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B2022.005.63
[Sled dog team and Indigenous Alaskan driver taking off; Man and children nearby; building with caribou rack at right]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Sleddog, Sled, Dogs, Huskies, Husky, Transportation, Team, Driver, Man, Men, Children, Boys, Winter, Snow, Building, Caribou, Rack, Antlers
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S3017.066
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Walrus on ice, water]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.021.12
Yukon, B.C., Eskimos with reindeer / Reindeer & sled. Pacific Stereopticon Co. [Inuit man and woman with possibly white man and woman, both couples leading reindeer pulling sleds, log buildings in background. Double caption]
Collection: B2017.021
B2018.023.078a
[steamships the Dawson and the White Horse docked on a river, likely the Yukon River; people on decks and moving freight; stern wheelers; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.078b
[verso of slide: steamships the Dawson and the White Horse docked on a river, likely the Yukon River; people on decks and moving freight; stern wheelers; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2017.024.2281
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman wearing parka carries baby in hood on her back, standing in front of Alaska Airlines Arctic Tours bus; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1983.146.119
Early Morning in the yards The S. L. Co.
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.2197.12
[distant view of Council City and the Niukluk Valley. Lomen Bros. photographers. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.142.2
Sydney Laurence painting, Off to the potlatch. (M.F. Dodd)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1746.1
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.5
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage, drummers' shirts read "Nome, Alaska"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.019.475
Wrangell potlatch, Alaska Native. Schallerer’s Photo Shop, Ketchikan [Alaska Native boy wearing robe with raven design standing in doorway]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B2014.019.477
Potlatch Native, Wrangell, Alaska. Schallerer’s Photo Shop, Ketchikan [Alaska Native woman wearing robe and headdress and holding staff or flag standing in doorway]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B1989.016.129.6
Merry Christmas, Alaska [Christmas card with Sydney Laurence painting from .129.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1746.2
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1746.3
(Alaska Native Medical Center being built, Aug. 1951) [Alaska Native Service hospital construction, with one building largely completed and two with scaffolding, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.1
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [three people on stage set with barabara, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.2
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.3
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male and female dancers and drummers on stage, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.077a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle “41” [likely passengers on a ship deck looking at scenery; water; mountains; men; women; hand colored; verso notation reads: “29416 C & M”]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2085.1
(Snow crevasses) [winter scenic with mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.077b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle “41” [verso of slide: likely passengers on a ship deck looking at scenery; water; mountains; men; women; hand colored; verso notation reads: “29416 C & M”]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1747.10
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [male drummer preparing for show, ice floes on painted backdrop in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1747.4
(Eskimo Dancers, Anchorage High School Auditorium, 1951) [three people on stage set with barabara, ice floes on painted backdrop, chairs piled in front of stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.025a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label possibly] “18” [or] “78” [Caribou herd on shore; likely albino caribou in foreground; antlers; beach; herders, men, possible tourists; person in kayak; rope strung from shore to object outside of frame; man taking photographs; driftwood; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.025b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label possibly] “18” [or] “78” [verso of slide: Caribou herd on shore; likely albino caribou in foreground; antlers; beach; herders, men, possible tourists; person in kayak; rope strung from shore to object outside of frame; man taking photographs; driftwood; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023