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B1990.014.5.Logging.1.26
(timber)(December 27, 1965)(K.P.Co.Aerial)(4120)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1989.016.1880.1
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher and team passing Anchorage Hotel at corner of 4th and E Street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001.609
[Copper Center; line through this] [View of log buildings in a row. Ahtna Territory, Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center)]
Keywords: Alaska, Ahtna, Territory, Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Log buildings, Buildings
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B2022.005.170
[Two dogsled teams running down street; buildings and bystanders nearby] [At AFN 2024, location identified as Nome, U.S. Mercantile building on left, possibly U.S.S.R. Mining Co. warehouse on right, photo possibly taken before 1960]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders, Nome, U.S. Mercantile, U.S.S.R. Mining Co., Warehouses, Buildings, Businesses
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1920
Greetings [Christmas card with photograph of tree covered in hoar frost]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.1.27
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1991.046.77
Children, Alitak, 3/52 [four Alaska Native children posed outdoors, dogs in background, Akhiok]
Collection: B1991.046
B1989.016.2210.46
E-68 (Queen Ruthie Johnson) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, Eklutna? 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.019.434
Fishing thru ice at Fire Lake. Left to right, J.J. Delaney, Alonzo Cope, A.L. Huffman. Snow has left ground but ice is still solid. 4/11/26 [three men ice fishing]
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1962.001A.146
“Doc Billam” and two [wives]. Copper River [Indigenous people]. Copyright 1906 by P.S. Hunt, G798. E1016 [verso: Doc Billum in top hat, woman in striped dress Doc BIllum's wife, man at far right Tony Pete from Chitina] [same as B1962.001a.145, B1062.001.1338; Ahtna; Billum, Doc; Tiekel] [Famliy with horse sled. Tiekel Lower Ahtna region]
Keywords: Ahtna, Lower Ahtna, Indigenous, People, Group, Doc Billum, Family, Children, Men, Young men, Women, Young woman, Tiekel, Roadhouse, Building, Log building, Sled, Horse, Transportation, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, BIPOC, Wife, Tony Pete, Chitina, Tsedi Na'
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.146
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1985.027.1453a
Originally in B4 F101. Wien Destinations. Kotz III. [Native woman in bathing suit on ice floe ice fishing.] 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1998.014.1.1475
(S47 Parade on 4th Ave; Anchorage, 1951) [similar to .1472]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.005.113
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.67.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ANC.4.49
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
B1984.077.8.019
[view out window, bear feeding on garbage, trash barrels, stove? at far left, road, trees in distance. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2006.023.7617
Vern Hill, Iditarod checker, officially checks musher into the checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1983.091.S1508
Mur Mac Lounge for Guide to Alaska. (Interior, with people) (05/08/54) (1 neg)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.36.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
