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B1972.088.50
Plenty of play in Anchorage, Alaska. All day suckers too.
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B2024.001.379
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Former Governor Mike Stepovich waves from a automobile. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Mike Stepovich, Governor, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2008.015.1.29.2
Anchorage Band and L.O.O. Moose, Labor Day parade, Sep. 3, '17, Anchorage, Alaska. A.E.C. G762, P.S. Hunt
Collection: B2008.015
B2024.001.403
“Nat. Congress of Ind. Of Am Parade, Alaska Day Oct 12, Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). An Individual wearing a fringed leather dress with fringe and a wool coat over their shoulders and a headband sits on the hood of a black automobile. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1979.002.73
Alaska Days (1948) 10-17-48 Orchestra for Alaska Day Dance McKinley Park Hotel 347-H-28
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2024.001.380
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). A large group of Indigenous individuals ride horses and holding a variety of flags. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Flags, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.402
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). An individual in a fur parka rides on the hood of a automobile smiling with a crowd in the background. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1962.001A.487
Christmas Day, ’09, Valdez, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, G1358
Keywords: Valdez, Christmas, Holidays, Snowbanks, Snow berms, Buildings
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1970.019.174
"Decoration Day" May 30, 1918. Anchorage, Alaska. Ceremony at the Cemetery
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
AEC.G873
"Decoration Day" May 30, 1918. Anchorage, Alaska. Ceremony at the Cemetery
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2024.001.384
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). One indigenous individual wearing leather regalia and a headdress. Same individual as .383. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Spectators, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.401
“Anchorage Ind. Parade AK. Day Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Two youths sit on the roof of a automobile wearing beaded and woven headbands and clothing. They wave feather batons and wear beaded hair ties in their pigtails. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.376
“Anchorage Parade/ C St. Oct 70” [police vehicles lead the Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Behind the vehicles, the parade is led by an Indigenous individual wearing white regalia and a feathered headdress and holding an American flag on horseback. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Spectators, Police, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.382
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). One Indigenous individual in white regalia, beaded gauntlets, and a feathered headdress rides a black horse. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Spectators, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.398
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Same individual as .396-.397, also visible in this photo are beaded earrings and a crown that reads “Miss NCAI”. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.377
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). One indigenous individual wearing white regalia and a beaded and feathered headdress holding an American flag on a horse. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Flag, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.383
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). One indigenous individual wearing leather regalia and a feathered headdress rides and brown and white pinto horse. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Spectators, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.381
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). One Indigenous individual on a dappled buckskin horse in white regalia, beaded gauntlets, and a headdress holding and American Flag. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Flag, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.399
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). An individual walks or dances in the street wearing a black beaded raven hat and a black embroidered and beaded black parka. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Dancer, Regalia, Spectators, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2008.015.1.29.1
Red Cross "Join Now", Labor Day parade, Sep. 3, '17, Anchorage, Alaska. A.E.C. G765, P.S. Hunt [1918 written on image in ink]
Collection: B2008.015
B2024.001.394
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Three Indigenous individuals ride in a white and black Cutlass automobile. Two of the individuals wear woven headbands and woven clothing. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.393
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). A red-headed individual wearing a dress with a sash that reads “Miss Alaska” rides on the hood of a black automobile. A small regiment of soldiers in arctic gear march behind the automobiles Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.391
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Two Indigenous individuals ride inside a green automobile. The individual on the passenger side wears a fur lined coat and a decorative headband. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1996.035.10.3.page.11b
[Inside of Christmas Day Dinner menu, N.O.B. Adak Alaska, December25, 1946]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2024.001.378
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). One indigenous individual wearing white regalia, a bone-pipe breast plat, and a beaded and feathered headdress while holding a small hatchet on a horse. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Rider, Horse, Regalia, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.1308
On the ice hummocks of Bering Sea, opposite Nome, Alaska, May Day, 1910. Lomen Bros. 45. May Day, Nome, Alaska. / May Day, Nome, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Men and women pose on the ice with dog team, sled, snow shoes, and skis. double caption. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2024.001.387
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Two Indigenous individuals wearing woven and beaded ponchos sit on the hood of a automobile. The individual on the left wears a woven hat, otter hair ties, and a bone-pipe necklace. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.389
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Same individuals as .388 wearing beaded and woven regalia. The individual on the left wears a headband with feathers on the back and the individual on the right wears a feathered headdress and has a fur pelt on their legs. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.390
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Two Indigenous individuals in regalia ride on the hood of a gray automobile waving to the crowds. The individual on the left wears a feathered headdress and a beaded leather vest. The individual on the right wears a sash that says “Yakima Indian.” Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.392
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Three Indigenous individuals ride inside a black automobile. The individual on the passenger side front seat wears a beaded crown-shaped headband and beaded jewelry. The individual in the backseat also wears beaded jewelry. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.395
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). An elderly Indigenous individual in a fur parka sits on a wheeled dog sled and waves to the crowds. The sled appears to be pulled by something off camera. Another individual stands behind the sled wearing a cap and winter coat. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.928.2
P-36. Hewitt's [Celebrating Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37, with spectators in yard next to buildings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2024.001.386
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). A line of automobiles with Indigenous individuals sitting on blankets on the hoods of automobiles. They wave to large crowds on either side of C Street. In the front automobile there are two individuals wearing woven clothing. The individual on the right wears a feathered headdress. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.397
“Anchorage Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Similar to .396 but a closer view. A line of automobiles with Indigenous individuals sitting on hoods or on sunroofs. In the front automobile, one individual in a beaded and fringed dress wears a sash that reads “Miss N.C.A.I. ’69-’70. They also wave a feathered baton. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1963.016.037
Waterfront, Knik, Alaska. 619, O.G.H. [O.G. Herning] Boat day, 1914 [sailing ships. Postcard] [Dena'ina Territory, Dena'ina Elnena]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Dena'ina, Territory, Dena'ina Elnena, Knik, Waterfront, O.G. Herning, Boat day, Coats, Sailboat, Sailing ships, Ships, Postcard, Community, Town, Buildings, Photographer
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B2023.006.2253
4th Avenue Starting Line the day before Iditarod Race/ Anchorage, Alaska [street view of 4th Avenue before the ceremonial start]
Keywords: Alaska, 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Downtown Anchorage, Road, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Stoplight, Ceremonial start, McKinley Tower, Iditarod, 35mm, Film, Photographer, Jeff Schultz
Collection: B2023.006_Jeff Schultz
B2024.001.400
“Anchorage Ind. Parade Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). A line of automobiles in the parade route. In the front automobile, two Indigenous individuals sit on the hood. The individual on the right wears a feathered and beaded headdress with fur tassels, beaded gauntlets and beaded leather pants and vest. On the left, the individual wears a beaded, woven, and tasseled dress and beaded jewelry. In the second automobile, the individual on the left wears a feathered headdress and the two individuals on the right wear feathered headbands. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1967.019.23d
"Labor Day Parade" Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-29? [man leading seld dog team pulling wheeled sled down dirt street; Anchorage Cafe & Bakery, Bathes, Barber shop, Polley Bros General Store; spectators]
Collection: B1967.019 CIHS Isaacs
B2021.002.059
Left to right, Sheldon Fleming, Greg Fleming, Anchorage, Alaska, 1962 [Sheldon and Greg are mining for gold during a day trip.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Sheldon Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1989.016.930
P-543. Children's races, Palmer Day, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children in yard, next to school building? 1937]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.427
Our first camp since Alaska days [George seated at folding table next to automobile parked by small tent, second automobile and tent in background]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.928.1
P-541. Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard, buildings and water tower in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.004.Box6.Page17
State of Alaska Executive Proclamation by Jay Hammond, Governor, "hereby proclaim January 15, 1982, as: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, State of Alaska, Governor, Jay Hammond, Executive Proclamation, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 1/15/1982
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1989.016.2141.8
D-8. A spring day north of Arctic Circle, Noatak, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [snow, dwellings, and drying racks, with mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.931
P-544-B. May Pole Dance, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard on Palmer Day, buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.933
P-545. Palmer Day Dance, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [children dancing in yard, buildings and water tower in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.934
P-542B. Queen, Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Queen and court on patio area with other children, outside school building?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection