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B1990.014.5.AKNative.32.41
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2146.14
#14 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [group on horseback with sign "North Pole Riding Academy" passing Alaska Transfer Co.and federal building near corner of Fourth Avenue and G Street in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.ConConv.12.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1989.016.MacDonaldDon.1
(MacDonald Don Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.69A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.33
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1662
(Merrill Field) [distant view of airfield with control tower, airplanes parked outside hangars including Pacific Northern Airlines, Jack Carr Service, and Alaska Airlines, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.4508.jpg
Pamela Redington
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2015.007.17
[three Alaska Native men wearing Western style clothing and neckties seated on porch of large wooden building, young boy in background, possibly mission or school]
Keywords: clothing, education
Collection: B2015.007
B2006.023.8088.jpg
[Fairbanks Air airplane]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B2016.005.090
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B1995.014.116.5
[fish drying racks, three young children standing at right, Russian Mission]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.42.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.23.3A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.90.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.15.44
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2016.019.4.23.02666.10
Matanuska Valley and Glacier in Fall, [Matanuska Valley and Glacier], c. 1981
Keywords: matanuska valley, matanuska, glacier, fall, autumn, southcentral, Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Matanuska Valley and Glacier
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1646
[Loussac-Sogn Building, with signs for [?] Renfrew Attorneys-at-Law, Barbera & Co. Public Accountaints, Lee L. McK[?] Orthodontist]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.002.89
Reindeer at Kaltag [Alaska Native man and woman with white man and two reindeer next to tall picket fence]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B2016.002
B2017.007.109
[view looking down into subsided houses, Turnagain. Cf. 108. Has print. Identified by donor as Ed Rasmuson home on Marston Drive]
Collection: B2017.007
B2015.008.1051
184.8. Gale blowing the snow off Rainier [climber standing on snow, mountain in
background, identified by seller as Dora]
Keywords: Mt Rainer, mountains, glacier, Dora Keen
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.33
(Athapascan children of middle yukon river have fun on a simple merry go round)(22658)
Keywords: school, play, kids, education
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1990.014.004.animals.19.10911
Female polar bear with yearling cubs: Chukchi Sea. Ursus thalarctus maritimus
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.102
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.AKNative.45.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.21.6.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.People.14.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14