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B2015.008.967
78.7. Miss Dora Keen on Elsa in Fairmount Park [Dora on horseback in wooded area,
Philadelphia. Additional caption information erased. With Stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: horse, horseback riding
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.32
Portrait of Cal Williams, Democratic Convention Delegate for Barack Obama, Denver, Colorado, 2008 [Cal Williams wearing white kuspuk and convention name tag]
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2021.006.07
Barbara Taylor and son, and Virginia Card Smith
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Barbara Taylor, Virginia Card Smith, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.002.064
Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, Alaska, early 1950s [Samuel Fleming preparing to leave for work, note on back: getting ready to go to work.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.006.13
Attorney Charles Coe and John Gibbons, M. Ashley Dickerson’s partner
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Charles Coe, Attorney, John Gibbons, M. Ashley Dickerson
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.004.Box6.Page9
.261 [Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP]; "Wesley Elected"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, President, Virna Canson
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.002.067
Kelly Fleming, Randal Fleming, Anchorage, Alaska, 1965 [sister and brother.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Kelly Fleming, Randal Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.228.001
71-2 Ellis Island [wood structure near rocky shore; seagulls, possibily lumber on ground; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.228.002
71-2 Ellis Island [wood structure near rocky shore with sign reading "Ellis Island," woman and bicycle in right foreground; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.006.02
Kenneth [Card] and Minnie Card [Judge Card's wife and son at post-installation reception]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Kenneth Card, Minnie Card, Wife, Son, Family, Reception
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.20
Program from reception for Judge Larry Card’s installation to the Superior Court of Alaska, 1993 October 1
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Program, Reception, Installation, Superior Court, State of Alaska, James Wanamaker
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2017.024.1322
Diomede, Feb 1962 "11. Mayor scans ice for Red soldiers" [man at top of stairs looks through telescope; structures below; mountain in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2016.023.8
[view down muddy Alaska Highway, Jeep and fifth-wheel trailer stopped on shoulder]
Keywords: transportation, tourism
Collection: B2016.023
B1983.091.S1564.B5
(Nunivak Island Trip native people)(Mekoryuk residents)[native children]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2022.002.05
Cal Williams (first man in second row) with fellow soldiers in Personal Equipment Specialist training for Titan 2 missiles, Chanute Air Force Base, 1964 [Cal and eight other soldiers holding helmets, first row squatting, second row standing, note on bottom right of photograph: Personal 05063A Equip 27 Aug 63. Stamped on back: Instructor’s Copy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Chanute Air Force Base
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.014
Mayfield Evans and Willie Mae Evans [Bumping foreheads like granddaughter, Dakota would do]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Willie Mae Evans, Couple, Pair, Married, Husband, Wife, Family, Bumping foreheads, Affection, Love
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B2022.002.08A
Little Flower Academy seventh and eighth grade graduating class, 1955 [Four rows of students in caps and gowns, Cal Williams, second from left in first row of male students, Franciscan priests in belted robes on either side of first row, Father Ardwin Hillard on right side]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.1287
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, parade scene looking west down Fourth Avenue; automobiles; elephants walking down Fourth Avenue past businesses, spectators along street and on rooftops; signs for Fourth Ave Bldg; Piggly Wiggly grocery; Rose Florists Shop; Theresa, Alaskan Printing; Carol's Dress Shop; Alaska Fur Factory; Chevron gas station; White House; Columbia Lumber; Milke Way; Paddock Paint; Paddock Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B & B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley