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B1983.091.S4827.9
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [girl on bicycle]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2016.004.28.14
Ninilchik, 4-29-79 [children riding bicycles]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.241
[Person riding bicycle on dirt road past buildings]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Bicycle, Bike, Riding, Transportation, Road, Dirt road, Buildings, Structures, Houses, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2000.014.770
(770)(Claude Keogh and Sam Chauquist with bicycles Tanana May 27 1917)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2009.037.033
.33 – [same scene as .32a with two bicycles nearby]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2017.023.092
[Anchorage Federal Building, woman crossing street, bicycle, automobiles]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.005.199
[Indigenous Alaskan young man on bicycle; row of houses in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young man, Boy, Teen, Bike, Bicycle, Transportation, House, Home, Buildings, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.14.5.People.12.045
People-Parades-Anchorage 1745-10; Statehood float - bicycle - 4th July 1947 [boy riding decorated bicycle; flag on head, bannter, specttors]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1983.091.S4827.11
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [boy and girl fixing tires on bicycle]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2240.2
(Fourth of July 1934) [group of children on bicycles, buildings in background, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.252
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994 [children: one sitting on BMX bicycle, one sitting on wooden steps with puppy on his lap; bicycle and possibly motorcycle in background; water in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1995.014.113.4
[winter scenic with clouds, mountains in distance, child riding bicycle on airstrip in foreground?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.056
[Three men at side of road, one astride a bicycle, mountain and water in distance.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1998.014.1.2475
"Bicycle w/arranged setting in woods" [actually, this is a cemetery; boy's cruiser-style bicycle and toy truck mounted in concrete; flowers; likely a grave; additional graves in background; person walking in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.2411
[Clarissa with bicycle on gravel road along water, pine trees on shores, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2055.4
4 (July 4, 1938, parade) [clown on bicycle near wooden stands filled with spectators]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.023.073
United States Post Office and court House, Sitka, Alaska [building, automobiles, people, bicycle]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.029.1670
[three children riding on one bicycle, house in background, Eagle; print date Jul 86]
Collection: B2017.029
B2019.007.259
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994 [Two boys with bicycles; structure, logs, and steel drums (containers) in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2001.036.1344
Quinhagak 10-82 [view of structures, church, boardwalks; bicycle on boardwalk at left; possibly water in distance]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2017.024.2739
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [people walking on sidewalk, red children's wagon, bicycles, structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B1975.104.017
Anchorage 1940-1949 [parade, girl on bicycle, tricycle, walking, grass skirt, "The Coffee Cup" sign, spectators]
Collection: B1975.104 Dorothy Zappa Collection
B1989.016.2054.5
5-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [clown on bicycle passing spectators, some in military uniform, on Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2270.14
(Road construction, housing) [series of trailers with wooden Arctic entries and wooden walkways, bicycle in front of one trailer]
Keywords: roads, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B2017.024.2717
Nome July 1983 Street scenes [children, boys and BMX bicycles next to Nome Nugget building; structures]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3398
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two children with bicycles on steps near structure; boardwalk; snow; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3405
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; men and children in front of structures; snowmachine; bicycle; outboard motor; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1984.077.1.010
[Cabin with bicycle on front porch under overhang, with outbuilding, cabin, trees and mountains in background. Gravel road and powerline in foreground.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.People.12.10
"4th of July, 7/47" [parade, bicycles, soldiers, marching, shoe store, liquor stores, Anchorage Photo Supply" sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2016.006.1835
Nome [three Alaska Native children standing in road, one holding fish, one playing with bicycle wheel; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.024.3286
Northern Alaska, June 1967 [street scene in front of Kotzebue Post Office; men, women, children, motorcycles, bicycles]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3397
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two boys pose with bicycles on boardwalk; snow; structures, church in background; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3397
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; two boys pose with bicycles on boardwalk; snow; structures, church in background; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1984.077.18.012
Milotte Studio; Fine Portraits [Ketchikan street scene, two people on bicycles in front of studio, fenders, taken through window]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.393
[B104 Moose Pass (No #) in w/105 school? - original envelope numbered "B104, 105 & 106"; bicycles, wheelbarrows, shovels]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.007.048
[bicycle race in river town; steamer visible at anchor on left, viewing stands for spectators set up between two buildings]
Collection: B2013.007
B2017.024.3357
June 1971 [Savoonga spring breakup scene; man, children in front of structures; snowmachine parts; bicycles; outboard motor; dogsled]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3376
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; women and children on boardwalk; two children riding a bicycle; snow banks; structures; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.647
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-20 [Grass harvesting; similar to .646; steel drums (containers; bicycle, structures]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.5.People.12.15
"4th of July 1947" [parade, float, spectators, Rutherford's Mens wear, boy on bicycle, boy pulled in wagon "Over the Alcan or bust!"]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1990.014.5.People.12.5
"4th of July 47" [parade, color guard, bicycles, soldiers, marching, shoe store, liquor stores, Anchorage Photo Supply" sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1995.010.4937
[woman wearing fancy dance parka riding on float, children on bicycles, Fourth of July parade, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2000.012.008
1st prize decorated bicycles a butterfly 17 bikes in parade Ellen Anchorage 4th of July 1923 Jeanne was 13 mo. old
Collection: B2000.012
B2015.015.09
Donald Tanner, Tikken Olson (Hoke’s brother) [two young men posed on boardwalk or pedestrian bridge with bicycle. Modern copy print]
Collection: B2015.015
B2016.006.50
50. And future dog team drivers [two young Alaska Native boys outdoors, boy with bicycle in background, buildings at right, Hughes]
Keywords: children, recreation
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.024.2740
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [boy riding BMX bicycle between two automobiles, station wagons; street and structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024