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B2015.014.94
[Alaska Native woman wearing reindeer parka and holding staff and snowshoes standing on tundra in winter. Paper with Kodak Velox Paper stamp.]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.014
B2017.024.2622
Nome People, July 1983 [interior scene of man on telephone; papers on desk]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2141.24
D-26 (Native hieroglyphics) [photograph of sheet of paper with pictorial writing tacked to a wall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2012.003.004
The village from up river. Look again! It’s there [photo paper dated Oct. 1969]
Collection: B2012.003
B2015.017.019
[Halloween. schoolchildren sitting at tables in classroom, paper bats hanging from ceiling similar to .18]
Collection: B2015.017
B2017.024.2142
King Island, copyright 1986 [man sits with paper and pen; water, land in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2624
Nome People, July 1983 [interior scene of man seated at desk with papers in hand]
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.019.143
Boys at picnic, Angoon [three Alaska Native men seated outdoors eating off paper plates]
Collection: B2014.019
B2017.024.2623
Nome People, July 1983 [interior scene of man on telephone; papers, styrofoam cup on desk]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.116.16
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food, agriculture
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.116.17
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.117.1
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.117.2
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.117.3
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1995.014
b2011.014.33
Three women, two men in front of tar-paper building. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
b2011.014.34
Three women, two men in front of tar-paper building. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
b2011.014.39
Three women, two men in front of tar-paper building. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
b2011.014.42
Three women, two men in front of tar-paper building. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2017.024.2741
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [child carring pinwheel and and possibly a book or paper walks past bicycles including Schwinn ladies' cruiser and road bike; red wagon, man carrying paper shopping bag; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.4.Science.22.1993sep.d11.32
Alaska paper birch: Betula papyrifera var. humilis. Understory of spruces. Print date Sep 93 D11.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2015.008.939
[room interior, man seated at desk, papers and hurricane lamps on desk, clock and
photos hanging on wall, with wallpaper]
Keywords: room interior, man, lamp, clock, pictures
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2525
"Group award: Jan 14, 1964" [seven men and one woman in office; man in uniform holding papers is Colonel Kenneth T. Sawyer; desk with papers, pens, ashtray; Essayons U.S. Army Corps of Enigineers insigna on wall; clock on wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2695
Nome street scene, July 1983 [woman carrying brown paper bag walks across street; vehicles and structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.029.194
[children in grandstand during Fourth of July celebration, many with flags and wearing paper hats; print date Jul 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2023.006.5467
Portrait of Volunteer Lynn Perry-Plake [Volunteer Lynn Perry-Plake at a desk with papers, radio, and whiteboard, 2002 Iditarod]
Keywords: 2002, Vounteer, Lynn Perry-Plake, Papers, Radio, Mug, Channel 2, Whiteboard, Portrait, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, JeffSchultz
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B1998.014.1.2526
"Group award: Jan 14, 1964" [seven men and one woman in office; man in uniform holding papers is Colonel Kenneth T. Sawyer; desk with papers, pens, ashtray; Essayons U.S. Army Corps of Enigineers insigna on wall; clock on wall; similar to .2525]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.8.003
[Interior view, man laying on cot, arm over eyes, shelf, paper bags, case for camera or binoculars? Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2022.005.109
[Three Indigenous Alaskans standing outside house; Young man with paper bag and suitcase] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Girl, Young women, Young man, Man, Suitcase, Luggage, Paper bag, Bag, House, Home, Building, Residence, Ladder
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1084.9
P-238. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [group of men crowded around man writing on paper, or possibly looking at map]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.107.003
40-2; Ocean Falls [British Columbia; Feb 21 - March 1st, 1940; view of industrial pulp and paper mills at waterfront]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.107.003
40-2; Ocean Falls [British Columbia; Feb 21 - March 1st, 1940; view of industrial pulp and paper mills at waterfront]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.171
[white man seated at desk inside office, reading book, papers in pigeonholes above desk, curtains on window. Same man as in .28?]
Keywords: interiors
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.014.103
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors at sewing machine, house and sled frame in background, photographer’s shadow in foreground, Nome? Paper with Velox stamp]
Collection: B2015.014
B2017.029.655
Satisfied customer [man sitting in lawn chair outdoors, eating fried fish from paper plate with plastic fork; print date Aug 75]
Collection: B2017.029
B1981.020.022
The Dam, Ocean Falls, B.C. No. 2923 [hydro power dam erected by Bella Coola Pulp and Paper Company to power mill, town buildings in background]
Collection: B1981.020 Hotchkiss
B1989.016.2141.70
(D-89?) [three mushers with sleds and dog teams stopped next to two tar-papered buildings in winter, rise or mountain in background, mining complex?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.014.89a
Fishing on the Arctic coast [white man standing with Alaska Native men and women hauling in nets on gravel beach. Paper with Velox stamp. 2 copies]
Collection: B2015.014
B2017.024.2738
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [people, man carrying baby in back carrier, man carrying empty brown paper bag; structures, sidewalk]
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.014.90
Frida [Alaska Native man and two women wearing fancy fur parkas with geometric decoration standing outside log cabin in winter, man with mustache wearing fur hat, parka with fur on the inside, and Athapascan-style mittens, metal wash basin on wall at left above wood pile. Paper with Kodak Velox Paper stamp.]
Collection: B2015.014
B1989.016.1084.3
P-232. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [group of men standing around a wheelbarrow, one writing on a paper, another holding a hat - same as in .1084.2]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2152
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, Girl" [girl wearing checked dress wearing leg braces holds paper, portable television on table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.158
V. M. Eaton. D. L. Reaburn [man standing at table in walled tent, with books, papers, and ink spread out in front of him, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.2018.1.160.004
52-3 Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [Hope Ohashi poses wearing kimono and obi and holding paper umbrella; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.160.005
52-3 Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [Hope Ohashi poses wearing kimono and obi and holding paper umbrella; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.160.006
52-3 Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [Hope Ohashi poses wearing kimono and obi and holding paper umbrella; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.161.001
52-4 Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [Hope Ohashi poses wearing kimono and obi and holding paper umbrella; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018