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B1990.014.2018.1.217.003
68-4 fruilt in basket on kitchen table; tablecloth; windowsill; chair; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.12
[Woman and children outside wearing gloves, mukluks, and spotted fur parkas, likely reindeer hide; sled in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, Gloves, Mukluks, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Fur, Spotted fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Sled, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.120
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder couple standing on porch outside of home]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Couple, Pair, Man, Woman, House, Home, Porch, Family
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.41.3
[snowmachine pulling men and packs to base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.3538
January 1962, St Michael [child in foreground possibly holding shovel; man carrying two cases stands looking toward Russian Orthodox Church with roof removed]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3541
January 1962; St Michael [Children playing in snow; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1047
Jan71P7 #16031 Barrow [Inupiat men and women wearing fur trimmed parkas, mukluks play drums, sing; painting of polar bear, seal, person, dogs; drum and whale baleen on wall]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka, Baleen
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.230
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in skirts standing on boardwalk; houses in background. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon on left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Teenagers, Teens, Skirts, Saddle shoes, Scarf, Fashion, Clothing, Lipstick, Makeup, Boardwalk, Fence, Building, Houses, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1093
P-290B. Hewitt's [General view of Corporation Bldgs., Palmer, with road in foreground, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.5
E-25 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man and women in Eklutna exhibit booth with displays of Native arts and crafts including ivory carvings, mukluks, dolls, and clothing, sign for Flying Needles Club; Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B2022.005.116
[Dogsled team racing down snowy street, buildings and bystanders nearby; "Welcome" banner overhead]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Husky, Huskies, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders, Banner, Sign, Welcome
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.59
D-78 [woman in fabric or skin parka and fur mittens squatting in snow next to hide staked out for drying, buildings visible in background]
Keywords: clothing, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.4920
[five men sitting with drums, women and children behind them, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.399
Hiving a swarm of bees [person wearing beekeeper veil bending tree branch over net, box on ground at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.1049
Jan71P7 #16034 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing green, fur trimmed parka, white mukluks dances; hand of second dancer seen at left. At AFN 2022, individual identified as ? Kogak of Wainwright performing a Point Hope dance]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Point Hope, Dancing, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.007.45
[four white men posed outdoors holding infants]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.88
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and man with reindeer in harnesses hooked up to sleds; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Man, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Reindeer, Caribou, Harness, Harnessed, Sled, Sleds, Building, Buildings, Community, Transportation, Outside, Snow, Winter, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1979.002.4974
Pete Gallager & J.A. Hunter served as engineers on Moose Gooser Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Feb 1948 Gallagher run 7am to 3pm Hunter run 3pm to 11pm
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2141.50
D-68 (Parka back) [fur parka with geometric decoration laid out to show back]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.414
"Tanunak family, 1940s, Nelson Island" [possibly Peter and Cecelia Aluska family; woman wearing fur parka, three children, posing outside structure; possibly drying fish in left background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.1054
Jan71P7 #16039 Barrow [side view of Inupiat men holding drums; Inupiat women in background; parkas, fur]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2141.52
D-70 [man in light-colored fur parka with geometric decoration holding seal skin parka with geometric decoration, standing in front of large building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1501
S71 Sgt Tetinek does okay fishing under the ice - near Ft. Richardson (An Alaska soldier strukes it rich, under the ice) [Eugene Tetinek poses with fish on stringer, fishing pole, ice fishing; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4.1375a
J.E. Manley [seated], James W. Moody [left], Luther R. Augenstein, Frederick P. McCloud, and Charles G. Temple. Jan-Feb 1970 Railbelt Reporter [signing labor agreement]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2210.25
E-42 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, drummers seated on ground, with box drum suspended by rope from tree branch, female dancers holding sticks, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.27
E-44 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, drummers seated on ground, with box drum suspended by rope from tree branch, female dancers holding sticks, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1027
Jun70P5 #15403 Barrow [Three children wearing fur trimmed parkas stand in open doorway of structure, possibly domicile, snow, steel drums (container) birdhouse on gable end at left; person at far right background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sledge
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1462
S41 Alaska's ace sport (hunting) [two men pose with Dall sheep, rifles, rocks, mountain in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4.287.002a
(Al Campbell, Stores Dept., hauling away records to be destroyed. April 1961.) [Man standing with wooden drawers, hat, coveralls, gloves]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.773
L15 Beaver on Horseshoe Lake - McKinley Park [beaver swimming, trees, mountain; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.411
The Cold Storage Gang: Mr. Ben Snowden, Seattle; Wally, Minn.; Tom Tucker, Kentucky; William Litzinger, Ohio; Harry Calkins, Minn. [group portrait of four soldiers posed with man in civilian clothing on beach]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.1026
June 70 P5, #15400 Barrow [woman pulling rope attaching objects to wooden sledge; child stands behind second sledge while another child reclines on it; one person stands looking at structure; possibly domicile with door ajar, parkas, moose antlers above doorway, possible seal poke at right on ground, snow, puddles, steel drums (containers) at left]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sledge, Antlers, Moose antlers
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1053
Jan71P7 #16038 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing red fur trimmed parka, eyeglasses sings and gestures]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Singing
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1550
(S102 Army Scouts Drying salmon for dog food) [two service men hanging salmon on drying rack, helmet, garrison cap; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2117
W17 Winter in Alaska; photo by Vern Brickley "(log house)" [copy neg; log cabin with stone chimney, snow, utility lines and additional structures in right background; Chugach Mountains in distance: located at Third and Eagle Street in Anchorage]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2225
"Moose" [winter scene of moose standing among birch; structures; automobiles; possibly in Anchorage]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4.1534a
{John Parks - Artist (former ARR Emp). April 1963.} [man wearing sweater, birds, wheelchair, artwork, copy neg.]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.2162
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, man, woman, and boy" [boy wearing hearing devices stands on chair between adults with "Happy Easter" sign in background; saddle shoes; baseket; $250 check from Alaska District Engineers Federal Credit Union dated April 4, 1966]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.691
F18 Southeastern Alaska, the world's favorite fishing grounds. Photo by Frank Morgan. [copy neg; same as .688]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.020a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [three people in wooden kayaks lined up in water alongside dock or pier, parkas, caps, paddles; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2210.24
E-41 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, drummers seated on ground, with box drum suspended by rope from tree branch, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection