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B2014.023.008
(Jeanne and Birch Bark)[woman sitting on ground holding birch bark and board]
Keywords: woman, trees, forest, portrait
Collection: B2014.023
B2017.023.180
[Service men in bar (possibly NCO club), one points to insignia on sergeant; artwork on bar wall: jeep with soldiers, iglloos, mountains, northern lights]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.2018.1.217.002
68-4 [toddler standing in crib; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.440
B139 Public Library, Anchorage, Alaska "Z.J. Loussac Public Library. Automobiles, sidewalks, paved streets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.216.006
68-3 [foliage; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1984.077.16.034
[man walking away from front steps of building, same building as .010-.030, .031]
Collection: B1984.077
B2017.024.2372
Kotzebue, June 1967 [man wearing coveralls and cap possibly at Kotzebue dock; boats in background, one is "Wenaha."]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2694
Nome street scene, July 1983 [four young people - one holding a hammer - stand in back of flatbed truck with NEC on driver's door; driver and passenger in front seat]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3380
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; man carries child on shoulders, girl walks behind in slushy snow; structures in background; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3381
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; chldren playing on boardwalk; puddles; snow; structures; snowmachines; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.184.002
60-6; Rolfe II & LIllian S. tied at dock [January 1940, two wood-hulled ships; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1019.3
GZ-132 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [hillside]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.020.083
[Sun posed with man and woman in front of entrance to Constitution Hall during Constitutional Convention, possibly delegates, 1955-1956]
Collection: B2017.020
B1973.079.57a
[Chilkoot Barracks at Fort Seward, Haines, Alaska 1906]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1019.4
GZ-133 (Scenes in the Golden Zone) [hillside]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.177.6
(catastrophe)(1958)(Xmas Homes 1958 not used)(Balog home in City view)
Keywords: christmas, christmas decorations
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.010.4891
[group of boys gathered next to building, probably at start of race on Fourth of July, one boy wearing a sombrero, motorcycle at left, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.024.2370
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman standing in doorway of Arctic entry; sign over door reads "W (obscured) Mendenhall"; sled on roof; pails on porch; mop to left; clothesline at far right; plywood on ground]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2644
Nome aviation, July 1983 [two men on tarmac: one on a bicycle with a rucksack on handlebar; Wien vehicle; twin engine low-wing aircraft, possibly a Piper model]
Collection: B2017.024
B1979.002.Album1.95
C & N.W. near Katalla, abandoned track [written on back: "Abandoned track of Copper River & Northwestern Ry. at Katalla." view down line with weeds growing in between ties, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.2018.1.42.006
17-3 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939, three sailors operate hose; men at top of stairway of structure; ladders; lumber]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.42.006
17-3 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939, three sailors operate hose; men at top of stairway of structure; ladders; lumber]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.258
Seward Highway (or Gambell St.), southbound out of Anch at Eastchester, 8-5-62
Keywords: Anchorage, transportation, roads
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B1990.014.5.People.20.18
(People Rondy Queens Rondy Queen giving Bill Bap coronet, McClain is Queen)
Keywords: fur rondy
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2017.024.2289
Kotzebue, June 1967 [two children stand on a dirt road; boats, structures, clotheslines, metal drums in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.226.003
70-4 View of Russian church from beach [St. Michael Cathedral, Russian Orthodox church partially obscured by trees; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.4942
[young woman and young man on parade float with sled frame and animal furs, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.160
Scn 10 3479 53; Portage pinnacle [Portage lake, icebergs]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.2018.1.226.006
70-4 Boy on rocks [boy wearing waders holding piece of lumber; toy boat in water below; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.309.001
91-1 April 1943; Pan X; Nome [street scene wtih puddles, automobiles; business buildings; people walking at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1997.003.130
[man in overalls and cap operates steam shovel, "U.S.E.D. D.15" on side of cab; truck to the right]
Collection: B1997.003
B1990.014.2018.1.17.002
5-1; April 1939 Panatonic x 40-24; clouds [cirrus clouds; utility lines at lower left]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.17.002
5-1; April 1939 Panatonic x 40-24; clouds [cirrus clouds; utility lines at lower left]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.2626
[lupine and dandelions gone to seed in cemetery, with wooden Russian Orthodox crosses, Dena’ina spirit house, and other graves, mountains in background, Anchorage. Cf. .2630]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.011.100
Alaska ’47 – Bear Lake (named because of a close call with brownie), Clarence Rhode, Fish & Wildlife [man angling on lakeshore]
Collection: B2017.011
B2016.006.2211
[view down dirt road, with pedestrians, sign at right for Roadhouse, buildings along river in distance, Fort Yukon]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B2016.006
B1990.014.2018.1.49.003
20-2; Portraits of Pauline [Wilson; seated woman holds magazine on lap]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.49.003
20-2; Portraits of Pauline [Wilson; seated woman holds magazine on lap]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.003.009
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Sunset on Cooks Inlet at 9:30 PM [scenic, with cache silhouetted in center] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Cache, Storehouse, Storage, Sunset
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.2068.5
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [adults standing with young boys in Cub Scout uniforms in front of man at microphone wearing Native American Indian-style dress, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.14
#18 (Parade) [night, clown in pony-drawn chariot with sign "Pioneer" passing businesses including The Hub, Bill's Electric Supply and McVicker's, Fourth Avenue, 1950 Fur Rendezvous? Photographer’s number written on emulsion side of neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1155
Alaska - Eskimo mother and child - Barrow in summer 1986 [1961?; Inupiaq woman wearing yellow and white scarf, coat with fur ruff, eyeglasses holds child; dogs at left; road in distance]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2067.2
(Color Art Printing under construction, 1965, 430 W 7th Ave.) [man cutting lumber on construction site, with automobiles parked at left, RCA building visible in background]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.017.036b
[skins hanging on drying rack in winter, sled, barrels, and boxes on ground, Point Hope, no date. Cf. .42]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B1998.014.1.1838
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [similar to .1832; street scene, Jeep men, women, automobiles, flags, clock]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1170
O33 Sky Twins - Fairbanks, Alaska (NC smoke stacks; 1946 postcard) [NC Co. sign between smoke stacks; rooftops, structures, river, forest in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.023.8
[view down muddy Alaska Highway, Jeep and fifth-wheel trailer stopped on shoulder]
Keywords: transportation, tourism
Collection: B2016.023