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B1994.022.850
(Mountains from Billum's cabin)
Keywords: landscape, mountains
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.60.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2296.5
(Gold dredge, Ester Creek near Fairbanks, July 1945)
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.6
6 (July 4, 1938, parade) [bear cub on log pile]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.JordetIrene.1
(Jordet Irene Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.Pastro.1
(Pastro Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2006.023.4496.jpg
Carousel labeled: Buying fish Pitkas Point. Joe Sr. fish buying.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.56
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.654a
Keywords: mountains, glaciers, Harvard Glacier, Prince William Sound, College Fjord
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.132
[Indigenous Alaskan family standing outside home midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa, Grandfather, Man, Woman, Child, Boy, Toddler, Outside, Winter, Snow, Shovel, Snow shovel, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1993.020.1202
{Togiak aerial views and school with teachers and community buildings}
Keywords: rural alaska, education, teachers, schools
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1989.016.2230.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink, advertisements on boards in background, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.317
B63 (Elmendort Air Terminal) [looking across tarmac at terminal building]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1150
P-466. The Matanuska Fair, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [still life with produce and exhibit tags]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.009.12
Keywords: Jack & Nellie Brown., I think this is their government hill house
Collection: B2015.009
B1990.014.5.TV.083.73.13.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2080.25
(Sportscar Race, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage, 1963)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.53.6
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldiers working slime line, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1991.046.17
Hooper Bay, 7/51 [eight Alaska Native men and women posed on ship deck]
Collection: B1991.046
B1989.016.346
Rainbow trout. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.TallmanMrs.1
(Tallman Mrs Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1994.009.674
Hinchinbrook CAA; 94 [from verso:] "Hinchinbrook; CAA VHF & Range[?] site; I believe it is looking southwest." [view of structures, utility poles; sign on roof of building reads "Cordova No. 1 [inside an arrow design] 22"; mountains in distance; likely Boswell Bay]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1995.014.106.24
[two-story log cabin and outbuilding in winter, shoulder of road in foreground]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.1.46
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 1
B1998.014.1.1339
PE5 An Eskimo home inside of the Arctic Circle (Kotzebue, Feb 1948) [kayaks, dog sled, fish nets stored on supports; dogs curled on ground; structures, stove pipe, snow, likely sea ice in background, winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.20.17
(People Rondy Queens Rondy Queen McClain presenting gold coronet to Wm Bays (L) Bob Renkert)
Keywords: FurRondy
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2019.003.079
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Typical winter dress [two young children in fur parkas and mukluks sitting on pile of lumber, can of Hormel Ham and other canned goods at left]
Collection: B2019.003
