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B1990.014.2018.1.218.001
[woman walking along rocky shoreline; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.444
B142 Anchorage Church and Library [autombiles, parking meters, woman walking]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.217.004
68-4 [woman sitting on boulder at shore; second woman walking in background; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1984.077.17.004
[woman walking, railroad platform; engine, men in background, luggage to right on cart]
Collection: B1984.077
B2017.024.2388
Kotzebue, March 1969 [woman wearing parka carries a purse and walking stick while walking along snow-covered road; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1902.2
(Providence Hospital on 9th and L Street) [exterior with trees in foreground, woman walking on sidewalk]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2713
Nome July 1983 Street scenes [woman walking next to clothesline, laundry, structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3383
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; woman carrying child on shoulders walks on boardwalk]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3383
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; woman carrying child on shoulders walks on boardwalk]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.184.006
60-6; Staps [January 1941; Ketchikan; woman walking up outdoor stairway; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1020.1
GZ-143 (Hiking in the Golden Zone) [woman in hat and boots walking across snow field with mountains beyond]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.020.118
[woman carrying small dog walking on beach, young boy in foreground, man in background, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
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
B1989.016.1020.2
GZ-144 (Hiking in the Golden Zone) [woman in hat and boots walking across snow field with stream and hills beyond]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1165
50.7. An old woman returning from work in the fields. Near Jena, Germany [woman wearing headscarf and carrying rake and basket on her back walking down street. Proof print]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.18
(catastrophe)(September 4 1966)(Ketchikan Fire){firemen and police on scene of burning building}{man comforting a woman walking towards the burning building }
Keywords: catastrophe, accident, fireman, fire
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.010.4897
[woman wearing fancy dress parka and lace-up shoes, walking with man, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.024.2379
Kotzebue, March 1969 [people use brooms to clear snow from roof of structure as woman and children walk or stand on road]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2695
Nome street scene, July 1983 [woman carrying brown paper bag walks across street; vehicles and structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1979.002.Album1.99
Beach at Seward. Eugene Underwood [cabins along shoreline, driftwood in foreground, woman walking along beach at left, circa 1914]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.2018.1.43.002
John & Mrs B [man and woman walking along boardwalk on hill; picket fence; structures in background; summer, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.43.002
John & Mrs B [man and woman walking along boardwalk on hill; picket fence; structures in background; summer, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.415
"7021Anchorage Alaska, hoar frost, with woman and beaver coat walking on street. 57" [mail box, cabin, buildings in background, snow.]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1990.014.5.People.8.11
"People - pageants, Crouch fashion show, 7/20/65, Model - Crouch design" [woman in sleeveless dress with striped skirt walks on carpet]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1995.014.58.19
Northern Commercial Co. store, Fort Yukon [woman walking down boardwalk towards store at left, village buildings at right]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.2293
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman carrying child in hood of parka and man walk near shore ice; upturned boat on gravel]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.227.001
71-1 Aug 1941 pan x in DK 20; Sitka; Man on street [street scene with man walking toward foreground and family of man, woman, two children walk away; structures; automobiles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.4979
[Anaktuvuk Pass village scene in autumn, woman and two children walking near log cabin in foreground; print date Dec 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.180
Scn, Vert [verticle]; Photo fans & tourists at Portage Glacier; 25 June 1961 [people near lakeshore, man using tripod, woman watching him, woman with camera walking; icebergs, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.2018.1.227.004
71-1 Aug 1941 pan x in DK 20; Sitka; Eric & Basha [man and woman walking along pathway; forest]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.309.005
91-1 April 1943; Pan X; Nome [woman with one child on back and two other children walks along street; snow in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1997.003.134
[woman wearing dress and overcoat shields her face as she walks through grass from small building, possibly an outhouse? toward an automobile; utility poles in the background]
Collection: B1997.003
B1990.014.2018.1.17.004
5-1; April 1939; Panatonic x 40-24; Native woman [woman walking along boardwalk; Nefco cannery across road; boat; automobiles; structures; people in distance; hand holding object in lower left]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.17.004
5-1; April 1939; Panatonic x 40-24; Native woman [woman walking along boardwalk; Nefco cannery across road; boat; automobiles; structures; people in distance; hand holding object in lower left]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.2947
[street scene, two Alaska Native men walking past buildings including Northern Commercial Co. and T.C. Co., woman sitting in wildflowers in foreground]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.011.104
Alaska ’48 – Wattamoose, “Queenie” climbing up from creek [woman holding fishing rod and creel walking up steep hill, Wattamuse Creek]
Collection: B2017.011
B2016.006.2336
[Alaska Native woman wearing headscarf and woolen coat walking past log cabin with corrugated metal arctic entry, metal barrels on ground, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B1990.014.2018.1.49.005
20-2 Al & Elma [man and woman walking along boardwalk near group of men; automobiles on plank-surfaced road; Federal Building in background; Ketchikan; likely 1939
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.49.005
20-2 Al & Elma [man and woman walking along boardwalk near group of men; automobiles on plank-surfaced road; Federal Building in background; Ketchikan; likely 1939
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.003.013
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Eklutna River canyon [woman holding walking stick standing with dog in canyon in winter] [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, Eklutna River canyon, Canyon, Winter, Woman walking
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.2068.9
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [man and woman walk over ceremonial bridge towards young boys and scout master in uniforms, pull-down screen on wall behind, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.4
7 (Parade) [night, woman riding in automobile with "K" banner, Boy Scout walking alongside, past businesses including The Hub, Bill's Electric Supply and McVicker's, Fourth Avenue, Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1167
May68P3 #01882 Bethel [Yup'ik man, woman, and child wearing parkas walk along dirt road carrying paper shopping bags; snow; crane (equipment); structures; windsock; water at far right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2068.10
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [young boy in uniform walks over ceremonial bridge towards woman, young boys and scout master in uniforms, pull-down screen on wall behind, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.017.13
[woman wearing print parka carrying paper bag and walking down boardwalk in front of sod house, barrels, books, driftwood, sled, and other items in yard nearby, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B1998.014.1.1841
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [actually image is taken from Cushman Street bridge over Chena River; woman walking at left; Immaculate Conception Church, steeple, statue, structures, boardwalk and fence at center and right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1174
O35 Nenana - where rail and river boat meet [copy neg; people, passengers, walking between railroad track and dock, riverboat "Yukon" woman standing on tracks, likely photographing travelers, luggage, hat box, crane, deck chairs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.024.004
Mary & Judy, Annette, Sept. ’52 [on similar print:] Quonset huts, CG housing, boardwalk leading to our Quonset hut, my mother and 18 mo.-old sister [woman and young child walking between rows of housing]
Keywords: Annette Island, women
Collection: B2016.024