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B1984.077.22.014
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No 17, General Merchandise and drugs, A.D. Thompson [Nenana street scene, businesses, automobiles, lumber, man in left foregound]
Collection: B1984.077
B1983.091.S4827.38
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [man posed outside]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2016.004.26.29
Clam Gulch, 4-29-79 [man with clipboard talking to people out clamming]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.238
[Indigenous Alaskan woman (likely Elva "Willie" Amidon) in parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Men standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Men, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2009.037.029
.29a – [close-up portrait of soldier] .29b – [soldier posed standing on wooden poles]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2017.023.088
[aerial view of Anchorage, Cook Inlet, Ship Creek, port, mountains, possibly taken from cockpit]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.005.195
[Three men in uniform (likely U.S. Air Force) leaning against a car; USAF bus at right]
Keywords: BIPOC, African American, Black man, Black people, Uniform, U.S. Air Force, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Car, Bus, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.14.5.People.12.033
People-Parades-Anchorage 1745-3; Anchorage Body & Paint float; 4th July 47 "safety 1st" [tow truck pulling damaged automobile, spectators]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1989.016.2239.8
(Fourth of July 1934) [Hewitt's Photo Shop float, young girl riding on front bumper of automobile covered in banners and crepe, presidential portraits on door and hood buildings in background, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.113.14
[soldiers on boat, going to Mount Redoubt?]
Keywords: military, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2471
"Flash tests (each one numbered or has letter) 100th sec F3.2 w/#2 bulb" [similar to .2460; "4" displayed on tables]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2055.36
36 (July 4, 1938, parade) [floats lined up for parade including Matanuska Maid, The Baby Shop, and Anchorage Women's Club, parked trucks festooned with banners and flags including trucks from Northern Transfer and Alaska Transfer Co., buildings visible in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.1651
[children playing outdoors, buildings in background; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B1975.090.033
From verso: BuAer 78303 Aug 1943. Conference of US and Canadian Army and Navy Chiefs before the landing on Kiska.
Collection: B1975.090
B1989.016.2054.38
38-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [man driving tractor pulling float on large flat bed trailer with woman dressed as Statue of Liberty next to eagle with spread wings, building in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2270.10
(Road construction) [workmen near truck dumping gravel or other surfacing material, bulldozer or spreader behind truck]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.391
B102 Old Russian Church at Kenai, Alaska [small church, trees, fence, road in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2695
Nome street scene, July 1983 [woman carrying brown paper bag walks across street; vehicles and structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3395
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two children stand in doorway to structure; balloon; trash cans; objectsstored on roof; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3401
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; children play on boardwalk near doorway; structures; shovels; likely fuel tanks at left; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1984.077.1.006
[Dogs laying inside wood and chicken wire enclosures. Spruce trees in background. Neg. has deterioration in center.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.People.3.214
"People - artists - John Svenson; 8/26/76; Alaska Mutual bank panels; see also Ervine,Tapscott"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 3
B2016.006.1831
Nome [four Alaska Native children, one girl holding doll; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.024.3263
Northern Alaska; April 1965 [aerial view of coastal village in winter; snow drfts against structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3393
June 1971 [breakup scene; children riding bicycles on boardwalk, standing in snow; overturned boats; strucgtures; snowmachines; sea ice in distance; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3394
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; boy and girl carry metal washtub along boardwalk; structures and clothesline in background; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.389
(B101 Seward, Jesse Lee Home for Children) [buildings in midground; gravel road in foreground; mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3354
June 1971 [Savoonga spring breakup scene; men, women, children on boardwalks; snow; Riverside Caribou snowmachine SB3345; Chaparral cowling; structures, church, sled]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3368
June 1971 [interior view of two men in a store; cash register, possibly Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.643
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-11 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles in plastic bag on plywood floor; twine; supplies; television; VHS tapes; Alaska map with illustrations on wall; wood paneling; Skil router]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.5.People.3.42
5-1960 Florence Chauncey Malewoktuk Esk. artist Gambell
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 3
B1990.014.5.People.12.24
"1745-1 4x5 vert Mayor Bowden addressing people on 4th of July 1947"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1995.010.4923
[man wearing raven mask dancing on stage, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
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
B2016.006.2859
Juneau-DNC-Wrangell-[Chuck?]-KTN-Annette-PSBG, Aug. 11-15, 1961 [aerial of site on coastline]
Collection: B2016.006