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B1989.016.CiacciaD.1
Ciaccia, D., Passport Photos, 1935-36
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.JohnsonHerman.1
(Johnson Herman Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.ButlerCW.1
Butler, C. W., Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2021.004.254
[Presentation, Ed Wesley]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Presentation, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.255
[Plaque presentation, Ed Wesley on left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Plaque, Presentation, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.256
[Ed Wesley at meeting]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Meeting, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2000.014.512
(512)("steamboating on the Yukon" Claude Keogh Tanaina June 25,1915)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2013.059.018
Canneries. Bering Sea. [man in boat, with blankets on boom, not same man as .15]
Collection: B2013.059
B1989.016.1214.2
Midnight sun, Yukon River. Hewitt's Photo Shop [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.5424.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Ptarmigan with summer coat. Photo by Pete Martin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5424
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Ptarmigan with summer coat. Photo by Pete Martin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2021.004.Box6.Page3a
.254-255 [Ed Wesley, meetings]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.003.36
B 66, Jesse Oscar’s [five Indigenous individuals, two adults and three youth, posed with buildings in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Family, Youth, Parka, Fur, Building, Jesse Oscar
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2022.003.50
O 70, Moving to spring camp [three individuals with dog team and sled standing in the snow with boats and buildings in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Parka, Snow, Sled, Sled dog, Kayak
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2017.007.084a
[demolition of damaged businesses on 4th Avenue, Flowers by Bagoy building at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B2019.007.542
photographer number 00354.035.04-97; May 16, 1991; Alaskan Native Eskimo girl on beach/ summer/ Togiak, Alaska/ mr [boats and mountains in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1996.035.2.1068to1069
.1068—The bar with Taylor and Thurkelson serving beer 10/24/46 .1069—Dutch, Hodges and Wally just coming to beer party. 10/24/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2013.059.026
Canneries. Bering Sea. [homestead or camp on shore near Naknek, with cabin, outbuilding, fish drying rack]
Collection: B2013.059
B1996.035.2.1117to1120
.1117—Hansen J. R. He is the plane captain on the PBY, 5/4/47 .1118—Me in the blister of Cat, 5/4/47 .1119—Shidegg, Oehler, & Smith, 5/4/47 .1120—Chief Blackner in hangar, 5/4/47
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1996.035.2.1096to1097
.1096—Hansen & Woodall in front of the Kitten [PBY], 12/7/46 .1097—Gloadowski with fox skins at Naknek. The skins worth $25.00 a piece. 4/19/47
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1996.035.10.3.page.7d
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 4 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook