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B2007.005.6.A18
[shadow on ground with smoking fumeral in the background]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2007.005.6.B14
[fish traps stacked in boats for winter storage]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.023.090
[Anchorage street scene, two people crossing street, automobiles, Palmer bus, gravel, businesses]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.1677.3
(Scenes of McKinley Park) [gravel road and rock outcropping]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.542
Newtok; Fish camp, Nelson Island; 1962. (June); duplicate [bird's eye view of canvas wall tents, fish drying on racks near shoreline; mountains; snow; pond; identified in 2019 as Nulullugaq fish camp near Tununak; also identified at 2019 AFN as Nululluruk camp; see .541]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.003.018
Miles 403(403 Tanana City)[large goup of men standing around several Northern Commercial Co. log cabin structures with flag pole]
Keywords: commercial, outpost, flag
Collection: B1998.003
B1998.014.1.2512
"Construction; April 2, 1963" [earthmovers; dragline excavator; structure in distance; similar to .2503]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2007.005.6.A5
[unknown native man standing outside during the winter infront of several dogs and native underground house with chimmney poking out of the snow]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.020.005
[rear view of Elks float on parade on E Street, passing Anchorage Hotel, Shriners standing with other spectators at left]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1641.2
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with clothing displays, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1641.3
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with clothing displays, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1641.4
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with clothing displays, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.694
B-54. Along the Inside Passage. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [village seen through trees]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.254b
(catastrophe)(McCutcheon State vs Shaffer){car wreck details and accident scene}
Keywords: car, car wreck, accident, accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2015.008.932
[man standing in mine entrance in wooded area, shovels and picks propped against
earthen walls]
.931 – [two men standing in same mine entrance as in .930]
.932 – [similar to .931]
.933 – [similar to .931]
Keywords: mine, miners, mining
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.933
[man standing in mine entrance in wooded area, shovels and picks propped against
earthen walls]
.931 – [two men standing in same mine entrance as in .930]
.932 – [similar to .931]
.933 – [similar to .931]
Keywords: mining, miners, mine
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1251
Laguna Fria & Chile-Argentine boundary, where Roosevelt went [scenic, with two men in boat in distance. print cropped with partial loss of caption and stamp]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1502.4
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (McGee Airways, Kenneth Neese) [pilot in fur parka and mukluks standing next to airplane with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1697
Mt. McKinley. Hewitt's [park road at right. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.589
"Newtok 1959' [winter scene; group of women pose wearing fur parkas and boots; snow; structures; identified at 2019 AFN as Tununak; identified in 2019 village visit as: second from left: Mary George; fourth from left: BettyAnn Tom; fifth from left: Marie Fairbanks; sixth from left: Mrs Mark (Lucy) Tom]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.591
"Newtok; Moses igloo; S.W. [southwest] tundra area" [people near wood and sod structure]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1996.009.05full
The captain of a boat opens the ceremonies by taking from his meat cellar pieces of the whale he last killed and while sitting in charmed state under his whole charmed whaling gear he serves tiny pieces to each caller.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1998.014.1.393
[B104 Moose Pass (No #) in w/105 school? - original envelope numbered "B104, 105 & 106"; bicycles, wheelbarrows, shovels]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.180
[Indigenous Alaskan woman seated on bed writing; plants in window; possibly Yup'ik grass basket on floor]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Seated, Sitting, Bed, Bedframe, Bedroom, Room, Interior, Home, House, Writing, Write, Plants, Cactus, Lamp, Tray, Basket, Yup'ik, Grass basket, Coil basket, Coiled grass basket, Design, Geometric
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1425
S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians (anti aircraft gun) [copy neg; same as .1424]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2513
"Construction; April 2, 1963" [earthmovers; dragline excavator; structure in distance; similar to .2503]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.019.259
Oil well, Chickaloon, Alaska, 7-5-42 [wooden well frame in wooded area with fireweed] [similar to B2014.019.260]
Keywords: Petroleum, Chickaloon, Ahtna, Dr. Flora, Doctor Flora
Collection: B2014.019
B1979.002.Album1.28
M-19. Camp on Sheep Creek. W. F. Milliken [white tents in wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.5.8
[parishoners and priest arriving at church, priest wearing robe and carrying cross]
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.019.1.08a.08851.27
Waterfall & buildings, Hatcher Pass State Park, Alaska [Matanuska Valley - Hatcher Pass], 1991
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Matanuska Valley, Hatcher Pass
Collection: B2016.019
B2017.024.2689
Nome street scenes July 1983 [man driving three-wheeler all-terrain vehicle on dirt road, possibly carrying wooden stakes(?) structures and pickup trucks, fire hydrant in background]
Collection: B2017.024