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B1983.091.S4827.37
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [man posed outside]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.8
House a fire
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.9
Tudor firemen at Scotty McDaniel's burning house
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11
B1995.014.18.19
[portrait of dog sitting on dog kennel next to white picket fence, man sitting just out of frame to left]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.105
[Indigenous Alaskan woman wearing rings and braids standing outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Dress, Mukluks, Clothing, Footwear, Braids, Hairstyle, Rings, Jewelry, Adornment, Outside, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.216.001
68-3 [kid goat being bottle fed by child; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.213.003
67-3 Farm in wheat country near Grand Coulee [two horses in pasture; fence; March 1941; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2644
Nome aviation, July 1983 [two men on tarmac: one on a bicycle with a rucksack on handlebar; Wien vehicle; twin engine low-wing aircraft, possibly a Piper model]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.640
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-8 [Grass harvesting; woman collects grass; boat, structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B1998.014.1.394
B105 Moose Pass R.R. Station {railroad tracks, depot, building to right, automobiles, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2124
King Island, copyright 1986 [men tighten leather straps in umiak as boys look on; beach; structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1375
S1 Sourdough Boys (gold panning) [Two men mine for gold in creek, pickaxe, sluicebox, shovel, gold pan, military garrison cap, campaign hat; gravel, stove and tent in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1185
May68P3 #01901 Bethel [three children stand on boardwalk in front of cabin; child in center is barefoot; child at right wears breakup boots and is holding middle finger up against face; same location as .1184]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2717
Nome July 1983 Street scenes [children, boys and BMX bicycles next to Nome Nugget building; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.25
[Indigenous Alaskan man in bed, woman seated nearby; guitar in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Bed, Room, Interior, Guitar, Musical instrument, Beads, Wooden trunk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.130.008
44-1 March 17-30 plus x 40-24; DK 20 - 13 min @ 68°; Early morning shots of Seattle, Sunday, March 17th [Street scene with woman walking along sidewalk in front of grocery store; sign for products]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.130.008
44-1 March 17-30 plus x 40-24; DK 20 - 13 min @ 68°; Early morning shots of Seattle, Sunday, March 17th [Street scene with woman walking along sidewalk in front of grocery store; sign for products]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.007.259
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994 [Two boys with bicycles; structure, logs, and steel drums (containers) in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2208.10
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [room with chair, side table, bureau, curtained window]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2208.25
(Emard's House, exterior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [side view of building, with Anchorage Hotel across street, two dumpsters in foreground]
Keywords: houses, residences, businesses, garbage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2745
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [exterior view of police officer and man wearing plaid jacket outside the Board of Trade Saloon; Nome's Oldest Saloon since 1900; Headquarters for the Sin City of Nome; Olympia Beer Finish banner with handwritten correction]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.395
B106 Moose Pass School [bicycles next to entrance, bell tower, pickup truck to left, mountain in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2248
"moose mural (fighting)" [two bull moose fighting, as third stands in left background; copy neg of diorama painting made by Fred Scherer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1155
Alaska - Eskimo mother and child - Barrow in summer 1986 [1961?; Inupiaq woman wearing yellow and white scarf, coat with fur ruff, eyeglasses holds child; dogs at left; road in distance]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2186.3
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [female musher leading dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1179
O38 Purgatory, Alaska, a river boat stop on the Yukon; photo by Tetinek (1946 postcard) [copy neg; same as .1178]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.017.036b
[skins hanging on drying rack in winter, sled, barrels, and boxes on ground, Point Hope, no date. Cf. .42]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2007.005.5.028
[stereo view of two men sitting in kayaks atop snow, possibly supported by a sled; oars; woven grass mats used for windbreak; snowshoe; Hiils Bros. can; tea pot; man on left appears to be operating a fuel stove (?); sea ice in distance]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
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
B1990.014.2018.1.70.001
26-3; Doug [man posing wearing suit coat, tie, knit vest, and fedora; interior view; possibly Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.001
26-3; Doug [man posing wearing suit coat, tie, knit vest, and fedora; interior view; possibly Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.007.639
Togiak. 1991; Alaskan Native Eskimo woman picking grasses for baskets [grass harvesting; structures in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.440
Nondalton, March 23, 1993 [girls basketball; gymnasium; bleachers; spetators; girl wearing Kokhanok Lakers sweatpats and t-shirt shoots the ball]
Collection: B2019.007
B2018.023.043a
043 Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “37” [people standing in skiff poling along shore of possibly a river; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.031a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [family, women, man, children, kuspuks, parka, kuspuks, canvas wall tents, clothesline, washtub, washboard, buckets; likely on beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.92.002
34-2; interior at Am. Legion cabin; Dec. 17th (2 yr. anniversary) [1939; likely near Ketchikan; four people sitting or standing near stone fireplace; table using sawhorse legs; china (dinnerware) and small Christmas tree on table; paper bag on floor at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.92.002
34-2; interior at Am. Legion cabin; Dec. 17th (2 yr. anniversary) [1939; likely near Ketchikan; four people sitting or standing near stone fireplace; table using sawhorse legs; china (dinnerware) and small Christmas tree on table; paper bag on floor at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.043b
043 Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “37” [verso of slide: people standing in skiff poling along shore of possibly a river; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023