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B1995.014.51.9
[four men wearing ranger hats seated around camp fire in wooded area, Willow?]
Keywords: hiking, military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.15
[group portrait of Alaska Native men, women, and children posed outdoors, two men wearing Western style clothing, one woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka. Original print damaged]
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.6.1
Sam Applebaum, trader at Russian Mission. Behind him was the new Russian Mission church, constructed from the remains of the old church, which was torn down in 1941
Keywords: clothing, economy
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.66
[Alaska Native family posed outdoors in winter in sparsely wooded area]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.177
[six Alaska Native boys posed outdoors next to wooded-sided building. In manuscript on verso: “[illegible] Anagrok [illegible] gave it to [illegible] picture are [illegible] boys, Unalakleet, Alaska, Nov. 28, 1[cropped]”]
Keywords: clothing, education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.44
[group portrait of several Alaska Native men, women, and infants posed outside a large wooden building. Original image blurry]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.72
[group portrait of Alaska Native men and women posed with white man, probably teacher or preacher, next to large wooden building, most holding books, one man wearing eyeglasses]
Keywords: education, religion
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.1
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks posed outdoors with young child wearing parka, mukluks, and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, children, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.105
[group portrait of Alaska Native women and children posed next to log building, one woman wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.57
[Alaska Native man and woman posed next to large wood building, woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka with walrus tusk gussets over print dress, man wearing Western style clothing, including possibly military jacket, and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.2.20
Willow and people [bushes covered in hoar frost]
Keywords: winter
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.78
[Alaska Native elder woman and young boy, both wearing parkas with fur trim, seated next to wood-plank building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.77
[Alaska Native woman and two children posed seated on boardwalk outside wood-plank building, all wearing Western style clothing]
Keywords: families, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.46
[two Alaska Native women wearing print parkas and Athapascan style beaded mittens posed next to wood-shingle and tarpaper building]
Keywords: residences, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.8
[large group of Alaska Native men and women posed next to white tent in sparsely wooded area, men all wearing Western style clothing, all but one woman wearing light colored cloth parkas]
Keywords: clothing, camps
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.1907
[man smoking cigarette leaning against boat on beach, children playing near surf in background; print date Jun 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.241
[Person riding bicycle on dirt road past buildings]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Bicycle, Bike, Riding, Transportation, Road, Dirt road, Buildings, Structures, Houses, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.247
[one woman in a western style coat facing the camera. One man is looking at the camera from behind her. There are packs or cargo against the side of the building in the background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.147
[young man wearing three-piece suit and necktie posed outdoors. Print cropped]
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.52.2
[group of school children posed outdoors in winter, most wearing Western-style clothing, some with skin mittens, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.4892
[group of girls gathered next to building, probably at start of race on Fourth of July, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.007.88
[young white woman wearing dress and holding purse standing on boardwalk, building in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.259
[one Indigenous man on a makeshift raft with a chair and box floating on water. Trees and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, raft, mountains
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.64
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed next to log cabin. Original image blurry]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.166
[young Alaska Native girl and boy posed outdoors, boy wearing bib overalls and driving cap, girl wearing Western style clothing and holding infant]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.27
[young Alaska Native woman posed outdoors in winter, wearing Western style coat and boots, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.114
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to log cabin, woman wearing coat with fur trim, hair cut short with bangs, man wearing driving cap and sport coat, cache in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2014.009.2
Kotzebue 1957 [man wearing rubber boots, brimmed hat and zippered jacket sitting on bench outside building next to woodpile]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.009
B2015.007.110
[Alaska Native family posed outdoors, wearing traditional and Western style clothing, one man wearing eyeglasses, young man wearing necktie and holding driving cap]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.111
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to wooden house, woman wearing coat with fur trim and knitted cap, man wearing driving cap]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.113
[white man and young girl posed next to log cabin in winter]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.133
[large group of Alaska Natives gathered outside public school, all wearing traditional clothing, other buildings at right. Print faded]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.5
[two Alaska Native women posed with young girl outdoors next to log building, woman at left wearing pearl necklace, all three wearing Western style clothing. Original print damaged]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.58
[group portrait of large Alaska Native family posed in sparsely wooded area in winter]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.23
[Alaska Native boy wearing Western style coveralls standing outside log building in summer. Original print cropped]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.114.7
Mrs. Belkoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.119
[young Alaska Native woman holding infant outside log cabin. Original print damaged]
Keywords: children, mothers
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.29
[group portrait of Alaska Native family next to log cabin in winter, man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap, child at left with cleft lip, icicles hanging from eaves. Photographer's initials cropped at lower right: J.N.? Original print damaged]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.35
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman wearing parka-style dress standing outside; structures in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Dress, Parka-style dress, Clothing, Outerwear, Structures, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.86
[group portrait of large group of Alaska Native children posed next to large wooden building, probably students at school. Original print cropped]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.108
[young Alaska Native woman and woman wearing cloth parka with fur ruff. Original print cropped]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2186.4
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [musher leading seven-dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.2.4
Willow and people. Mr. Tetinek [man wearing backpack and holding walking stick standing on mountainside overlooking valley]
Keywords: clothing, recreation, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.86.12
[Quonset huts partially buried in snow, Adak?]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.101
[Alaska Native family next to wood-plank building, wearing traditional and Western style clothing. Original print damaged]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.73
[group portrait of men and women posed with burial casket next to church building in summer, several women holding wild flowers, young boy standing on church steps at right]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B2015.007