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B1995.014.106.4
[two soldiers in amphibious vehicle stuck in mud along river bank or shore of inlet]
Keywords: military, transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.32.3
F-E Co. 1942 [Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation. original negative very underexposed]
Collection: B1995.014
B2011.007.8.122
Two unidentified Aleuts, Attu, September 1941-Spring 1942.
Collection: B2011.007 Mary Breu Etta Jones Collection
B2013.059.013
Canneries. Bering Sea. [view of shoreline from water, with boat anchored right]
Collection: B2013.059
B2022.005.216
[Plane and vehicle on tarmac midwinter; passenger nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Plane, Airplane, Vehicle, Transportation, Travel, Tarmac, Airport, Winter, Snow, Mountains, Passenger
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.78.4
[log cabin partially buried in snow drift, mountains in distance]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.054
2394(91814)(1130am)(push moraine in front of Bryn Mawr Glacier)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.244
1 3 91825 Port Wells Alaska Harriman Glacier Harriman Fjord
Keywords: glacier, Prince William Sound, College fjord, mountains, Chugach, Port Wells
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.704
236.7. Yale Glacier. 9.17.14, 1:45 P.M., clear, 9S & 1/100. From Q, close to Yale Glacier,
boat [glacier terminus, stern of boat in foreground. Cf. .32]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, Chugach Mountains, College Fiord, skiff
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.107
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and child standing with white woman and child; all wearing fur parkas, likely reindeer fur]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Women, Mother, Child, Children, Toddler, Family, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Clothing, Outerwear, Decorative, Outside, Landscape, Waterfront, Waterway
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.115
[Dogsled team racing down snowy street, buildings and bystanders nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Husky, Huskies, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.118
[young Alaska Native woman and young boy posed outdoors, woman wearing cloth parka with fur ruff and mittens, boy wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.248.2
Lottie Audlaksroak, Wainwright [studio portrait of young woman in fur parka]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.58.3
[sunset over village, with log cabins, utility poles, dog yard with dog lying on top of log kennel in foreground, unidentified location]
Keywords: animals, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.059.008
Canneries. Bering Sea. [Diamond M boat under sail, with bluff in distance]
Collection: B2013.059
B2013.059.025
Canneries. Bering Sea. [crewmen relaxing on boats, one playinig an accordion]
Collection: B2013.059
B2015.007.34
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors holding guitar, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6, .20]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.76.9
[soldier stopped on mountain side, backpack and snowshoes in snow, bird's eye view of river valley and opposite mountains]
Keywords: military, hiking, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.002.20
Cal Williams performing at Pacific Islanders event, Park Strip, Anchorage, 2018 [Cal wearing blue robe and kente cloth hat, playing djembe] Handwritten note on back of photograph: 2018 performing at Pacific Islanders event on the Anchorage Park Strip in 2018
Keywords: Cal Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1989.016.2210.61
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man wearing glasses and white fur parka with dark hood roots, geometric design and fur trim along bottom, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.009.32
[two Schodde girls with dog on street corner]
Keywords: animals, children
Collection: B2009.009
B2009.017.1993.03.25
“By my faith, ‘tis ... No, not Jan, but Joe of ARCO” ©1993 Thurs. March 25, 1993 [Joe Green as Joan of Arc with oil barrel on head]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.2035.18
[man in suit standing in field next to hay stack, Matanuska Colony?]
Keywords: agriculture, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.035.2.1068to1069
.1068—The bar with Taylor and Thurkelson serving beer 10/24/46 .1069—Dutch, Hodges and Wally just coming to beer party. 10/24/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1989.016.2126
37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eskimo Village) [group of barabaras along coastline, with boat frames on racks at left]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.080a
“11” “Steamer in the Ice, Glacier Bay, Alaska” [steamship near ice berg and ice floes; hand colored; insignia in upper left]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.002.03
Cal Williams (left) with Lillor Culpepper, his paternal grandmother, in front of the home of Bennie Browning. (Right) Cal Williams’s father, Eddie Williams with his mother, Lillor Culpepper, who was in the first graduating class of licensed nurses in Louisiana. [Photocopy of black and white photo on left, of sepia photograph on right]
Keywords: Williams, Cal Williams, Lillor Culpepper, Eddie Williams
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.1754
(T76 Ellis air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [dock scene with automobiles, Northern Commercial Co. "Caterpillar sales, service, marine engines, electric sets, Packard gasoline marine engines," "Titan timber saws," structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.080b
“11” [verso of slide] “Steamer in the Ice, Glacier Bay, Alaska” [steamship near ice berg and ice floes; hand colored; insignia in upper left]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.Album1.14
M-23. Trail scene. W. F. Milliken [group of pack horses on trail through wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.007.39
[Alaska Native man and woman posed on small hill next to house in summer, both wearing Western style clothing, man wearing necktie, woman wearing headscarf and mukluks]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2021.008.16
[two buildings covered in ice. Similar to .15]
Keywords: Mink, Fur Farm, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1998.014.1.562
E6 An Arctic family "Hooper Bay, 2 negs, 1 print"[woman in summer parka, kuspuk, fur-trim hood; mukluks, child in patterned kuspuk with fur ruff on hood, child in solid kuspuk, man in button-down shirt, trousers, mukluks; standing at entrance to shelter, fish or meat drying or racks, ladder on ground, water in background, same man as .554, .555, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1755
(T76 Ellis Air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [aerial view with wing in upper foreground, Ketchikan in distance, water, Pennock Island at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley