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B1998.014.1.115
A46 Black bear cub at an Aleutian base (bears in cage) [man]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2229
alaska black bear. Alaska Shop "Alaska black bear & Flynn" [man posing next to bear cub on chain standing on stump; man's gloved hand is in bear's jaw]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1476.5
Sept. 1914 [Alaska Native man in fur parka smoking pipe and holding reins to reindeer, with Caucasian man in Western clothing and hat. black-and-white transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1087
Segovia, one of the streets near the cathedral [man wearing suit and bowler hat
walking with man wearing long black cape past buildings, boy gesturing at camera at right]
Keywords: cathedral, boy, street, shops, cobble street
Collection: B2015.008
B2014.019.10
Anchorage, Moore [man wearing plaid shirt and cap standing with sled, dog team stopped on plowed winter road, black bear in lead position, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B2014.019
B1997.013.065
Two Miners at Cave (White & Black Man) [pick, shovel, and gold pan, large dog lying in front; Muirhead; same as .118; see .118 for caption and photo credit]
Collection: B1997.013
B1998.014.1.1193
O46 Enroute to the Land of the Mid-nite [sic] Sun {Enroute to Alaska, Midnight Sun (SS Alaska at loading dock)} [copy neg; Alaska S.S. Co., Alaska Steamship Company; passengers on dock, gangway, men; crewmen; life boats, men atop automobile at left, possibly Black man left of gangway; woman at automobile]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.007.861
July 23, 1992; photographer number 2-FP6-5; False Pass [Man stands next to table displaying black and white framed photograph of scenic view of village, water, and mountains; cribbage board; cards; ashtray; cigareets; flashlight; aluminum cans; food packages on cabinets; calendar; toilet paper; shelf possibly holding mail]
Collection: B2019.007
B2009.061.12
(Buildings of N.C.Co at Kuskokwim Station Tocotna River warm storage building log 20x20 iron roof in rear of iron warehouse)[a collection of three buildings, two log one corragated metal with a man standing in the doorway of the center building, multiple piles of cut logs are situated around the property][photograph has been altered by hand with some masking and recreating of new black border]
Keywords: outpost, logging, cabin
Collection: B2009.061
B2018.023.041a
041 J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Caption on image: “Goetze, Koliutschit Siberia”; [label] “82” Caption on slide: “Eskimos and their igloo Koliutschit, Siberia” [man, women, and child pose outside domicile wearing parkas, mukluks; child holds what is possibly a toy; domicile appears to be made of animal hides, affixed with ropes weighted by stones; possibly water in distance; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.041b
041 J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Caption on image: “Goetze, Koliutschit Siberia”; [label] “82” Caption on slide: “Eskimos and their igloo Koliutschit, Siberia” [verso of slide: man, women, and child pose outside domicile wearing parkas, mukluks; child holds what is possibly a toy; domicile appears to be made of animal hides, affixed with ropes weighted by stones; possibly water in distance; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023