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B1991.048.202
[man, child, dog, and two horses plowing field, buildings in background]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B1997.003.060
[Bucyrus-Erie 34-B on beach; man sitting on box on deck of equipment]
Collection: B1997.003
B2022.005.220
[Crowd gathered around dog sled racer number 14 and his team]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Crowd, Group, Bystanders, Spectators, Dogs, Dogsled, Sled, Team, Sport, Transportation, Recreation, Winter, Snow, Street, Road, Community, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.782a
T6 [bird’s eye view of glacier terminus and hanging glacier, brush in foreground]
.782b – [same as .782a]
Keywords: glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.1377
Diomede, Feb 1962 [three men and one woman wearing parkas pose in front of structures; eyeglasses]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.152
[People unloading from USAF bus; Buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Uniform, Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Bus, Vehicle, Transportation, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.238
[Indigenous Alaskan woman (likely Elva "Willie" Amidon) in parka standing outside United States Post Office and Court House building in Nome, Alaska. Men standing near doorway. Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Woman, Parka, Fur, Geometric pattern, Design, Gloves, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Winter, Snow, Pathway, Man, Men, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Building, Structure, USPS, U.S.P.S., Post Office, Postal Service, Court House, Federal building, Government, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.17.015
Pioneer bus terminal; round trip $3.50 Anchorage, Palmer [building, mud, automobile, planks, utility poles. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.008.281
House and barns, from orchard. Hills are across river [bird’s eye view of farm]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.609
(121_12 Panoramic with 122_1_ Mt Blackburn from base camp 6th day_ 122_1 Panoramic with 121_12 Mt Blackburn 6am and Mr Barrett wasing in glacial pool 6th day)
Keywords: glacier, Mt Blackburn, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.029.2350
[young man wearing headdress and beaded vest dancing with fans; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.63
[Sled dog team and Indigenous Alaskan driver taking off; Man and children nearby; building with caribou rack at right]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Sleddog, Sled, Dogs, Huskies, Husky, Transportation, Team, Driver, Man, Men, Children, Boys, Winter, Snow, Building, Caribou, Rack, Antlers
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B2022.005.160
[Indigenous Alaskan man in sunglasses lounging on rocky ground drinking beer]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Sunglasses, Rocky, Ground, Lounging, Snow, Winter, Beer, Glass bottle, Bottle, Beverage
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.169
[Profile view of walking Indigenous Alaskan man in sunglasses]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Walking, Rainboots, Sunglasses, Hat, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.376
B92 Ninilchik school house [automobiles, banner "Ninilchik Fair, Sept 10, 11"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.406
B116 Anchorage, Alaska "Federal Building" [United States Post Office and Court House; pedestrians; people sitting in cars; automobiles parked at meters; Dodge pickup truck "J.S. Ramstad Construction Co. Inc.," Northwest Airlines sign; Lounge sign in midground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1369
Diomede, Feb 1962 [Woman in eyeglasses poses with three children in snow; parkas]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.029.2351
[boy wearing headdress and beaded vest drumming; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.151
[People in uniforms (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) milling around; USAF vehicle at left, buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Uniform, Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Bus, Vehicle, Transportation, Buildings, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.711
F26 Fishing boat harbor at Ketchikan [copy neg, same as .710]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.013A.s10.003
[from verso] "Toksook" [aerial view of village of Toksook Bay]
Collection: B2000.013A
B2017.029.2349
[young man wearing headdress and beaded vest drumming; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B1984.077.4.003
[Windmill, water tank? pipes in foreground, fence, outbuildings]
Collection: B1984.077
B1985.027.2606
Originally in B9 F166. Wien Tourism. Dogs. 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.1271.3
Alaskan moose. Hewitt's [same as .1271.1. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.16
(Chitina) [interior of building, with bed, chair, door, possibly a hotel?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.3.002
Winnifred [woman with arms crossed, smiling; foliage in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.3.002
Winnifred [woman with arms crossed, smiling; foliage in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.675
224.8. Fjord from Camp 5, 9.5.14, 11 A.M., cloudy 11 & 1/25 [view looking down glacier,
two men setting up small tent on rocky area next to glacier in foreground]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.676
226 8 226 7 226 6 Harvard Glacier 1914_3000 ft [panorama with three images, two men at left standing on glacier looking up at glacier with crevasse in foreground man standing in center leaning on walking staff with crevasse in foreground two men standing at right with large crevasse at left]
Keywords: glaciers, climbers, crevasse, mountain climbing, mountaineer, mountains, Harvard Glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.92
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women wearing Inupiaq-style fur parkas and mukluks with geometric trim and large fur ruffs; fur likely reindeer/caribou. Girls are standing against exterior door midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Girls, Parka, Mukluks, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Geometric trim, Trim, Decoration, Fur ruff, Door, Exterior, Building, Structure, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.5.004
Mother [woman sitting on sofa wearing corsage on her left shoulder; light at left; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.5.004
Mother [woman sitting on sofa wearing corsage on her left shoulder; light at left; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.374
Ice blocks, sawed and lifted, waiting to be hauled to ice house [blocks of ice on river, ice saws and shovel in foreground]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.397
[man wearing suit and necktie posed next to bushes in winter, George?]
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.2283
Kotzebue, June 1967 [chiled wearing knit hat stands in front of table where people are butchering likely seal; boat, ice in distance
Collection: B2017.024
B1984.077.16.016
[Exterior shot, man on porch, door, kuspuk, hood, mukluks, plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077