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B1989.016.1928.1
(Fur Rondy 1952, Carrying the blanket for blanket toss) [group of men in fur parkas carrying bundle]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2024.001.790
“Fur Rendevous [sic] 1955 North Star Blanket Toss ‘55” [one individual participates in a blanket toss at Anchorage Fur Rendezvous celebration at North Star Elementary School. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1955]
Keywords: Alaska, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Rondy, Blanket toss, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.795
“Fur Rondy 1955 North Star Blanket Toss” [one individual in a parka and mukluks participates in a blanket toss at Anchorage Fur Rendezvous celebration at North Star Elementary School. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1955]
Keywords: Alaska, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Rondy, Blanket toss, Parka, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.794
“Fur Rondy North Star Blanket Toss ’54 1955” [one individual in a parka, mukluks, and glasses participates in a blanket toss at Anchorage Fur Rendezvous celebration at North Star Elementary School. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1955]
Keywords: Alaska, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Rondy, Blanket toss, Parka, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1998.014.1.1944
Eskimo game of "blanket-toss" at the Anchorage Fur Rondezvous (T185 Blanket toss @ ball park; postcard 1946) [similar to .1943; photographer with tripod at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1928.2
(Fur Rondy 1952, blanket toss) [blanket toss in middle of Fourth Avenue, with spectators lining street in front of federal building, Smart Shop, The Gitchell Hotel, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.639
E55 Anchorage Fur Rohdezvous, Eskimo blanket-toss "City Hall, 1950" [same as .640, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2024.001.413
“Blanket Toss ’54 North Star” [one individual in a fur parka and mukluks crouched in midair in a blanket toss event at North Star Elementary. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1954]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Blanket toss, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.792
“Blanket Toss ’54 1955 North Star” [one individual in a parka and mukluks participates in a blanket toss at Anchorage Fur Rendezvous celebration at North Star Elementary School. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1955]
Keywords: Alaska, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Rondy, Blanket toss, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.788
“Mr. Norton, Blanket Toss” [one individual, possibly identified as Mr. Norton, participates in a blanket toss at Anchorage Fur Rendezvous celebration at North Star Elementary School. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1955]
Keywords: Alaska, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Rondy, Blanket toss, Mr. Norton, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.2074.2
(Opening Day, Fur Rendezvous, 1954, 2A) [crowd gathered to watch blanket toss, man jumping with seal poke]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.2977
[woman wearing button blanket and fur headdress, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84. Cf. .2924]
Collection: B2017.029
B2016.004.229
Eskimo blanket toss, Fur Rondy, 1983, Reggie Joule? [man wearing parka, mukluks, and fur hat, with ribbons on his chest, preparing to be tossed; print date Feb 83]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B2016.004
B1998.014.1.1949
(T187 Anchorage, 4th Ave.) [similar to .1947; blanket toss at City Hall; Fur Rondezvous; ladder at far right; snow in streets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.230
Eskimo blanket toss, Fur Rondy, 1983, Reggie Joule? [man being tossed, Ferris wheel in background; print date Feb 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.1940.2
18 (Fur Rondy, 1951) [blanket toss on Fourth Avenue during Fur Rendezvous, with spectators in front of federal building, The Gitchell, Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1948
(T187 Anchorage 4th Ave.) [similar to .1947; blanket toss at City Hall; Fur Rondezvou; photographer standing on ladder at lower right; grader plowing snow on street]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.2972
[Savoonga Comedy Dancers performing on lawn, woman wearing black-and-white bodysuit with fur trim standing on blanket, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1998.014.1.638
E55 Eskimo blanket toss at Anchorage "City Hall, 1950" [Fur Rendezvous, A boy is high in the air above blanket, surrounded by large croud; automobiles, people standing on pickup truck, wet streets, Food Center sign across street, Northwest Airlines sign; label is affixed to neg with cellophane tape]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2046.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [two women, one in fur coat and one in blanket coat, standing in front of McGee Airways airplane in winter]
Keywords: clothing, aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1947
(T187 Anchorage, 4th Ave) [winter scene, likely during Fur Rondezvous; men, women, children gathered on grounds of City Hall, blanket toss (view obstructed by tree); snow on streets ; dump truck filled with snow; automobiles, bicycle at lower left, ladder at lower right; observers at windows; Francis Shoppe sign visible between structures and above tossed person; McKinley Building in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.643
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Eskimo blanket toss "E57 Diomede Eskimos at Anchorage, 1950 [actually, after 1952, the year the Mt. McKinley Building in center background was built]" [group of people in snowy ball field, fences with signs: Polar Bar-r, Arctic Office Machine Co., Northern Neon Corp, Al Fox's D and D Sport Center, Union Oil Company Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Cherolet, Cadillc, GMC trucks, Murmac Louinge, City Bank, Anchorage Realty Co., Sicks' Select Beer, Rainier Beer, Silver Dollar Loan Co, Scoreboard, structures, Alaska Neon building, domiciles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley