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B1994.022.393Z.2
(Airplanes)[airplane on tundra preparing to take off]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2022.005.60
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man seated on beach; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Seated, Sitting, Beach, Shore, Waterfront, Buildings, Houses
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.128
2453(92514)(140pm)(Harriman Glaciers from near Serpentine)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1280
14. Sporozoites of malaria in salivary gland. Anopheles mosquito, female. Quite different from condition when in stomach. Are now ready for transmission to next victim & cause malaria
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.123.7
[soldiers carrying man on stretcher, stopped to rest in wooded area, rescue squad operations]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.124.5
Going out to McKinley [scenic, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.106
Anvik in winter [bird’s eye view of river from bluff, riverboat and skiff on bank]
Collection: B2019.003
B2017.011.117
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Edie at productive riffle [Edie Cole wearing rain gear, angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B1995.014.72.2
[base camp, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.670
F9 Bristol Bay fisherman, photo by H.H.H. [Herb Hilscher, same as .668, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.037.010
.10 – Flier [appears to be the same pilot as above, now wearing fur gloves]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.008.220
4 4 82825 Anchorage, Alaska_ Govt R R shops and offices in distance
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Rail Road
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.118
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Edie at productive riffle [Edie Cole wearing rain gear, angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.119
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Pat lining rod [woman setting up fishing rod]
Collection: B2017.011
B1995.014.123.8
Mike Foley, worked on the tunnel going to Whittier from Portage, but quit and joined the Army because too many men were dying [portrait of man on beach smoking cigarette]
Keywords: military, tobacco
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.006
(looking back at camp){lake and mountains}
Keywords: lake, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.113
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Grant and his best friend [dog standing in river near man angling. Removed from broken mount]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.114
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Bob & Edie gathering tackle at camp [Bob and Edie Cole in front of small cabin, Bob holding rod, Edie taking one down from roof]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.1482
S52 American G.I.s discover Alaska [service men fishing from boulders in stream, whitewater; possibly Hatcher Pass area; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.21.15
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2009.037.009
.9 – Flier [similar scene as .8, presumably the same pilot now posed standing]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2017.011.107
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Bob at morning chore [man shaving at mirror hanging on small cabin]
Collection: B2017.011
B2009.037.023
.23a – Men at Base, Flyers [three men posed in front of tundra and Quonset huts, possibly Adak or other Aleutian location] .23b – Men at Base, Flyers [one man from above .23a group posed by himself]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1998.014.1.1347
PF4 Fishing boats tied up at Ketchikan, Alaska. Frank Morgan photo [copy neg; shore, structures, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1996.009.01bfull
The old walrus hide cover is removed from the frame of his boat, the lashings of thong are examined and new cover put on
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1998.014.1.1758
T78 Canadian Ship at Ketchikan (HMS Prince George, Ketchikan, Alaska) [view of bow as ship approaches, passengers at deck railings, men, women, children, life boats, anchor]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.10
Alaska ’48 – Brooks, Fred playing one below falls [man with fish online standing in river, salmon jumping falls in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B2018.021.215
Anchorage, 6-20-53 [low aerial of Bootlegger’s Cove neighborhood and Cook Inlet, military housing on west end of park strip at right, Point Woronzof at left, Mount Spurr and Tordrillo Mountains in distance]
Collection: B2018.021
B2016.004.864
Susan Butcher 3 time winner at start of 83 Iditarod in Anchorage Alaska
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2053.20
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 20) [automobile festooned with banners and crepe, sign on front bumper for Hewitt's Photo Shop, businesses in background, probably Fourth Avenue, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.693
F19 A fish trap in southeastern Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan [aerial, coastal view, coves, forest, mountains, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1755
(T76 Ellis Air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [aerial view with wing in upper foreground, Ketchikan in distance, water, Pennock Island at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.706
237.10 [view down shoreline to Vassar and Bryn Mawr Glaciers, small pine tree and low
brush in foreground. Cf. .47]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008