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B2021.004.Box6.Page16
"Rosa Parks made history in a bus seat, Metro, C-1" 5/17/1982
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1994.009a.indianboy
1991. Indian boy and his bear cub pets. Copyright 1909 by Edw. H. Mitchell [tinted postcard]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B1994.022.982
(clothing)[two men and woman sitting on a couch]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1971.014.023
[from verso] two natives - rowing [two people paddling canoe; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1989.016.1386.3
36. Totems, Ketchikan, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [totem pole at top of stairs between two buildings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.006.22
Judge Larry Card’s business card
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Business Card
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1998.014.1.1237
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.006.18
Virginia Card Smith [Judge Larry Card’s sister, a nurse who became lawyer]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Virginia Card Smith, Sister, Family, Nurse, Lawyer
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1998.014.1.1254
O65 Saxman Park, Ketchikan, Alaska [two raven figure totems next to stairs, totem park; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.216
Ed Wesley in front of 1st Annual Juneteenth banner
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1st Annual Juneteenth, Juneteenth, June 19, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.236
Ed Wesley with Al Hejaz lodge brothers [Prince Hall Masons, Wesley fourth from left. Likely Mt. Mckinley Lodge #2 of Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Prince Hall Masons, Al Hejaz, Lodge brothers, Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, Fraternity, History Makers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.237
Ed Wesley with Tony Knowles and one other Note on front: “To my good friend Ed who got me to the church on time. Best Tony”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Tony Knowles, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.1238
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1240
"O60 Chief Johnson Totem at Ketchikan" [structures, houses in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1974.005.068
Austin E. Lathrop Builder of a Northern Empire A Tribute of Gratitude from Alaskan Citizens Fairbanks A.D. MCMXXXIX
Collection: B1974.005 Edward Coke Hill
B1998.014.1.1241
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson totem) [actually, is Chief Kian totem; totem situated near sign for "Public library, council chambers, city engineers," likely wolf on bottom; raven above wolf]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.006.1834
Nome [five Alaska Native children standing next to building; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.024.074
Klawak, Apr. 1953 [aerial of docks and buildings, Klawock]
Keywords: Klawock
Collection: B2016.024
B1998.014.1.1257
(O66 Totem honoring boy trapped at high tide & drowned) [copy neg; similar to .1256]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.006.1832
Nome [Alaska Native children standing next to building, one eating white bread; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.006.1833
Nome [six Alaska Native children standing next to building; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2021.004.93
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera [Ed Wesley, Military Police, Fort Greely, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Military, Police, Soldier, Portrait, Fort Greely, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1995.010.3148
[George playing with puppy dogs on beach, Alaska Native man wearing eyeglasses standing, rifle propped against driftwood in foreground, fish camp above]
Keywords: subsistence
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.124
A50 Reindeer, 1946 "Alaskan reindeer photo by E. Tetinek"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.265
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2009.009.32
[two Schodde girls with dog on street corner]
Keywords: animals, children
Collection: B2009.009
B2021.004.95.back
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera. "Edward Patroling [sic] The Gate of Fort Greely" [Ed Wesley, Military Police, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Postcard, Military Police, Patrol, Fort Greely, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.266
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.001.112
Certificate of Achievement and copy of Forklift Operator Authorization Card, presented to Jon Sablan, In Recognition of Having Attained (A) Classroom Safety Training Institution seminar For Experienced Fork Life Operators & Passed Test, Class Put On By Safety Max-Buzz Cat Training Services, E&S Diversified, July 23, 2003
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Certificate, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Certificate of Achievement, Achievement, Recognition, Joe Sablan, Employee, Crew, Team, Recognition, Attendance, Classroom, Safety, Safety Training, Safety Training Institution, Seminar, Class, Experience, Fork Lift, Forklift, Operator, Test, Passed, Safety Max-Buzz Cat Training Services, Authorization, Authorization Card, Card, Vehicle, Equipment, Machinery, Forklift Operator Authorization Card, Project Manager, Manager, CRI, Written test, Driving test
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1980.050.19
(4x5 copy neg)(41){Native man standing on board walk dressed in traditional clothes holding an ornate staff and carved bird}
Keywords: traditional dress, native man
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B2021.004.264
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP [Virna center, Ed Wesley on right]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley