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B1989.016.882.1
P-190. Hewitt's (Farm Animals) [chickens in crates for transport]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.105.13
[soldier cleaning fish on top of wooden crate at camp site]
Keywords: military, camping, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.105.14
[soldier cleaning fish on top of wooden crate at camp site]
Keywords: military, camping, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.102.003
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; external stairway to second level of cedar shingled structure; empty wood crate on step "? Exchange" on side of crate]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.102.003
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; external stairway to second level of cedar shingled structure; empty wood crate on step "? Exchange" on side of crate]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.882.2
P-191. Hewitt's (Farm Animals) [men next to truck bed with chickens in crates for transport]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.918
P-530. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading Potatoes) [men outside barn with sacks and crates]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.109
(catastrophe)(Mid 1900's probably The wreck of Joe Mathew's in the Arctic Lomen Brothers negative){fishing vessel submerged under ice and water with crates floating around, men in dory next to wrecked vessel recovering crates from water}
Keywords: wreck, accident, shipping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.010.4965
[man sitting on wooden crate, ice fishing, pile of tom cod on ice; print date Sep 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.403
George with bee veil, smoker & gloves [George standing in orchard, crates stacked under trees in background]
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.029.2166
[young man standing next to crate of processed seal skins inside plant; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1998.014.1.2242
4-970-45 "bear & man" [man atop crate with two young bears (likely polar bears) wearing collars, ropes; letters stenciled on crate: "weather station Nome A113 (some illegible); large glass jar in foreground; dried grass]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.923
P-535. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading & Sorting Potatoes) [four men next to building with sacks and crates]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.379
The new truck hauling away potatoes in crates, Sept. 1920 [view down field row filled with potatoes to truck]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.395
The new gray mare [man holding horse in yard, crates piled next to barn in background, silo at center background]
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.58
[Ft Liscom 1906 across from Valdez a busy dock scene with people engaged in daily activities amongst packing crates, cartes and horses]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1324
Examining Palmer potatoes. Hewitt's, 90 [young man kneeling in field next to crate of potatoes, Matanuska Colony. copy neg]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1609.2
P-185. Hewitt's (Early Palmer Scenes) [1930s truck with crate of chickens on back, parked next to automobile, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.919
P-531. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading & Sorting Potatoes) [men outside log building with conveyor belt and crates]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S3017.137
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. [Burial: coffin and cross among the rocks; steel barrels, crates which are also possibly coffins in midground, snow]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1602
(Palmer, Valley Farmer) [man standing in cultivated field holding wooden crate, termination dust on Pioneer Peek in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.920
P-532. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading & Sorting Potatoes) [men outside log building with conveyor belt and sacks and crates]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.921
P-533. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading & Sorting Potatoes) [men outside log building with conveyor belt and sacks and crates]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.922
P-534. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading & Sorting Potatoes) [men outside log building with conveyor belt and sacks and crates]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.031.19
(Heinie Snyder on left, slippery mink)[two men and dog at the american railway express office in Wasilla with large wagon loaded with mink housed in crates]
Keywords: fur trade
Collection: B1989.031
B2014.013.14
[man with mustache wearing vest, jacket and brimmed hat standing next to plate of potatoes set on wooden crate, log cabins in background, Knik?]
Keywords: clothing, residences, agriculture
Collection: B2014.013
B2015.008.404
George, Carl Scherer & Dick Freeman. Ready to work on the bees [three people wearing beekeeper veils standing next to tree, crates on wooden frame at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.076a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [men moving freight at a pier; winch; crates, boxes, rope, furniture, net; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2014.013.15
[man with mustache wearing vest, jacket, beaded moccasins, and brimmed hat standing next to plate of potatoes set on wooden crate, log cabins in background, Knik? Cf. .14]
Keywords: clothing, agriculture, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B2014.019.467
King Island ivory carvers. c. Robinson Studio, Anchorage [Alaska Native men and boys standing and sitting near umiak on rack on beach, pieces of carved ivory on crates]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2014.019
B1989.016.1350.1
Trapper's cabin, Nushagak, Alaska. Photo by H.W. Griffin. Hewitt's, 17 B.B. [man standing next to cabin in winter, with rifle, skis, snowshoes, crate from Orondo Brand Apples visible]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.14.001
3-6; Fish house; Nefco 1/8 c 6.3 [interior view of New England Fish Co.; wood structure; equipment; storage barrels; crates; shovel; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.14.001
3-6; Fish house; Nefco 1/8 c 6.3 [interior view of New England Fish Co.; wood structure; equipment; storage barrels; crates; shovel; Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.076b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: men moving freight at a pier; winch; crates, boxes, rope, furniture, net; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1407
(S16 Alaska fishing "a la Gee eye" ADC) men eat near campfire; canvas top vehicle, cooking pots, skillets, wood crate; possibly tent or sleepingbag in stuff sack in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4908
"7/17/1919, B. goat 'let me see'" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 42; billy goat on hind legs looks up toward man on platform, crate; agricultureal structures in background, straw stack, trees]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2143.8
15. Colonists making themselves "to home," Matanuska Valley Project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [view down row of walled tents, young girl on tricycle, people unloading crates of goods, tree line in background]
Keywords: residences, houses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1760
(T79 Ketchikan, Alaska; steamship "Alaska") [ship at dock, crates, log posts on dock; woman and man (possibly captian) stand on dock, gangplank, passengers, men, women; crane loading or unloading cargo in right background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.072a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “15” [two men with pack horses stopped on an island (?) in a stream; supplies; crates; hay; sacks; mountains in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.625
E44 An Alaskan family "at Fort Yukon" [man, woman wearing kuspuk, mukluks, with child on her back, two children standing, outside log structure, possibly a store, window, HIlls Bros. Coffee sign; Standard Gasoline can, wood crate to left, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.072b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label] “15” [verso of two men with pack horses stopped on an island (?) in a stream; supplies; crates; hay; sacks; mountains in background; hand colored; possible photographer initials at lower left]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.624
E43 Alaskan 'Yummie,' "(children w/eggbeater)" [child holding eggbeater, batter on hands and face stands outside log cabin, kuspuk, sweater, mukluks; child stands just inside cabin door wearing plaid dress, hat, lace-up boots; wood crate with Blue [?] Eggs" label, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley