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B2006.023.6956.jpg
[Bag of Iams Plus dog food on car]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1983.091.S4827.59
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [man with caribou bag]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.10
People walking past Penny Bldg with sleeping bags
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.11
People walking past Penny Bldg with sleeping bags
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2022.005.109
[Three Indigenous Alaskans standing outside house; Young man with paper bag and suitcase]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Girl, Young women, Young man, Man, Suitcase, Luggage, Paper bag, Bag, House, Home, Building, Residence, Ladder
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.216.005
68-3 [man standing at gate with shoulder bag and violin case; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.214.001
68-1 April 1941 [man wearing shoulder bag and carrying violin case standing on country road; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2695
Nome street scene, July 1983 [woman carrying brown paper bag walks across street; vehicles and structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.644
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-12 [Grass harvesting; bundles of grass in plastic bag; similar to .644]
Collection: B2019.007
B1984.077.8.003
[Interior view, man laying on cot, arm over eyes, shelf, paper bags, case for camera or binoculars? Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.398
B111 Anchorage Country Club (Anchorage Golf Course) Two women playing golf, golf bag cart, folding chairs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.2427.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. sled. Sponsored by Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc. Bag of Purina High Protein Dog Meal next to sled.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2006.023.2427
Joe Redington Sr. sled. Sponsored by Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc. Bag of Purina High Protein Dog Meal next to sled.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2007.005.4.184
November 1931. Fishing. Smelt in the foreground. The baskets are made by the natives [sic] women. [three men, sled dogs, grass storage bags]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.024.2139
Prop. of Van Cleve Photography; Evanston, IL [boy uses adze to carve wood; camp stove; canvas tarps; duffle bag]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1379
S4 Fish fry coming up (ADC soldiers fishing, 1946 postcard) [four men in stream cleaning fish; one man holding bag]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1313
21. Hunter returns empty-handed, Diomede. Photographer's number: 01520 [man walking away from camera across ice, carrying spear and hunting bag, 1960s]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2738
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [people, man carrying baby in back carrier, man carrying empty brown paper bag; structures, sidewalk]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.253
[one white woman and one white man in military dress with bags standing next to two people with a bus in the background and lettering that reads: "Air Force"]
Keywords: Alaska, United States Air Force, military
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
AEC.G644
Steamer Omineca and a smaller river boat tied up to a barge at Kroto Landing on the Susitna River. Several walled tents and sand bags are visible in the photograph as well.
Keywords: river, tents, barge, boat, river steamer, sandbags, american flag
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.131.001
44-2 Early morning Seattle [Sunday, March 17; man walking in alley with bag slung over his shoulder; structures; picket fence; similar to 130.009]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.131.001
44-2 Early morning Seattle [Sunday, March 17; man walking in alley with bag slung over his shoulder; structures; picket fence; similar to 130.009]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.007.343
Nondalton, May 8, 1992 [two children riding one bicycle on gravel road; pickup truck, structures, laundry hanging on clothesline; water; trash can and bags in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2208.14
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [room with table, chairs, window with blinds, bags of Leslie Salt]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.6
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [room with table, cupboard, window with blinds, bags of Leslie Salt]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2753
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [interior of structure, likely a business; man sitting on bench smoking; brown paper bags on bench at left; telephones on wall; bulletin board]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.399
B111 Anchorage Country Club (Anchorage golf course) [People playing golf; two men at left; two women at right; folding chairs, golf bags, automobiles in right background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S0171.R08
Stock 0171 - R01; no date; Eskimos, close ups (women and man ice fishing; negs marked R-71) [woman sits on straw while fishing; small fish lays against bag]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.2251
"Fish & Ed Holm" [man standing in doorway wearing waders and holding up large salmon; second salmon is at his feet; mop and firewood at left; bottle and paper bag inside structure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1167
May68P3 #01882 Bethel [Yup'ik man, woman, and child wearing parkas walk along dirt road carrying paper shopping bags; snow; crane (equipment); structures; windsock; water at far right]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B1983.091.S2060.12
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [man with paper bag and camera struggling across snowy intersection at Fourth Avenue and E Street, with automobiles and businesses including Pacific Northern Airlines]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2187.2
Lomen Bros. Nome #19 [Native woman wearing Western-style skirt and boots and parka with fur trim and geometric decoration, with braided hair and loop earrings, carrying small child on her back in a hide bag]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1182
O40 Alaskan G.I. finds comfort in Alaskan wilderness {1946 postcard (person in life raft on land w/mosquito netting) (Alaskan GI); photo by E. Tetinek} [copy neg; river, sleeping bag, trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.017.13
[woman wearing print parka carrying paper bag and walking down boardwalk in front of sod house, barrels, books, driftwood, sled, and other items in yard nearby, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2007.005.5.117
[stereo views; interior view of family inside wood structure, woman, two children; woven grass basket in foreground; woven mats; woven bag next to child; lantern at left; bowls on floor at left]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.024.1176
May68P3 #01891 Bethel [two Yup'ik children wearing parkas stand in doorway to possible arctic entry; curtain draped in open position; one child carries paper bag; snow; snow fence; structures]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Yup'ik, Bethel, Mamterilleq
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2741
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [child carring pinwheel and and possibly a book or paper walks past bicycles including Schwinn ladies' cruiser and road bike; red wagon, man carrying paper shopping bag; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.643
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-11 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles in plastic bag on plywood floor; twine; supplies; television; VHS tapes; Alaska map with illustrations on wall; wood paneling; Skil router]
Collection: B2019.007
B2000.017.023
[women and children seated on tundra, two women cooking over propane stove in foreground, women in back with whale meat in plastic bags, sled frame at left, snowmachine at right, buildings in background, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2019.007.446
Togiak, May 16, 1991 [restaurant/café kitchen, food preparation; photographer's number 2-T24-3 [woman usring ulu to cut lettuce or other vegetable; electric mixer and bowl; telephone; coffee carraffe; toaster; Wonder Bread bag; Diet Pepsi]
Collection: B2019.007
B2018.023.045a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman, elder sitting next to cooking fire, kettle, pot, skillet; holding bag in right hand; drying rack, canvas tents, woman, children in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.033a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.92.004
34-2; interior at Am. Legion cabin; Dec. 17th (2 yr. anniversary) [1939; likely near Ketchikan; people sitting near stone fireplace; table using sawhorse legs; china (dinnerware) on table; paper bag on floor at right; left half of image is too dark]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.92.004
34-2; interior at Am. Legion cabin; Dec. 17th (2 yr. anniversary) [1939; likely near Ketchikan; people sitting near stone fireplace; table using sawhorse legs; china (dinnerware) on table; paper bag on floor at right; left half of image is too dark]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.045b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: woman, elder sitting next to cooking fire, kettle, pot, skillet; holding bag in right hand; drying rack, canvas tents, woman, children in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023