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B1983.091.S2023.27
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire burning)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.28
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire burning)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.41
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire burning)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.25
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.26
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.29
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.30
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.5
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2022.005.215
[Crowd gathered around dog sled team on street]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Crowd, Group, Bystanders, Spectators, Dogs, Dogsled, Sled, Team, Sport, Transportation, Recreation, Winter, Snow, Street, Road, Buildings, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S2023.12
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( 12_ the large flag)(13_Fourth Avenue)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.13
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( 12_ the large flag)(13_Fourth Avenue)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2022.005.220
[Crowd gathered around dog sled racer number 14 and his team]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Crowd, Group, Bystanders, Spectators, Dogs, Dogsled, Sled, Team, Sport, Transportation, Recreation, Winter, Snow, Street, Road, Community, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.55a
[crowd of men in front of the Northern Commercial Co. office in St. Michael][dark negative]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.55b
[crowd of men in front of the Northern Commercial Co. office in St. Michael][dark negative]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1983.091.S2023.15
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Lions Clu member selling Alaska penants)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.16
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Lions Clu member selling Alaska penants)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2023.16.crop
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Lions Clu member selling Alaska penants)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.735.7
[crowd gathered around Star Airways Tri-Motor NC 8410 on skis]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4794.1
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( bonfire on the park strip)[protestors holding signs walking sidewalk]
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.020.075
[crowd of spectators at Mount Marathon race, man in background holding trophies, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1084.4
P-233. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [crowd on platform at Palmer depot with Alaska Railroad passenger train on tracks, one man in crowd holding a tuba, American flags hanging from station]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2009.057.08
[Anchorage, crowd in square, North Side Lumber Co.]. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B2009.057 Pyatt
B2015.008.646
180.3. Leaving Dawson, 8.8.12 [view from ship of large crowd gathered on dock next to
building]
Keywords: Dawson, dock, transportation
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.145
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; People dancing, seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.182
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.183
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.211
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.212
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.245
[a white man in military uniform and an Indigenous woman in western clothes standing with a crowd of people behind them]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, military, Alaska
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S2023.23
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Fire Deapertment ladder looking toward the masonic temple and the Reed Bldg)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2149.2
R-4, #26B (Rodeo on the Fourth of July, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [crowd gathered in field]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S2023.21
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( Bonfire pile waiting: flag of the Post 728 Central Lutheran Brotherhood in the foreground)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1084.7
P-235. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [crowd gathered around stage in front of Palmer School]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.13.19
58. Crowd leaving baseball park, Anchorage. N.S.B. [tent city Anchorage, 1916. Nellie Brown, photographer]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc
B1989.016.2074.2
(Opening Day, Fur Rendezvous, 1954, 2A) [crowd gathered to watch blanket toss, man jumping with seal poke]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.J9
A baseball fan Nenana, Alaska, No9 AJ Johnson Official Photographer AEC [baseball game with crowd of fans all around the field]
Keywords: baseball, fan, recreation, sports
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1489
B-44 (Blanket toss) [crowd of spectators watching blanket toss, possibly Anchorage; two photographers with backs to camera in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.447
All that remains of West Hartford Library is the gable of its attic, in centre [crowds of people gathered on riverbank, looking across river to damaged buildings opposite]
Collection: B2015.008
B1983.091.S1267.009
Premier Photos in front of 4th Ave. Theater, "World in His Arms". June 21, 1952 [Crowd in line, 4th & F Street]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1084.9
P-238. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [group of men crowded around man writing on paper, or possibly looking at map]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2149.3
R-1, #27B (Rodeo on the Fourth of July, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [crowd gathered in field to watch man on bucking bronco]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.792
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [crowds next to Martin B-10s at Merrill Field, July 1934, with tower and hangars in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.3260
[young Alaska Native girl bending down to pull up socks while standing on boardwalk, large crowd between buildings in background, Kaltag?]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.020.076
[Mount Marathon racer wearing number 51 running up to automobile on street, crowd of spectators watching at finish line, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B1979.002.1818
President Harding and party landing at Metlakatla. [Crowds gathered on dock to greet the president; Summer, 1923; taken by either C.J. Blanchard or Ray B. Dame]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.People.10.7
"Festivals 1944 - tight wire man - City Hall lawn, Anchorage" [man walking on wire, holding what appears to be a jumprope, large crowd gathered]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People