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B1990.014.4.7444
South Side 4th Ave Near C Street West. Oct 1970
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2019.019.IB1-10
Glacial Plain, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Glaciers, Water
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
b2015.027.165
Dave and part of his family. I took this picture lopsided [Aleut man, woman, and child standing outdoors, buildings in background]
Collection: B2015.027
b2011.012.1.115
Sept. '45. Japanese prison camp for Allied POWs on Hokkaido. Plane is a torpedo bomber from a CVE in North Pacific Force.
Collection: B2011.012
B2022.005.102
[Group of Indigenous Alaskans in skin boat; seal float at right near aft]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Boat, Skin boat, Watercraft, Transportation, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Water, Travel, Seal, Seal float, Float, Group
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.10
[Baby eating and grinning toddler outside on blanket, both wearing parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Children, Toddler, Infant, Grinning, Smiling, Eating, Food, Outside, Blanket, Parka, Mukluks, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2008.004.022
X’ind papa. Some of ships crew. Papa shown by check [Ships officers aboard the Thetis. The man under the check mark may be Richard Bjorkman. The man in the lower right corner is holding a sextant]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2017.029.2146
[men on killing field clubbing and skinning seals, truck at right; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.1
This type of sled was used up till 1910 at Wales. Picture taken at York. Who is it? [Inupiaq territory. Indigenous man wearing parka, fur gauntlets (mittens), and fur mukluks, posing with dog sled frame on gravel terrain; fur is likely reindeer. Buildings in background]
Keywords: Inupiaq, Territory, York, Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Parka, Fur, Gauntlets, Mitts, Mittens, Mukluks, Clothing, Footwear, Sled, Dog sled, Transportation, Buildings, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.151
[People in uniforms (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) milling around; USAF vehicle at left, buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Uniform, Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Bus, Vehicle, Transportation, Buildings, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.216
[Plane and vehicle on tarmac midwinter; passenger nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Plane, Airplane, Vehicle, Transportation, Travel, Tarmac, Airport, Winter, Snow, Mountains, Passenger
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2016.04.625
“Pullers” skinning the seal, Pribilof Is., AK [men pulling skins off seal carcasses; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.04.622
Stunner & seal, St. Paul Is., Pribilofs, AK [man wearing hard hat clubbing seal on killing field; print date Aug 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1990.014.004.35352
Steamer Yukon at Tanana Village on Yukon River in 1943. Is now decommissioned and on display at Fairbanks Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1997.019.17full
herders leave their fawns to sleep and grow
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2014.019.374
#73 Eskimo boy. Northern Color Film Co., Robert A. Hall, Moose Pass [studio portrait of Alaska Native boy wearing fur parka, gut in background]
Keywords: clothing, children
Collection: B2014.019
B2016.04.619
Stunners & seals, St. Paul Is., Pribilofs, AK [men wearing hard hats clubbing seals on killing field; print date Aug 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1995.010.531
[elephants in parade passing Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska on Fourth Avenue near K Street, automobiles parked in street in foreground, McKinley Apartments in distance, 1954. Cf. .431
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2141.49
D-67 [group portrait of four women and three children in fur parkas standing on tundra, with snow patches on grass, two men visible in background; same group as in .2141.48]
Keywords: villages, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.03194
Watch sea for whale. Point Hope. Photographer's number: 03[194]. May '68
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2210.25
E-42 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, drummers seated on ground, with box drum suspended by rope from tree branch, female dancers holding sticks, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.27
E-44 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, drummers seated on ground, with box drum suspended by rope from tree branch, female dancers holding sticks, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.28
E-45 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas, one wearing fur mukluks and skin gloves, the other Western-style pants and shoes, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.019.06full
The old walrus hide is removed from the canoe, a new one put on, the crew bid.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1991.046.100a
Me showing health movies (ugh) to the children, Belkofsky [Schaver manning projector in center, children gathered around table, Belkofski]
Collection: B1991.046
B1989.016.2210.30
E-47 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [young man in fur parka and mukluks, holding skin gloves, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.2.10
Willow and people [machinery parked in a field next to a small corrugated metal shed, low hills in distance, agriculture? mining?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.009.04full
Seal skins filled with air are used as rollers under the boat as it is taken over the rough ice hummocks to the open waters of Bering Straits. They are then made fast to the thong attached to harpoon point and used as buoys to the dead whale.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1989.016.2210.24
E-41 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, drummers seated on ground, with box drum suspended by rope from tree branch, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.009.01afull
At the base of Cape Prince of Wales, the most westerly point on the American continent, there is Kingegan, an Eskimo village. During the month of May only each year, the more daring of the male population chase the bowhead whale through Bering Straits.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1996.009.15full
The steam whaler Alexander that was wrecked in the ice in August 1906 & of her catch of a monster whale 70 feet long and whose
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection