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B1991.048.201
[man in plowed field, buildings in distance]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B1995.014.53.10
Army vehicle for land and water [two soldiers riding in boat on river, view down tow rope from second vessel]
Keywords: military, transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.53.11
[debris from military airplane crash on tundra, water in distance at left, same as crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, 1940s, as in .53.5?]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents, military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.012.62
[wooden trestle railroad bridge, Alaska Central Railway]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B2000.013A.s7.005
[meeting scene; men seated at table; papers; cofffee; ashtray; tape recorder; "Improving Alaska's tomorrow: Multiethnic education today" written on chalkboard; art poster at left]
Collection: B2000.013A
B1973.079.18
[July 4th 45 gun salute to the Union 1907 St. Michael]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.2544
An Eskimo mother's pride. Hewitts Photo Shop Anchorage. [Small boy in parka]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B2014.023.175
(military town)[large encampent situated in the mountains]
Keywords: military, barracks
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.176
(military town)[large encampent situated in the mountains]
Keywords: military, barracks
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.177
(military town)[large encampent situated in the mountains]
Keywords: military, barracks
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.WendlerMrs.1
(Wendler Mrs Passport photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2000.014.553
(553)(Carrying hog to land a bocher Hot Springs Sept 30 1915)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1996.035.2.1075to1076
.1075—Maple waiting to gas the JRF-Goose 10/2/46 [Grumman Goose aircraft] .1076—Commander S. O. Cole and Captain Harris looking at the bow wheel that I just fixed. 12/30/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1990.014.2018.1.10.005
3-2 girl in drugstore [girl wearing coat and headscarf stands at counter; possibly with umbrella under left arm; three-ring binder at counter; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.10.005
3-2 girl in drugstore [girl wearing coat and headscarf stands at counter; possibly with umbrella under left arm; three-ring binder at counter; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2008.013.101
[man wearing visor, woman wearing sunglasses, and boy wearing shorts posed next to large pole and chain fence with flags, Great Salt Lake?]
Collection: B2008.013
B2008.013.95
[young boy leading horse carrying another boy and young girl, dirt road and utility poles in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B1990.014.2018.1.10.004
3-2 Brad Hall at work [man sitting on stool working at desk, possibly a drafing table; lamp; telephone; typewriter on desk at right; pencil sharpener at right; Seattle Glove Co. calendar on wall at left; windows; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.10.004
3-2 Brad Hall at work [man sitting on stool working at desk, possibly a drafing table; lamp; telephone; typewriter on desk at right; pencil sharpener at right; Seattle Glove Co. calendar on wall at left; windows; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.110.001
40-5; "Baby Seuss" [baby on blanket holding rattle to mouth; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.110.001
40-5; "Baby Seuss" [baby on blanket holding rattle to mouth; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.110.002
40-5; "Baby Seuss" [baby on blanket holding rattle; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.110.002
40-5; "Baby Seuss" [baby on blanket holding rattle; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.4901
[boys participating in eating contest, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.4905
[Alaska Native woman wearing red corduroy fur-trimmed parka and bathing cap standing with two children, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.4906
[Alaska Native women in traditional dress and children gathered next to building, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.4908
[young girl wearing caribou parka and plaid sneakers, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2141.9
D-9 (Native fur trader) [man holding rifle and wearing fur parka, standing next to building with hanging wolf pelts]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.4913
[Alaska Native woman holding baby, probably beautiful baby contest, Fourth of July, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1973.079.155
[Mrs Cron and Alma getting dressed on front porch steps]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.444.8
The North Pole Limited. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [two men with dog team]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.584
"Newtok" [likely 1957; summer scene; three boys pose with arms around each other in front of wood structures, canvas wall tent, boots, nets at far right; identified at 2019 village visit as Joseph Inakak, Moses Carl, and Joseph Asuluk]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2014.012.83
[Caucasian man wearing suit and cravat standing on rocky beach in front of glacier terminus, association ribbon pinned to suit lapel]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B2022.003.77
F 122 131, Tim with King Salmon [one Indigenous individual holding two King Salmon with metal drums in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Salmon, King Salmon, Fish, Metal drum, Ladder
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1962.001A.144
Warm meals at all hours. G2541. E423 [Ahtena woman sitting outdoors nursing baby. Ahtena Indians; P.S. Hunt, photographer] [Indigenous Alaskan mother with baby, Ahtna]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Woman, Mother, Baby, Infant, Nursing, Breastfeeding, Outdoors, BIPOC, Family, Alaskan
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.722.bw
H6 Greetings from Seward, Alaska "Dog team & Seward Street" [greeting card design, photograph and artwork with dog sled team, mushing, aurora borealis, trees, street scene, automobiles, Alaska Shop, Harding's Cafe, Northern Taxi, Bobbie's Bar and Pool, Legion Taxi Cab, O'Brient's Gifts, Watsjold Market]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b1969.015.1.39
[Man and pack horse in front of cabin.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1983.091.S3017.136
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Tieing walrus hide together; person wearing parka, boat, water, sea ice, lead]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1995.010.5926
Anchorage [George wearing suit posed next to wall of log house in summer, Fairview, 1940s. Has neg
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.012.90
Knuluk, Alaska, 1910 [man, women, and children standing in front of barabara, cache and mission buildings in background]
Keywords: churches, religion, residences
Collection: B2014.012
B2021.008.4
Eklutna School [three buildings at Eklutna Vocational School and trees covered in snow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Eklutna, Boarding School, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw