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B2014.023.048
(people)(woman in fur coat with young girl standing on sidewalk)
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.003.30
[woman in coat with fur stole standing in a dense thicket of bushes with just her head showing]
Collection: B2014.003
B1989.016.2056.5
Hewitt's 5 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, informal gathering) [soldiers in furs coats and hats, one carrying snowshoes, buildings in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.18
Hewitt's 18 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army in parkas) [men in fur coats and hats standing on Anchorage street, Hotel Lane in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.9
Hewitt's 9 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army) [soldiers in furs coats and hats talking to man in civilian clothing, Linder Rooms in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.16
Hewitt's 16 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army unit at attention) [men in fur coats and hats standing on Anchorage street, Hotel Lane in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.22
Hewitt's 22 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, men in parkas) [soldiers in fur coats and hats standing next to gun, spectators and federal building in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6067
[Clarissa wearing fur coat standing next to wall of log house in winter, Anchorage Fairview neighborhood, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
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
B2014.012.9
[four men and dog team with large sled stopped outside building, two men wearing full-length fur coats]
Keywords: clothing, transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1995.010.439
628 E 9th, Anch [Clarissa wearing fur coat and carrying package standing in front of house, other houses and Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5711
Anchorage [Clarissa wearing fur coat and headscarf posed outside house in winter, dog at left, Fairview, 1940s. has neg. Cf. .5921]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5921
Anchorage [Clarissa wearing fur coat and headscarf posed outside house in winter, dog at left, Fairview, 1940s. has neg. Cf. .5711
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.007.114
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to log cabin, woman wearing coat with fur trim, hair cut short with bangs, man wearing driving cap and sport coat, cache in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2199.1
Lomen Bros. Nome #983 [man wearing fur-trimmed coat, fur hat, and tall lace-up boots standing in entry to house, path shoveled out of deep snow. copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: houses, residences, winter
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.542
"D33 Dick Mitchell's team(?)" [actually, a Native child wearing parka with fur ruff, knit mittens, mukluks sitting on hood of Pontiac automobile; man in fur parka on the left; snow, trees in background; possibly a coat atop hood of automobile]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.037.024
.24a – Men at Base, Flyers [pilot in fur coat pets a dog] .24b – Men at Base, Flyers [presumably the same pilot as .24a, now posed smoking a pipe]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.007.111
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to wooden house, woman wearing coat with fur trim and knitted cap, man wearing driving cap]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.1155
Alaska - Eskimo mother and child - Barrow in summer 1986 [1961?; Inupiaq woman wearing yellow and white scarf, coat with fur ruff, eyeglasses holds child; dogs at left; road in distance]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2013.007.099
[American Legion group gathered next to Alaska Railroad train, many men wearing stovepipe hats and fur coats, marching band musicians at head of group, Leonhard Seppala with dog team at rear]
Collection: B2013.007
B1989.016.2046.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [woman in fur coat and standing in front of McGee Airways airplane, Stinson with tail number NC 478-M, in winter]
Keywords: aviation, transportation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.5.9
[man in parka with walrus tusk inlay standing with two women outdoors in winter, one woman wearing short wool jacket, one woman wearing long coat with fur trim and Athabascan-style mittens]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2264
"large eagle with army buddy" Man and woman stand on an outcrop near camouflage netting; possibly on Fort Richardson; eagle is on man's shoulder; woman wearing fur coat, scarf; utility poles in right background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.112
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing, cameras, photography
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.446
C1 Ice Carnival - Miss Alaska on ice throne "Fairbanks, March 1937" [woman wearing full cape and crown sitting in chair; child at far left wearing fur parka, pants, mukluks, holding billow; man in chair wearing fur coat, hat, muklus, mittens; woman at far right wearing parka, hat, ice steps]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.152
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background. Man on right same as man on right in.112]
Keywords: clothing, photography, cameras
Collection: B2015.007