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B1989.016.2039.4
[brown bear carcass on rocky beach]
Keywords: hunting, animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.019.670
Sept. 1923 [group of men posed with ptarmigan carcasses]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2007.005.6.B15
[women attending to inflated seal carcasses outside a walled tent]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2015.008.885
[two hunters with caribou carcass in flat. Poor quality print]
Keywords: hunters, hunting, caribou
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.55.15
[soldier in uniform holding up head of bear carcass on tundra, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: hunting, animals, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.10
[soldier holding rifle posed next to moose carcass near creek in winter]
Keywords: military, hunting, arms
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.12
[soldier holding knife posed next to moose carcass near creek in winter]
Keywords: hunting, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.020.108
[Sun standing next to sections of carcass hanging from cabin eaves, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B2019.003.069
A bear hunt [two men holding rifles posed with black bear carcass]
Keywords: Bear, Black bear, Hunt, Hunting, Hunters, Men, Indigenous, Rifles
Collection: B2019.003
B1993.012.39B
Seal hunter returns to Nome, from off the ice. [man wearing snowshoes and pulling seal carcass]
Keywords: hunting, transportation
Collection: B1993.012 Lou & Gilbert Adamec Collection
B2017.002.31
[hunters on ice edge with Western style boat, walrus carcass on ice, 1956-57]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2017.002
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
B1996.011.051
Skinning slain seals [group of men cleaning carcasses on tundra. Print only; 1938; St George]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2022.005.106
[Indigenous Alaskan girl with braids holding seal skin; second seal carcass on ground nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girl, Young woman, Child, Braids, Hairstyle, Mukluks, Footwear, Seal, Seal skin, Harvest, Winter, Outside, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2082.1
Kodiak "Brownie." A. Simons. [brown bear carcass. written on edge of negative: "Killed at Cohoe Bay, Ala"]
Keywords: animals, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.62.11
[soldier holding rifle posed next to moose carcass near creek in winter, axe on snow in foreground]
Keywords: hunting, military, arms
Collection: B1995.014
B2008.013.79
[men butchering whale in yard at commercial whaling station, carcass attached to winch system, Akutan, 1920s?]
Collection: B2008.013
B1989.016.1435.1
46. Whale hunting. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [whaling boat Aberdeen with several whale carcasses]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2015.027.173
Native going home with his seal meat [Aleut man pushing wheelbarrow full of seal carcasses, buildings in background]
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.04.625
“Pullers” skinning the seal, Pribilof Is., AK [men pulling skins off seal carcasses; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2247
[man holding two wolf carcasses standing next to Christensen Air Service airplane with skis in winter. cf. 1721.1]
Keywords: aviation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.77
[men butchering whale at commercial whaling station, carcass on dock, men using cutting tools, inlet and mountains in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2017.002.12
[Alaska Native hunters with polar bear carcass on ice, one man holding rifle, freight sleds at left, 1956-1957]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2017.002
B1989.016.1474
35. Brown bear, Kodiak Island. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man standing next to carcass strung up on beach, mountains in background]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1814
[hunter with six wolf carcasses hanging from pole, standing in front of airplane with tail number NC28_?, snowshoes propped in snow at left. copy neg]
Keywords: hunting, aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2033.9
(Father Hubbard's trek to Valley of 10,000 Smokes) [man holding rifle standing next to caribou carcass. Bernard Hubbard expedition, circa 1929]
Keywords: hunting, animals, firearms
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1721.2
Wolverine shot from plane, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [man holding two carcasses standing next to Christensen Air Service airplane with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.019.21full
open water to help hual in the whale, the performance being made safe by the charm birds wrapped in seal fat & suspended over the carcass of the whale
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2016.004.639
Picking seal meat off the killing fields, Pribilof Is., AK [man with plastic bucket bending over carcasses, trucks in background; print date Jul 84]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.04.640
Picking seal meat off the killing fields, Pribilof Is., AK [men with plastic buckets bending over carcasses, trucks in background; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.1721.1
Coyotes shot fom plane, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [man holding two carcasses standing next to Christensen Air Service airplane with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.019.21
open water to help haul in the whale. The performance being made safe by two charm birds wrapped in Seal Fat & suspended over the carcass of the whale
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2015.007.70
[four women and three children posed next to small white tents at hunting camp, animal carcasses hanging from rack in background, woman at left possibly white]
Keywords: hunting, camps
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.745
333.1. A sheep in Scolai Basin. 8.23.16 [two men standing on steep slope with Dall
sheep carcass, horses in background, light snow and rocks on slope. Proof print]
Keywords: horse, hunting, hunters, Dall Sheep
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.007.705
Annie Blue, Togiak. Photographer's number: 2-T20-1. Print date October 26, 1991 [woman using ulu to cut seal carcasses on cardboard on beach]
Collection: B2019.007
B2019.007.togiak.19911026.2T2001
Annie Blue, Togiak. Photographer's number: 2-T20-1. Print date October 26, 1991 [woman using ulu to cut seal carcasses on cardboard on beach]
Collection: B2019.007
B1996.011.052
Killing field after group of 2 yr old males killed by clubbing & skinned [carcasses in foreground, group of men near automobile in distance. Print only; 1938; St George]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1989.016.1476.2
14. Caribou along gov. R.R. Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [carcass in snow along Alaska Railroad route. name of original photographer scratched off neg. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.076.2
[Inupiaq man wearing fur parka, mukluks, and snowshoes carrying harpoon and pulling seal carcass, standing with Inupiaq woman wearing fabirc parka and mukluks on tundra, Teller, circa 1952]
Collection: B2013.076
B2016.04.628
Throwing the seal skins into the truck, St. Paul Is., Pribilofs, AK [group of men next to carcasses at right, truck at left, two skins airborne in center; print date Aug 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2019.003.042
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” A big bear [man holding rifle posed with bear carcass in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Hunt, Hunting, Hunter, Bear, Carcass, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B2016.04.634
Throwing the seal skins into the truck, Pribilof Is., AK [group of men next to carcasses at right, truck at left, one skin airborne in center, two other trucks in background; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.1870.1a
(Eskimo man and seal, made from 35mm color slide) [man in hat with ear flaps, fur-trimmed parka and mukluks holding rope attached hook embedded in seal carcass, sled visible in foreground. color neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1870.1b
(Eskimo man and seal, made from 35mm color slide) [man in hat with ear flaps, fur-trimmed parka and mukluks holding rope attached hook embedded in seal carcass, sled visible in foreground. copy neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.019.380
Jack Isom (died 1925) "Tarantular Jack" & the bear he killed June 10/18. I was along with him at the time. My dog Dick lying down to left. [man holding rifle sitting with bear carcass and two dogs outside walled tent]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2018.021.196
?, Cliff, Joan, Wally, Piper PA 20, Chickaloon flats, ’54 [Wellenstein, Joan Wellenstein Fuglestad, and Cliff Fuglestad with unidentified man, all posing next to airplane N7080K, duck carcasses on wing] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Flats, Joan Wellenstein, Wally Wellenstein, Wallace Wellenstein, Wallace J. Wellenstein, Wally J. Wellenstein, Wellenstein, Cliff Fuglestad, Plane, Piper PA-20, Piper PA 20, N7080K, Bush, Flying, Duck, Hunt, Hunter, Hunting
Collection: B2018.021
B1983.091.C3502.2
View of man and woman with rifles standing outside Rabbit Creek Inn in Anchorage, Alaska, with caribou carcasses hanging from eaves. From verso: "Millie & Tony w[ith] caribou." Sign on building reads: "Rabbit Creek Inn." Oct. 29, 1958
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1964.001.829
An Eskimo camp. Martin [on verso:] A.B. Martin Copr. [sic] Anchorage. [View of inflated seal carcasses for use as floats on sled in front of tent at camp in Northern Alaska, with children in background at right. Seal floatswere used to keep whales afloatafter they were shot during hunts.]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B2019.007.686
Native woman Annie Blue cleaning subsistence seal, fall, Bristol Bay Region, Togiak MRA. Copyright Doug Ogden. Photographer's number: 2-T19-3. Print date October 26, 1991 [woman using ulu to cut seal carcass on cardboard on beach]
Collection: B2019.007