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B1986.096.sewer01
Sewer utility. Aug. 6, 1966. End of project 402-66-02. Possible slide rule error. Suggest we specify "gap water" in the future. L.B. [Polaroid]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1995.014.59.14
[portrait of dog in harness]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.8.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B2014.012.8
A.P.P.A. Salmon Cannery, Snag Point, Alaska, Aug. 10, 1910 [building complex]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.23.002
5-7 nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks; automobiles; neon lights; Bank at end of street; Model Cleaners on left; bakery(?) 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.002
5-7 nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks; automobiles; neon lights; Bank at end of street; Model Cleaners on left; bakery(?) 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.003
5-7 Wes Edmonds at work [man standing in front of liquor bottles on shelves; calendar in background displays "April"; likely Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.003
5-7 Wes Edmonds at work [man standing in front of liquor bottles on shelves; calendar in background displays "April"; likely Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.176.002
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; includes faucets; hood, chair]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.176.003
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.15
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Indigenous Alaskan man and woman with dog outside midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Dog, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.654b
"F3 Fish wheel on the Yukon River" [log base, log and plank bridge, holding pen, shore in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.183
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2018.021.195
Joan, ?, ?, Wally, Piper PA 20, Chickaloon flats, ’54 [Wellenstein and Joan Wellenstein Fuglestad sitting on ground next to airplane N7080K, unidentified men standing between them] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Flats, Joan Wellenstein, Wally Wellenstein, Wallace Wellenstein, Wallace J. Wellenstein, Wally J. Wellenstein, Wellenstein, Cliff Fuglestad, Plane, Piper PA-20, Piper PA 20, N7080K, Bush, Flying
Collection: B2018.021
B2022.005.182
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1449.3
10. Alaska reindeer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.016
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Parka and gloves [young woman wearing embroidered mittens and parka with geometric trim and fur ruff crouching in snow next to building] [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, Parka, Embroidered parka, Mittens, Embroidered mittens, Fur ruff parka, Fur ruff, Young woman, Woman crouching
Collection: B2019.003