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B1983.091.S4193.001
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women talking with Benson; parka, Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background, PNA aircraft model tail at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.3.1172
Here the line crosses the Denali fault line at Miller Creek, tributary of Phelan Creek just north of Isabelle Pass in the Alaska Range 28544
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1990.014.5.People.19.162
People - Rondy - 1955 2-3922-55; Wes Heverling, Bill Bittner [two men wearing suits stand at microphone while audience seated at tables watch; cameras; icicle decoration overhead; possibly at Miners & Trappers Ball in Elks Club]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 19
B2022.005.61
[Indigenous Alaskan mother carrying infant on back; posed outside building midwinter; woman wearing elaborately decorated parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Child, Infant, Baby, Woman, Family, Carrying, Baby wearing, Winter, Snow, Parka, Geometric design, Pattermed, Fur, Decorative, Elaborate, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, Building, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2016.019.7.30.05565.04
Pacific Telecom [Alaskan Workers - Phone Technicians], c. 1986
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Pacific Telecom, Alaskan Workers, Phone Technicians, People
Collection: B2016.019
B1983.091.S4193.005
"Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing.]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1375
City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska [1940s Fourth Avenue street scene looking southeast, with pedestrians, automobiles, truck, O'Harra Bus Lines bus, large scale or thermometer on City Hall Lawn, and siren or speaker atop building. cf .1399. Similar image in Hamilton Collection, B1976.082.29. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4193.003
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women talking with Benson; parka, Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background, PNA aircraft model tail at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.011.1
Alaska ’48 (H) – Brooks, Poppa & Mama Hopkins [Leonard and Marion Hopkins holding fishing rods at Brooks Camp, standing in front of tent]
Collection: B2017.011
B2018.023.049a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [summer scene; woman wearing dress, apron, and scarf with dog roped to pole likely for pulling objects; canvas wall tents and dogs in background; cook pot; pan; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1983.091.S4187.182
Walrus Island trip. Walrus at Round Island in Walrus Island Group. (4x5 neg of massed walrus) [walruses hauled out on beach] May 1964
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.208.3
Anchorage street scene, 4th Avenue [winter, looking east, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.722.color
H6 Greetings from Seward, Alaska "Dog team & Seward Street" [greeting card design, photograph and artwork; see .722 for image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.026a
from verso: "_RD; _A Alaska; 767" [caribou herd and herder; ocean, possible sea ice in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.049b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: summer scene; woman wearing dress, apron, and scarf with dog roped to pole likely for pulling objects; canvas wall tents and dogs in background; cook pot; pan; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.1374
Snowbound cache, Palmer, Alaska [log cache and cabin in winter. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.57
E-61 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.53.002
21-6 Catholic Church & rainbow [steeple and tree; Ketchikan, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.53.002
21-6 Catholic Church & rainbow [steeple and tree; Ketchikan, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.20.18
(People Rondy Queens Rondy Queen giving Bill Bap coronet, McClain is Queen)
Keywords: fur rondy
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1998.014.1.720.color
H4 Season's greetings from Alaska, "(vertical - trees)" [scenic view of lake and mountains through trees, greeting card template, see .720_bw for image detail]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.019.449
329. Nome. McCutcheon’s Foto, Anchorage [man stacking snow blocks for wind break or snow structure]
Keywords: residences, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.019
B2018.023.026b
from verso: "_RD; _A Alaska; 767" [verso of slide: caribou herd and herder; ocean, possible sea ice in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1983.091.S4193.006
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [Airline counter and customer in backgornd; PNA aircraft model at left background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1534
S94 Housing area, Elmendorf Field [two-story structures with lawns along gravel road, landscaping]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S4193.002
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [women wearing parka, children, adults]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4193.004
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women, one in parka talk with Benson; Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background; tail of PNA aircraft model at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.029.2938
Gei Sun Dancers, Haines [Tlingit man in regalia including white tunic and headdress, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2210.51
E-74 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women, one wearing printed parka with fur trim, the other wearing a fur parka with geometric decoration, standing outside, mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.255.004
79-1 April 1942 Pan X; Adolph Roseneau [portrait, Ketchikan; possibly Rosenau]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.255.005
79-1 April 1942 Pan X; Adolph Roseneau [portrait, Ketchikan; possibly Rosenau]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.001
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?), Ketchikan; April 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.002
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?); Ketchikan; April 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.003
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.004
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.005
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.257.001
79-3 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2749
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [interior of grocery store, women working at checkout aisle, scale, cash register; shopping; "cigarette center" at left; produce in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.2182
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; 2 toddlers" [children with toy fire truck; boy with hearing devices]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1880.8
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher and team passing Anchorage Hotel amd Hewitt's Drugs at corner of 4th and E Street]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.721.color
H5 Season's greetings from Alaska "dog team" [greeting card, sled dogs, sled, see .721_bw for image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1058
Jan71P7 #16043 Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur trim, white gloves dances]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.721.bw
H5 Season's greetings from Alaska "dog team" [greeting card mock up, sled dogs, sled]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.017.126
[automobiles parked at intersection, electrical substation at right, tower in left background, damage to structure in right background, Anchorage, 1964 Earthquake; print date Apr 64]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B1998.014.1.231
B28 Fort Richardson 1946 Post Headquarters [three soldiers]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley