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B2006.023.6479.jpg
Iditarod Trail 1956
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2024.001.544
“Portage Glacier 1956” [Portage Glacier and part of the Portage Lake, Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Portage, Portage Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Ice, Iceberg, Glacier, Lake, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2006.023.5241.jpg
1956. Red salmon on drying rack.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2024.001.545
“Portage Glacier 1956” [Portage Lake with ice bergs and bergy bits, Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Portage, Portage Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Ice, Iceberg, Glacier, Lake, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2006.023.6686.jpg
Between Unalakleet & Shaktoolik, Iditarod 1956
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6696.jpg
Joe Redington Sr., Iditarod Trail 1956
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
b2012.006.780
April 14, 1956 [cemetery in village in winter]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B2012.006
B2024.001.752
“Set Nets Cook Inlet 1956” [fish nets along the shore of Tikahtnu (Cook Inlet), Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Tikahtnu, Cook Inlet, Fishing, Fish trap, Set net, Boat, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.2267.4a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.4b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.5a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.5b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.6a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.6b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with trees and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.6602.jpg
[Person holding flyer for 1956 Nome to Hastings race]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6602
[Person holding flyer for 1956 Nome to Hastings race]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2024.003.131
[Soldiers in winter gear at camp. Likely circa 1956-1958]
Keywords: United States Army, Soldiers, Winter gear, Camps, Camping, Black people, BIPOC, People of color, African Americans
Collection: B2024.003 James T. Wilson Collection
B2024.001.443
“I Airport 1956” [seven individuals wait outside at the Anchorage International Airport for airplane arrival. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Airport, Anchorage International Airport, Passengers, Gate, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.555
“20mile 1956” [one individual smiles and pulls a small motorboat to the shore of Twentymile River. Similar to .554. Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Twentymile River, Chugach National Forest, Mountain, Boat, Motorboat, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.559
“Old Sawmill, Portage, 1956-1958” [decrepit sawmill with mountain in the background near Portage Lake, Dena’ina territory, 1956-1958]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Portage, Portage Lake, Sawmill, Mountain, Snow, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.552
“20mile mouth 1956 Smelt fish” [many individuals fishing at the mouth of Twentymile River. Boats and vehicles on the beach. Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Twentymile River, Chugach National Forest, Mountain, Snow, Cloud, Smelt, Fishing, Boat, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.2267.2a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [road through mountain pass]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.3a
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with frozen lake and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2267.3b
(Johnson Pass, winter 1956) [scenic with frozen lake and mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.6
(Sep 20 1956 city view school (Airport Heights)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2024.003.103
[Group photo, 21 people in workshop. Likely circa 1956-1958]
Keywords: Workshop, Group photo, BIPOC, Black people, People of color, African Americans
Collection: B2024.003 James T. Wilson Collection
B2024.003.133
[Uniformed soldiers amongst trees, midwinter. Likely circa 1956-1958]
Keywords: United States Army, Soldiers, Uniforms, Winter
Collection: B2024.003 James T. Wilson Collection
B1983.091.C2202
Club 25 Ext for Balop from KTVA 4-1956 (1 neg)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.5
(Sep 20 1956- 9 5096 56 City View School)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Scn.13.005
Scn 10138; 1-1/4 Worthington Glacier from highway; July 1956.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2016.006.2640
Summit TACAN, June 1956 [airplane on airstrip, building and antennas at right]
Keywords: communications, Cold War
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.002.26
[children playing next to drying rack, buildings in background, 1956-57]
Collection: B2017.002
B2024.003.075
[Black person next to US Army 1083, midwinter. Likely circa 1956-1958]
Keywords: United States Army, Black people, BIPOC, People of color, African Americans, US Army 1083, Winter
Collection: B2024.003 James T. Wilson Collection
B2024.001.549
“20 mile mouth Smelt Fishers 1956” [many individuals fishing at the mouth of Twentymile River, many automobiles parked near shore. Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Twentymile River, Chugach National Forest, Mountain, Snow, Cloud, Smelt, Fishing, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.546
“Portage 1956” [two youths, possibly identified as Ken Parker’s children, standing on small ice chunks in Portage Lake. The children wear “Spenard, Alaska” sweatshirts, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Portage, Portage Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Ice, Iceberg, Glacier, Lake, Youth, Sweatshirt, Spenard, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1990.014.5.TV.103.42
Kodiak from old school house September 27, 1956 9 5505 56
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2024.003.120
[Model train on makeshift table between lockers and cots. Likely circa 1956-1958]
Keywords: United States Army, Model train, Lockers, Cots, Living quarters
Collection: B2024.003 James T. Wilson Collection
B2024.003.139
[Soldier posed in winter gear at camp, soldiers in background. Likely circa 1956-1958]
Keywords: United States Army, Soldiers, Winter gear, Supplies, Equipment, Camps, Camping, Rifles
Collection: B2024.003 James T. Wilson Collection
B2024.001.296
“Turnagain Arm 1956” [Seward highway and railroad tracks, one car pulled over and two individuals stand near shore. Tutl'uh (Turnagain Arm), Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Tutl'uh, Turnagain Arm, Seward Highway, Chugach Mountains, Snow, Clouds, Train tracks, Shore, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.4
(Sept 20 1956 -9 5095 56- City View School Airport Heights)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.7
(Sep 20 1956- 9 5098 56- Door View City View School)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.lakeotis7507656
Lake Otis school, July 25, 1956. Photographer's number 7 5076 56
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2017.002.21
[five children standing next to cardboard mantel hung with Christmas stockings, 1956-57]
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.002.31
[hunters on ice edge with Western style boat, walrus carcass on ice, 1956-57]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2017.002
B2024.001.135
“Rockslide Seward Hiway. Parker, John, 1956” [one youth, possibly identified as John Parker, standing on top of a large rockslide covering Seward Highway. See also .306-.308. Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Seward Highway, Rockslide, John Parker, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
