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B2007.005.6.B18
[man standing by the entrance of underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2007.005.6.B22
[man seated outside the entrance to underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2016.007.1345
Entrance to a permafrost ice storage (a whole caribou deep inside), Herschel Island, Y.T., 8 August 1986 [entrance to subterranean cache]
Collection: B2016.007
B1989.016.168
Entrance Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 109. 168.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.546
"Newtok; sod igloo" [children near entrance to sod structure]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1994.022.811
(Mt McKinley National Park auto and park entrance station)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.104.14
[entrance to earth house or barabara in wooded area, lower Yukon?]
Keywords: residences, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.003.032
Canneries. Touke Salmon Cannery. Entrance to Hoggart Bay, Alaska.
Collection: B1998.003
B1998.014.1.2516
"U.S. Army Post Headquarters" [Entrance with bear insignia; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2007.005.6.A9
[unknown native man crawling out from the entrance to an underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.020.020
[man standing outside passenger entrance at Anchorage International Airport]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.1642.1
[Providence Hospital, night scene, exterior entrance, Christmas lights and decorations]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1642.2
[Providence Hospital, night scene, exterior entrance, Christmas lights and decorations]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1642.3
[Providence Hospital, night scene, exterior entrance, Christmas lights and decorations]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.169.1
Entrance to writing room, Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 103.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.700
B-60. Entrance to Resurrection Bay. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.258
(catastrophe)(14538)(Park entrance to scene og accident and on west to Bragaw Intersection){accident scene}
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2007.005.6.A11
[group of native childern and a dog gathered around the entrance to an underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2015.008.936
[5 men standing outside the entrance to the Hotel Windsor in Cordova AK]
Keywords: hotel, Cordova, Windsor, men
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.937
[5 men standing outside the entrance to the Hotel Windsor in Cordova AK]
Keywords: hotel, Cordova, Windsor, men
Collection: B2015.008
B1982.052.024
Canneries. Petersburg cannery and village. Oct. '06 at entrance of Wrangell Narrows. 1906.
Collection: B1982.052 Robert Wheatley
B2007.005.6.A10
[unknown native woman standing outside infront of entrance to an underground house ]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2007.005.6.A7
[unknown native woman standing outside infront of entrance to an underground house ]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2015.008.1255
70. Chile, Mar. ’09. Tierra del Fuego, entrance to Admiralty Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1964.001.444
(Traffer's Home)[Cabin in the woods with skis and animal hides mounted on outer wall next to entrance]
Keywords: snow, cabin, skis
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1989.016.1505
(Elk's Building) [two-story wood frame building with B.P.O.E. over entrance, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.169.2
Entrance to writing room, Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 103. [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.592
"Newtok, 1940s" [man and woman stand outside sod structure with wood and metal entrance]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.593
Newtok; temporary schoolhouse [structure with corrugated metal surface; bell above entrance; likely 1957]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1996.009.09full
A runner is sent to the homes of the crew and as he stands at the entrance on tope of the innie or house he shouts his orders.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1998.014.1.397
B110 New Hospital, Palmer, Alaska [view of entrance, foliage in foreground, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2007.005.6.A12
[unknown native woman and child standing outside infront of entrance to an underground house ]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2019.003.147
“Scenes along the Alaska coast” Resurrection Bay entrance to Seward [scenic of water and coastline]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.184
[Ground of six Indigenous Alaskan Elders seated on steps leading to building entrance; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Sitting, Seated, Steps, Building, Entrance, Door, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1964.001.105
(Drifted in at Nome)[Four men and two dogs plus supplies posing infront of snow cave entrance]
Keywords: skis, snow, camp, winter, dogs, sleds
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1983.091.C0820.1
Fourth Avenue Theater Entrance at night, showing new neon signs. 11-20-53
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1994.022.797
(Hotels, Taverns etc...)(sign reads for Ferry Services)[ 4 men drinking and standing at the entrance to the lodge]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1429
(S25 An Aleutian cave dug by Japanese; 1946 postcard) [entrance to cave, foliage, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2517
"District Engineers' Building; 1958; 2 negs" [structure with flag above entrance; lawn in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.019.262
Delphiniums, Mullaney’s, Palmer, 7-42 [tall flowers next to house entrance. cf. .67]
Keywords: Palmer, Dr. Flora, Doctor Flora, Mullaney, Matthew Mullaney, Matthew P. Mullaney, Delphiniums, House, Yard, Fence, Flowers, Delphiniums
Collection: B2014.019
B1979.002.Album1.283
84. Matanuska Coal Mine [view of mine entrance on side of hill, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, mining
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.014.60.11
[two military trucks filled with soldiers parked at entrance to McKinley Park Hotel, dog standing at right]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.019.1.08d.02981.03
Denali National Park entrance sign along Parks Highway, Alaska, USA [National Parks - Denali]
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, National Parks, Denali National Park
Collection: B2016.019
B2017.024.2709
Nome July 1983 Street scenes [man and two women at entrance to post office and court house]
Collection: B2017.024