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The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
B1995.014.52.9
[barefooted man carrying large backpack standing on riverbed, mountain in background]
Keywords: hiking, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.062
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [barefoot woman posed on rocky shoreline] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Barefoot, Shoreline, Waterway
Collection: B2019.003
B2017.024.3396
June 1971 [two children sit on windowsill facing outdoors; one weariing socks; one barefoot; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.046.13
Lunch time, Hooper Bay, 7/53 [young barefoot Alaska Native child wearing kuspuk standing outdoors eating, log cabin in background]
Collection: B1991.046
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
B2015.008.1203
A “dhursie,” or tailor. Probably a Bengalee from the dress. Barefoot, of course. Wages 16 to 32 cts. a day. Very unusual to see the treadle. Singer machines invade the East everywhere, but in India the usual sight is the hand attachment, the native and his machine both on the floor. [portrait of man sitting at sewing machine in street]
Keywords: tailor, sewing, sewing machine, India
Collection: B2015.008