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B2010.023.614a
(Fig 104)(boy in center wears an old style cap worn by Nunivak men and boys. The man was the carpenter building the first school at Mekoryuk in 1959)(Van, Stone James W Nunivak Island Eskimo Technology and material Culture)
Collection: B2010.023
B2010.023.613a
(fig 103)(Elderly man wearing squirrel skin parka and sealskin pants 1937)
Keywords: alaska native
Collection: B2010.023
B2007.005.6.B3
[native woman preparing grasss for hut insulation]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2009.009.65
[young girls reading books outdoors, with dolls lined up on lawn, house in background, Mountain View, 1920s-1930s]
Collection: B2009.009
B1995.010.299
[speeder car 111 on track overgrown with dandelions, freight cars at left]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1995.010
B2007.005.6.A5
[unknown native man standing outside during the winter infront of several dogs and native underground house with chimmney poking out of the snow]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2007.005.6.B21
[native man working on a kayak inside a house, ribs struts and coaming complete]
Keywords: sea kayak
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2014.016.1856
Kiana, on the Kobuk River. Eskimo cache above the Arctic Circle [Alaska Native man and White man stand near log cache, fish drying rack at left, fireweed in foreground]
Keywords: food, fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B1995.014.18.12
[dogs in dog yard along river, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.362
At fish camp, Klamonik River, late in eve., 8/1951 [large group of Alaska Native women and children posed next to walled tents]
Collection: B2005.013
B2008.013.107
[woman and man with camera around his neck standing in front of pine trees]
Collection: B2008.013
B2014.016.1630
Bristol Bay. G35 [cannery, possibly Bristol Bay Packing Co. cannery at Pedersen Point?]
Keywords: fishing, canneries
Collection: B2014.016
B1990.014.2018.1.158.002
51-5; house at Saxman [wood structure with shingled roof; shadows, water and pier in right background; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2016.002.85
[Grant Hastings posed with dog next to log cabin in winter]
Keywords: animals, residences
Collection: B2016.002
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
B1989.016.1868.2
Merrill Field. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [crowds gathered on field next to airplanes, possibly military planes, with communications tower and Chugach Mountains visible in distance. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.156.002
51-3; ramshakle house at Saxman; yellow filter [view of wood structure with collapsing porch and roof; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.3104
[Alaska Native elder woman with cane on steps of Northern Commercial Company store, carton of Post Sugar Crisp cereal on porch, Fort Yukon]
Collection: B1995.010
B2007.005.6.B18
[man standing by the entrance of underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2015.008.1233b
Argentina. Church & belfry constructed by Indians at one of Jesuit missions 150 years ago [same as .1233a]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.74.2
[wooden sign, "There are cities found in song and story, And some are not that ought to be, And one of these is Purgatory, Where water, wood, and air are free. The Chamber of Commerce"]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.191.001
62-3 Thos. Basin [Thomas Basin view of pilings; structures; water; boats; gangplank; Ketchikan, February 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.019.450
331. Nome. McCutcheon, Anchorage [two Alaska Native women on beach, one wearing fur parka and headscarf and carrying baby, one wearing print parka with fur ruff]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B1995.010.2268
[Athabascan woman wearing dentalium necklace sitting outside log cabin]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.57.9
[two soldiers working to repair propeller on airplane, "Tally Ho" painted on nose, tail number ending in "58", after crashing on tundra, third soldier carrying debris at right]
Keywords: military, aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.172
[group portrait of several Alaska Native men, women, and infants posed outside a large wooden building. Original image blurry. Same as .44]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.012.205
1955 Fur Rendezvous [two Alaska Native women wearing fur parkas standing outdoors. b&w negative]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.012
B2016.004.96.144
Valley Feature 4/18, 7904182-7904183, McKinley Farm, 4/22, 7904225-7904227 [157 b&w images. Photo essay “Pioneer Dentist” ran in Anchorage Daily News on April 24, 1979.Lee and Doris McKinley with patient in dental office]
Collection: B2016.004
B1990.014.2018.1.190.005
62-2 view in Thomas Basin [view under pilings; boat; structure; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.190.006
62-2 view in Thomas Basin [view across water of structures on pilings; boats; person walking on gangplank; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
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
B2014.012.20
Salmon cannery of Alaska Fishermens Packing Co., Nushagak, Alaska [building complex as seen from water line]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.016.15
Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [man standing in river, fishing next to falls. Cf. .518-533]
Collection: B2014.016
B2015.007.50
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, man wearing fur parka and mukluks, woman wearing print parka with fur trim and scarf]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.1805
Native youngsters, Kotz [two young boys sitting outdoors eating Lifesavers; print date Aug 80]
Collection: B2017.029
B2014.016.2
Bill Hammersley's cache & doghouse, Kulik, Alaska [log cache and earthen kennel]
Keywords: residences, food, animals
Collection: B2014.016
B1990.014.2018.1.157.005
51-4 Billy goat [goat in field seems to pose; second goat in background; likely Saxman or Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.157.006
51-4; Billy goat [goat in field seems to pose; likely near Saxman or Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.33
[white man and woman standing outdoors in front of house. Original image blurry]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.47
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim holding infant, standing outdoors in winter in front of house, church tower in background]
Keywords: residences, clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.156.003
51-3; totems, yellow filter [Raven and Frog totem; Saxman, likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.195.003
63-1 Feb. 1941 Plus X 40-24 12 min @ 68°; views of SS Alaska at Nefco [New England Fish Company; ship; seagulls; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018