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B2014.016.068
Eskimo family at Eek on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel [portrait of man, woman, and children posed outdoors, woman holding small child, small boat in background; identified at AFN 2013 as Mr. and Mrs. Steven. Same as B2013.006.1.72]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.122
29’ gillnet craft being towed, Bristol Bay [view from stern of motorized ship pulling cannery boats out. Cf. .132]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1244
[on verso:] 5927-15 [aerial of lake and airstrip, hangar in upper center]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1383.3
[four people on beach watching two men bring in Bill Renfrew & Bill Hunt floatplane, possibly Interstate Cadet, tail number NC9684K]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.15
Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [man standing in river, fishing next to falls. Cf. .518-533]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1577
[people and several dog teams on snow in village, snowmachine at right, buildings in background]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1596
[print date January 1966, woman jigging for tom cod, seated on wooden sled frame]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1602
Photo by Charles Lane [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing gut parka with fur ruff]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1603
Photo by Charles Lane [boy hanging fish in drying house or smoke house]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1630
Bristol Bay. G35 [cannery, possibly Bristol Bay Packing Co. cannery at Pedersen Point?]
Keywords: fishing, canneries
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1686
Igiugig, Natives in front of trading post, home of Mrs. Mack [man, woman, and three children outside wood shake building with "Igiugig" and N with arrow painted on roof]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1742
Juneau, Auke Lake [man and woman standing on glacial till next to lake, with reeds in water, both people holding bouquets of wildflowers, woman wearing uniform, possibly flight attendant, Mendenhall Glacier in distance]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1743
Juneau, Auke Lake [same man and woman as in .1742, man bending over to pick flower from lily pad in lake]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1777
Kakhonak. Native Aleut along stream [portrait of man on gravel beach]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1856
Kiana, on the Kobuk River. Eskimo cache above the Arctic Circle [Alaska Native man and White man stand near log cache, fish drying rack at left, fireweed in foreground]
Keywords: food, fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1861
Kiana, on the Kobuk River. Sod-roofed cache is proud possession of Eskimo. Background, his wife stands outside their home [Alaska Native man and White woman stand near log cache, woman near log cabin in background, fireweed in foreground]
Keywords: food, residences
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1895
Kotzebue, proud manufacturer of mukluks [portrait of man on waterfront]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1896
Kotzebue, young Little Diomede mother with two children outside summer beach tent
Keywords: residences, clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1897
Kotzebue, native Eskimo on beach path (alias Main Street) [portrait of Alaska Native man on waterfront]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1898
Kotzebue, tourists bartering for carved ivory pieces under Little Diomede's oomiat, chief of Little Diomede Eskimos standing while G.I. son does business [White man and woman sitting under umiak with Alaska Native man wearing military uniform, elder standing at left wearing plaid shirt, jeans, and visor]
Keywords: tourism, boats, clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1899
Kotzebue, visiting Little Diomed Eskimo showing ivory carving, 18 months service in World War II [Alaska Native man in military uniform sitting under umiak and using chin drill to carve ivory, open box of tools at his feet]
Keywords: clothing, military, carving, boats, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1901
Kotzebue, arriving in plane formerly owned by Gene Autry – Native children meet all planes mostly to ride on tractor-drawn sled which is only airport transportation. Note: it is wiser to walk the ½ mile over path thru tundra to town [group of children and adults gathered near small airplane, tail number NC59233, parked on airstrip, buildings in background; at AFN 2014, plane identified as belonging to Bob Baker’s Baker Airlines]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1902
Kotzebue. Arriving in plane formerly owned by Gene Autry [children gathered on grass next to airplane with tail number NC59233, buildings visible across water in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1905
Kotzebue, Wien plane on town airport [Wien airplane tail number NC4734M on airstrip, second Wien airplane in background]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1906
Little Diomede [man wearing white rabbit fur parka posed with rifle, two seal floats, harpoon, and oomiak on beach, probably Nome]
Keywords: hunting, clothing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1908
Little Diomede [man wearing white rabbit fur parka posed with rifle, seal float, harpoon, and oomiak on beach, probably Nome]
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology, clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1911
McGrath. NCA SeaBee, Charlie, Ray Peterson, Vern Maxfield [Northern Consolidated Airlines SeaBee on tarmac, Northern Commercial Company store in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1926
Nome. King Island Eskimo women and children watch launching of oomiak carrying their men to island [several people gathered on beach]
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1927
Nome. King Island Eskimo women and children under oomiak. Note salmon drying [group gathered under boat on rack, boat numbered 192C13]
Keywords: boats, transportation, fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1928
Nome. Summer spot of King Island Eskimos on beach east of town [buildings, fish drying rack, clothesline at right, three people standing in center]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1929
Nome. Summer spot of King Island Eskimos on beach east of town [buildings]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1930
Nome. One shy and one willing King Island Eskimo women with tourist photographer [two women outside house, man with movie camera standing at right]
Keywords: residences, photography
Collection: B2014.016
B2014.016.1931
Nome. Lady tourist at sales and workshop oomiak - ten men work under oomiak carving ivory and making mukluks [woman standing next to three umiaks on racks]
Keywords: boats, transportation, ethnotechnology, tourism
Collection: B2014.016