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B1989.016.376.6
Boomtown, Old Anchorage [inside at deli counter; Hewitt's Drug Store?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.376.7
Boomtown, Old Anchorage [inside at bank counter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.017.276
Eek slide tray #1 [reproductions of artwork] [artwork signed by Patty]
Collection: B2017.017
B1989.016.2230.6
(Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.376.8
Boomtown, Old Anchorage [inside at bank counter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.006.Jett.Gretchen.98.10
Gretchen Jett, 1995 [three women posing, one seated and two standing, and smiling in denim]
Keywords: Boyer, Boyer Photography, Friends, Women, Girls, People
Collection: B2017.006
B2014.012.63
[woman wearing smock and holding baby standing next to shingled building with young girl]
Collection: B2014.012
B2022.005.202
[Two Indigenous Alaskan boys and a young woman posing together in living room; boy in middle wearing costume gun holster. Girl possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boys, Children, Young woman, Girl, Teen, Teenager, Living room, Room, Interior, House, Home, Building, Chair, Telephone, Phone, Rotary phone, Window, Curtains, Costume, Gun holster, Holster, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.71
[Young Indigenous Alaskan couple in fur parkas (likely reindeer fur) seated outside on ground; building and shrubbery in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young, Couple, Woman, Man, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, House, Structure, Shrubs, Shrubbery
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.104
[group portrait of Alaska Native men posed outdoors next to large wooden building, all wearing Western style clothing, one man wearing eyeglasses, bowtie, and suit coat]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.243
Elizabeth and Helen Kee, Tanana, Alaska, displaying mukluks.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.244
Sewing mukluks. Hewitt's Photo Shop, D-59 [George Dale]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.142
[Blurry image of Indigenous Alaskan Elders in parkas standing on boardwalk outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Boardwalk, Building, Business
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.50
[Two Indigenous Alaskan women in fur parkas (likely reindeer hide) standing outside buildings]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Skin, Hide, Geometric trim, Trim, Pattern, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Buildings, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B1995.010.4937
[woman wearing fancy dance parka riding on float, children on bicycles, Fourth of July parade, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5347
[men working inside seal processing plant, skins in hanging bucket in center, Pribilof Islands; print date Jul 74]
Collection: B1995.010
B2013.075.387
Scammon Bay, 1966 [woman standing at counter washing clothes in basin, large box of Tide on counter, washing machine under wall calendar at left]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B2022.005.75
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan young woman with long hair on display]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Woman, Girl, Seated, Posed, Long hair, Hair, Hairstyle, Mukluks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1440.1
(Totem poles) [three totem poles in tall fir trees, Sitka? copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.391
"Tanunak, 1958; sorting roe and stringing fish; herring are braided with Native grass & then hung over driftwood flames" [Madena Flynn processes fish]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2014.012.6
Salmon cannery, Nushagak, Alaska [building complex, boats on shore]
Keywords: boats, fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B2015.007.20
[three young men seated outdoors, man wearing eyeglasses and necktie standing behind, man seated at right possibly Alaska Native, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.84
I. N. [Alaska Native family posed next to building, man wearing bib overalls, woman and children wearing cloth parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.006.Hein.Tony.47.5
Tony Hein, 1985, [teen boy poses in director's chair with sunglasses]
Keywords: Boyer, Boyer Photography, Teenagers, Sunglasses, People
Collection: B2017.006
B2022.005.170
[Two dogsled teams running down street; buildings and bystanders nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.5
[Back view of person wearing long, fur parka and mukluks; decorative, light-tone trim along parka seams; building at right background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Trim, Decorative, Clothing, Outerwear, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.93
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed outdoors, man wearing suspenders, possibly river in background. Original print damaged]
Collection: B2015.007
B2014.005.87
[1964 earthquake landslide area on Potter Hill, with Alaska Railroad track and Seward Highway, Potter Marsh and Turnagain Arm at right]
Collection: B2014.005
B2015.007.115
[men and women wearing Western style clothing posed on tundra, two young women carrying camera cases]
Keywords: photography
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.1805
Native youngsters, Kotz [two young boys sitting outdoors eating Lifesavers; print date Aug 80]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.030.13
[view of village from water, religious monument on side of bluff at right, Ruby?]
Collection: B2017.030
B2015.007.138
Fred W. Yenney Democratic Candidate for Representative Primary Election April 25 [studio portrait of man wearing bib overalls]
Keywords: politics
Collection: B2015.007
B2000.017.305
Hewitt’s Drug [commercial slide. two young children wearing mukluks and parkas with fur trim standing outdoors; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2017.020.083
[Sun posed with man and woman in front of entrance to Constitution Hall during Constitutional Convention, possibly delegates, 1955-1956]
Collection: B2017.020
B2022.005.48
[Indigenous woman Alaskan holding child in fur parka (likely reindeer fur) outside building midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Child, Mother, Outside, Winter, Snow, Building, Home, House, Structure, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Skin, Pelt, Hide, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.81
[Indigenous Alaskan mother with chin tattoos carrying infant on her back, both wearing fur (likely reindeer) clothing; house in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Chin tattoo, Tattoo, Tattoos, Chin, Infant, Baby, Family, Fur, Reindeer, Parka, Decorative trim, Trim, Hood, Ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, Structure, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.103
[Alaska Native man and woman seated outdoors between building and metal barrel, both wearing Western style clothing, man holding guitar, woman holding balalaika]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.18
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors next to log cabin, man wearing fur parka with walrus-tusk gussets and geometric trim and lace-up boots, woman wearing reindeer fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.112
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing, cameras, photography
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
B2022.005.198
[Indigenous Alaskan family outside home midwinter; sled in background, husky in foreground]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandparents, Adults, Parents, Man, Woman, Child, House, Home, Building, Winter, Snow, Sled, Dogsled, Dog, Husky, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon