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B1984.077.2.023
["Northwest" steam shovel, two trucks in background, mountains. neg. is detriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.43.13
[man in ditch in wooded area, possibly digging drainage or water control ditch. original negative overexposed]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.48.13
[two men surveying next to Quonset hut, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.015
(Harvard Glacier view from shore){ a lone figure in a small row boat just off shore in Harvard Arm in College Fiord with glaciers and large mountains in background}
Keywords: rowing, boat, fiord, Prince William Sound, glaciers, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.301
Where we slaved evenings [house interior, George in profile in foreground, seated at desk reading, second desk in background, framed expedition photographs on wall]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.80.006
29-4; sentinel [scenic view of mountains with weathered and twisted tree in foreground; above Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.80.006
29-4; sentinel [scenic view of mountains with weathered and twisted tree in foreground; above Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.003.106
Anvik in winter [bird’s eye view of river from bluff, riverboat and skiff on bank]
Collection: B2019.003
B1987.071.019
Canneries. Beach gang. Saltery in the background.
Collection: B1987.071 Arnold Nelsen Collection
B1990.014.004.nophotono
Keywords: no photo no., Young of polar bear killed by Eskimo hunters: Chukchi Sea
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.80.004
29-4; Ever upwards [woman, likely Basha, hiking on rocky mountain trail; spruce trees; above Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.80.004
29-4; Ever upwards [woman, likely Basha, hiking on rocky mountain trail; spruce trees; above Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.81.005
29-5; view from top of mountain [man, likely Kenneth Britt, leanig on tree while looking at scenic view; weathered tree at right; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.81.005
29-5; view from top of mountain [man, likely Kenneth Britt, leanig on tree while looking at scenic view; weathered tree at right; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.15.10
[single dog pulling sled on winter trail]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.293.003
88-9 March 43; Plus X; Trip back on ridge [man squatting next to dog at shore of pond, reflection; near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.62.001
24-2 Billiard balls [left hand, cue stick, billiard table; 1939; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.62.001
24-2 Billiard balls [left hand, cue stick, billiard table; 1939; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.13.3
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.219.004
69-1 August 1941 Pan X in DK 20 Sitka and Mt Verstovia from the "Castle" [view of town, churches; foliage in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.219.005
69-1 August 1941 Pan X in DK 20; Sitka; St Peter's-by-the-Sea [exterior view of church]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.001
5-5 women prisoners in fed jail [two women in outdoor enclosure; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.001
5-5 women prisoners in fed jail [two women in outdoor enclosure; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.293.004
88-9 March 43; Plus X; Trip back on ridge [man squatting next to dog at shore of pond, reflection; near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.293.005
88-9 March 43; Plus X; Trip back on ridge [man squatting next to dog at shore of pond, reflection; near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.81.002
29-5; view from top of mountain [twisted and weathered trees in foreground; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.81.002
29-5; view from top of mountain [twisted and weathered trees in foreground; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.81.003
29-5; view from top of mountain [view overlooking Tongass Narrows, islands, and mountains; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.81.003
29-5; view from top of mountain [view overlooking Tongass Narrows, islands, and mountains; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.82.002
29-6; view & scenery from top of mountain [weathered tree in foreground; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.82.002
29-6; view & scenery from top of mountain [weathered tree in foreground; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.016.2050
Bud Branham removing fly from rainbow [angler wearing hip boots standing in stream]
Keywords: fishing, clothing, recreation
Collection: B2014.016
B1990.014.2018.1.82.004
29-6; view & scenery from top of mountain [view over mountain tops looking through weathered trees; clouds; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.82.004
29-6; view & scenery from top of mountain [view over mountain tops looking through weathered trees; clouds; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1991.011.535
Newtok village on a winter day 12/65 [people, including women and children on snow; village structures in background; parkas; duplicate]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2018.021.215
Anchorage, 6-20-53 [low aerial of Bootlegger’s Cove neighborhood and Cook Inlet, military housing on west end of park strip at right, Point Woronzof at left, Mount Spurr and Tordrillo Mountains in distance]
Collection: B2018.021
B1998.014.1.865
L66 Along an Alaskan hiway (1946 postcard) [copy neg; same as .864]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.art.roadtrees
[print date Jul 75]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1995.014.18.3
[portrait of dog sitting in front of float plane]
Keywords: aviation, animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.18.4
[portrait of dog sitting in front of float plane]
Keywords: aviation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2239
"Pribilof seal" [Sea lions gathered on rocky shore; additional sea lions in water, waves]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1996.035.10.3.page.4f
[Back of page 5; of folded 5-page mimeographed document, orienting Stanton L. Kirby toAdak, dated February 1946. Very good description of facilities at the time.]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.4g
[cartoon from Adak newspaper] "Now, Wilbur, I'm going to give you something you missed all those months in Adak."
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.5a
[printed Christmas menu, U.S. Naval Barracks, Bremerton, Washington, 1945] [printed postcard with blanks to fill in, to “Family” from Kirby (?), about breakfast at the Army & Navy Y.M.C.A. in Seattle. “Talk about hotcakes!”]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1996.035.10.3.page.5b
[printed Christmas menu, inside pages, U.S. Naval Barracks, Bremerton, Washington, 1945]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook