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B1983.091.S4827.23
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids dancing, men drumming]
Keywords: dancers
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.24
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids dancing]
Keywords: dancers
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.008
(A4 Dall sheep, McKinley Park, 1946 1 neg 2 prints) [one sheep looks through gap in ridge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.71
[Young Indigenous Alaskan couple in fur parkas (likely reindeer fur) seated outside on ground; building and shrubbery in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young, Couple, Woman, Man, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, House, Structure, Shrubs, Shrubbery
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.046.33
Eskimo woman, Golovin, Alaska, 7/53 [Alaska Native woman wearing kuspuk standing on beach]
Collection: B1991.046
B1990.014.2018.1.133.004
44-4 Nefco (New England Fish Company) from water [Ketchikan waterfront; docks; pilings; structures; likely March 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.037.030
.30 – [soldier and woman posed on house doorstep]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.007.118
[young Alaska Native woman and young boy posed outdoors, woman wearing cloth parka with fur ruff and mittens, boy wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2021.002.023
Right to left, Samuel Fleming, 20 years old, Larry, unkown, Ladd Air Force Base, Fairbanks, October, 1951.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans Military Service
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2022.005.147
[View from car down 4th Avenue, Anchorage]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, View, Street, Road, Cars, Vehicles, Tranportation, 4th Ave, 4th Avenue, Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Downtown, Businesses, 4th Avenue Theater, Eatery, Restaurant, Empress Theatre
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2013.058.409
[A woman holding possibly a No. 4 Screen Focus Kodak Model A folding camera. A squeeze bulb remote shutter release is in her right hand. She is standing in front of a three-story house]
Keywords: photography
Collection: B2013.058
B1989.016.1130.5
[Juneau Lumber Mills, with lumber pile at left, man in business suit in center next to wheeled cart, lumber shed and warehouse at right]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1131.1
(April 18, 1941) [View of 4th Avenue Theater construction site from across Fourth Avenue, with four men in group on sidewalk, Eckmann's store on right, parked automobiles, signs for Empress Theatre showings, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.34
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors holding guitar, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6, .20]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.2957
[crowd and dancers on lawn, three men wearing white tunics with whale design in center background, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2962
[Alaska Native dance group and drummers on lawn, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2150.8
Alaska, Northland Greetings [greeting card with sketch of dog team and holly with photograph of Mt. McKinley. copy neg, card clipped to copy stand with clothespins]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.29
[Indigenous Alaskan man and woman outside midwinter. Woman wearing long, parka-like dress and man in western style suit.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Dress, Parka-like dress, Western clothing, Clothing, Suit
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2018.023.033a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2015.015.03
1. Donald Tanner, 2. Charlie Rapuzzi, 3. Mark Lee 4. ?, 5. Art Simons [five young men and dog sitting next to building, 1930s? Modern copy print]
Collection: B2015.015
B2005.013.126
[women and children outside walled tent at fish camp, Hooper Bay, 1951]
Collection: B2005.013
B2018.023.033b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2208.16
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [room with table, chairs, sideboard, window with blinds]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.118.004
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; ranch scene [agricultural structures including barn and octogonal structure with chute affixed to second storey; truck parked at left; possibly person standing near center of image; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.004
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; ranch scene [agricultural structures including barn and octogonal structure with chute affixed to second storey; truck parked at left; possibly person standing near center of image; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1304
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [image of Alaska map taken from book, hand modified by photographer to remove mineral data and adjacent territories]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2186.3
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [female musher leading dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2002.019.933E
[from verso] pub 78 [man standing on steps at entrance to clan house; likely in Southeast; camera on tripod; totem; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1998.014.1.622
E41 Cutting a Kotzebue Caper "Kotzebue, Feb 1948, Paul Smith, dancer" [same as .620, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.110
[Alaska Native family posed outdoors, wearing traditional and Western style clothing, one man wearing eyeglasses, young man wearing necktie and holding driving cap]
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.65.002
24-5; Japs playing volleyball [seven men on court; ball near net; Ketchikan; likely August 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.65.002
24-5; Japs playing volleyball [seven men on court; ball near net; Ketchikan; likely August 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.031a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [family, women, man, children, kuspuks, parka, kuspuks, canvas wall tents, clothesline, washtub, washboard, buckets; likely on beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.031b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: family, women, man, children, kuspuks, parka, kuspuks, canvas wall tents, clothesline, washtub, washboard, buckets; likely on beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1991.011.456b
"Nelson Island: Umkumiut, E. Clements photographer, Dup" [same as .455]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.1303
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [image of Texas map and text from book. "Texas, the Lone Star State"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.196
[Boy in trash can collecting glass bottles; child and building in background]
Keywords: Boy, Child, Children, Trash, Trash can, Collecting, Bottle, Glass bottle, Running, Runner, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2186.4
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [musher leading seven-dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.073a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print: “Copper mine on Latouche Island, in Prince William Sound, where a mountain of low grade ore is being worked by the Guggenheims.” View of shoreline with piers, structures, skiff in foreground; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.073b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print: “Copper mine on Latouche Island, in Prince William Sound, where a mountain of low grade ore is being worked by the Guggenheims.” verso of slide: View of shoreline with piers, structures, skiff in foreground; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.005.159
[Indigenous Alaskan men carrying load of wood while people watch nearby; building in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Carry, Carrying, Wood, Load, People, Watching, Building, Structure, Landscape, Winter, Snow, Peace, Peace sign, Clothing, Coat, Denim
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon