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B1970.019.587
"Doc" Huffman at Whitney, 3/28/26 [man aiming bow and arrow]
Keywords: sports, hunting
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2006.023.6311.jpg
At Nulato checkpoint. School kids had cut spruce bows for all the mushers.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6311
At Nulato checkpoint. School kids had cut spruce bows for all the mushers.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2008.008.142
[William Svensson drawing bow, arrows set in ground at feet]
Keywords: archery, recreation
Collection: B2008.008
B2008.008.143
[Unidentified man drawing bow, arrows set in ground behind him]
Keywords: archery, recreation
Collection: B2008.008
B1995.014.32.7
[riverboats tied to shore, two dogs in bow, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2011.007.8.127
Unidentified Aleuts with bows and arrows, Attu, September 1941-Spring 1942.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2013.059.006
Canneries. Bering Sea. [view from boat bow with net line visible]
Collection: B2013.059
B2013.059.017
Canneries. Bering Sea. [man in raincoat and hat in bow with hold full of fish]
Collection: B2013.059
B2022.005.22
[Two Indigenous Alaskan men at bow of beached skin boat; seal carcasses in boat]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Boat, Skin boat, Transportation, Seal, Carcass, Harvest, Hunter, Hunters, Bow, Watercraft, Winter, Snow, Parka, Oar, Paddle, Equipment
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.78.8
[man rowing river boat down river, supplies in stern and dog in bow, Yukon River?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.019.26full
not water as is generally supposed. The bow shaped bone in the centre of the photo is the bone from which the whale derives its name
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2015.008.058
(91814)(1230pm)(Pushing through iceberg jam from Bryn Mawr Glacier){man standing in the bow of skiff looking for icebergs}
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.248
1 7 92225 Port Wells Alaska Capt LL Lane after whales gun in bow
Keywords: skiff, prince william sound, port wells
Collection: B2015.008
B1996.011.294A
Boat & whale vertebra [bow of wooden boat in foreground, with rope and whale bone, shore in distance]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2015.008.708
239.9 [pushing through icebergs from Bryn Mawr Glacier, man in bow of boat in
foreground. Cf. .58]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, tidal glacier, boat, ice berg
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.110
[Indigenous Alaskan group with boat in shore surf; three men standing in ankle-deep water at bow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, People, Men, Watercraft, Boat, Shore, Beach, Waterfront, Water, Mountain
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.119
[Indigenous Alaskan group with boat in shore surf; three men standing in ankle-deep water at bow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, People, Men, Watercraft, Boat, Shore, Beach, Waterfront, Water, Mountain
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2013.059.014
Canneries. Bering Sea. [man in bow of boat holding up line, possibly getting ready to deploy net]
Collection: B2013.059
B2015.007.121
[young Alaska Native girl wearing sailor shirt and hair bow posed next to wooden building in winter]
Keywords: children, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.251
D-79. The ivory carver using a bow drill, frame and drill made of seal rib. Nome. [George Dale?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.58.7
[man dip netting from bow of large canoe, with tarp spread over pole covering boat interior, Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, fishing, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.059.012
Canneries. Bering Sea. [man in raincoat and hat in bow of boat holding two fish, net line visible in water]
Collection: B2013.059
B2013.059.029
Canneries. Bering Sea. [view from boat's pilothouse, photographer's shoe in foreground, two men in bow, view down river]
Collection: B2013.059
B2015.007.38
[young Alaska Native girl standing on boardwalk in front of building, wearing print dress, hair bow, and mukluks, holding ball]
Keywords: clothing, recreation, sports
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.77.12
[man dipnetting from river bank, canoe and small boat with tarp covering at right, bow of second boat in foreground, possibly Yukon River?]
Keywords: fishing, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.002.25
Cal Williams dressed for Democratic Convention ball, downtown Anchorage, 2008 [Cal in black suit, bow tie, fedora, holding wooden cane]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Democratic Convention
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1989.016.2210.7
E-27. Eskimo Ivory Carver using old bow drill. Hewitt's Photo Shop (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man wearing fur parka standing in display of Native arts and crafts demonstrating the use of the ivory bow drill; Eklutna Vocational School student or teacher]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S3017.004
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Hunters in umiak, open water, hunter standing at bow, binoculars, parkas, seal in boat, ice on horizon]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2009.009.659
Tanana Indian Chief, c. Geo. L. Johnson [man wearing beaded jacket, moccasins poses holding a bow(?) while standing atop an animal hide]
Collection: B2009.009
B2009.017.1993.06.24
“Romance in the ‘90s: Kodiak couple to exchange gins instead of wedding bands” ©1993 Thursday June 24, 1993 [Cupid tossing bow and arrow for handgun]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.2035.5
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [two men standing next to stone marker, one wearing sweater and bow tie, other wearing three-piece suit and fedora]
Keywords: roads, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.2127.4
48. Esquimo seal hunter. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [man in bow of boat holding harpoon, wearing fur parka and smoking pipe. copy neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.082a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [stern wheeler steamboat Scotia, with people standing at the bow; mountains, glacier in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.002.07
Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, 1959 [Copy of photograph of Williams in bow tie, cap, and gown. Handwritten note on back: 1959 Little Flower Academy Graduation]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.1758
T78 Canadian Ship at Ketchikan (HMS Prince George, Ketchikan, Alaska) [view of bow as ship approaches, passengers at deck railings, men, women, children, life boats, anchor]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.082b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: stern wheeler steamboat Scotia, with people standing at the bow; mountains, glacier in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.143
78. "Kustaka" stuck in Bering Lake. Thomas Riggs Jr. [four men with small riverboat, one standing in water near bow, one poling off stern, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.007.42
[two Alaska Natives on wooden boat in river, rope extending out of frame at right, anchor on bow, woman in front wearing cloth parka and holding wrapped parcel, person in background wearing fur parka]
Keywords: transportation, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2021.008.39
Pitching the salmon in scow [fish trap with a woman and a man on platform. Scow with name on bow, “EMARD.” Emard Packing Company was located at the mouth of Ship Creek in Anchorage. Likely Everett fish trap site in Trading Bay]
Keywords: Fishing, Fish Trap, Scow, Cook Inlet
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1998.014.1.566
"E9 Hooper Bay Eskimo[s] at Fairbanks Winter Carnival, 1938, Carnival time" [men and women wearing fur parkas, possibly one bird parka, mukluks, mittens pose in front of snow, ice, trestle in background. drum, bow, arrows, harpoons (?)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1759
(T79 Ketchikan, alaska, steamship "Alaska" at Ketchikan) [ship at dock; men wearing caps at rail near bow, automobiles on deck, cargo gear, waterfront structures including Hotel Ingersoll, Ketchikan cold Storage, men in foreground, likely on another ship; structures, including homes, in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.014.49
[white man wearing denim jeans, plaid shirt and knife in holster on belt standing on gravel beach, young Alaska Native boys standing on bow of sailing ship at right, other Alaska Natives standing and sitting on beach, several erecting tent next to umiak in background, dogs lying at left]
Keywords: boats, transportation, residences, camps
Collection: B2015.014
B1970.019.585
At Whitney section house. Back row left to right: "Doc" L.L. Hufmann, Fred Carlquist, Helen Niemi (later Mrs Fred Carlquist), Florence L. Kolb, Muriel Anderson, Anna Mans, Alex Lisko, J.J.D., Emil Pfeil [group of men and women posed in front of Alaska Railroad section house, two men holding bows and arrows, dog sitting at right]
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
