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B2001.036.584
[print and original negative] Annie Vent, Huslia, 4-82 [portrait of woman]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B1991.011.597
"Newtok, sealing; E. Clements" [winter scene; person pulling dead seal near structure as child stands nearby]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2009.017.1992.08.16
“ Yo! Smokey! What’s the gunfire hazard?” ©1992 Sunday Aug. 16, 1992 [bears reading Fire Hazard sign in park]
Collection: B2009.017
B2022.005.106
[Indigenous Alaskan girl with braids holding seal skin; second seal carcass on ground nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girl, Young woman, Child, Braids, Hairstyle, Mukluks, Footwear, Seal, Seal skin, Harvest, Winter, Outside, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1997.019.02full
The whale hunting season is opened formally by the captain of the boat, taking from a box on the cache his charms and hunting paraphanalia.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2022.005.47
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka (likely reindeer fur) wearing infant on her back, seated outside; church and buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Family, Braids, Child, Infant, Baby, Babywearing, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Skin, Hide, Pelt, Outside, Church, Buildings, Village, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.28
[Group of Indigenous Alaskan young women and children posed outside, one child propping up rifle in center; tent and clothing in background, likely camp]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Children, Girls, Boys, Group photo, Group, Outside, Gun, Rifle, Tent, Clothing, Camp
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.41
[Driver and passenger traveling by dogsled midwinter]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Driver, Passenger, Sled, Dogsled, Dog team, Dog, Dogs, Travel, Transportation, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1985.027.2415
[from verso:] Eskimos - Fishing; Kobuk Lake Sheefish; Wien Consolidated Airlines photo by Frank Whaley [people fishing in winter, snow, snowshes, parka, sleds; no date]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1985.027.1201
(Wein Destinations_Fort Yukon)(Box 4 Folder 84){elderly native woman sitting infront of cabin}
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1998.014.1.2304
"Three moose at Department of Engineering; Baylog, 1955(?)" [copy neg; winter scene with two moose standing and one lying in snow; building in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.1926
[woman sitting on steps of house, with all-terrain vehicles, meat on drying racks; print date Jul 90]
Collection: B2017.029
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
B2022.005.45
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka standing outside against building; parka likely reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Parka, Fur, Hide, Skin, Reindeer, Outside, Building, Structure, Wooden, Log, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2019.003.034
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Going to fish camp [young woman and two young men in skiff with outboard motor] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Fish camp, Going to fish camp, Camp, Boat, Boating, Skiff, Outboard motor, Indigenous
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1863
Mt. McKinley and Alaska Range reflecting in Wonder Lake. Bragaw
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.27
[Indigenous Alaskan man and woman outside midwinter wearing fur parkas, likely reindeer fur]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Geometric trim, Trim, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.69
[Indigenous Alaskan family of four wearing fur parkas (likely reindeer fur) outside]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Woman, Man, Mother, Father, Child, Children, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Clothing, Outerwear, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S3017.128
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. Hunter.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2141.55
(D-73?) [winter street scene, with two men on tractor clearing snow, one man shoveling driveway, one man on ladder clearing building roof, signs for businesses Seattle Rooming House and Pioneer Stables, Fairbanks? circa 1900-1910?]
Keywords: snow removal, communications, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.011.337.neg
Carrying water from Garden Cove [three people on ridgeline above coast]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1998.014.1.1311b
(O92 "Your sad story touched my heart") [Greeting card with image of man with feet propped up, boots, bottle on table; image is flipped. "Never before have I met anyone with more troubles than You. Please accept this as a token of my esteem and sincerest sympathy" copy neg.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.009.32
[two Schodde girls with dog on street corner]
Keywords: animals, children
Collection: B2009.009
B2014.019.467
King Island ivory carvers. c. Robinson Studio, Anchorage [Alaska Native men and boys standing and sitting near umiak on rack on beach, pieces of carved ivory on crates]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2014.019
B1998.014.1.629
Frank Morgan photo "E48 Diomede Is from ship" [people in two boats traveling toward Diomede, shore, structures in background, motor, oars, tow rope; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.011.579
"Newtok at school?" [likely 1958; four children and one woman sit on floor, possibly playing a game; bookcases in background; identified at 2019 AFN as Richard, Marilyn, Rosemary, Elma, and Pete Hunter]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1989.016.2141.64
D-83 [woman wearing mittens and fur parka with geometric decoration standing outdoors in winter, back to camera. same parka as in .2141.63]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S3017.031
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Walrus on ice, reflection, water, person wearing parka with hooded ruff in foreground]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1995.014.75.10
[dog harnessed to sled sitting on winter trail, dog wearing one booty]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
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
B2009.017.1986.06.01
GOP Primary Return of the Wally Mammoth Sunday June 1, 1986
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1998.014.1.2309
"Dog mushing under bridge" [Winter scene of musher with sled and six dogs posed near trestle bridge, likely Cushman Street bridge over Chena River, Fairbanks; onlookers in background; utility pole at upper left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1151
O24 An Alaskan totem pole (1946 postcard) [copy neg; same as .1150]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1989.016.1215
Summer Sunset. Hewitt's 31 / 13. Anchorage Summer Sunset. Hewitt's Photo Shop [midnight sun over waterway with dock. Double caption. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.048a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle; [outdoor summer scene; people; men; women; children gather as photographer with tripod watches; hats; skirts; blankets; wooden structures; tents’ mountain; possible river or lake in background; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; 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
B2018.023.038a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [two girls wearing kuspuks with fur-trimmed hoods and mukluks pose; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023