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B1984.077.2.010
Pollocks? [man with backpack, woman in doorway of cabin, man in background. neg. is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.EQ.4.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 4
B1990.014.5.EQ.10.18
Chrysler Dealership
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_10
B1990.014.5.EQ.10.2
T beams of Alaska sales and service
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_10
B1990.014.5.EQ.10.5
Alaska Auto Sales Crushed structures
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_10
B1998.014.1.2220
"moose on highway" [moose runs in center of road toward viewer; winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.234.004
72-23 [Sitka; August 1941; two children sitting on deck or porch of wood structure; possible baby crib near center of image]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.898
L85 Matanuska Valley [agriculture, farm, fields, fences, automobile on gravel road, possible smoke in denter of image, structures, barn, hoiuse]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.025.134
Swamp buggys [tracked vehicle in yards or in fields; men, automobiles, pickup trucks, structures]
Collection: B2015.025
B2017.023.135
[Downtown Whitehorse, YT, Canada, buildings, automobiles, crane, stores]
Collection: B2017.023
B1991.011.405
Tanunak; herring & roe drying on gravel beach at Tununak, 1958" [boy stands on beach near drying fish; water and mountain in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.1518
(S84 Ft Richardson, Skyline Service Club) [similar to .1517]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3316
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [village scene during spring breakup; boardwalks, Polaris Mustang snowmachine, sled, outboard moter; people in distance; structures, quonset]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3319
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [village scene during spring breakup; children walking on boardwalks, structure; Snojet snowmachine with wooden sled; frozen river in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3356
June 1971 [Savoonga spring breakup scene; people walking on boardwalk, person on roof; structures; bicycle next to snow, church in distance, laundry hanging on clothesline in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.2004
T223 East 4th Avenue, Anchorage [street scene; bird's eye view looking east, likely from McKinley Building; Auto-Lite; Chugach Electric Co-op RSA; East side Service station; Alaska Native Hospital at left; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.7.021
[Two photographers standing near bridge, one with tripod possibly, Lo Pinto?, mountain in backdrop, sign in lower right.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.031.22
[lake or pond with a cabin situated on the far shore]
Keywords: cabin, lake
Collection: B1989.031
B1990.014.2018.1.44.005
18-4 Boy & rooster [boy holding rooster in this lap; scrap lumber in background; likely 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.44.005
18-4 Boy & rooster [boy holding rooster in this lap; scrap lumber in background; likely 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1991.011.592
"Newtok, 1940s" [man and woman stand outside sod structure with wood and metal entrance]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.014.87.7
[Quonset hut partially buried in snow, mountains in distance, Adak?]
Keywords: military, t
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2137
X2 The sun at midnight - Fort Yukon "1946 postcard" [view across river, likely taken from boat; structures in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3018
July 1983, aerials, villages [shoreline with structures between beach and roadway; motor home at lower left; mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.182.004
60-4 views taken around Thomas Basin [January 1941, Basha's [view of boats in harbor; pilings; structures; reflection of boats and mountain; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.182.005
60-4 views taken around Thomas Basin [January 1941, Basha's [view of structures near rocky shore; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2000.017.025
[pile of cut whale meat on tundra, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B1990.014.2018.1.235.005
72-4 [Sitka, August 1941; waterfront scene; view of Sitka from across water, taken from rocky beach; pilings]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1991.011.542
Newtok; Fish camp, Nelson Island; 1962. (June); duplicate [bird's eye view of canvas wall tents, fish drying on racks near shoreline; mountains; snow; pond; identified in 2019 as Nulullugaq fish camp near Tununak; also identified at 2019 AFN as Nululluruk camp; see .541]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.591
"Newtok; Moses igloo; S.W. [southwest] tundra area" [people near wood and sod structure; identified in 2019 village visit as Aimryarmiut - where they blackfish trap; likely 1957 or 1958]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.010.2195
[log church building with short bell tower on bluff with pine trees, probably Episcopal]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1963
T197 A June mid-night on Anchorage's 4th Ave. [street scene taken from center of street; glare in center of image; likely looking west]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2008
"T226 Kenai; Nov. 1954" [Archer's grocery store; lumber, logs and small structure in foreground; structures, automobiles in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2016
T232 "Too humble for comfort" Alaska Housing "Anchorage (Be it never this humble, there's no place like this home)" [winter scene of rail car covered in snow; possibly skis leaning near door?]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2134
"X1 Midnight sun from plane over Yukon River" [aerial view]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2010.023.698
"Nunivak illustrations, Skin preparation and sewing" [grass mats hang across drying rack; water in distance]
Collection: B2010.023
B2015.025.133
Swamp buggys [tracked vehicle in yards or in fields; automobiles, pickup trucks, structure]
Collection: B2015.025