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B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.102
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2022.005.37
[Indigenous Elder and young man standing near building exterior]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Elder, Young man, Outside, Structure, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.055.268
George Sullivan with two men in Mayor’s Office, holding City of Anchorage proclamation
Collection: B1984.055
B1990.014.2018.1.199.003
64-3 Seagulls on trip south [bird in flight; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.618
[view across moraine to dogs pulling sled_four people helping pull]
Keywords: glacier, mountaineer, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.33.004
14-2 home [man wearing suit and carrying hat walking down steps outside structure, domicile; picket fences; yard; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2023.006.2306
Susan Butcher on trail near Willow Restart/ Iditarod [Musher Susan Butcher and team during offical restart in Willow, 1994 Iditarod]
Keywords: 1994, Dogs, Sled dogs, Dog sled, Team, Musher, Susan Butcher, Woman, Willow, Restart, Official start, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Jeff Schultz
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B1990.014.5.AKNative.15.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2210.2
E-21 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [group seated on ground outdoors watching two drummers and two dancers, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.38.006
15-3 Fish House vs. S.S. Oduna [June 20, 1939, 1:30 p.m.; Ketchikan; view of damaged dock, structure; man in right foreground; table; ship at left; town in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.015.08
[Robert sitting outdoors on log, two rifles propped against log, early 1940s?]
Collection: B2015.015
B2006.023.2601
Musher Joe Redington Sr. [sled and team, sponsored by] Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2017.023.106
[men and women at beach, laying on blankets, clothing on driftwood log]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.5.AKNative.45.36.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.15.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B2006.023.8251.jpg
[Fish processing plant]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.14B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2022.005.39
[etched into emulsion:] Greist [Indigenous couple with infant posed outside building; man wearing western-style clothing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Child, Infant, Baby, Couple, Parent, Mother, Father, Family, Wall, Building, Shiplap, Western clothing, Clothing, Mukluks, Greist, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.93.1
[two surveyors at work, small dog at right, utility poles in background, Adak]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1962.001.1781
Sledding on Glacier - 1899 [Valdez Glacier; Sleds]
Keywords: Glaciers, Sleds, Dog sleds, Sled dogs, Dogs, Animals, Transportation, Supplies, Equipment, Valdez Glacier
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1983.091.C7391.2
5/18/67 Kennedy Hardware Interior and Exterior before opening on corner of 6th and D st.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.VasanojaDorothy.1
(VasanojaDorthy Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2017.011.100
Alaska ’47 – Bear Lake (named because of a close call with brownie), Clarence Rhode, Fish & Wildlife [man angling on lakeshore]
Collection: B2017.011
B1990.014.4.Science.8.Aug.70.18
Tundra; Aerial; August 1970
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1933.2
(Winter windy streets, school guard, 1952) [school crossing guard with flag standing in blowing snow, buildings and utility poles in background, Chugach Mountains in distance. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1675
T48 Nome, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcard) [same as .1674; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley