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B1984.077.16.018
Seventh-Day Adventist Chapel [Exterior shot, man, kuspuk, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2141.34
D-44. Tom cod fishing, Koyuk, Alaska [two people sitting on ice near holes, two others walking nearby]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.022
[man in kuspuk stands amid fireweed, buildings in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.026
[Man wearing kuspuk and mukluks sits in front of door, window]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.046.53
[Alaska Native woman with child on shoulders holding up inflated walrus stomach, Savoonga. Original image blurry]
Collection: B1991.046
B1984.077.16.014
[exterior shot, man on porch steps wearing parka, kuspuk, mukluks, holding plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.011.1190
Point Hope, 1957; Myra Lisbourne & child; the clinic [woman holding boy]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1984.077.16.013
[exterior shot, building, two people, parka, hood; blurry, possilbe double-exposure?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.015
[Exterior shot, man on porch step, kuspuk, hood, mukluks, holding plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.019
[Exterior shot, man on porch, kuspuk, hood, mukluks, flowers, plants on porch]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.021
[exterior shot, man in kuspuk bends to smell flowers, fireweed? shadows, building in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.012
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.017
Seventh-Day Adventist Chapel [Exterior shot, man at door, kuspuk, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.024
[Exterior shot, man in kuspuk turns to look, three human shados on gravel road, gireweed, platns, truck parked in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.011.549
"Newtok, sod house; E. Clements photo; 11/59" [dogs rest on sod house; window; snow]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2001.036.583
[print and original negative] Irene Peter, Huslia, 4-82 [two women in clinic]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B1984.077.16.011
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood, mukluks]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.023
[exterior, man in kuspuk, mukluks, posed with hands on hips, plants, fireweed, shadows.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1333
PA10 At the time of the Japanese invation the population of the Aleutian Islands was mainly blue foxes. Trappers stocked the islands and as a rule returned once a year during trapping season. (Blue fox in the Aleutians) [snow, quonset in background, structure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2001.036.2062
Chevak, AK, 2-81 & 1-82 [woman wearing kuspuk standing in clinic. Same woman as in .298]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2018.023.029a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print photograph:] “Ten years ago 1200 reindeer were imported to Alaska. These have reproduced until now the herds number 65,000. In 10 more years there will be several million reindeer in the territory and the industry will provide a living for 100,000 people in the coldest part of Alaska.” [winter scene: reindeer harnessed to sleds; cargo bag; people; parkas; trees; snow; mountains in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1984.077.16.010
[exterior shot, building, two people on porch, steps, parka, hood]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.4916
[Alaska Native woman holding baby, probably beautiful baby contest, Fourth of July, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2001.036.2063
Chevak, AK, 2-81 & 1-82 [young girl wearing kuspuk standing in clinic. Same girl as in .305]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2014.001.758
[same women as in .757, with more boats tied to shore, fishing nets and floats near hoisting machinery; print date Oct 80]
Collection: B2014.001
B2022.005.259
[one Indigenous man on a makeshift raft with a chair and box floating on water. Trees and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, raft, mountains
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2018.023.029b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print photograph:] [verso of slide] “Ten years ago 1200 reindeer were imported to Alaska. These have reproduced until now the herds number 65,000. In 10 more years there will be several million reindeer in the territory and the industry will provide a living for 100,000 people in the coldest part of Alaska.” [winter scene: reindeer harnessed to sleds; cargo bag; people; parkas; trees; snow; mountains in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1984.077.16.016
[Exterior shot, man on porch, door, kuspuk, hood, mukluks, plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.025
[Exterior shot, man in kuspuk, mukluks sitting on porch, man standing to left]
Collection: B1984.077
B1991.011.403
"Tanunak; stringing herring...to hang on racks to dry" [woman strings herring with grass; fish hang in background, 1958]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.029.1872
[athlete competing in two-foot high kick in gymnasium; print date Jun 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B1991.011.123
"Eek 1949 on a 'whiteout' day" [winter scene with structure entrance at right, small cache at left; posssibly boats in background; firewood, likely river in distance]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.046.11
Hooper Bay, 7/51 [young Alaska Native girl wearing waders sitting on stairs, holding infant on lap, infant wearing cotton parka, bonnet, and seal skin mukluks]
Collection: B1991.046
B1998.014.1.134
A53 reindeer roundup, 1948 3 negs & 1 print + 1 reindeer & Eskimo [corral] "Gyuriak photo"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.573
E12 Eskimo Summer "Natives in boats" [same as .572, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.024.58
[Alaska Greyhound bus parked outside depot and Vern's Market, with sign for crabs, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses, transportation
Collection: B2014.024
B1984.077.16.020
[Exterior, man in kuspuk standing amid tall plants, flowers, fireweed, building in background, person in left foreground]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.4863
[two women standing on beach next to drying racks, one woman wearing kuspuk with fur trim, ice in water near shore, Kotzebue; print date Jun 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.18.8
[dog team on frozen river in storm]
Keywords: weather, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2210.29
E-46 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [young man in fur hat, kuspuk, skin gloves and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.18.9
[man standing outside log cabin, sawhorse, saw, and logs in front of building, snowshoes propped against wall]
Keywords: houses, residences, transportation, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.570
E11 Blanket tossing, an Eskimo game [same as .569, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.588
E27 King Island craftsmen at work, photo by Frank Morgan "1948 postcard" [three men inside shelter, leather, skin wall coverings, ropes, tools, metal fuel drum, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.027.13
ITDR-77 #13. Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1977, Inuit lady in handmade fur kuspuk, Nome, Alaska
Collection: B2014.027
B2017.024.2330
Kotzebue, June 1967 "beluga whale butchering" [women process beluga meat at table on beach; ulus; shore ice; water]
Collection: B2017.024