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B1990.014.004.animals.24.Jun91.015b
Reindeer
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B2015.008.326
Tarring sheep’s noses. George & Norman [young man, Dora’s nephew, looking into camera as he holds sheep’s nose and George holds sheep’s rear. Cf. .324]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.94.005
35-1; Jan. 1940; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Donnie, Margaret, & Jon McMillian [three children smile]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.94.005
35-1; Jan. 1940; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK 20-15 min @ 65°; Donnie, Margaret, & Jon McMillian [three children smile]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2507
"Construction site & men; 5 negs" [three men wearing winter work clothes pose next to tracked equipment, possibly a hole borer; hills in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2505
"Construction; April 1963 (new snow)" [earthmover; snow-covered rocks or dirt in foreground; trees in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1310
Alaskan Fur Fish (Hokomus non existus) Alaskan fur fish are a cinch to catch when using ice worms for bait. (O91 Furred fish) [copy neg; same as .1309]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.926
[three men standing next to log cabin in wooded area, log outbuilding at right, snow on
pine trees, mountains in distance]
.926 – [similar to .925]
Keywords: cabin, prospector
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2508
"Construction site & men" [men at construction site wearing overalls, hard hats watch as crane lifts wall sections into place/ structure with scaffold at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.103
Letter to Mayfield Evans from Department of Defense Contracting Division of Defense Commissary Agency, signed by Ginna L. Thomas, Contracting Officer, November 17, 2005 [Note on bottom in red pencil: “Happy B-Day Mayfield”]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Letter, Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency, Contracting Division, Contract, McChord AFB, McChord Air Force Base, Air Force Base, AFB, Tacoma, Washington, Direction, Commence performance, Resume services, Ginna L. Thomas, Ginna Thomas, Contracting Officer, Officer, Happy B-Day, Happy Birthday, Birthday
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2186.3
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [female musher leading dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1869.3
Foto by Cameron (Anchorage Air Transport Travelair 4000 C193, circa 1927, with load of furs) [airplane marked A.A.T. C193 Anchorage No. 2, with loaded bundles and skis on snow at night. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.186.1a
[Alaska Native man and boy on river bank with fish wheel. Positive transparency.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.034
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Going to fish camp [young woman and two young men in skiff with outboard motor] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Fish camp, Going to fish camp, Camp, Boat, Boating, Skiff, Outboard motor, Indigenous
Collection: B2019.003
B2015.008.924
[two men seated inside log cabin, same cabin as in .923, one of the same men]
Keywords: cabin, cabin interior
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.925
[three men standing next to log cabin in wooded area, log outbuilding at right, snow on
pine trees, mountains in distance]
Keywords: cabin, prospector
Collection: B2015.008