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B1995.014.53.12
[musher with long sled and two dog teams stopped on winter trail, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.55.15
[soldier in uniform holding up head of bear carcass on tundra, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: hunting, animals, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.58.17
Mountain Village grave marker [stone cairn on hill overlooking Yukon River]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.47.8
[bird's eye view of bay, buildings in foreground, mountain in distance, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.47.9
[razor wire on a hillside in the snow, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.48.2
[weather station or survey marker on ridge overlooking bay, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.48.3
[Quonset huts at military installation on Adak, smoke near storage tanks on bluff above base, Adak]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.48.4
[bird's eye view of military vehicles and Quonset huts, military installation, Adak]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.48.5
[sunrise or sunset over town or camp, with log cabins, cache or dog kennel, unidentified location]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.018
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Native cache or storehouse [cache on flats in summer] [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, Cache, Bear cache, Food cache, Storehouse, Storage, Eklutna flats, Flats
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.020
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Grandma 101 years old a full blood Indian [possibly Dena’ina woman standing outdoors, safety pin holding coat closed, cache in trees in background. Original image blurry. Cf. .35] [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, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Indigenous elder, Indigenous grandma, Elder, Elder woman, Cache, Bear cache, Food cache, Storehouse, Storage
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.24.1
Skinning muskrats, R. M. Belhoff, Anisum[?] [man wearing apron seated on logs, river in background]
Keywords: hunting, food, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.075.16
Port Graham, 1966 [woman standing with dog outside house]
Keywords: residences, animals
Collection: B2013.075
B2016.002.61
Grant doing some panning [man and young girl alongside stream, cabin in background]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.002
B1991.39.1
Panoramic photograph of Fairbanks, Alaska June 21, 1955 9:20pm, National Photo and News Service photo number 162156
Keywords: 1955, Panoramic photograph; Fairbanks, Chena River, National Photo and News Service
Collection: B1991.39
B2015.008.923
[two men seated inside log cabin, one man with mustache holding The Railroad Man’s
Magazine, with stove, gold pan and rifle hanging on wall. Poor quality print]
Keywords: cabin interior
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.124.13
Going out to McKinley [base camp, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.743
A restful haven, Idle Hour, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 98
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.25.42
[schoolteacher at Wales, teacher Mrs. Bernardini or Bernardi, circa 1906?]
Collection: B1991.025 Burchett Collection
B1995.010.3385
[two men working on boat under construction in village, children sitting on logs at left, one child wearing military cap, house in background, river at right. Cf. .3380]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5687
Anchorage [exterior of houses, possibly CAA housing, electrical transformer in center, metal barrels at left, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B2012.006.530
[dog yard in village in winter, sled at left, buildings in background; no date]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B2012.006
B1995.014.39.6
[climbers stopped to rest on ridgeline, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2141.29
D-35. Wolverine. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [men gathered indoors, one squatting down and holding a wolverine in a trap, bowls set on floor nearby]
Keywords: hunting, animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.756
L4 Matanuska Valley farm "1946 postcard" [simllar to .754; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.137
Reindeer, Wilson Creek near Marshall 1940 [herd reindeer, hills in distance. cf. .88.15]
Keywords: animals, animal husbandry
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.006.2331
[white buildings, possibly schoolhouse, with playground equipment at left, Tanana; print date Jul 62]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.024.3536
January 1962 [St Michael; portrait of man wearing glasses and herringbone cap; building in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1167
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Elks Building, Anchorage) [two-story frame building in winter, trees covered in hoar frost]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1462
(First National Bank) [street scene at corner in Anchorage, with First National Bank and sign for J.H. Romig, Howard G. Romig, Physicians & Surgeons]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1695
Brownies, McKinley Park. Hewitt's [brown bears. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6061
5/27/46 [Allens’ house in Fairview with boardwalk or addition under construction, two dogs in foreground, young child at left, 1940s. cf. .5698]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.802
Harvard Glacier in 1910 (July 22) from Photo Sta. N. There is an earlier photograph from
this point by the Harriman Expedition and a later one by Miss Keen [glacier terminus, icebergs
in water]
Keywords: glacier, Prince William Sound, Harvard Glacier, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.172
Alaska ’48 – Glen Highway, a raging torrent when snows melt [scenic of riverbed on Glenn Highway. Removed from broken mount]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, View, Scenic, Riverbed, Torrent, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1918.5
The Season's Greetings [Christmas card mat with sketch of log cabin in winter, with photograph of snowy road in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.102.15
[burial cairn on rise, river in background, Mountain Village, 1936]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.012.94
[portrait of baby sitting on pillow in chair in room with wallpaper and wood doors or panelling]
Collection: B2014.012
B1995.010.5902
[scenic of Portage Glacier, 1940s. Heinz stamp on verso. Has neg. Cf. .6121
Collection: B1995.010
B1992.003.001
Ahtna men [wo men wearing suit jackets, vest, holding hats at their thighs, pose in front of small trees, possibly aspens]
Collection: B1992.003
B1992.003.001.1
Ahtna Man [man wearing what appears to be military uniform stands near trees; river in distance]
Collection: B1992.003
B1995.010.5919
Anchorage [George wearing suit posed next to wall of log house in winter, Fairview, 1940s. Has neg]
Collection: B1995.010