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B1995.014.107.11
[log cabin in winter, with small sign reading "Office"]
Keywords: residences, businesses
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.006.2636
[two log cabins with small flower gardens in front]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2016.006
B1995.014.78.15
[log cabin on far shore of small lake, reeds in foreground, trees in background]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1608
(Trapper's Cabin with Furs) [small log cabin in winter, with animal furs hanging on walls, snowshoes, loaded sled]
Keywords: houses, residences, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1526.3
(Pictures at Green Lake for Mr. Cuddy) [two log cabins and small outbuilding in winter]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.8.13
Fort Yukon Roadhouse [small log cabin with vegetable garden, greenhouse at left, other buildings at right]
Keywords: agriculture, residences, houses
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.900
[small format panoramic photograph of camp or settlement, with log cabins, walled
tents, pine trees, low hill at left, mountains in distance]
Keywords: camp, cabins
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.105.12
[man paddling down river on small log raft]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.89.15
[Alaska Native women sitting on log pile near Yukon River, small boat up on barrels at right, log cabins and caches in background]
Keywords: residences, transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.74.8
[two men seated at camp fire next to abandoned log cabin in wooded area, small tent at left]
Keywords: camping, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1699
Hewitt's, Anchorage (Anchorage Home in Winter) [dog sitting next to mailbox in front of log cabin, small garage at right]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1536.6
144. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage log cabin in clearing, with clothing on clothesline, walled tent, and small outbuilding, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.89.16
[Alaska Native women sitting on log pile near Yukon River, small boat up on barrels in background]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.146.015
Ship Creek [?]. Pyatt [walled tents in clearcut area, log framing and small boat in foreground; man standing in lower center; cabins; fence; from verso: "Anchorage - 1915 tent city"]
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.2141.26
D-30. Three little Eskimos. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two young boys in fur parkas and small girl in printed parka standing outdoors next to log cabin and cache]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.105.2
[man seated on small boat along marshy shore, floating log dock at right, lake or river in wooded area]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2008
"T226 Kenai; Nov. 1954" [Archer's grocery store; lumber, logs and small structure in foreground; structures, automobiles in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.934
[two men seated next to small walled tent in wooded area, same men as in log cabin
images .923 and .929, both men wearing canvas parkas with fur trim, man at right with
mustache]
Keywords: camping, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.035
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Grandma 101 years old [three boys and girl posed with elder sitting on bench in front of small log cabin. Cf. .20] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Indigenous elder, Indigenous grandma, Elder, Elder woman, Children, Young woman, Log cabin, Small log cabin
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.796
L33 An Alaskan hunting lodge, Tustumena Lake "1946 postcard" [log cabin, stove pipe, clothing hanging on fence, man wearing plaid shirt, trousers, hat, shouder satchel standing near door, covered entrance, moose rack on ground, filreweed plants in foreground, trees; small cabin, outbuilding at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.56.16
Oscar and Teresa, Riley's kids [small child wearing Western-style clothing and skin boots holding beater with batter, young girl, Theodora Riley, in doorway of log cabin in background, container from Blue Ribbon Eggs at left, late 1930s]
Keywords: clothing, footwear, food, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1091
(Valley Home and Garden, early Palmer) [homestead with wood frame house, log and wood frame barn, and small outbuildings, garden in foreground, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1478
16. A mountain of sheep horns in Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [horns piled in front of and over small log building. name Bragaw scratched off neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1577
T10 Seward, Alaska [view of shoreline, dock, ship, automobiles, railroad cars, depot, small boats, logs on shore, town, structures, mountains in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.053
“Source of supply for the Anchorage Light and Power at Eklutna” Upper Lake Camp [three men near log building, large canvas tents in background, man at right possibly stacking small pieces of wood next to large log on rollers] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Anchorage Light and Power, Light and Power, Power, Supply, Source, Men, Log building, Building, Canvas tents, Canvas tent, Tent, Tents, Log rounds, Rounds, Wood, Firewood, Stacking wood, Wood pile, Winter, Log, Rollers, Upper Lake Camp, Upper Lake, Camp
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1672
T47 Ketchikan, Alaska (1949 postcards and print; photo by Frank Morgan) [aerial view over small boat harbor, docks, creek, logs, structures, shoreline; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.118.14
Jacob Askoak, father of three priests [Alaska Native man wearing driving cap and mukluks seated on log holding small child, buildings and wood pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.793
"L31 Experimental Farm, Tanana Valley; 1946 postcard" [filed in foreground, agricultural buildings, barn, farm house, dwellings, structures, farm equipment at far edge of field, roadway, possible railroad crossing sign, haystack, small log cabin, fences, enclosures, automobile inside garage; right portion of image has shadow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.2.7
Willow and people [Alaska Native man wearing Western style clothing standing at makeshift table on lake beach cleaning fish, small boats at water's edge, logs on beach, mountains in distance, fish camp]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.Album1.74
M-53. Susitna Station. W. F. Milliken [village buildings along waterfront, small boats on shore at left, log and wood frame buildings at right, wooden figure atop building in foreground, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: residences, houses, businesses
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1