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B2015.008.593
(Copper River flooded 3 miles 3 feet deep)
Keywords: Copper River, flooding, rail road
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.15
[woman with wicker baby carriage standing on boardwalk amongst large snow berm]
Keywords: baby, child, mother
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1999.014.1557
[Post Card of Trapper with furs standing in front of cabin along with his two dogs]
Keywords: dogs, cabin, camp, furs, winter, moose antlers, log cabin
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2015.008.579
(Hydrolic giant driving ore laden gravel and rocks into elevator)(Handy M G 1908)
Keywords: mining, miner, hydrolicing, monitors
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.592
{a group of men walking over the million dollar bridge crossing the Copper River}
Keywords: Copper River, rail road tressel
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.594
(Copper River flooded 3 miles 3 feet deep)
Keywords: Copper River, rail road
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.008.4
Eklutna School [three buildings at Eklutna Vocational School and trees covered in snow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Eklutna, Boarding School, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1989.016.1440.1
(Totem poles) [three totem poles in tall fir trees, Sitka? copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2010.023.344
(Barter Island -skins drying)(From N Chance 4-147)[Barter Island community with skins dying on the ground]
Collection: B2010.023
B2015.008.715
319.2 [close-up view of glacier terminus from gravel beach in foreground]
Keywords: Childs Glacier, Cordova Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.2.002
Lee's birthday [two children sit at round table; cake with two lit candles; chair at left; table with cup and saucer; woman's lower leg visible at far right; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.2.002
Lee's birthday [two children sit at round table; cake with two lit candles; chair at left; table with cup and saucer; woman's lower leg visible at far right; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.103
[Group of Indigenous Alaskans in skin boat, including women and infants; seal skin float near aft]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Women, Infants, Babies, Boat, Skin boat, Watercraft, Transportation, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Water, Travel, Seal, Seal float, Float, Group
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2139.9
(Neg for cards #19) [view down gravel road to mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.2.003
Lee's birthday [similar to .002; woman at right bakcgroud; clock and lamp atop what may be a radio cabinet; door; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.2.003
Lee's birthday [similar to .002; woman at right bakcgroud; clock and lamp atop what may be a radio cabinet; door; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2010.023.592a
:Carrying basket and coarse matting baskets containing frozen tomcod on cache roof; Fig. 51 (fig. 83) VanStone, James W. 'Nunivak Island Eskimo (Yuit) Technology and Material Culture" Fieldiana: Anthropology New Series 12 (1989) 96" [sod roof; antlers; snow]
Collection: B2010.023
B1989.016.348
No. 92. Aniakchak Crater, Alaska. Fr. Hubbard's Expedition. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska. [circa 1931]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.3.003
Fritzie [child looking up, standing near fireplace; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.3.003
Fritzie [child looking up, standing near fireplace; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.4.002
Sheldon [man sitting in arm chair; talbe; lamp; bookcase at left; piano at right; newspaper at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.4.002
Sheldon [man sitting in arm chair; talbe; lamp; bookcase at left; piano at right; newspaper at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.4.003
Mother [woman sitting on sofa appears to be sewing; table in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.4.003
Mother [woman sitting on sofa appears to be sewing; table in background; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.591
(Indian cradle mile 126 Copper River)
Keywords: native alaskan, children
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.16.23
Barrow 5180 [children riding bikes on snow]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2016.004
B2015.008.716
319.2 [close-up view of glacier terminus from gravel beach in foreground]
.716 – 319.3 [similar to .715]
Keywords: Childs Glacier, Cordova, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.39.007
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman likely on stage for performance of musical "Roberta"; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.39.007
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman likely on stage for performance of musical "Roberta"; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.2.4
Willow and people. Mr. Tetinek [man wearing backpack and holding walking stick standing on mountainside overlooking valley]
Keywords: clothing, recreation, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1973.079.122
[Boy and possibly his parents standing on the dock in St Michael. The boy has a fishing pole and several fish on a stringer that he is holding up for the photographer][negative is out of focus]
Keywords: fishing, docks, wharf
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1881.5
(Fur Rendezvous, clowns in snow) [two male clowns on Fourth Avenue in front of City Hall, one sitting on a dogsled, the other sitting in the snow, spectators and automobiles lining street, 1952?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2186.2
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [musher leading six-dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.3.001
child & horse [girl reaching over wood fence to pet horse; second child is visible at right; bridle; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.3.001
child & horse [girl reaching over wood fence to pet horse; second child is visible at right; bridle; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018