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B1995.014.94.6
[portrait of soldier wearing knit cap, sheepskin vest, and bib overalls, Quonset hut in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.4
[portrait of soldier wearing knit cap, sheepskin vest, and bib overalls, Quonset huts in background, Adak]
Keywords: military, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.122
[two Alaska Native men seated on tundra, both wearing Western style clothing, one wearing knitted cap]
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.1628
[woman wearing print parka with fur trim and knitted cap standing outdoors, Anaktuvuk Pass; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
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
B1989.016.2141.54
(D-72?) [man wearing snowshoes, gloves, and knitted cap standing outside Arctic entry to log cabin in winter, mountains in distance]
Keywords: houses, residences, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.1
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks posed outdoors with young child wearing parka, mukluks, and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, children, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2141.56
(D-74?) [man wearing snowshoes, gloves, and knitted cap standing outside Arctic entry to log cabin in winter, mountains in distance. cf. 2141.54]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.027.33
#1-78. Iditarod musher, Iditarod 1978, Nancy Lake, Alaska [portrait of man with red beard wearing sunglasses and blue knitted wool cap]
Keywords: recreation, clothing
Collection: B2014.027
B2015.007.9
[three Alaska Native men and one elder woman posed outdoors, woman wearing print parka with fur trim, two men wearing Western style clothing, one wearing knit cap and one driving cap, one man wearing fur parka and driving cap]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2210.55
E-59 (Mrs. Bjornson) [portrait of woman standing outdoors, wearing knitted cap with reindeer design, light jacket; Mrs. Bjornson owned a farm in Eklutna]
Keywords: agriculture, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.74.14
[soldier wearing eyeglasses, parka with fur ruff and knitted cap, seated inside tent in front of Primus stove reading a book, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: mountaineering, camping, clothing, heat
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.74.15
[soldier wearing eyeglasses, parka with fur ruff and knitted cap, seated inside tent in front of Primus stove reading a book, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: heat, military, mountaineering, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.19
[group portrait of Alaska Native family next to large wooden building, with mother carrying infant and three children standing in front, woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka and knit cap, children wearing cloth parkas]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1983.146.104
Chief Nikoli Talkeetna, The Sydney Laurence Co. Anchorage Alaska. [Chief wears fur parka and knit cap, sitting on stump or stool. Men wearing suspenders in background near wooden building. Moving Chief's house for Alaska Railroad?]
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1998.014.1.626
E45 Diomede Island mother & child, Frank Morgan photo [portrait of woman with braide hair, wearing fabric parka with fur trim child inside back of parka, belt, knit stocking cap, headscarf, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.30
[studio portrait of Alaska Native family, men wearing Western style clothing and knitted caps, elser woman wearing fur parka and headscarf, young woman wearing print parka and headscarf, child wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.014.149
[photographic postcard. man, possibly pilot, standing next to three Alaska Native women posed by single engine airplane, two women wearing squirrel parka with walrus tusk gussets and knitted cap, one wearing reindeer parka and Western style wool hat]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B2015.014
B1989.016.2141.25
D-29 [group posed outdoors, with utility pole and lines overhead, woman in fur parka holding camera, young man in fur parka and mittens with hands on shoulders of young boy wearing seal skin parka and goggles and carrying camera case, young girl wearing kuspuk and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.027.7
ITDR-77 #7. Iditarod Sled Dog Race, musher at finish line, Nome, Alaska, 1977 [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing brown knitted cap and parka with fur ruff. Cf. .40, .67. At AFN 2015, tentatively identified as Isaac Okleasik of Teller] [Inupiaq Territory, Sitnasuaq (Nome).]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Iditarod, Sled dog race, Race, Winter, Snow, Musher, Finish line, Nome, Sitnasuaq, Knit cap, Parka, Fur, Isaac Okleasik, Teller, Crowd, Spectators
Collection: B2014.027
b2015.027.131
The bishop and native. He is the one that got lost two years ago [two Aleut men posed outdoors, one at left wearing brimmed hat, suitcoat, necktie, and sweater, one at right wearing eyeglasses and knit cap and holding camera on tripod. Man at left possibly priest Gregory Prozorov, who served on St. Paul 1924-1929]
Keywords: religion, photography
Collection: B2015.027
B2014.027.189
[two women standing outside business, woman at left wearing sunglasses, knitted cap and parka with fur ruff, Alaska Native woman at right wearing eyeglasses, print parka with fur ruff, and headscarf, holding purse; print date Aug 75. At AFN 2015, identified as Helen Fagerstrom of Nome (left) and possibly Hannah Hawley (right)] [Sitnasuaq (Nome). At AFN 2022, woman on left confirned Helen Fagerstrom.]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Inupiat, Women, Building, Business, Sunglasses, Cap, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Eyeglasses, Glasses, Headscarf, Purse, Helen Fagerstrom, Hannah Hawley, Sitnasuaq, Nome
Collection: B2014.027