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B1995.014.16.1
[portrait of dog in harness standing on frozen river]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1991.048.180
[Photographic postcard] Out for a tramp with the dogs hunting ptarmigan, Doc. [addressed to] I.M. Auringer, Cohoes, NY [postmarked April 11, 1915, Flat, Alaska]
Keywords: hunting, animals
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B1984.077.12.014
[Ship deck scene, equipment, railing, water, man in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.2535
"Water resources display" [one neg and one transparency taped together; similar to .2532]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.12.013
[Ship deck scene, rigging, people standing, possibly playing game?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2151.3
Copyright 1904 by B.B. Dobbs, 192 (Nome) [portrait of Eskimo youth with braided hair, chin tattooing, beaded necklace and fur parka]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.077
[large building on shore, pier to right, possible runway to left]
Collection: B1997.003
B2000.014.502
(502)( Racing Claudia Keogh in the lead Tanaina, May 31, 1915)
Keywords: children
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2015.008.1204
Native woman such as an “ayah.” She wears a full skirt of cotton and a jacket half way to waist. Only this cloth beside. Trousers under shirt. If Mohammedan, no skirt over trousers. The water jar she carries is usually on the head. Women do the hardest work and carry the biggest burdens. This one unusually pretty [portrait of woman in traditional clothing posed in front of backdrop]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.45
Cal Williams in University of Alaska Anchorage cap and gown, receiving an honorary doctorate
Keywords: Cal Williams, Academic degrees
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1989.016.1031.5
GZ-185 (Road Building in Golden Zone) [tractor pulling workmen on sled, winter freighting, probably Paul Ellis in cat]
Keywords: roads, mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.014.138
[two Alaska Native men standing on barge docked at gravel beach, pelts or sacks on barge, tug on far side of barge, fishing boat or riverboat in background, low hills in distance. Paper with Velox stamp]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.014
B2015.014.149
[photographic postcard. man, possibly pilot, standing next to three Alaska Native women posed by single engine airplane, two women wearing squirrel parka with walrus tusk gussets and knitted cap, one wearing reindeer parka and Western style wool hat]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B2015.014
B2019.003.078
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Louis, half br. [young boy posed on building steps next to pile of fuel wood]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.010.1968
[aerial of coastal village in winter, airplane wing in foreground, Shaktoolik?]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.107.11
[log cabin in winter, with small sign reading "Office"]
Keywords: residences, businesses
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.6.5
Sam Applebaum, trader at Russian Mission. Behind him was the new Russian Mission church, constructed from the remains of the old church, which was torn down in 1941
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.037.038
[same woman from .37 laying on what appears to be a picnic table in park, autumn]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2009.037.039
[woman wearing scarf is posed in front of tree, spring or summer]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2017.007.077b
[damageto McLain’s Camera Center, with Westward Hotel in background. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.2055.42
42 (July 4, 1938, parade) [automobile with sign "Fun Fellowship & Service" on roof and wings with "8/40" on front hood, American flags and streamers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.45.004
18-6 man on dock [1939; smoking pipe; structures and vehicles in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.45.004
18-6 man on dock [1939; smoking pipe; structures and vehicles in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1996.011.360.neg
Islands on way up (in pass) [scenic from ship]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2014.023.245
(envelope marked "new washington hotel" house boats or floating docks under bridge)
Keywords: boats, bridge
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.1031.4
GZ-92 (Road Building in Golden Zone) [man operating bulldozer in road construction]
Keywords: roads, mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2235
[Alaska Native woman with headdress, beaded necklaces, parka with fur ruff. cf. .1455.3]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2247
[man holding two wolf carcasses standing next to Christensen Air Service airplane with skis in winter. cf. 1721.1]
Keywords: aviation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection