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B1983.091.S1564.B57
[Left = Lindgren Mathlaw, Center = Lydia Williams (now Lydia Weston), Right, with Cracker Jack box = Alice Mathlaw (now Alice Williams)] [Identification were made by Howard and Muriel Amos of Mekoryuk, Alaska. Muriel's maiden name is also Mathlaw -- hence, Lindren is her brother and Alice is her sister.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S1564.B58
(Nunivak Island Trip native people close-up children)[two men conversing]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1991.011.573
Newtok; Alex and Ida Hunter; Ida was a teacher [family posing instide structure; identified in 2019 clockwise from left top as: Ida, Alexis, Pete (infant); Richard, Rosemary, and Marilyn; table with dishes and canned goods at left; possible stove at right likely 1957]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2022.005.145
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; People dancing, seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.001.078
Certificate of Achievement awarded to MQC Enterprises, Inc., Anchorage, AK, Award 13, from nish, February 28, 2012
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Certificate of Achievement, Achievement, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Enterprises, MQC Enterprises Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, Award 13, Outstanding, Performance, AbilityOne Program, Employment, Training, Americans with Disabilities, Disability, Disabilities, NISH, E. Robert Chamberlain
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
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
B1989.016.1649.1
(Alaska Railroad Yards, Anchorage) [view of yard looking southeast, with Quonset huts in foreground, equipment and buildings including depot in middle ground, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.111.001
40-5; Fritzie on rocking horse [Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.001
40-5; Fritzie on rocking horse [Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.002
40-; "Baby Seuss [infact laying on rug holding onto blanket fringe; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.002
40-; "Baby Seuss [infact laying on rug holding onto blanket fringe; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.003
40-6; Mother reading with Fritzie [child on woman's lap; woman holding book; books stored inside built-in bookshelves; fireplace tools at left; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.003
40-6; Mother reading with Fritzie [child on woman's lap; woman holding book; books stored inside built-in bookshelves; fireplace tools at left; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.004
40-6; Mother reading with Fritzie [child on woman's lap; woman holding book; books stored inside built-in bookshelves; fireplace tools at left; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.004
40-6; Mother reading with Fritzie [child on woman's lap; woman holding book; books stored inside built-in bookshelves; fireplace tools at left; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2008.013.76
[open hatch in dock, deck, or storage tank, with construction materials nearby, ocean surf in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2017.021.8
The Alaska College, Fairbanks. Pacific Stereopticon Co. [exterior of Main Building. Tinted. Glass cracked]
Collection: B2017.021
B1990.014.2018.1.98.005
37-1 Jan. 1940; Plus X 40-24; Dev 15 mins in DK 20 @65°; interiors at 1055 Stedman St. [living room furnished with chair; magazine rack table; drapes; tea kettle; possibly electric space heater; view into kitche with cabinets; sink; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.98.005
37-1 Jan. 1940; Plus X 40-24; Dev 15 mins in DK 20 @65°; interiors at 1055 Stedman St. [living room furnished with chair; magazine rack table; drapes; tea kettle; possibly electric space heater; view into kitche with cabinets; sink; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.286
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18032)(West wall blown out)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.287
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18031)(West wall north to south)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.288
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(18035)(Front door area of explosion and fire)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.289
(catastrophe)(March 30,1971)(valve area)(client){Curran Youngblood vs Anch Natl Gas Corp. Explosion and Fire 2108 West 38th}
Keywords: accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.28.1
(catastrophe)(December 1, 1972)(Massage Parlor Murder. This is evidence taken in the murder The book Johnnies Girl pub'd 1993 is about this same hook shop)
Keywords: catastrophe, murder, evidence
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.28.2
(catastrophe)(December 1, 1972)(Massage Parlor Murder. This is evidence taken in the murder The book Johnnies Girl pub'd 1993 is about this same hook shop)
Keywords: catastrophe, murder, evidence
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.1298
O85 Spirit houses, Alaskan Native graves at Eklutna [orthodox crosses, people visiting cemetery at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1301
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [map of Texas and text from published book; touched up to create composite image in .1302]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2152
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, Girl" [girl wearing checked dress wearing leg braces holds paper, portable television on table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.168
[Alaska Native man and woman posed with sled, man wearing Western style clothing, woman wearing fur parka with walrus tusk gussets and headscarf, two children lying in sled basket]
Keywords: families, transportation
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.102.002
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; view of fuel storage tanks; tree stumps; water and Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.102.002
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; view of fuel storage tanks; tree stumps; water and Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.113.002
41-2 Baby Seuss [infant on towel and holding rattle; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.113.002
41-2 Baby Seuss [infant on towel and holding rattle; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.113.003
41-2 Baby Seuss [infant on towel and holding rattle; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.113.003
41-2 Baby Seuss [infant on towel and holding rattle; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.006
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.34.006
14-3 Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old [woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.35.001
14-4 Carol Marsh [Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old; woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.35.001
14-4 Carol Marsh [Carol Gale Marsh - June 18th [1939] 5 days old; woman wearing nurse uniform holding infant next to window; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.85.003
30-3 Repacking scene [transfering salmon filet between barrel and shelf; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.85.003
30-3 Repacking scene [transfering salmon filet between barrel and shelf; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1979.002.Album1.310
R15-10. D. L. Reaburn [view of broad valley, mountains in far distance at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1