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B2022.005.10
[Baby eating and grinning toddler outside on blanket, both wearing parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Children, Toddler, Infant, Grinning, Smiling, Eating, Food, Outside, Blanket, Parka, Mukluks, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2014.012.63
[woman wearing smock and holding baby standing next to shingled building with young girl]
Collection: B2014.012
B2017.024.2272
Kotzebue June 1967 [woman wearing parka with baby in hood sits in front of wood structure]
Collection: B2017.024
B2000.017.309
Griffin’s [commercial slide. Woman wearing eyeglasses, woman carrying baby, and young child posed outdoors, all wearing parkas with fur trim; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2015.007.170
[two Alaska Native women posed outdoors, one wearing baby belt and knitted hat, one wearing cloth parka with fur ruff]
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.33.005
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.005
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.006
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.33.006
14-2 Midge's baby [woman wearing nurse uniform holds infant next to window; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.019.450
331. Nome. McCutcheon, Anchorage [two Alaska Native women on beach, one wearing fur parka and headscarf and carrying baby, one wearing print parka with fur ruff]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B1995.014.54.11
Bill O'Brien, trapper, Fort Yukon, 1934 [portrait of man wearing broad-brimmed hat and suspenders, standing outside at town auction next to woman wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.4894
[woman wearing eyeglasses, green corduroy fur-trimmed parka and purple fedora hat, carrying baby in parka, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2000.017.307
Stewart’s Photo Shop [commercial slide. Three women wearing print parkas with fur trim posed outdoors, woman in center carrying baby; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2017.024.2281
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman wearing parka carries baby in hood on her back, standing in front of Alaska Airlines Arctic Tours bus; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2005.013.452
Eskimo mother & baby, Hooper Bay, 7/1951 [Alaska Native woman wearing striped kuspuk and mukluks seated outside log house, holding child]
Collection: B2005.013
B2017.024.2369
Kotzebue June 1967 [woman wearing parka with baby in hood sits in front of wood structure; metal drums; tools hanging on wall of structure; similar to .2272]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1503
(Native Mother and Child, Alaska Airlines Copy) [Alaska Native woman wearing head scarf and carrying young child in baby belt. copy neg of print photo]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.58.10
[portrait of Native family outside store, man, woman, and children in Western and traditional dress next to log building with Hills Bros. Coffee thermometer, woman wearing kuspuk, mukluks, and baby belt]
Keywords: food, footwear, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.453
Hooper Bay, July 1951 [young Alaska Native woman wearing print dress, plaid jacket, and headscarf, holding baby, posed outdoors, drying racks, buildings, and wind generators in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B1995.014.58.9
[portrait of Native family outside store, man, woman, and children in Western and traditional dress next to log building with Hills Bros. Coffee thermometer and can of Standard Gasoline, woman wearing kuspuk, mukluks, and baby belt]
Keywords: clothing, food, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1736
T70 Nirvana Park Cordova, Alaska (Cordova Park) [Children play in and near water, creek, woman possibly holding baby; boy in water wearing shorts, girl on shore wearing shorts, cropped blouse and sneakers; child at far right behind wooden structure; possibly clothing on ground; bridge, burled post in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.54.12
Auction sale after a town member's death, Fort Yukon, 1934 [white and Athabascan men and women standing outdoors, trapper Bill O'Brien at right, woman in center wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt, Yukon River in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.17
Auction sale after a town member's death, Fort Yukon, 1934 [Athabascan men, women, and children standing outdoors, girl in center eating apple, woman at right wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt, Yukon River in background]
Keywords: clothing, food
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.046a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman wearing kuspuk and mukluks carries a baby on her back as she walks through sand; canvas wall tents, structures, clotheslines in background; possibly Nome; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.046b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: woman wearing kuspuk and mukluks carries a baby on her back as she walks through sand; canvas wall tents, structures, clotheslines in background; possibly Nome; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1970.028.021
Lomen Bros. Nome. [from verso:] A close view of an Eskimo woman fishing for spider crab. Her boots. The wrinkles are bit (sic) with her teeth. They are made by herself. In fact, everything she wears is made by her except the buckle in her belt. By a close study of her fishline you will see how they knit them. Mrs. Mattfeldts giving this [woman with baby in her parka hood is holding a crab which she has caught from a fishing hole in the ice]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide