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B2019.019.IB4-26
Bird Rookery, Prince William Sound, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Birds, Prince William Sound, PWS
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1998.014.1.986
L124 Polychrome Pass; McKinley Park (July 14, 1948) [copy neg; same as .985]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.841
L54 Along the Alaska Railroad (1946 postcard) [copy neg, view of river, trees, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.920
L94 Summit Lake on the Richardson Hiway [copy neg; same as .919]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.944
L103 Nearing Gakona - Mt Drum (Mt Drum in background) [scene from roadway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2338
Camped in the dead forest under the crater of Katmai Volcano. c. Roy Gilley, Guide, Kodiak, Alaska [deteriorated nitrate negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2031.5
(Anchorage, Fourth Avenue, 1958) [street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street, with Anchorage All-America City banner, street lights, automobiles, pedestrians, signs for Hewitt's Drugs, Bevers & Pfeil Building, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.03325
A poke is an inflated seal skin used to float whales. Point Hope. Photographer's number: 03325. Stamp: 06 20 1968. Alaska Pro Pix
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1996.009.08full
As a precaution against evil influences likely to come from the sea, the captain puts a pendant on his back made of the top end of the tail of each whale killed by him. These are sewed in seal skin and will sustain life in case of famine at sea.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection