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B2015.008.615
(124_9 Arrival at Ridge Camp 9th day 7pm){mountaineer standing atop large rock outcrop}
Keywords: mountaineer, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.112.8
[village scene in winter, with log cabins, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.9
[village scene in winter, with log cabins, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.7
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [musher and dog team pulling away from fish traps on ice with load of fish]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.8
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [man clubbing fish on ice near fish traps]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.9
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [trap on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.15.5
[portrait of dog sitting next to fence post or Russian Orthodox cross grave marker]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.52
(catastrophe)(February 7 1967)(CN Derailment Passengers walking)
Keywords: catastrophe, train wreck, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2015.008.470
Preparing to dynamite the brick house. Destroyed by the flood. July 1928 [damaged house]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.017.Folder 178.6
1976 April 28, “Annabelle / Kids from Koyuk"
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Zoo, Annabelle, Elephant, Asian Elephant, Students, Youth, Koyuk
Collection: B2019.017 Alice Puster Collection
B2019.017.Folder 178.7
1976 April 28, “Annabelle / Kids from Koyuk"
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Zoo, Annabelle, Elephant, Asian Elephant, Students, Youth, Koyuk
Collection: B2019.017 Alice Puster Collection
B2019.017.Folder 178.8
1976 April 28, “Annabelle / Kids from Koyuk"
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Zoo, Annabelle, Elephant, Asian Elephant, Students, Youth, Koyuk
Collection: B2019.017 Alice Puster Collection
B2019.017.Folder 178.9
1976 April 28, “Annabelle / Kids from Koyuk"
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Zoo, Annabelle, Elephant, Asian Elephant, Students, Youth, Koyuk
Collection: B2019.017 Alice Puster Collection
B2019.017.Folder 40.1
Kids pulled on skateboards by dogs, 1965 June or July
Keywords: Alaska, Kids, Youth, Dog, Dogs, Skateboard, Skatebaords, Alice Puster
Collection: B2019.017 Alice Puster Collection
B1973.079.82
[disorganized and confused dog team teatherd to sled][negative has faded and is in poor condition]
Keywords: dogs, mushing, musher
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1997.003.198
[mining dredge in channel, "Jefferson" sign, people outside building]
Collection: B1997.003
B2006.023.6848.jpg
[U.S. Air Force air crew]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2015.008.070
2404(91914)(730am)(Bryn Mawr and Smith Glaciers)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1067
6.1. Phila., Pa., my room. 5.24.10, Noon [room interior, with desk, chair, fireplace,
bookshelves]
Keywords: room interior
Collection: B2015.008
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
B2022.005.260
[two white men on a makeshift raft with a sail floating on water. Trees and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, raft, mountains
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.30
[Indigenous Alaskan man standing on doorstep wearing dark fur parka with geometric trim and fur mukluks, parka likely made from reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Doorway, Doorframe, Door, Building, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.4
[Indigenous child in fur parka and mukluks standing outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.85
[two men standing with dog team infront of several cabins]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.318
73. Alaska R.R. & Spencer Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [Alaska Railroad train passing glacier]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.44.5
[man on bulldozer pulling load of hoses next to wooden fence or building frame under construction]
Keywords: water
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.2
[debris from military airplane crash on tundra, same as crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s, as in .53.5?]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.63.3
[soldier carrying backpack and walking stick hiking on glacier]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.417
March 1923 [Dora posed between snowbank and barn door]
Keywords: snow, woman, vermont, barn, winter
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.21.17
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.80
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and child outside midwinter wearing fur (likely reindeer) parkas; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Child, Parkas, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Pelt, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Mittens, Gauntlets, Gloves, Winter, Snow, Buildings, Structures, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1597
[bird's eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters and depot under construction at Anchorage, with rail yards and Government Hill in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1598.1
[airplanes on the ground in winter at Merrill Field, including Al Jones Airways and Lavery Airways, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.288.21
"For Rent" - Tazlina Glacier Lodge [puppy in small cache]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.288.34
[Tazlina Glacier Lodge exterior with sign. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.868
P-19. Hewitt's (Farming machinery) [tractor, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.30.17
[riverboat tied to shore at sunset, possibly Yukon River near Russian Mission?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014