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B1998.014.1.1165
(O32 Path of midnight sun over Fairbanks; 1949 postcard) [copy neg; actually, this is the path of the midday sun in winter over Fairbanks; Chena River bridge, power plant, possibly ice fog]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2316
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman and children watch as beluga whale is butchered on shore ice; open water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.010.3406
[Alaska Native children standing on boards, some holding balloons, Tanana? Cf. .3404]
Collection: B1995.010
B2016.019.3.20.01671.34
Raven Glacier in summer, [Scenics - Summer], c. 1978
Keywords: raven glacier, summer, anchorage, southcentral, Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Scenics, Summer Scenics, Mountains
Collection: B2016.019
B2017.024.3269
Northern Alaska; June 1967 [view of coastal village during breakup; sea ice, pan ice; structures and boats on shore]
Collection: B2017.024
B1962.001A.144
Warm meals at all hours. G2541. E423 [Ahtena woman sitting outdoors nursing baby. Ahtena Indians; P.S. Hunt, photographer] [Indigenous Alaskan mother with baby, Ahtna]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Woman, Mother, Baby, Infant, Nursing, Breastfeeding, Outdoors, BIPOC, Family, Alaskan
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2017.029.1617
[three young girls standing with tourist, Anaktuvuk Pass; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B1973.079.169
[landscape photograph possibly sand dunes and beach scape with buildings in the back ground very dark underexposed negative hard to discern subject matter]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.2184.4
15. (Dog races, 1955) [Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, musher with bib #8 leading six-dog team, possibly on Cordova near Fourth Avenue, with spectators, police car in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.447
C2 Guard of Honor for Carnival Queen's Ice throne [Faribanks, flags, military uniforms, rifle, fur parkas, snow stairs, women wearing sashes, Matanuska Maid, Dawson?, University?, Miss Alaska, Man in Native dress carrying spear, harpoon, hat, snowshoes]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.14.338
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.2018.1.59.004
22-6; Everett Goodwin on beach [man near shore with tripod, likely August 5, 1939, near Ward Cove]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.87B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1983.091.S5122.369
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [girl washing dishes]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.2102
W12 Winter in Alaska "1946 postcard (trail & cabin) [copy neg; trail through snow; cabin with fabric roof; possibly a tracked vehicle under rood]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.14.232
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
