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B1973.079.122
[Boy and possibly his parents standing on the dock in St Michael. The boy has a fishing pole and several fish on a stringer that he is holding up for the photographer][negative is out of focus]
Keywords: fishing, docks, wharf
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
b2011.014.240
Man with fishing pole on stream bank. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2014.019.83
Salmon [mother and daughter cleaning fish at table along river shore, boy hauling fish onto dock with pole, younger daughter carrying baby across plank boardwalk, wooden barrels in foreground, skiff pulled onto shore in background]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.019
B1990.014.2018.1.236.005
[72-5; Sitka; August 1941; two boys fishing from rocks using wooden poles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.38
[Indigenous Alaskan child holding implement pointed towards viewer, possibly small fishing pole?]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Boy, Toddler, Pointing, Implement, Fishing pole, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1442
S31 Fishing in the Aleutians (A favorite Aleutian sport; 1946 post card; fishing 4 on 1 & 1 other) [copy neg of four images, service men fishing on rivers, shore, rocks, waders; fishing poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1501
S71 Sgt Tetinek does okay fishing under the ice - near Ft. Richardson (An Alaska soldier strukes it rich, under the ice) [Eugene Tetinek poses with fish on stringer, fishing pole, ice fishing; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1992.033.050
O.W.Geist.-64 [caption] Fish strung on grass ropes and hung over poles for drying; all fish are split at the belly. [Nelson Island; herring; 1927]
Collection: B1992.033 Doris Bordine Collection
B2007.005.5.169
From verso "November, 1931. Fishing smelt!" [neg # B2007.005.7.91; group of people on ice and snow, fishing; woven grass baskets; poles are likely part of fish traps; shovel at left center]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2007.005.5.168
[stereo views; neg#B2007.005.7.92; group of people fishing for smelt, likely November 1931 (see .1690; woven grass baskets; poles are likely part of fish traps; snow]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1995.014.11.1
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men with poles next to hole in ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.2
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men with poles next to hole in ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.648
F1 An Alaskan catch, Willow Creek "w/print" [salmon on ground, fishing pole, wicker, leather tackle box; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2321.2
(Boats in water near cannery) [small vessels tied near shore, dock at left, reeds in foreground, commercial buildings and utility poles in background]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.109
Native women dipnetting for fish [two women standing on beach, one using long pole to dip into water, ice chunks in water]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.010.844
[man wearing hip waders standing next to chicken coop or outbuilding, “Montana Hotel” written on wall in chalk, fishing pole propped against building, creels hanging from wall, trees in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.011.57
Alaska ’48 – Nonwhyenuk, Russ & Ray rigging for trout [Russ Sprague and Ray Petersen setting up fishing poles on gravel beach with driftwood and low brush, Nonvianuk Lake]
Collection: B2017.011
B2018.023.075a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [note that fine hair that appears above person who is bent over is part of the slide; two men sit on edge of fish container, possibly a tender; fishing pole; waders; third person leaning over at right; water, shore in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.69.005
26-2; fish dock scene [two men pose: one wearing cap and full length apron displaying salmon from a pole while a second stands behind him with arms out and smoking a pipe; structure in background; likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.69.005
26-2; fish dock scene [two men pose: one wearing cap and full length apron displaying salmon from a pole while a second stands behind him with arms out and smoking a pipe; structure in background; likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.075b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [note that fine hair that appears above person who is bent over is part of the slide; verso of slide: two men sit on edge of fish container, possibly a tender; fishing pole; waders; third person leaning over at right; water, shore in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.597
"E30 Nome, An Eskimo garage (sleds on racks)" [dog sled, canoes, poles, seal float(?), supported over snowy ground, fishing net, three sled dogs curled on ground, bucket, canvas wall tent and other structure in background, man standing to left of tent, person running along shore in center right of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1372
PT8 Cordova, Alaska, is in the center of a scenic wonderland. Mining, logging and trapping are profitable here; however, fishing is the main indurstry with the accent on clam and crab canning. [view down street, businesses including clothing store, theatre, barber pole; woman walking on far right; service men at left; dog crossing street at intersection; automobiles, Jeeps]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley