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B2016.004.1004
(Blueberry picking mile 100 on the Glen Hwy 1977 Christina Smith of NYC)
Keywords: Glenn Highway, blueberry, harvest
Collection: B2016.004
B2019.019.IB1-10
Glacial Plain, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Glaciers, Water
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2017.024.3605
May 1969 [man holding oar while in umiak; water in background] slide #6612
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2141.54
(D-72?) [man wearing snowshoes, gloves, and knitted cap standing outside Arctic entry to log cabin in winter, mountains in distance]
Keywords: houses, residences, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2005.013.137
Joe & Margaret, King Cove, May ’52 [man and woman standing on boardwalk along waterfront, other men seated at left, buildings in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B2016.004.25.30
Pipeline Pump 12, Adele French in pipeline, Bob & Adele French [at] Copper River, Chitina, 1975 [mine entrance]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.024.3574
May 1969 [men butchering walrus on ice; bloody water; rope] slide #6516
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3585
May 1969 [men butchering walrus; ice and water in background] slide #6529
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3562
May 1969 [woman butchering seal as child watches; boardwalk, snow; possibly Savoonga] slide #6494
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.004.17842
Communication damaged by frost action in permafrost area. Photographer's number: 17842. [print date Feb 79 P3]
Keywords: snow, communications, winter
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2017.024.2071
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman making coffee in kettle on Coleman Stove; Hills Bros; Lipton Tea box, cups, basin; snow; ice; boat, people in background
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2140
King Island, copyright 1986 [close-up of man wearing eyeglasses smoking cigarette]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3562
May 1969 [woman butchering seal as child watches; boardwalk, snow; possibly Savoonga] slide #6494
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2141.53
D-71 (Native thermos and spear) [interior still life with thermos or bottle wrapped in fur pouch, spear propped against wall shelf holding clock reading 11:15]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.012.69
[two Caucasian women standing in field with young girl and baby in stroller]
Collection: B2014.012
B2017.024.3599
May 1969 [four men in umiak, hunters, gun; oars; open water] slide #6606
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3443
December 1981 [Winter scene of village, with mountain and alpenglow in distance, likely on coast; Northern Alaska]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2197.12
[distant view of Council City and the Niukluk Valley. Lomen Bros. photographers. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2079
King Island, copyright 1986 [women possibly in an umiak with supplies praying; man in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2104
King Island, copyright 1986 [man wearing plaid shirt, eyeglasses, cap]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2118
King Island, copyright 1986 [man carving wood with handmade adze; beach; structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2120
King Island, copyright 1986 [two men drag a sea lion on ice; water; possibly harpoon in snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3598
May 1969 [men and children in umiak, outboard motor; water; ice] slide #6605
Collection: B2017.024
B2000.017.13
[woman wearing print parka carrying paper bag and walking down boardwalk in front of sod house, barrels, books, driftwood, sled, and other items in yard nearby, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2017.024.2143
King Island, copyright 1986 [three people in umiak filled with supplies: one man reads the Nome Nugget; woman at right; man in background wears blue hat and holds gun; water; sea ice]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.010.5342
[men scraping seal skins inside seal processing plant, Pribilof Islands; print date Jul 74]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.024.2082
King Island, copyright 1986 [man standing on snow next to Coleman stove with two tea kettles; boat secured at ice; person standing at high point, likely a pressure ridge]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2332
Kotzebue, June 1967 "beluga whale butchering" [women process beluga meat at table and on plywood on beach; ulu; man and child; boat in background; shore ice; water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.004.03056
Nulakatuk, whale festival. Point Hope. Photographer's number: 03056. Stamp: 06 20 1968.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2017.024.3331
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [man wearing coveralls stands under wood structure, possibly scaffold; structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2068
King Island, copyright 1986 [man wearing cap in front of wooden stairs, raised boardwalks, structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2175
Prop. of Van Cleve Photography; Evanston, IL "Oldest villager, King Island [woman wearing parka and mittens stands at wood railing in front of structure; mountain in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.016.1927
Nome. King Island Eskimo women and children under oomiak. Note salmon drying [group gathered under boat on rack, boat numbered 192C13]
Keywords: boats, transportation, fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.019.447
299. Nome, Siberian coast, Gambell. McCutcheon’s Foto, Anchorage [Alaska Native women and children posed outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B2017.024.2076
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman in parka and blue scarf looks through binoculars; snow]
Collection: B2017.024