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B1995.014.22.11
[Alaska Native man at camp fire, cooking squirrel?]
Keywords: camping, food
Collection: B1995.014
B2007.005.6.B3
[native woman preparing grasss for hut insulation]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2013.066.272
Moving camp, Kokhanok [children on beach near pile of supplies and Blazo cans; print date Oct 62]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2013.066
B2015.008.220
4 4 82825 Anchorage, Alaska_ Govt R R shops and offices in distance
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Rail Road
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.117.6
[dead hare and grouse posed on wooden sled frame]
Keywords: hunting, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.118.12
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge, dock on shore in foreground]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.118.9
[sluice box, gold pan, and other equipment at small mining operation on creek]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.063
2386(91814)(2pm)(Bryn Mawr Glacier)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1991.011.455
"Nelson Island: Umkaimiut; Mary Charlie, 6-60" [woman, children outside sod and wood structure; water in distance]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.014.118.13
[riverboat and barge, possibly sternwheeler Nenana and Alaska Railroad barge, dock on shore in foreground]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.23.1
[man and dog sitting in boat eating fish]
Keywords: boats, fishing, animals, food
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.23.10
[wooden skiff with tarp covering on beach, dog sitting in stern]
Keywords: boats, animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.23.11
[wooden skiff with tarp covering on beach, dog sitting in stern]
Keywords: boats, transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.23.12
[wooden skiff with tarp covering on beach, dog sitting in stern]
Keywords: animals, transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.23.13
[wooden skiff with tarp covering on beach, dog sitting in stern]
Keywords: boats, animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.24.13
[dog team asleep in snow, chained to log fence next to log cabin, other buildings in background]
Keywords: transportation, animals, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.4.10
Marshall 1937. Al Morenzi's store and a house Bill Amowak bought from Sears and Roebuck in the early 1930s [village scene, with houses and stacks of firewood and barrels, Yukon River at right]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.55.14
Eugene Tetinek [portrait of man in uniform seated indoors next to barrel stove]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.006.2338
[Alaska Native boy with puppy dogs outside log cabin, wash basins on wall, Hughes; 1967]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.006.2339
[young Alaska Native children playing on riverbank, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B2015.008.034
(9_17_14)(2:30pm)(From J)(Wellesley and Vassar Glaciers)
Keywords: Glaciers, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.006.2341
[four young Alaska Native boys next to Quonset hut, boy at left standing on ladder, boys at right on moveable steps, windsock on pole in center, heavy equipment at right, photographer’s shadow in foreground, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B1990.014.2018.1.156.001
51-3; ramshakle house at Saxman; yellow filter [view of wood structure with collapsing porch and roof; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.008
Scn 5299 Ice fall Hubbard Glacier; glaciers [calving glacier, icebergs]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2015.008.031
236.6. 9.17.14, 1:30 P.M. [similar to .27. Cf. .702] [glacier terminus]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.102
Native boats in winter quarters [four riverboats in slough filled with ice chunks, buildings and lumber pile on bank above]
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.2210.64
P-67. Hewitt's [scenic with cultivated fields in foreground, man leading horse team visible at left, snow-capped mountains in distance; Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.7
E-27. Eskimo Ivory Carver using old bow drill. Hewitt's Photo Shop (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man wearing fur parka standing in display of Native arts and crafts demonstrating the use of the ivory bow drill; Eklutna Vocational School student or teacher]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.8
E-28 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in fur parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, with box drum suspended from tree branch, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.004
Scn 17804; Hubbard Glacier [glacier face, motor boat in lower center of image]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1995.014.15.13
[musher and dog team stopped near bluff along shore of frozen water, possibly Yukon River, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.001
(Swede Russian, German, American back to help us pack out){ Five men standing next to a wall tent}
Keywords: camping, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.085
Anvik River in summer [bird’s eye view of river from bluff, one riverboat under way, two boats on shore in foreground]
Collection: B2019.003
B1994.022.760
(Fairbanks, Alaska)[NC CO. building and the Chena River]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.28.8
F-E Co. 1942 [men assembling machinery or mining plant, Fairbanks Exploration Co.]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.054
2394(91814)(1130am)(push moraine in front of Bryn Mawr Glacier)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1972.046.139b
305. Pitchfork Falls, Alaska. E. A. Hegg [distant view of tall waterfall]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1972.046.142
(Klondike Miner){Miner standing outside of his cabin wearing a large backpack with a variety of mining tools strapped to the pack}
Keywords: mining, miner, gear, sourdough
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1995.014.14.6
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [musher and dog team pulling away from fish traps on ice with load of fish]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014