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B1995.014.22.11
[Alaska Native man at camp fire, cooking squirrel?]
Keywords: camping, food
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.105.11
Rex Beach cabin, Yukon River, 1934 [log cabins along river]
Keywords: residences
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
B2017.023.030
[small fisihing boat in river, fishing rods, shore, trees, fog.]
Collection: B2017.023
B2015.008.791c
T20. 3A Kodak [view across glacier to snow-covered mountain, pack and pole in snow
in foreground, probably Harvard Glacier. has neg. cf. .795-796]
.791b – T20 [with stamp of Dora Keen]
.791c – T20. 571
Keywords: mountaineering
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.792
T21 [three climbers in tent at base camp, George at left holding cup and spoon; man in
center smoking pipe and serving up food with box of flat bread on knees, possibly H.L. Tucker;
man at right holding cup and spoon, possibly G.A. Rabehl. has neg. cf. .775]
Keywords: camp, cooking, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.792.t21
T21 [three climbers in tent at base camp, George at left holding cup and spoon; man in
center smoking pipe and serving up food with box of flat bread on knees, possibly H.L. Tucker;
man at right holding cup and spoon, possibly G.A. Rabehl. has neg. cf. .775]
Keywords: camp, cooking, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.58.2
[view across lake to smoke from wildfire, unidentified location]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.3416
Black Start 12-70 4321 Alaska Eskimo [Kotzebue, three people butchering beluga whales on jumble ice; boat and water in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1983.091.S3017.137
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Burial: coffin and cross among the rocks; steel barrels, crates which are also possibly coffins in midground, snow]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1057.1
#215. Palmer Gym. Hewitt's Photo Shop [man on horse passing building under construction, Palmer School gymnasium]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1487
S57 Aleutian blue fox and friend [service man wearing parka, cap, poses holding young fox; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.778.dk569
– 569 [distant view of three climbers on snowshoes roped up for ascent up glacier, probably Dora in center, Harvard Glacier. With stamp of Dora Keen. has neg]
Keywords: climbers, climbing, glacier, tent, Harvard Glacier, mountaineering
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.778.dk569negcrop
– 569 [distant view of three climbers on snowshoes roped up for ascent up glacier, probably Dora in center, Harvard Glacier. With stamp of Dora Keen. has neg]
Keywords: climbers, climbing, glacier, tent, Harvard Glacier, mountaineering
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.778a
569 [distant view of three climbers on snowshoes roped up for ascent up glacier,
probably Dora in center, Harvard Glacier. With stamp of Dora Keen. has neg]
.778b – 569
Keywords: glacier, climbers, mountaineering
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.58.3
[sunset over village, with log cabins, utility poles, dog yard with dog lying on top of log kennel in foreground, unidentified location]
Keywords: animals, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.76.9
[soldier stopped on mountain side, backpack and snowshoes in snow, bird's eye view of river valley and opposite mountains]
Keywords: military, hiking, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.377
(B93 Ninilchik old Russian church + 1 neg looks like food?) [not a church; cabbages, produce, baked goods on table, possibly for judging; school desks in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2124
King Island, copyright 1986 [men tighten leather straps in umiak as boys look on; beach; structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.14.5.Animals.24.006
Animals: reindeer, 2-1/4, deer [not a reindeer, snow, trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2014.016.2050
Bud Branham removing fly from rainbow [angler wearing hip boots standing in stream]
Keywords: fishing, clothing, recreation
Collection: B2014.016
B1998.014.1.1462
S41 Alaska's ace sport (hunting) [two men pose with Dall sheep, rifles, rocks, mountain in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S3017.030
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. Walrus in water.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1979.002.Album1.29
M-27. Lake near line. W. F. Milliken [scenic with lilypads near shore, trees on far banks, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1983.091.S3017.031
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Walrus on ice, reflection, water, person wearing parka with hooded ruff in foreground]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1979.002.Album1.284
R15-2. Bridge Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. D. L. Reaburn. [line of pack horses crossing wooden bridge, rowboat on shore at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.288
R32-5. Ship Creek Camp [four men sitting on bench in clearing, two log buildings in background, one with tarped roof, tall birch or cottonwood behind buildings, railroad exploration, circa 1914. Original image blurred]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.1315
(P1 alaska furs/exhibit; 1946 postcard) [woman seated on bear pelt, surrounded by animal furs, pelts, spruce trees, parka in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.295
R30-6. R. N. Mayer [man fishing in river with tall fir and deciduous trees on banks, Ship Creek? railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.1294.dk338.9
338.9. Chitistone River tributary, Alaska. 1st trib. glacier on Glacier Creek. 9.9.16
[scenic of rock formations along river. Original image blurry]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1294.dk338.9crop
338.9. Chitistone River tributary, Alaska. 1st trib. glacier on Glacier Creek. 9.9.16
[scenic of rock formations along river. Original image blurry]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.673
224.1, 224.3, 224.2. Harvard, 1914 [panorama with three images of bird’s eye view of
Harvard Glacier valley]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.674
224.5. Martin Glacier from Harvard, 1914 [view across glacier valley]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1997.003.080
[two men posing on a dirt trail, one wearing fedora, one wearing a cap; brush alongside trail]
Collection: B1997.003