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B2022.005.159
[Indigenous Alaskan men carrying load of wood while people watch nearby; building in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Carry, Carrying, Wood, Load, People, Watching, Building, Structure, Landscape, Winter, Snow, Peace, Peace sign, Clothing, Coat, Denim
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.212.7
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [young girl]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.212.8
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [young girl]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2130.1
(Pioneer Man) [studio portrait of man in suitcoat and tie]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.24
[young man and woman seated outdoors in winter, holding puppies, low brush behind]
Keywords: animals, dogs
Collection: B2015.007
B2009.037.024
.24a – Men at Base, Flyers [pilot in fur coat pets a dog] .24b – Men at Base, Flyers [presumably the same pilot as .24a, now posed smoking a pipe]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2022.005.207
[Five Indigenous Alaskan women with child standing outside home midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Woman, Women, Child, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.219
[Multigenerational Indigenous Alaskan group gathered outside building on steps; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Multigenerational, Group, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Parents, Mother, Father, Child, Children, Grandparent, Grandparents, Family, Community, Relationships, Community, Building, Steps, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.185
[Indigenous Alaskan boy in parka standing outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Young man, Parka, Fur ruff, Gloves, Boots, Outerwear, Clothing, Glasses, Winter, Snow, House, Building, Oil drums, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.21
[Five Indigenous Alaskan children outside]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Child, Kids, Group, Girls, Boys, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2006.023.5420.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Dance hall and gambling casino. Photo by Pete Martin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5420
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Dance hall and gambling casino. Photo by Pete Martin.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.2045.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska ("Seaska" airmail non-stop flight, June 20, 1936, powered with Plymouth car engine seized by U.S. Marshal, Juneau, for non-payment of gas bill in Cordova. 1985, still stored in Juneau) [two women holding bottle, ready to break on airplane wheel strut, group of men at right, Fahlin SF-2 Plymocoupe airplane parked in gymnasium, writing on plane reads in part "Seattle-Alaska Last Airmail Frontier Trail Blazed by the Seattle Washingtonians"]
Keywords: aviation, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.71.17
[hiker descending ridge in clouds, river valley far below]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.008.027
[street scene on Fourth Avenue in fresh snowfall, people gathered at far edge of fissure in front of businesses including Koslosky’s, D & D Bar & Café,Frisco Bar & Café,Mac’s Foto, Pawn Shop Loans, Scandinavian Club & Bar]
Collection: B2014.008
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
B1990.014.2018.1.14.003
3-6; Fish house; Nefco 1/8 c 6.3 [Exterior view of New England Fish Co. wood structure; ladder, winch(?); Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.14.003
3-6; Fish house; Nefco 1/8 c 6.3 [Exterior view of New England Fish Co. wood structure; ladder, winch(?); Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2000.013A.s12.017
[Newtok; August 1977; From newsletter caption: "Berry picking is an important fall activity for CMC villagers. Here, Nicholas and Agnes Tommy head for the berry bushes west of Newtok. 'Lots of salmon and blue berries,' they reported at the end of August. After berry picking comes agootuk!"; man and woman holding pails pose on muddy track; tundra in background]
Collection: B2000.013A
B2019.007.271
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994; boy standing outside open door; trash can at right]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.2018.1.8.001
Frances Jones [woman wearing corsage standing at ship's rail; shore in distance; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.8.001
Frances Jones [woman wearing corsage standing at ship's rail; shore in distance; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.6063
5/27/46 [George posed with two dogs next to road, log house and other houses in background, photographer’s shadow in foreground, Anchorage Fairview neighborhood, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.007.23
[Alaska Native boy wearing Western style coveralls standing outside log building in summer. Original print cropped]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.110
[Alaska Native family posed outdoors, wearing traditional and Western style clothing, one man wearing eyeglasses, young man wearing necktie and holding driving cap]
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.121.005
42-4; Fred [portrait of man; March 3-10, 1940; likely Washington State]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.121.005
42-4; Fred [portrait of man; March 3-10, 1940; likely Washington State]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.258
Seward Highway (or Gambell St.), southbound out of Anch at Eastchester, 8-5-62
Keywords: Anchorage, transportation, roads
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B2014.012.86
[ship in harbor, small boat alongside, near Seward?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.51.004
20-4; Portrait of Kitty Fox, also Ralph Spaeth [child wearing sweater sits at table writing with pencil; while boy wearing a Lone Ranger shirt stands behind her; likely July 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.51.004
20-4; Portrait of Kitty Fox, also Ralph Spaeth [child wearing sweater sits at table writing with pencil; while boy wearing a Lone Ranger shirt stands behind her; likely July 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.6.005
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Winnifred [woman seated on sofa or chair wearing suite jacket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.6.005
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Winnifred [woman seated on sofa or chair wearing suite jacket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.430
[Fourth Avenue street scene looking east at E Street in winter, Clarissa with tripod and dog in right foreground, with pedestrians, automobiles, and signs for businesses including Bevers & Pfeil Building, Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Logemann Building, Anchorage Grill, Anchorage Photo Supply, O’Harra Bus Terminal, D & D Café]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5917
Anchorage [unidentified woman wearing fur parka, mukluks, and knit mittens standing on porch of log house in winter, same parka as Clarissa is wearing in .5915, Fairview, 1940s. Has neg
Collection: B1995.010
B1996.035.10.3.InsideCover
Inside front cover: taped leather label, gold-stamped with “S.L. KIRBY / AMM USN”.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1990.014.2018.1.137.002
46-3 rock crusher [equipment for crushing rocks; dumptruck; ladders]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.243
[Three men standing outside Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Men, Man, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1314.1
62. Drying salmon, Yukon River. Hewitt's Photo Shop [fish on drying racks]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.32
Hewitt's 32 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army truck) [military trucks and heavy equipment in Fur Rendezvous parade headed west on Fourth Avenue, passing spectators, federal building, and U.G. Crocker]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.013A.s12.015
[aerial view of village, rivers, ponds; likely near Newtok, 1977; simlar to .014]
Collection: B2000.013A
B1989.016.2056.14
Hewitt's 14 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army unit band) [men in uniform marching with musical instruments on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Lines, North Pole Bakery, Anchorage Grill, and Piggly Wiggly, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: businesses, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.5
Hewitt's 5 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, informal gathering) [soldiers in furs coats and hats, one carrying snowshoes, buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection