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B1995.014.76.11
[portrait of man carrying bedroll and camera standing outdoors in winter, supplies stacked on ground at right, mining camp?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2079.13
[aerial with Merrill Field in foreground, Anchorage buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.104.14
[entrance to earth house or barabara in wooded area, lower Yukon?]
Keywords: residences, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.76.12
Miners from Willow waiting to go to Seattle [group portrait of five men standing outdoors in winter, one holding axe, others carrying baggage]
Keywords: mining, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.105.12
[man paddling down river on small log raft]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.76.10
[soldiers making traverse across old avalanche field, tracks in foreground, men in distance, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B2012.11
Panoramic Photograph of downtown Anchorage taken from the corner of 4th and F street, looking north east down 4th Street. Includes a banner for Anchorage Fur Rondezvous.
Keywords: Panoramic Photograph; Anchorage, Fur Rondezvous, 1962, Stewarts Photo, 4th Avenue, Chugach Mountains
Collection: B2012.011
B1989.016.248.2
Lottie Audlaksroak, Wainwright [studio portrait of young woman in fur parka]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.54
4th Ave between C&D-looking west-just prior to demolition project."Mac's Foto, my shop went down the hole"
Keywords: street lights, power lines, destroyed buildings, damaged streets
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B2016.019.1.09f.12805.23
Field of Lupine flowers in Southcentral Alaska [Nature - Flowers], 1998
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Nature, Flowers, Lupine
Collection: B2016.019
B1983.091.S1536.1
(JackPainter Covering N.C.A. for Cinemascope)(Wells Choice, floatplane and men with Camera)[two men with cinema camera and car]
Keywords: camera, film, documentary filming
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.327.6
(Catastrophe)(December 11, 1968)(Tom Guillinetine){injury details}
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.014.44.5
[man on bulldozer pulling load of hoses next to wooden fence or building frame under construction]
Keywords: water
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.002.1266
S3200. Colorful Alaskan Eskimos and their handiwork. Plastichrome Super-Slide
Collection: B2014.002
B1975.134.078
Daguerrotype Portrait of a man, "found in fodder of Nabesna Gold Mine", sitter and photographer unknown.
Keywords: Daguerrotype, portrait
Collection: B1975.134 CIHS Collection
B2016.019.1.10b.03295.25
Drilling Rigs in Anchorage [Oil Rigs and Pipelines], 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Oil Rigs and Pipelines, Drilling Rig, Anchorage
Collection: B2016.019
B1975.134.108c
Reindeer [caribou? oil drilling rig, North Slope, tundra]
Collection: B1975.134 CIHS Collection
B1995.014.120.2
F-E Co., Fairbanks, 1942 [men placing thawing pipes into ground with drilling apparatus, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1975.134.078b
Daguerrotype Portrait of a man, "found in fodder of Nabesna Gold Mine", sitter and photographer unknown.
Keywords: Daguerrotype; case
Collection: B1975.134 CIHS Collection
B1995.014.121.13
[three soldiers sitting at campfire in low brush, Eugene Tetinek in center]
Keywords: military, camping, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.121.14
[three soldiers sitting at campfire in low brush]
Keywords: military, camping, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.121.2
F-E Co., Fairbanks, 1942 [two workers with drilling apparatus, small sluice box and gold pan in foreground, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1034
M2 {(mining) gold mining near the Arctic Circle} [from dragline: "Porcupine Mining Co., Fairbanks, Alaska" men working, sluicebox, water, placer mine, hydraulic, bucket, tailings, overburden]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.027.7
ITDR-77 #7. Iditarod Sled Dog Race, musher at finish line, Nome, Alaska, 1977 [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing brown knitted cap and parka with fur ruff. Cf. .40, .67. At AFN 2015, tentatively identified as Isaac Okleasik of Teller] [Inupiaq Territory, Sitnasuaq (Nome).]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Iditarod, Sled dog race, Race, Winter, Snow, Musher, Finish line, Nome, Sitnasuaq, Knit cap, Parka, Fur, Isaac Okleasik, Teller, Crowd, Spectators
Collection: B2014.027
B2019.003.095
Fish camp [several young women wearing headscarves and aprons standing around tables on beach at fish camp, drying rack in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.120.6
F-E Co., Fairbanks, 1942 [drilling apparatus, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1022
From Beulah Farm lawn. Pond at right [view from lawn through trees to field]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2125.2
Hewitt's 23 (Early Fur Rendezvous Queens) [two women and one young girl in fur parkas sitting on thrones, left to right: Miss Yukon, Miss Alaska, and Miss Dawson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.336
(Catastrophe)(October 12, 1971)(20065)(Young and Schmidt )(Legal){helicopter accident details including blood and bone documentation}
Keywords: accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.014.120.16
F-E Co., Fairbanks, 1942 [dredge in winter, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.6
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men pulling fish out of trap and piling them on snow]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
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
B2006.023.5014.jpg
Violet Redington.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1995.014.121.12
[soldiers stopped next to dilapidated log cabin during hike]
Keywords: military, hiking, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1192
O45 SS Alaska enroute to Seward, Alaska [copy neg; same as .1191]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4892
(Cronin #25 )(Pete Smith vending water with steam boiler following day he picked up honey cans)( 1918){horse and carriage loaded with cargo}
Keywords: buisness, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC