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B1990.014.004.35221
Young Women Playing Soft Ball: Anchorage, Alaska. 35221
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2014.012.64
[two Caucasian women standing in field with young girl and baby in stroller]
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.69
[two Caucasian women standing in field with young girl and baby in stroller]
Collection: B2014.012
B2015.007.115
[men and women wearing Western style clothing posed on tundra, two young women carrying camera cases]
Keywords: photography
Collection: B2015.007
B2006.023.4568a.jpg
[Vi Redington, Cora Hoffman, and two young women at the Notary Public. Cf. 4565a]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4568a
[Vi Redington, Cora Hoffman, and two young women at the Notary Public. Cf. 4565a]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2015.007.143
[four young Alaska Native men and women sitting drinking coffee. Print cropped]
Keywords: eating
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.010.5597
[young girl with balloon on boardwalk, women and children playing near volleyball net in background, Kaltag]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.007.10
[two young women seated outdoors, both wearing Western style clothing, buildings in background]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.11
[three young women wearing uniforms seated on stoop of brick building, possibly boarding school]
Keywords: clothing, education
Collection: B2015.007
B2016.027.120
King Islander Eskimos [man, three women, and young boy standing next to tent, cache at left]
Collection: B2016.027
B1991.046.48
People at Savoonga, 7/52 [two Alaska Native women and young girl on house steps. Original image blurry]
Collection: B1991.046
B2015.007.61
[two young Alaska Native women wearing Western style clothing posed next to wooden building in winter]
Collection: B2015.007
B2016.006.1869
[young boy dancing indoors, women and male drummers seated behind, Barrow; print date Aug 79]
Keywords: dance
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.029.1898
[young women wearing kuspuks and blue jeans dancing indoors; print date Jun 90. Cf. .1909]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.150
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in dresses outside; girl on right has short hair; cars parked in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Girls, Teens, Teenagers, Dresses, Clothing, Hairstyle, Outside, Cars, Transportation, Parked
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B1991.011.134
"2 Eek belles" [summer scene; two young women wearing kuspuks pose in front of village structures, homes]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2022.005.230
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in skirts standing on boardwalk; houses in background. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon on left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Teenagers, Teens, Skirts, Saddle shoes, Scarf, Fashion, Clothing, Lipstick, Makeup, Boardwalk, Fence, Building, Houses, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.40
[three young women posed next to wooden building in summer, all wearing Western style dresses, woman in center Alaska Native]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1459.3
(Native handicraft) [young girl on wooden bench in large room sewing parka, other women sitting along the wall. Nulato orphanage, 1937]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.001.754
[women from .753 in small boat with young boy, setting out fish net, low hills in background; print date Oct 80]
Collection: B2014.001
B2015.007.95
[two young Alaska Native women wearing sailor shirts and lace-up boots seated on fence or dock, possibly river in background]
Collection: B2015.007
B2019.003.082
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Sitting on the wood pile [young women and children sitting on top of log pile, church steeple in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.094
Cutting fish [several young women, some wearing headscarves and aprons, standing around tables on beach at fish camp, drying rack in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.095
Fish camp [several young women wearing headscarves and aprons standing around tables on beach at fish camp, drying rack in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.72
[Indigenous Alaskan women seated on boardwalk outside house while processing animal hide (likely reindeer) and making mukluks; two young children nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Processing, Animal hide, Hide, Skin, Fur, Reindeer, Making, Mukluks, Children, Toddler, Building, Structure, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.141
[two women and young girl outdoors in winter in sparsely wooded area, one woman wearing fur parka with geometric decoration, woman with back to camera and young girl wearing print parkas with fur trim]
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
B2015.007.35
[two young Alaska Native women seated outdoors, both wearing Western style clothing and berets, river in background, pile of driftwood at left]
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.28
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan young women and children posed outside, one child propping up rifle in center; tent and clothing in background, likely camp]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Children, Girls, Boys, Group photo, Group, Outside, Gun, Rifle, Tent, Clothing, Camp
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B2015.007.67
[two young Alaska Native women posed in bushes next to large building, both wearing beanies, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.191
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in dresses smiling; boy wearing costume gun holster at right. Girl in white dress possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Teenager, Teen, Dress, Smile, Smiling, Boy, Costume, Holster, Gun holster, House, Home, Interior, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
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
B2000.017.19
[three elder women wearing print parkas and young girl sitting next to low tent, whalebones and umiaks in background, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2017.017.244
L to R: Dede Jimmie and trainees Linda Baker and Laverne Jimmie (all of Minto) enjoy a quiet canoe ride after swim lessons in Minto [three young women in boat]
Collection: B2017.017
B2019.003.012
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Dining room [four young women setting tables] [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, Dining room, Place setting, Young women, Students, Indigenous
Collection: B2019.003
B2015.007.36
[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. Same as .14]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2053.38
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [4-H Club float covered in foliage, with young women in bathing suits, holding golf clubs, or with rod and reel and creel, building in background]
Keywords: agriculture, animal husbandry, recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2125.2
Hewitt's 23 (Early Fur Rendezvous Queens) [two women and one young girl in fur parkas sitting on thrones, left to right: Miss Yukon, Miss Alaska, and Miss Dawson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.41
E-61-a (Queen Ruthie Johnson and attendants) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, standing on building steps with five young women in printed dresses, Eklutna? 1937?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.43
E-65 (Queen Ruthie Johnson and attendants) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, standing on building steps with five young women in printed dresses, Eklutna? 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.52
E-75 (Queen Ruthie Johnson and attendants) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, standing on building steps with five young women in printed dresses, Eklutna? 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.159
[Alaska Native elder woman and four young women posed outdoors, all wearing traditional clothing, woman at right wearing squirrel fur parka, wood-plank building and hill in background]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2068.2
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [two women standing with young boys in Cub Scout uniforms in front of man at microphone wearing Native American Indian-style dress, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B2022.005.92
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women wearing Inupiaq-style fur parkas and mukluks with geometric trim and large fur ruffs; fur likely reindeer/caribou. Girls are standing against exterior door midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Girls, Parka, Mukluks, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Geometric trim, Trim, Decoration, Fur ruff, Door, Exterior, Building, Structure, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon