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B2006.023.6971.jpg
Photo by Tom Griffin
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.7000.jpg
Photo by Tom Griffin
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B1989.016.ClarkTom.1
Clark, Tom, Passport Photos, 1933
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.FultonTom.1
[Fulton Tom Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.FultonTom.2
[Fulton Tom Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.324
(Catastrophe)(December 12, 1968)(Att Tom curran Client Tom Guilllinetine leg injury result of auto collision)
Keywords: accident, automobile
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.JugloffTom.1
(Jugloff Tom passport Photos 1934-35)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1965.018.344
Mining with Long Tom on Sub Marine Beach, Nome, Alaska, HGK [copy neg, Long Tom mining]
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1983.091.S1365.2
Margot, Tom, dancing with wife at Idle Hour, 1953
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1991.011.553
Newtok, 1950s" [woman and three children pose wearing kuspuks, parkas; structure in left background; identified in 2019 as Anna Lincoln, Betty Ann Tom, Eliza Tom, and Mary Tom; Betty and Mary additionally identified at 2019 AFN]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.320
(Catastrophe)(December 3, 1968)(11610)(For Tom Curran 3rd and C collision site)
Keywords: auto accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1991.011.556
Newtok; Nick Tom family; 1957 [women, man, and infant pose inside dwelling; left to right: unidentified woman, Nick, Pauline, Gloria Ann (infant) Tom]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.010.2041
[woman and two girls jigging for tom cod on ice, Unalakleet? Cf. .2037]
Keywords: subsistence, fishing
Collection: B1995.010
B2000.013A.s8.031
[from verso] "baby; Maggie Tom, Newtok, 1978" [man sits with baby on his lap]
Collection: B2000.013A
B2007.005.4.104
A Catch of Tom Cod A.B. Martin 1935 see also: B07.5.4.541 and stereo: B07.5.1.B10
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2014.019.87
Tom cod fishing, Unalakleet, 1947 [man ice fishing at small hole]
Collection: B2014.019
B1965.018.774
Eskimo Tom-Tom Players in Native Ceremonial Costume, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. Man on left John Auguluk ("one shot John") aka "the Great Walrus Hunter"
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.273
(catastrophe)(March 30, 1971)(Look into living room area)(For Tom Atty){charred home interior view}
Keywords: fire, accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2013.063.2.10
Dinah Marie with new sled, Nenana, March 1962 [Tom Albert made sled]
Collection: B2013.063
B1979.002.1311
(Cronin #23 Cond. Tom Hogan of North Nenana run on Tanana River ice)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation, cargo, shipping
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.321
(Catastrophe)(December 3, 1968)(11609)(12:05 pm)(For Tom Curran 3rd and C SE corner injury site)
Keywords: accident, automobile
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.322
(Catastrophe)(December 3, 1968)(11608)(12:05 pm)(For Tom Curran 3rd and C SE corner injury site)
Keywords: accident, automobile
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.323
(Catastrophe)(December 3, 1968)(11607)(12:05 pm)(For Tom Curran 3rd and C SE corner injury site)
Keywords: accident, automobile
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1991.009.150
From verso: Hope - settled about 1897; Tom Odale pix [view of townsite from boardwalk; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1991.009 Simonson
B2014.016.1596
[print date January 1966, woman jigging for tom cod, seated on wooden sled frame]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B1962.001.1927
Beach rocker (Long Tom) Nome Beach mining [see also B62.1.980; Hydraulic mining; Nome-Beach]
Keywords: Beach rocker, Long Tom, Nome, Beaches, Shoreline, Mines and mining, Hydraulic mining
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1991.011.557
Newtok; 1957; Nick, Pauline, Gloria Ann (infant) Tom [family posing inside structure; parka]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2021.006.28
Judge Larry Card’s neighbors, Tom and Elayne Lawson, with Judge Larry Card and Larry II, son
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Tom Lawson, Elayne Lawson, Larry Card II
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1995.010.30
4. Tom cod fishing [Alaska Native woman wearing fur-trimmed print parka jigging for tomcod]
Keywords: subsistence, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.4965
[man sitting on wooden crate, ice fishing, pile of tom cod on ice; print date Sep 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B2021.006.31
Brother Charles Card talking, in front Judge Larry Card’s neighbors Huong and Diep Phan, and Tom Lawson
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Charles Card, Family, Huong Phan, Diep Phan, Tom Lawson
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1991.011.540
Newtok; Nick Tom family, 11/66 [man, woman, and infant pose sitting atop bed inside structure, domicile; parka]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.010.4966
[woman sitting on bucket, ice fishing, tom cod on ice, two people standing at right; print date Sep 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.585
E26 Tom cod fishing in Eskimoland, Gyuriak photo "1948 postcard 'Eskimo woman fishing' [same as .584, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.587
E26 Tom cod fishing in Eskimoland, Gyuriak photo "1948 postcard 'Eskimo woman fishing,' [same as .583, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1970.028.024
Kingickamute Tom-Tom players in ceremonial costume. Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, Eskimo of Alaska, Lomen Bros. #190, The Eskimo men punch holes through their lower lips and insert ivory buttons which are inlaid with colored beads [two male drummers wearing headdresses and labrets]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1989.016.2141.34
D-44. Tom cod fishing, Koyuk, Alaska [two people sitting on ice near holes, two others walking nearby]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.589
"Newtok 1959' [winter scene; group of women pose wearing fur parkas and boots; snow; structures; identified at 2019 AFN as Tununak; identified in 2019 village visit as: second from left: Mary George; fourth from left: BettyAnn Tom; fifth from left: Marie Fairbanks; sixth from left: Mrs Mark (Lucy) Tom]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1970.019.481
Canyon Campbell Cr. 10/17/26 Tom Beners (Sp.?) J.J.D. Bess Cassman, Florence Kolb, Mary Mellville, Lilian Ford Harold Smith picture
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2016.006.2819
Annette-Smuggler Cove site, Metlakatla, offloading Tom[?] [Harbor?] of WECO spec, to Ketchikan, Dec. 13-15, 1960 [street view in residential area]
Collection: B2016.006
B2024.001.632
“Flower Garden Louise Glockle” [log cabin style home with many brightly colored flowers. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1950s?]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Log cabin, Garden, Flowers, Louise Glockle, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1998.014.1.584
"E26 Tom cod fishing in Eskimoland, 1948 postcard 'Eskimo woman fishing,' 5 negatives" [woman in cloth parka ice fishing, fish on ice, snow, dogsled]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.018.3
(George Adams No 801 1of 3)(Esther Birdsall Darling with "Tom" "Dick" "and "Harry")[Studio portait of a woman and three dogs. She is dressed in a traditional fur parka made of ground squirrel and three dogs]
Keywords: woman, dogs, mushing, studio
Collection: B1994.018
B2016.006.2818
Annette-Smuggler Cove site, Metlakatla, offloading Tom[?] [Harbor?] of WECO spec, to Ketchikan, Dec. 13-15, 1960 [street view, with houses at left, truck parked in right foreground]
Collection: B2016.006