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B2021.008.44
[aerial view of fish trap with skiffs in the water. Possibly Everett fish trap site in Trading Bay]
Keywords: Fishing, Fish Trap, Alaska, Cook Inlet
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1991.030.5
Tidal Fish Trap Cook's Inlet[four men standing amongst dead fish inside the fish trap at low tide]
Keywords: fish, fishing, natural resource, fishermen, trap
Collection: B1991.030 Castner Collection
B2009.029.05
[Fish Trap Question newspaper article]
Keywords: newspaper, fishing, commercial, salmon
Collection: B2009.029
B2021.008.45
[view of fish trap from the beach. Broken posts visible in the mud to the left. Likely Everett fish trap site in Trading Bay]
Keywords: Fishing, Fish Trap, Alaska, Cook Inlet
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1995.014.106.7
[fish trap in river, possibly upper Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.016.223
San Juan's "Viekoda" at trap [fishing boat at commercial fish trap, San Juan Cannery]
Keywords: canneries
Collection: B2014.016
B1983.091.S1026.1
(Fish Traps, Chatham Strait)(trap with fishing boat HOONAH alongside)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: fishing, industry, fish
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S1026.2
(Fish Traps, Chatham Strait)(trap with fishing boat HOONAH alongside)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: fishing, fish, industry
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S1026.3
(Fish Traps, Chatham Strait)(trap with fishing boat HOONAH alongside)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: fish, fishing, industry
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2007.005.6.B14
[fish traps stacked in boats for winter storage]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1998.014.1.694
F19 Alaska fish trap, photo by Frank Morgan "Fish trap in SE Alaska" [copy neg, same as .693]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.12.10
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.11
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.4
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1348
PF5 A fish trap in Southeastern Alaska; Frank Morgan photo [aerial view of fish trap near coastline; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.12.17
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.1
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.1
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.2
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.8
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [man clubbing fish on ice near fish traps]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.5
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.6
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.1
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [piled fish and sticks from traps on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.13
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.14
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.9
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [trap on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.6.11
[people and dog teams on frozen river, setting up fish traps for ice fishing]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.14
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [man sitting on ice next to fish trap]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.10
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.3
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.14
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men removing fish from trap, pile of fish on ice, mountains in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.15
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men removing fish from trap, pile of fish on ice, mountains in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.6
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [musher and dog team pulling away from fish traps on ice with load of fish]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.7
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [musher and dog team pulling away from fish traps on ice with load of fish]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.4
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men pulling fish out of trap and piling them on snow]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.15
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [piled fish and sticks from traps on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.16
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [piled fish and sticks from traps on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.17
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [piled fish and sticks from traps on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.5
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men pulling fish out of trap and piling them on snow]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014