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B2015.008.1205
Women grinding meal between two heavy stones by a peg on which their hands are in picture. Notice gold bracelets. Anklets, toe rings, and necklaces happen not to show. Jeypore [two women in traditional clothing seated on rug]
Collection: B2015.008
B1975.134.26e
Pavement wash-out after Lake George Breakup Dorothy Clifton
Collection: B1975.134 CIHS Collection
B2015.008.1203
A “dhursie,” or tailor. Probably a Bengalee from the dress. Barefoot, of course. Wages 16 to 32 cts. a day. Very unusual to see the treadle. Singer machines invade the East everywhere, but in India the usual sight is the hand attachment, the native and his machine both on the floor. [portrait of man sitting at sewing machine in street]
Keywords: tailor, sewing, sewing machine, India
Collection: B2015.008
B1994.022.929
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2015.008.1204
Native woman such as an “ayah.” She wears a full skirt of cotton and a jacket half way to waist. Only this cloth beside. Trousers under shirt. If Mohammedan, no skirt over trousers. The water jar she carries is usually on the head. Women do the hardest work and carry the biggest burdens. This one unusually pretty [portrait of woman in traditional clothing posed in front of backdrop]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1206
A huge creeper on the jungle road from [Taungoo?] to the Shan Hills, Burmah [view down road, cart carrying passengers with parasols stopped in distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.4965
[man sitting on wooden crate, ice fishing, pile of tom cod on ice; print date Sep 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.4966
[woman sitting on bucket, ice fishing, tom cod on ice, two people standing at right; print date Sep 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1288
Circus comes to Anchorage (O85 July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, aerialists, trapeze performers, ladders, equipment in foreground; musicians performing in background; spectators looking over fence at McAllister Signs, D & D Lounge, Liquor Store in left bakcground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.85.005
30-3; Smith family [child sitting on piano bench; piano with sheet music at right; window, curtain, and books in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.85.005
30-3; Smith family [child sitting on piano bench; piano with sheet music at right; window, curtain, and books in background; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.85.006
30-3; Smith family [man sitting on sofa looking at magazine; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.85.006
30-3; Smith family [man sitting on sofa looking at magazine; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.070.05
Anchorage, 1951 [1953? Man in red suit leading elephants carrying costumed women, some bearing paper advertisements including one reading “Hunter Bar,” building visible in background]
Collection: B2013.070
B1998.014.1.1290
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [parade scene looking west down 4th Avenue; truck with Cristiani & Bailey Bros. Circus; automobiles, circus cannon, women riding elephants; spectators - women, men, children - on streets and rooftops; businesses: Piggly Wiggly grocery, Rose Florists shop, Theresa, Alaskan Printing: Stationers and Publishing Co. 819 4th Ave., Two Sisters, Sunshine Market, Carol's Dress shop, furs, Alaska Fur Factory, Chevron Gas Station, 4th Avenue Beauty Salon, Radio, White House, Columbia Lumber, Schorn Paints; Milke Way frozen custard - fountain MI. Long Coneys, chili; Paddock Paint & Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B&B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel; circus posters in store windows; stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.017.1987.06.11
“How about some rubber bullets for this guy?” ©1987 June 11, 1987 [Senate bear with head stuck in oil barrel at Juneau Dump]
Collection: B2009.017
B1990.014.2018.1.89.001
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.001
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.003
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.003
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.004
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with cigarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; artwork on wall at upper right; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.004
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with cigarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; artwork on wall at upper right; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.017.1988.06.19
Recall Fink Recall Wood Recall Barnett Recall (This Space Availa.. Our Alaska trip has been great. So far we've experienced both the call of the wild and the wild recalls. Sun. June 19,1988
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1995.010.4979
[Anaktuvuk Pass village scene in autumn, woman and two children walking near log cabin in foreground; print date Dec 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B2013.070.020
[Fifth Avenue street scene, with snow, pedestrians, automobiles, and signs for businesses including Kimball’s, Independent Lumber, and Book Cache, “Anchorage snow storm of 1954”]
Collection: B2013.070
B1990.014.2018.1.89.002
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.002
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.070.04
Anchorage 1953 [woman in costume riding paint horse down street, house and spectators in background; Shrine Circus?]
Collection: B2013.070
B1998.014.1.1289
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [scene of three-ring circus, Cristiani Bros Circus, performers, clown, elephants, horses, bleachers, audience; people looking over fences; unicycle at left; automobiles in background; business signs for ball bearings, rollers, the National Cash Register Co., City Fuel, Liquor Store, D & D Lounge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1291
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; elephants, performers, springboard, man jumping over elephant, net, cannon, trapeze, D & D Lounge; McAllister Signs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1285
O84 Oldest church in central Alaska at Eklutna [Old Saint Nicholas Church, exterior view of Russian Orthodox church, log strcture; bell tower, table near structure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1283
O82 Sourdough Express wagon spending old age growing flowers. E.L. Senft home, Seward. [wagon labeled: "Alaska Transfer; tel. main 17; coal, wood, ice" in meadow used as planter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1287
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, parade scene looking west down Fourth Avenue; automobiles; elephants walking down Fourth Avenue past businesses, spectators along street and on rooftops; signs for Fourth Ave Bldg; Piggly Wiggly grocery; Rose Florists Shop; Theresa, Alaskan Printing; Carol's Dress Shop; Alaska Fur Factory; Chevron gas station; White House; Columbia Lumber; Milke Way; Paddock Paint; Paddock Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B & B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley