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B1986.096.274.1
Elks Youth Day, May 2, 1973
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1986.096.274.5
Elks Youth Day, May 2, 1973
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B2024.001.128
“Eklutna Glacier Sep 68” [view of Eklutna Glacier with large amounts of dirt or ash on its surface in 1968. Similar to .126. Dena’ina territory, September 1968]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Eklutna Glacier, Ice, Iceberg, Glacier, Mountain, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2022.003.36
B 66, Jesse Oscar’s [five Indigenous individuals, two adults and three youth, posed with buildings in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Family, Youth, Parka, Fur, Building, Jesse Oscar
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2022.003.62
G 105 90, Joseph Albrights [five Indigenous individuals, two adults and three youth, posed in front of a white house]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Family, Buildings, Telephone pole
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2022.003.70
O 114 121, Orphanage children on Dr’s truck [a group of youth standing in truck bed with people on the ground next to the truck]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Truck, Orphanage, Telephone pole
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1989.016.2151.3
Copyright 1904 by B.B. Dobbs, 192 (Nome) [portrait of Eskimo youth with braided hair, chin tattooing, beaded necklace and fur parka]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.003.38
C 86 56, Mary Lu and Malia [two Indigenous youth standing for a portrait wearing western style dresses and fur boots]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Youth, Boots, Fur, Portrait
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2023.011.90
Alcan [view of dirt road and hills]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, Dirt road, Hill, Trees, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2023.009.208
Ironworker [man in hard hat looking at camera]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Construction, Huffman Road, Huffman Bridge, Overpass, Ironworkers, Beam, Heavy equipment, Hard hart
Collection: B2023.009 Johnny R. Irons Collection
B2021.008.2
[group of seven people, five Indigenous youth and two white women, with a dog in bathing suits on a beach with trees in the background. Possibly Tyonek or Eklutna]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Swim
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B2023.011.106
Donna at airport. 6 Sep 60 [view of one individual holding a baby in a blanket with airplane hangars and stairs in the background, September 1960]
Keywords: Alaska, 1960, September, Person, Smiling, Baby, Blanket, Airplane hangars, Stairs, Northwest Orient Airlines, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2023.011.35
Trip to Homer [one individual, possibly Patricia Volkman posed with a halibut and Tika Kaq' (Kachemak Bay) in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Homer, Beach, Shoreline, Halibut, Fish, Fishing, Skiff, Posing, Water, Tika Kaq', Kachemak Bay, Mountains, American flag, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2024.001.296
“Turnagain Arm 1956” [Seward highway and railroad tracks, one car pulled over and two individuals stand near shore. Tutl'uh (Turnagain Arm), Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Tutl'uh, Turnagain Arm, Seward Highway, Chugach Mountains, Snow, Clouds, Train tracks, Shore, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2023.011.13
February 1960, Dog sled races [dog sled team running on street likely in downtown Anchorage]
Keywords: Alaska, February, 1960, Anchorage, Dogs, Dog sled, Sled Dogs, People, Musher, Street, Houses, Truck, Cars, Automobiles, Vehicle, Snow, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2023.011.91
Alcan [scenic view of trees with valley and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, Trees, Valley, Mountains, River, Scenery, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2023.009.199
Tim Bull, Roller – Baugh [man steering Hyster vehicle]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Construction, Huffman Road, Huffman Business Park, Baugh Construction, Tim Bull, Heavy equipment, Roller
Collection: B2023.009 Johnny R. Irons Collection
B2023.011.73
Yukon River [view of metal bridge and road with Ųųg Han (Gwich’in) or Chu Nìikwän (Southern Tutchone) (Yukon River to the right. Sign reads: "Yukon River, 897.5"]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, Yukon River, BIPOC, Indigenous, Ųųg Han, Gwich'in, Chu Nìikwän, Southern Tutchone, Metal bridge, Sign, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2024.001.136
“Bluff A5-1, Earthquake, Jun 64” [two white house cats climb on disturbed earth and trees following the 1964 Earthquake. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, June 1964]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Bluff, Trees, Earthquake, Cat, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.2044.4
(Sydney Laurence pictures of Natives) [studio portrait of Alaska Native youth in fur parka and mukluks. double exposure with studio portrait of man. 5 x 7 nitrate negative]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.18
#18 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941, Youth Shop Float. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [young girl on parade float passing The Club and Merchants Cafe on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.004.275
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, Members, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Horseback, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2019.007.048
March 12, 1996 [village scene, 1996; child sitting on steps next to man with clipboard, paper, pen. At AFN 2022, youth sitting on the stairs identified as Jeffrey “Smurf” George]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Manokotak
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2146.1
#1 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941, Youth Shop Float. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [young girl on parade float passing Rexall Drugs at corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.008.3
[group of six Indigenous men and one Indigenous youth standing in front of tents. Man at center may be holding a tin of food. Man second from the right may be holding a box camera. Possibly in Tyonek or Eklutna]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B2021.004.272
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition [Children with winners banner. ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Children, Youth, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2023.010.1
Hugh Brown and Chris Fields, Anchorage, Alaska [Hugh Brown, left, in plaid shirt standing in front of wood paneled wall with Chris Fields who is wearing a blue cap]
Keywords: Hugh R. Brown III, Hugh Brown, Alaska Black Caucus, HIV Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown III
B2023.011.105
February, Big Lake [view of snow road and trees. Similar to .103]
Keywords: Alaska, February, Winter, Big Lake, Snow, Trees, Road, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2021.004.276
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banner: "Freedome Ain't Free Let's Support The NAACP" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banner, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2023.011.22
July 1960, Homer [view of two individuals processing halibut on dock]
Keywords: Alaska, Homer, 1960, July, Fish, Halibut, Processing, Dock, Water, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2024.001.3
“Alaska Spenard 1949, Parker’s Store, Corner of Spenard Rd and Fireweed” [long, corrugated metal, domed-roofed building with “Post Office Spenard Alaska” on the sign above the front door, two windows, one on each side of the door, and two youths stand in the doorway. Spenard, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1949]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Spenard, Parker's Store, United Stated Postal Office, Quonset hut, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.2055.19
19 (July 4, 1938, parade) [General Motors flat bed truck festooned with crepe and flags, Northern Transfer painted on door, children on back of truck on swingset and seesaw, one boy holding basketball, banner reading "Bond Anchorage Youth Preferred J.C.C. Playground"]
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.004.274
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banners on mobile home: "Freedom Ain't Free Let's Support the NAACP" and "Denver Bound NAACP 1981 National Convention" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banners, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2023.011.27
Trip to Homer [two boats anchored next to each other in a cove with shoreline and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Homer, Mountains, Boats, Cove, Shoreline, Water, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2023.011.67
[view of highway scenery along Alcan or the Alaska Highway]
Keywords: Alaska, Canada, Alcan Highway, Mountains, Water, Shoreline, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B2024.001.386
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). A line of automobiles with Indigenous individuals sitting on blankets on the hoods of automobiles. They wave to large crowds on either side of C Street. In the front automobile there are two individuals wearing woven clothing. The individual on the right wears a feathered headdress. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2023.011.69
[view of at least three steamships in dry dock]
Keywords: Alaska, Steamships, Boats, Klondike, Dry dock, Water, Trees, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
