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B2022.001.106
Photocopy of Anchorage Daily News Inside Alaska Business section, announcing Mayfield Evans as appointee to Alaska Workforce Investment Board, undated
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Business, Alaska Workforce Investment Board, Member, Panel, Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News, Newspaper, Publication, Announcement, Article, Clipping, Newsclipping, Business section, Inside Alaska Business
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1996.035.10.3.page.11b
[Inside of Christmas Day Dinner menu, N.O.B. Adak Alaska, December25, 1946]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2017.024.3445
December 1981 [winter scene; two men inside corral with reindeer; northern Alaska]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.114.14
[Alaska Native bpy wearing bib overalls inside fish drying rack, Russian Mission]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.029.1829
[portrait of Alaska Native woman sitting inside Board of Trade Bar; print date May 76]
Collection: B2017.029
b2012.006.947
[Alaska Native man in Army uniform sitting on bed with older Alaska Native woman working seal skin inside house; no date]
Keywords: military
Collection: B2012.006
B1995.014.114.13
[two Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls inside fish drying rack, Russian Mission]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.002.18
Eskimo kids, Kaktovik school, Barter Island, Alaska, 4-15-57 [students inside classroom]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.024.3413
[woman poses wearing parka carrying sleeping child inside hood; snow; northern Alaska, undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.685
F16 Halibut in cold storage - S.E. Alaska "1949 postcard and prints" [fish stacked inside structure, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1988.2
"Spa" Swimming Pool Anchorage, Alaska Hewitts Drug Store Photo (Swimimng Pool "spa", inside, April 22, 1954)
Keywords: recreation, pool, swimming, spa
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.3.16.AKCities.Portage
Visitor Views Portage Lake From Inside Visitor Center [Alaska Cities - Portage - Begich-Boggs Visitor Center], c. 2000
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Portage, Begich-Boggs Visitor Center, Portage Lake
Collection: B2016.019
B1998.014.1.1041
M8 gold mining in Alaska (M6 Hydraulicing for gold in Alaska Kodachrome; rainbow in hydraulic [image inside envelope is listed as M8]) [man aiming nozzle, spraying water, mining]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.008.21
An Alaska Bachelor’s Gals Home – Mine [house with a dog standing inside entryway behind a screen door. Likely Myrtle Everett Bragaw’s house]
Keywords: House, Dog, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1995.014.114.15
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, two Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls playing at left, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.114.16
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, two Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls playing at left, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.004.560
Russian Orthodox church, St. Paul Island, Alaska, Sts. Peter & Paul, 1983 [bird’s eye view of man lighting candles inside church]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2016.004
B1998.014.1.999
L135 Leaving Whittier to points west on the Alaska Railroad. [view from inside tunnel, tracks, ladder on wall, structure to left outside tunnel, possibly Portage Lake, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1229.5
The first snowfall in Anchorage, Oct. 8th, 1915. Laurence [Fourth Avenue street scene with boardwalks, pedestrians, wood fram buildings and a walled tent, businesses including Mrs. T.D. Corlew, California Pool Room, Finkelstein & Sapiro Clothiers, Inside Inn, Miss Mac's Lunch Room, Cosy Inn, Riverside, Alaska Clothing Co.]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.116.6
[Alaska Native man wearing coveralls and beaded moccasins standing on ladder to fish drying rack, two women wearing headscarves seated on platform inside drying rack cleaning salmon, Russian Mission]
Keywords: clothing, fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.092a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “79” “Walrus heads, Nome, Alaska” [walrus heads with tusks, likely on wooden boat, letter “K” inside diamond shape; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.092b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “79” [verso of slide] “Walrus heads, Nome, Alaska” [walrus heads with tusks, likely on wooden boat, letter “K” inside diamond shape; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.021.689
Alaskan photography by Everett J. Wilde, Tetlin [Alaska Native family eating meal inside canvas tent, woman with chin tattooing sitting next to cups, plates, cans, and food on board, people sitting on mattress in back]
Collection: B2018.021
B1994.008.082
[from verso:] "Ft Yukon, Alaska; Sen. H. Jackson, Sen. Hanson, Senator Tour, 1977; F-S Land Use Comm. - Alaska" Seven people gathered in front of Air North Fort Yukon Passenger entrance; one person looking through window from inside structure; wagon; portable stairway at left]
Collection: B1994.008
B1999.014.1328
#339 Federal Bldg. Cordova, Alaska [postcard of structures, bars on windows, retaining wall, fence; man and woman lean against fence; child sitting on grass inside fence; fire hydrant; possible barricade at door near center of image]
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2018.005.56
Frank Pratt, Jack Wade, Alaska [man sitting inside cabin on bear fur draped over armchair, books lining shelves, magazine advertisements pasted to walls, cans from Hills Bros. coffee, radio and hurricane lamp at left, Roycroft symbol on box behind lamp]
Collection: B2018.005
B2017.024.1117
Aug61P Barrow [summer scene: four children play inside boat on shore; boats loaded with what appear to be containers tie up at shore; crowd of people near boats; structures, overturned boats at left. At AFN 2022, location possibly identified as north side of Browerville?. Individual in red sweater sitting in boat at left is Marlene Ipalook. Also pictured in .1156]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Boats, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.014.90
Frida [Alaska Native man and two women wearing fancy fur parkas with geometric decoration standing outside log cabin in winter, man with mustache wearing fur hat, parka with fur on the inside, and Athapascan-style mittens, metal wash basin on wall at left above wood pile. Paper with Kodak Velox Paper stamp.]
Collection: B2015.014