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B2022.005.4
[Indigenous child in fur parka and mukluks standing outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1999.014.1932
(Alaska Territorial Guard)[Men shouldering rifles marching in formation]
Keywords: soldiers, gun, military
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1999.014.235
(Alaska Territorial Guard)[Men shouldering rifles marching in formation]
Keywords: gun, soldiers, military
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
b2015.027.149
These start in young to drive the devil out [five young children posed outdoors, holding flags that appear to be kerchiefs tied to sticks, buildings in background]
Keywords: children, religion
Collection: B2015.027
B2022.005.32
[Three Indigenous Alaskan children seated on wooden chairs inside decorated room. Children wearing western-style clothing and hair adornments.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Girls, Boy, Seated, Chair, Wooden chair, Room, Interior, Building, Home, Decor, Western clothing, Clothing, Adornments, Bows, Hairbow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.39
[etched into emulsion:] Greist [Indigenous Alaskan couple with infant posed outside building; man wearing western-style clothing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Child, Infant, Baby, Couple, Parent, Mother, Father, Family, Wall, Building, Shiplap, Western clothing, Clothing, Mukluks, Greist, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.14
[group posed outdoors next to building, with elder woman wearing fur parka and eyeglasses, two young women wearing squirrel fur parkas, and two young girls wearing cloth parkas, ladder against log building at left and another in background]
Keywords: clothing, residences
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
B1998.014.1.030
A 14 Wild wolf w/man. photographer Harold young release letter [wolf with tied muzzle, held by man in snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B2015.007.15
[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
B2017.024.3345
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [Savoonga; spring breakup scene; children on boardwalk; men next to skiff; structures in background; sea ice]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.131
[Indigenous Alaskan family standing outside home midwinter; three Elders and toddler]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa, Grandfather, Man, Woman, Child, Boy, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, Shovel, Snow shovel, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2019.003.030
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Made in manual training class [boys posed outdoors in winter with snowshoes and sled] [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 boys, Indigenous young men, Young men, Handmade, Handmade equipment, Snowshoes, Sled, Dogsled, Winter transportation, Winter equipment, Students
Collection: B2019.003
B2015.015.06
This isn’t so good of me, but is of Frank & Robert. A cold wind was blowing & I show it. Just thot you could see how Robert has grown [Frank, Leada, and Robert posed outdoors next to building, early 1940s?]
Collection: B2015.015
B2017.020.123
[Chinese American family eating at picnic table next to river, automobile parked at right, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B1995.010.4936
[woman wearing fancy dance parka riding in back of Hanson Trucking Co. pickup truck decorated for Fourth of July, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2008.013.8
Indian Book at Tyonek, May 1898, note necktie [young Alaska Native man standing near tents]
Collection: B2008.013
B2015.015.05
Alfred A. Witter Finer Kodak Finishing, Seattle [young boy, possibly Robert, wearing sailor hat, posed outdoors with Leada and Frank, not Alaska?]
Collection: B2015.015
B2019.003.055
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” Eklutna River canyon [scenic in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Eklutna River Canyon, Eklutna River, River Canyon, Canyon, River, Winter, Scene, Scenic, View
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.223
[Woman in plaid pants with arms crossed standing on boardwalk outside of house]
Keywords: Woman, Crossed arms, Stance, Pants, Plaid, Clothing, Fashion, Boardwalk, House, Building, Fence
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.56
[young Alaska Native man wearing bib overalls, hat, and mukluks posed in doorway of log cabin. Original print damaged]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.89.6
[Quonset huts at military installation in winter, Adak?]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.17
[same platform as in .8.14, from opposite side, with lake in background]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.2
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, procession]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2037.4
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [two trucks parked outside Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Anchorage]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.29.16
F-E Co. 1942 [crane and hose at Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation, tailings piles in background]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.8
[military installation in foreground, view across water to tall snow-capped mountain, Adak?]
Collection: B1995.014
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
B1989.016.1840
Alaska Taxi Service. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man with dog team stopped on trail in winter, valley in distance, Matanuska Valley?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1477
(S47Parade on 4th Ave; Anchorage, 1951} [marching band, possibly military, spectators, City Hall, people on rooftaps and at windows]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.7
[three young girls wearing Western style clothing posed outdoors in summer, building in background]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2052.3
(Star Airlines Calendar picture) [illustration of musher with dog team waving to Star Airlines Beech 17 Staggerwing in flight. vertical. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.014.94
[Alaska Native woman wearing reindeer parka and holding staff and snowshoes standing on tundra in winter. Paper with Kodak Velox Paper stamp.]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.014
B2015.026.639
[dilapidated buildings and alley in unidentified town, snow-capped mountains in background, Seward? print date Oct 75]
Collection: B2015.026
B2019.003.033
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” All the boys [students posed next to dormitory building in spring] [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 boys, Indigenous young men, Boys, Young men, Students, Schoolchildren, Dorms, Dorm, Dormitory, Dormitory building, Spring, Springtime
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.2053.39
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [4-H Club float decorated with club logos, with young women in bathing suits on back of truck, building in background]
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.178
[four Alaska Native men paused in their work outdoors, three wearing visors, one wearing driving cap, utility pole in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.150
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed next to wood-plank building, man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap, women and young boys wearing traditional clothing, young woman holding infant]
Keywords: clothing, residences
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
B2019.003.041
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” A trappers cabin [log cabin in winter, snowshoes propped at right next to furs hanging from pole, possibly fox furs] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Cabin, Log cabin, Trapper, Trapping, Winter, Showshoes, Furs, Pelts
Collection: B2019.003