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B1989.016.255
An Arctic church [kids sliding off snow on building roof]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.100
Same [students wearing uniforms and holding hoops performing dance next to May pole]
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.002.4858
{parade of cars and people down street}
Keywords: automobile, parade
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4876
{Winter view of rail depot}
Keywords: train, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2000.014.939
(939)(Snow from front door sky filter reversal Tanana Apr 27 1918)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1989.016.131
Sydney Laurence painting, Winter Creek left.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.101
Traders wife and baby [woman and infant on steps outdoors. Cf. .71]
Collection: B2019.003
B1979.002.4857
{a man sitting on the hood of car and woman standing drivers side with large barn or cabin in background during winter}
Keywords: automobile, car, winter, family
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.256.1
Breakup at Nenana, 1940 [Nenana Ice Pool]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.099
Small girls buttercup drill [students wearing uniforms and holding hoops performing dance next to May pole]
Collection: B2019.003
B2006.023.5483.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Golden grain and Colony farm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5483
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Golden grain and Colony farm. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2017.024.3336
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [spring breakup scene; man walking on boardwalk between piles of snow; structures, snowmachines]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3338
"Savoonga - St Lawrence Island, May 1969" [spring breakup scene; children pose on boardwalk; snowmachines; structures; overturned umiak frame; people; church in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3375
June 1971 [exterior view of child at window of wooden structure; snowshoes; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3380
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; man carries child on shoulders, girl walks behind in slushy snow; structures in background; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3381
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; chldren playing on boardwalk; puddles; snow; structures; snowmachines; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3382
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two children stand on front step in front of structure; girl holds jumprope; bucket and possibly traps hang on wall; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3383
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; woman carrying child on shoulders walks on boardwalk]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3396
June 1971 [two children sit on windowsill facing outdoors; one weariing socks; one barefoot; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3397
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two boys pose with bicycles on boardwalk; snow; structures, church in background; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3377
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; children play on boardwalk next to dog sled, snowmachine, and structure; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3382
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two children stand on front step in front of structure; girl holds jumprope; bucket and possibly traps hang on wall; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3383
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; woman carrying child on shoulders walks on boardwalk]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.68
(catastrophe)(August 9 1955 AIR Goat Creek air view when flooded old palmer road)
Keywords: catastrophe, flood
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2017.024.3329
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [spring breakup; snowmachines with wood sleds parked near airstrip; people looking toward Wien Air Alaska Fairchild F-27 aircraft; sealskin coat; construction equipment; mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3340
"Eskimo" Northern Alaska, May 1969 [spring breakup scene; girl wearing striped fleece jacket and boots sits on boardwalk with feet in water]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3372
June 1971 [breakup scene; people walking on boardwalk; children; sled; snow; puddles; structures in background. one displaying a cross; snowshoes; ladders; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3385
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; children play on boardwalk and snow; structures, snowmachines; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3395
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two children stand in doorway to structure; balloon; trash cans; objectsstored on roof; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3401
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; children play on boardwalk near doorway; structures; shovels; likely fuel tanks at left; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3405
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; men and children in front of structures; snowmachine; bicycle; outboard motor; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2198.1
Lomen Bros. [Dredge No. 7 on creek, Nome or Ophir Creek? copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.3393
June 1971 [breakup scene; children riding bicycles on boardwalk, standing in snow; overturned boats; strucgtures; snowmachines; sea ice in distance; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3394
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; boy and girl carry metal washtub along boardwalk; structures and clothesline in background; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3402
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; boys gather on and near overturned boat; some reading; some aiming what look like rifles; some look to right of scene; bicycle; structure; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.28.9
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.3259
[Nome, musher with bib number 6, "Nome, Robt Tocktoo" sled dogs, man looking over shoulder, "Welcome mushers" banner hung across street, spectators; Q Cab building]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3327
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [three men at doorway; one holding pipe, one wielding hammer; structures, spring breakup]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3342
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [spring breakup scene; children play on boardwalk; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3354
June 1971 [Savoonga spring breakup scene; men, women, children on boardwalks; snow; Riverside Caribou snowmachine SB3345; Chaparral cowling; structures, church, sled]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3366
"New type Arctic food freezer plant" June 1971 [Interior view of structure; worker in center of structure]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3368
June 1971 [interior view of two men in a store; cash register, possibly Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024