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B2019.019.IB5-28
Ash - Katmai, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Katmai, Ash
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1998.014.1.846
L56 Pavlov Volcano (1949 postcard) [plumes, ash, eruption; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.014.1
"U.S. Revenue Cutter Manning at Kodiak during Katmay Volcano eruption, cleaning the deck of ashes."
Collection: B2009.014
B1998.014.1.845
(L56 Pavlov [actually Pavlof] volcano; 1949 postcard) [copy neg, smoke, ash, plume, aerial view]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.924
L96 Pavlov [actually Pavlof] Volcano, Aleutian Islands [copy neg; ash plume emitting from volcano; same as .845]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.948
L105 Shishaldin Volcano, Aleutian island (1949 postcard) [aerial view of Mt Shishaldin, Unimak Island,snow, steam, ash]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.994
"L132 Mt Spur: "Whence cometh all the dust"!!! [copy neg; Aleutians, possibly 1953, volcano, ash, smoke plume]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.019.09full
...who makes a fire of the shavings, saved from the making of the canoe paddles, using the ashes to sprinkle over the path and also to throw into the sea to pacify the spirits of wind and waves.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1989.016.2341
Curious mounds of wind blown ash in Katmai Pass, Katmai Nat'l Monument. c. Roy Gilley, Guide, Kodiak, Alaska [deteriorated and cracked nitrate negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2033.10
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [three men walking down hill covered in ash following line of tracks. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.03710
Anchorage: noon time twilight due to ash from erupting Mt. Spurr. Photographer's number: 03710 [Fourth Avenue street scene with D & D Bar & Cafe]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1996.009.11bfull
taken the shavings made in the dance house from the whittling of new paddles, made a fire of them, then using the ashes to sprinkle over the path used by the crew and boat to add luck to them and to fly into the nostrils of evil spirits & so retard them.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection