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B1995.014.95.12
[fish drying racks on beach and bluff, tent at right, fish camp]
Keywords: fishing, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.44.14
Paul Oksook baling dried fish [man tying fish at fish camp, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.6396.jpg
Dutch. Ann Whale's fish camp
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1995.014.44.13
[view of fish camp, with drying rack and log buildings, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.75.3
[Alaska Native woman standing in front of fish drying racks in unidentified fish camp]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.75.4
[Alaska Native woman standing in front of fish drying racks in unidentified fish camp]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.44.12
[view across river to fish camp, with drying rack and log buildings, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.25.15
[cabin on stilts, possibly fish camp? in winter, Willow area?]
Keywords: residences, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.063.2.4
Center, Thomas Albert, L (?) Jensen. Fish camp, North Nenana, 1960s
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2013.063
B2006.023.8073.jpg
[Painted fish sign, Iditarod Joe's Camp, Unalakleet]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B2019.003.095
Fish camp [several young women wearing headscarves and aprons standing around tables on beach at fish camp, drying rack in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.105.13
[soldier cleaning fish on top of wooden crate at camp site]
Keywords: military, camping, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.105.14
[soldier cleaning fish on top of wooden crate at camp site]
Keywords: military, camping, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B2000.014.255
(255)(Yukokakat, fishing camp Steamer Sarah, July 2 1914)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1995.010.5617
[Alaska Native boy fishing from riverboat tied to beach at fish camp, second boat and possibly fish trap in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.95.10
[two Alaska Native men with young boy standing outdoors, fish drying racks on bluff above, tent at right, fish camp]
Keywords: clothing, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.44.11
[Native child wearing Western-style dress on beach at fish camp, with drying rack and log buildings in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B2000.014.254
(254)(Yukokat Fishing Camp above, Steamer Sarah, July 2, 1914)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1995.014.2.7
Willow and people [Alaska Native man wearing Western style clothing standing at makeshift table on lake beach cleaning fish, small boats at water's edge, logs on beach, mountains in distance, fish camp]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.95.11
[two Alaska Native men with young boy standing outdoors, fish drying rack in foreground and drying racks on bluff above, tent at right, fish camp]
Keywords: fishing, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.126
[women and children outside walled tent at fish camp, Hooper Bay, 1951]
Collection: B2005.013
B1995.014.10.15
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men and puppies sitting in front of camp fire in brushy area]
Keywords: camping, transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.125
Summer fish camp, Hooper Bay, 7/1951 [two people on beach near camp fire, walled tent, and drying rack]
Collection: B2005.013
B1991.011.600
Newtok; camp on Nelson Island; June 1958 [At 2019 AFN identified as Nululluruk Camp (see .541); bird's-eye view of summer fish camp with canvas wall tents, fish drying on racks, pond; shoreline; boat; mountains; snow]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.542
Newtok; Fish camp, Nelson Island; 1962. (June); duplicate [bird's eye view of canvas wall tents, fish drying on racks near shoreline; mountains; snow; pond; identified in 2019 as Nulullugaq fish camp near Tununak; also identified at 2019 AFN as Nululluruk camp; see .541]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.014.2.9
Willow and people [large riverboat and barge passing fish camp on river, view from tent?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.238
Drying salmon near Knik, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1820 [view across river to fish camp, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, fishing
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2019.003.094
Cutting fish [several young women, some wearing headscarves and aprons, standing around tables on beach at fish camp, drying rack in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B2005.013.122
Fish racks & fish boats, Hooper Bay fish camp, 7-1951 [Alaska Native woman standing on beach near two boats, drying racks in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B1991.011.541
"Newtok - summer fish camp Nelson Island, June, 1957" [view overlooking structures, canvas wall tents; bay and mountains in background; snow, pond, drying racks, boats; identified in 2019 as Nulullugaq fish camp near Tununak; identified at 2019 AFN as Nululluruk camp]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2013.059.026
Canneries. Bering Sea. [homestead or camp on shore near Naknek, with cabin, outbuilding, fish drying rack]
Collection: B2013.059
B2014.001.753
[group portrait of five women at a fish camp, drying racks behind them; print date Oct 80]
Collection: B2014.001
B2017.024.3467
july 1983 [fish camp scene; boats near shore; beach; structures at right; buoys; nets]
Collection: B2017.024
B1985.027.1212
[from verso:] Destinations - Fort Yukon; photo by Frank Whaley, Fairbanks, Alaska [fish camp scene with drying fish hung over downed trees; river in background]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1991.011.386
"Tanunak fish camp, Mary Gulealad [?]" [woman weaving grass basket as another woman looks on; braided fish drying; water in distance; June 1958]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.545
"Newtok; Family on Nelson Island fish camp; dupe; see also Tununak" [women cleaning fish at shore; children; kuspuks; boat at left; drying racks in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
b2011.014.227
Woman with mosquito net and string of fish, mining camp (?) in background. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
b2011.014.228
Man with fishing rod and two women, mining camp (?) in background. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2019.003.031
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Fish camp [three girls at camp, one in center possibly cutting fish on board, large canvas tent at right, rack or lean-to at left] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Fish camp, Camp, Indigenous, Indigenous girls, Cutting fish, Tent, Canvas tent
Collection: B2019.003
B2006.023.6402.jpg
Vi Redington. Camping on Iditarod Trail between Little Sue [Susitna] and Fish Creek. Flat Horn Lake 1953
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6402
Vi Redington. Camping on Iditarod Trail between Little Sue [Susitna] and Fish Creek. Flat Horn Lake 1953
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2012.006.768
[milepost in village, with mileages to Fish Camp, Siberia, New York, Seattle, Anchorage, and Miami; print date Sep 60]
Collection: B2012.006
B1995.010.5618
[Steve McCutcheon talking to Alaska Native man at fish camp, kettle on stove at right, dishes and cups set out for eating]
Collection: B1995.010