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B2015.008.208
4 1_82825 Alaska RR Bartlett Glacier_the trouble maker
Keywords: glacier, mountains, chugach
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.137
[Two Indigenous Alaskan Elder women with child in fur parka standing outside house midwinter; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Women, Grandma, Grandmother, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, House, Home, Building, Structure, Residence, Buildings, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.207
J12 82525 Wide Bay SW Alaska_Good bye to oil and the Alaska Peninsula{man leaning on the rail of a ship looking out at a bay and mountains
Keywords: ship, transportation
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.8.5
The funeral of a young boy who went out trapping and presumably died of hypothermia. The priest's name was [Vasily] Changsak. [Russian Mission, men carrying coffin]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.4870.jpg
Clarence Towarak
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.5716.jpg
[Muktuk Narston? with unidentified people next to truck with Iditarod sign. Possibly at State Fair.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5717.jpg
[Door with names Maud Hosler and Cora Hoffman, probably at Pioneer Home.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5718.jpg
[Vi Redington looking at display case]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.6542.jpg
Drying salmon, Flat Horm Lake.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.5716
[Muktuk Narston? with unidentified people next to truck with Iditarod sign. Possibly at State Fair.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.5717
[Door with names Maud Hosler and Cora Hoffman, probably at Pioneer Home.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1653.6
(Healy Mine) [bird's eye view of hydraulic mining operation, with pipelines, hoisting machinery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.11c.12945.21
Hiker at Byron Glacier in Southcentral AK [Outdoor Activities - Hiking], 1998
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Outdoor Activities, Hiking, Byron Glacier
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.2312.9
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of office, May 9, 1951) [business with loading dock area next to Alaska Railroad tracks, garage area at right, automobiles parked outside, buildings on bluff above]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2372
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways, U.S. mail planes at Lake Hood] L6
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1995.014.18.17
[portrait of Caucasian man sitting with dog on top of dog kennel]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.18.18
[portrait of Caucasian man sitting with dog on top of dog kennel]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.212
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women 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
B1987.056.226
Klondikers crossing Lake Bennett, scene from the M.G.M. picture "The Trail of '98". H.W. Steward
Keywords: Hollywood, movies, tourism
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1989.016.2383
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways, planes at Merrill Field, Fairchild 71s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1997.003.252
[man wearing fur parka and mukluks poses at door of wooden building]
Collection: B1997.003
B1983.091.S1880.5
Don Sheldon, Talkeetna Air Service (neg marked in margin 1869-3, man and hangar, planes)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1391.9
Out for a day's catch, Bristol Bay. Hewitt's, 14 [sailboats in bay. copy neg]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.229.005
71-3 Sitka tent house [man carrying bucket near canvas wall tent, other structures in forest; possibly fabric hanging on clothesline; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.229.006
71-3 Russian Church [street scene with view of St Michael Cathedral, Russian Orthodox church; people on sidewalks; businesses; automobiles; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2374
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.1002
M-38. Matanuska Valley-Anchorage highway. Hewitt's Photo Shop [dirt road with trees, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1003
154. Harvest at Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [two workmen in field filling sacks, with mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2286.2
(Bob Reeve and plane) [man in suspenders and brimmed hat standing next to nose of airplane, mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.528.1
Army plane [trimotor airplane with tail number R 71, possibly at Merrill Field]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.14191
Continental Divide: Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, pipeline is buried, 130 miles from Prudhoe. Photographer's number 14191. Dated July 25 '77. Slide category TAPS summer views
Keywords: oil, petroleum industry
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4