to consult map, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation. Cf. .124.12]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.6
[Russian Orthodox church in winter, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.12
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps on ice, dog team in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.4
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [man next to pile of fish on ice near trap, dog team and sled at left]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.306.004
90-4 Nome [April 1943; woman wearing parka and rubber boots ice fishing; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.68.007
25-3; loading tierces on Northsea [casks being loaded onto ship; two men to right of casks; mountains and water in distance; likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.68.007
25-3; loading tierces on Northsea [casks being loaded onto ship; two men to right of casks; mountains and water in distance; likely Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.023.411
The Cold Storage Gang: Mr. Ben Snowden, Seattle; Wally, Minn.; Tom Tucker, Kentucky; William Litzinger, Ohio; Harry Calkins, Minn. [group portrait of four soldiers posed with man in civilian clothing on beach]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.1026
June 70 P5, #15400 Barrow [woman pulling rope attaching objects to wooden sledge; child stands behind second sledge while another child reclines on it; one person stands looking at structure; possibly domicile with door ajar, parkas, moose antlers above doorway, possible seal poke at right on ground, snow, puddles, steel drums (containers) at left]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sledge, Antlers, Moose antlers
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.010.4941
[young woman wearing fancy parka standing with sled dog, two men on motorbike in background, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.13.14
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.10
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.11
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps on ice, sled and snowshoes at right, second sled at left]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.4
Adak [bird's eye view of Quonset huts and boardwalk, water in distance]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.67.12
[man wearing parka with fur ruff and billed cap standing outside cabin in winter, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: residences, clothing, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.67.13
[several men with half-track vehicle hauling supplies outside smalll cabin, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: military, transportation, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.019.1.04a.06310.12
Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) over Anchorage, AK [Anchorage - Night Shots], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Night Shots, Skyline
Collection: B2016.019
B1995.014.14.2
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.3
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. Simeon Stepanoff, the last Native to make fences and fish traps by hand. [portrait of man standing on ice near traps, holding scoop and large fish]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.10
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men on ice next to holes, net on snow at left]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.7
[musher and dog team leaving village in winter, buildings in background, weather vane on tower in center distance, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: transportation, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.15
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps on ice, dog team and snowshoes at left]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, transportation
Collection: B1995.014