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B2022.005.6
[Indigenous woman in parka-style dress holding toddler's arm; toddler wearing white fur parka, possibly reindeer]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Child, Toddler, Parka-style dress, Dress, Clothing, Parka, Fur
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.35
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman wearing parka-style dress standing outside; structures in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Dress, Parka-style dress, Clothing, Outerwear, Structures, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.29
[Indigenous Alaskan man and woman outside midwinter. Woman wearing long, parka-like dress and man in western style suit.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Dress, Parka-like dress, Western clothing, Clothing, Suit
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2007.005.6.B10
[native woman dressed in a gut parka tends to fishing nets]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2015.007.26
[young Alaska Native woman posed outdoors in summer, wearing Siberian Yupik style fur parka over print dress, wheelbarrow in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1973.079.114
[two people dressed in winter parkas seated on boardwalk with snow all around]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.158
[Native Alaskan family dressed in winter parkas standing in front of house]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.68
[women dressed in fur parkas standing/seated on a boardwalk in fron of row houses]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1461.1
(Native dress) [young man in fur parka with dog, buildings visible in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.145
[Four Native Alaskan women standing on the front porch of a house dressed in winter parkas]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.91
[three women dressed in traditional fur winter parkas standing on boardwalk in front of house]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1994.022.750
(Eskimo _alaska clothing)[3 alaska native children dressed in native fur parkas standing on boardwalk]
Keywords: children
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.2.14
Willow and people [pilot standing on ice with two women, one wearing Western style dress, one wearing short seal skin fur parka, village and mountain in background. same man as in B95.14.2.13]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.012.16
Native family, Nushagak, Alaska [man, woman, and child standing near fish drying rack, wooden barrels and buckets on ground, man and woman wearing Western-style dress, child wearing fur parka]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B1973.079.6
[Woman dressed in fur parkas walking past Russian Orthodox church at St. Michael in winter 1907-1908]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.7
[woman dressed in a fur parkas and man standing beside a child in a baby sled amongst large snow berm]
Keywords: winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2017.024.1059
Jan71P7 #16044 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered head dress, parka, gloves with snowflake pattern, eyeglasses]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.010.4897
[woman wearing fancy dress parka and lace-up shoes, walking with man, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1999.014.1112
(Eskimo ladies with Japanese Magazine)[native alaskan women dressed in traditional winter parkas and mitts look at a Japanese woman's magazine]
Keywords: winter, furs, native, magazine
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1991.011.1198
Point Hope 1947 "Dressed up for Nullikutuk" [woman wearing fabric parka with fur ruff sits with child wearing fur parka near shoreline; river rocks at bottom of image]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1973.079.113
[a wintery scene with 7 people and 2 reindeer one of which is harnessed to a sled with 4 people dressed in winter parkas sitting on the sled]
Keywords: recreation, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2014.003.2
15168 (Esquimo)(Victor Animatograph Co.)[ Native Alaskan men women and children possibly a family portrait dressed in traditional fur parkas]
Collection: B2014.003
B1964.001.436
Dress parade. [Photographic postcard. Group portrait of reindeer herders dressed in fur parkas and pants, with dog and two reindeer in decorative harnesses for fair at Shishmaref, 1923. Photographer: Lomen Bros. Same image as B1971.014.1]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B2015.007.57
[Alaska Native man and woman posed next to large wood building, woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka with walrus tusk gussets over print dress, man wearing Western style clothing, including possibly military jacket, and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.251
one Indigenous man in western dress and one Indigenous woman in parka and boots standing in front of a parked truck with snow and ice on the ground]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, automobile
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.89
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, woman wearing mukluks and spotted reindeer fur parka with geometric trim including swastikas over print dress, man wearing cloth parka with fur trim and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1973.079.115
[moving the rec hall at Ft. St. Michael during the winter of 1907-1908. Woman dressed in parka standing in the foreground with workers and horses attending to the structure in the background]
Keywords: construction, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1461.2
D-41. What the well dressed Eskimo maiden wears. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [woman in fur parka, mittens, and mukluks standing next to log building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.556
E2 Alaskans in Native dress [four women wearing fur parkas, fur ruffs, trim, mukluks, headscarves, mittens, sitting on ice, snow. copy neg?]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2187.3
"Everybody works but Father, he sits 'round all day, etc." Lomen Bros. Nome #33 [Native family, woman and two children with washtub outside of white tent, clothing hanging on line in background. Woman wearing printed parka, young girl with braided hair and Western-style dress. copy neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.079
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Typical winter dress [two young children in fur parkas and mukluks sitting on pile of lumber, can of Hormel Ham and other canned goods at left]
Collection: B2019.003
B2017.024.1060
Jan71P7 #16045 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered head dress, parka, gloves with snowflake pattern dances in front of men, women, drummers, singers; artwork on display in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B1994.018.3
(George Adams No 801 1of 3)(Esther Birdsall Darling with "Tom" "Dick" "and "Harry")[Studio portait of a woman and three dogs. She is dressed in a traditional fur parka made of ground squirrel and three dogs]
Keywords: woman, dogs, mushing, studio
Collection: B1994.018
B1998.014.1.4638
(Barter Island misc Vern's )[A native Alaskan family standing in the door way dressed in fur parkas with hooded ruff both parents are each holding a book possibly a bible or hymnal]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.151
[Nina Cron dressed in a winter parka is standing on a small hill in winter overlooking multiple boats this to include up to seven paddle wheel and steam vessels moored along the shore at St. Michael's]
Keywords: boats, harbor, port, winter, ice, ships, woman
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1991.011.461
Kasigluk, JoAnn Beaver, 1957; Eskimo parka typical of Kuskokwim delta area [girl poses wearing fur parka with hood over plaid skirt or dress, boots; laundry hanging in background; log cabin at left, Dup; note: fine hairs near center background are part of image]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.447
C2 Guard of Honor for Carnival Queen's Ice throne [Faribanks, flags, military uniforms, rifle, fur parkas, snow stairs, women wearing sashes, Matanuska Maid, Dawson?, University?, Miss Alaska, Man in Native dress carrying spear, harpoon, hat, snowshoes]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1114
Aug61P Barrow [two men, woman, children stand near square hole in sodded ground, likely an underground food storage cellar; one man appears to be holding a briefcase; both men wear dress shoes, one smoking cigarette; child on tracked vehicle in left background; water, shore in distance. At AFN 2022, individuals at center identified left to right: Sadie Neakok (plaid parka with fur trim on hood) and Ronald Neakok (parka? With fur trim on hood)]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
Collection: B2017.024