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B2021.002.012
Parnell Simmons and wife.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1983.091.S1365.2
Margot, Tom, dancing with wife at Idle Hour, 1953
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.BallsAlfredMrMrs.1
Balls, Alfred, and wife, Passport Photos, 1934-35
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2016.024.025
[Kats and His Bear Wife pole, Saxman Totem Park]
Keywords: Totems
Collection: B2016.024
B2000.014.865
(865)(Alexander Williams and Wife Jennie Tseintan enlarged copy )
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2000.014.388
(388)(Joe Robert, Wife and two Children, Tanana Jan 27, 1915)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2000.014.672
(672)(Fort Gibbon Sgt Cox and wife at quarters Sept 11 1916)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2019.003.101
Traders wife and baby [woman and infant on steps outdoors. Cf. .71]
Collection: B2019.003
B2021.006.26
Ret. Chief Master Sergeant Al Harvey and wife Starella Harvey
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Chief Master Sergeant, Al Harvey, Starella Harvey, Family, Couple
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2000.014.380
(380)(Rampart Joe and wife Ralno(Big Sarah) Tanana, Dec 1914)[portrait of man and woman]
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2021.002.075
Cliff and his wife Bernice, Fairbanks, Alaska, early 1950s [friends at a social event.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
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
B1990.014.2018.1.256.001
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?), Ketchikan; April 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.002
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?); Ketchikan; April 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.002.018
Right to left, Larry's wife, Margaret Fleming, Greg Fleming, Larry, Fairbanks, January 1957.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2013.063.1.2
[L-R: Dan Thomas, Chief Thomas' wife nee Ketzler, Chief Thomas. copy neg]
Collection: B2013.063
B2021.006.29
Left to right: Willie Harris Butler, Judge Larry Card’s wife Minnie Card, and Celeste Simmons
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Willie Harris Butler, Minnie Card, Wife, Family, Celeste Simmons
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.46
“Wife-killing trial begins for Bob Dorr” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News, October 12, 2006
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Trial, Murder trial, Anchorage Daily News, ADN, African Americans, Black Lives in Alaska, Black Alaskans, Alaskans
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.193.003
62-5, Close up of totem [Basha standing in opening of Kats and His Bear Wife pole; February 1941, Saxman]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.65
Inlet Hotel, 4th Ave at K St. Southwest corner. Owned by Chas R. "Red" Nelson and Wife Vera
Keywords: pedestrians, hotel, buidingn, street signs, street lights
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.68
Inlet Hotel, 4th Ave at K St. Southwest corner. Owned by Chas R. "Red" Nelson and Wife Vera
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
b2012.016.180
His wife [of Native minister, cf. 184. Mountain Village or Goodnews Bay? Same woman identified as "Mrs. Wilson" in B1995.014.56.6]
Collection: B2012.016
B2014.027.32
ITDR-78 #18. Musher and wife become spectators, Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Nome, Alaska, March 1978
Collection: B2014.027
B2022.001.006
Left to right: Jacqueline [daughter, Jackie] Evans, Barry Evans [son], Willie Mae Evans [wife]. [Studio portrait]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Families, Family, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Daughter, Barry Evans, Son, Willie Mae Evans, Wife, Studio portrait
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2021.002.033
Right to left, Larry, Greg Fleming, Larry's son, Larry's wife, Fairbanks, 1957 [cooking some hot dogs on an open fire.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1996.009.10full
He bids his wife and babe goodbye and he and his crew roll the walrus skin covered oomiak out to open water, their path made certain and safe by
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2014.012.32
[woman identified by Tim Troll as priest's wife wearing fur parka standing with young girl also wearing fur parka outside building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.154.004
50-4; Clarence Hnning's wife [woman leans over small boat on deck of larger vessel; harbor; dock in foreground; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.003
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.004
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.256.005
79-2 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.257.001
79-3 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.257.002
79-3 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.257.003
79-3 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.257.004
79-3 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.257.005
79-3 Rosey and wife [portrait of Adolph Roseneau (sic: Rosenau?) and Jean Rosenau, Ketchikan; April 1942; note possible scrimshaw brooch with walrus design]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.56.6
Mrs. Wilson [Native woman wearing print parka with fur ruff and mukluks standing outdoors in winter, buildings in background. Same woman identified as "preacher's wife" in B2012.016.180]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1962.001A.147
[Indigenous Alaskans], Willow Creek, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E1031 [verso:] Copper Center people. Stako? Ewan and wife? [Ahtena Indians] [Ahtna Territory. Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Territory, Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Indigenous, BIPOC, P.S. Hunt, Alaska, Alaskan, Willow Vreek, Family, Stako, Ewan, Wife, Women, Man, Camp, Tent, Gear, Child, Children
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2022.005.15
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Indigenous Alaskan man and woman with dog outside midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Dog, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2014.016.1861
Kiana, on the Kobuk River. Sod-roofed cache is proud possession of Eskimo. Background, his wife stands outside their home [Alaska Native man and White woman stand near log cache, woman near log cabin in background, fireweed in foreground]
Keywords: food, residences
Collection: B2014.016
B2022.005.14
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Small Indigenous Alaskan boy in fur (likely reindeer) parka holding dead bird at side; midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Bird, Dead bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Winter, Snow, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.020.061
July 59 Frank wife & Hoon passing Anch. [Chinese American woman posed with young boy in front of Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-7 airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other passengers walking at left; print date Jul 59
Collection: B2017.020
B1991.011.551
Newtok; Mrs. Otto Moses sewing; interior of Otto Moses sod igloo and wife sewing mukluks; copy neg [woman sewring; child sitting next to woman; child wearing parka at right; two seated people identified as Maryanne Hooper and David Moses]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2015.008.1197
Agra, Taj Mahal. Interior showing tomb and screen surrounding. Mausoleum of “Begum”, or wife, of Shah Jehan. Built by him. On river, & can be seen from Jasmine Tower where he died. His tomb next hers, not showing. Tombs both of white marble, inlaid. Screens of white marble, inlaid around the borders. Every bit perfect.
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001A.146
“Doc Billam” and two [wives]. Copper River Natives. Copyright 1906 by P.S. Hunt, G798. E1016 [verso: Doc Billum in top hat, woman in striped dress Doc BIllum's wife, man at far right Tony Pete from Chitina] [same as B1962.001a.145, B1062.001.1338; Ahtena Indians; Billum, Doc; Tiekel] [With horse sled. Tiekel Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Indigenous, People, Group, Doc Billum, Family, Children, Men, Young men, Women, Young woman, Tiekel, Roadhouse, Building, Log building, Sled, Horse, Transportation, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, BIPOC, Wife, Tony Pete, Chitina, Tsedi Na'
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2022.001.005
Left to right: Melphine Evans [daughter], Barry Evans [son], Stephanie McFadden, Mayfield Evans, Dakota Evans [granddaughter], Willie Mae Evans [wife], Jelani Evans Reynolds, Jacqueline Evans [daughter], Jamila Evans Reynolds, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson [Condition Note: small spot of food stuck to front of photograph] [Waterfront group portrait. Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina Territory, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage)]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Families, Family, Melphine Evans, Daughter, Barry Evans, Son, Stephanie McFadden, Dakota Evans, Granddaughter, Child, Willie Mae Evans, Wife, Couple, Married, Jelani Evans REynolds, Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Jamila Evans Reynolds, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, JBER, Base, Elmendorf-Richardson, Waterfront, Group portrait, Outdoors, Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina, Territory, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1985.027.970
[from verso:] Wien - destinations - Bethel; Mr. John John, wife, daughter Mrs. Mary Gregory, Mrs. Agnes Farnsworth, Census crew leader at Bethel. Children belong to Mary Gregory. [family sits on or next to bed with census worker; file folder on floor; phonograph record leaning against wood stove; metal basin atop stove; wall calendar from M.L. Davies Company showing April 1960]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection