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B1989.016.2230.5
(Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.49
D-67 [group portrait of four women and three children in fur parkas standing on tundra, with snow patches on grass, two men visible in background; same group as in .2141.48]
Keywords: villages, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2151.1
Eskimo woman & mikanina, Nome / Eskimo woman & child, Alaska. Thomas Fotoshop, Anchorage [woman wearing printed parka and necklace with Christian cross breast-feeding child in fur hat. double caption. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.106
[Indigenous Alaskan girl with braids holding seal skin; second seal carcass on ground nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girl, Young woman, Child, Braids, Hairstyle, Mukluks, Footwear, Seal, Seal skin, Harvest, Winter, Outside, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.48
D-67 [group portrait of four women and three children in fur parkas standing on tundra, with snow patches on grass]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.61
D-80 [woman in printed parka with fur trim standing in doorway to traditional dwelling, with whale bones as supports, entrance mostly buried in snow]
Keywords: residences, houses, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.61
[Indigenous Alaskan mother carrying infant on back; posed outside building midwinter; woman wearing elaborately decorated parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Child, Infant, Baby, Woman, Family, Carrying, Baby wearing, Winter, Snow, Parka, Geometric design, Pattermed, Fur, Decorative, Elaborate, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, Building, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.47
D-65 [dog with litter of puppies in ice cave]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.6
D-6 [man and woman in fur parkas standing outside dwelling made of snow blocks, sled visible at right]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.81
[Indigenous Alaskan mother with chin tattoos carrying infant on her back, both wearing fur (likely reindeer) clothing; house in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Chin tattoo, Tattoo, Tattoos, Chin, Infant, Baby, Family, Fur, Reindeer, Parka, Decorative trim, Trim, Hood, Ruff, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, Structure, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.175
[Alaska Native man on crutches posed outdoors in spring, cut timber at right, snow under pine trees at left, tent in background]
Keywords: camps, logging, health, medicine
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2141.59
D-78 [woman in fabric or skin parka and fur mittens squatting in snow next to hide staked out for drying, buildings visible in background]
Keywords: clothing, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.723.bw
"H7 Greetings from Seward, Alaska moose & Seward RR depot" [greeting card design, summer scene, train, railroad, mountains in distance, neg is delaminating, drawing of moose in pond]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2210.57
E-61 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.42
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young men in parka carrying harvested fowl; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young men, Boys, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Fowl, Bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Hunter, Hunt, Hunting, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.60
(D-79?) [aerial view of winter mountain ranges]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.27
[Indigenous Alaskan man and woman outside midwinter wearing fur parkas, likely reindeer fur]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Geometric trim, Trim, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2210.3
E-22 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka and feather headdress dancing outdoors, two men in feather headdresses with box drum at right, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.62
D-81 [woman wearing gloves and fur parka with geometric decoration standing outside large building in winter]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.1
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks posed outdoors with young child wearing parka, mukluks, and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, children, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.58.18
[four people in cemetery in foreground, village buildings and church in background, Fort Yukon?]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2051
[street scene at corner of Fourth Avenue and Gambell in Anchorage, with First National Bank and sign for J.H. Romig, Howard G. Romig, Physicians & Surgeons, Eckmann's Furniture at left. cf. 1462, 1656]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.30
E-47 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [young man in fur parka and mukluks, holding skin gloves, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2158
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, group photo" [children and adults gather around a table with easter baskets; sign on wall reads "Pre-school deaf class" photos on wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.89
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and man with harnessed reindeer near sleds]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Man, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Reindeer, Caribou, Harness, Harnessed, Sled, Sleds, Transportation, Outside, Snow, Winter, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2210.58
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur-trimmed printed parka and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.52.1
Eagle Salverson, trapper at Fort Yukon [musher with three dog team pulling loaded sled on winter trail]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
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
B1998.014.1.1540
S96 (Elmendorf Air Force Base gate sign. Top Cover for America) [winter scene of entrance sign, snow gate posts, structure in left distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.138
Fred W. Yenney Democratic Candidate for Representative Primary Election April 25 [studio portrait of man wearing bib overalls]
Keywords: politics
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.2379
Kotzebue, March 1969 [people use brooms to clear snow from roof of structure as woman and children walk or stand on road]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2210.39
E-58 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.45
E-67 (Queen Ruthie Johnson) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, Eklutna? 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.48
E-71 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [group portrait of ten men and women in parkas standing outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.85
[Alaska Native family next to wood-plank building, all wearing cloth parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2243.1
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots and fur hat]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.035a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman with braided hair, chin tattoos, wearing fabric parka and infant on her back poses; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1981.020.023
Canneries. Wrangell, Alaska. Where the Sitkine meets the sea.
Collection: B1981.020 Hotchkiss
B2019.003.012
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Dining room [four young women setting tables] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Dining room, Place setting, Young women, Students, Indigenous
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.52.10
[two men wearing snowshoes posed outdoors during snowstorm, pine trees in background]
Keywords: transportation, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.035b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: woman with braided hair, chin tattoos, wearing fabric parka and infant on her back poses; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2243.11
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in spotted fur parka and fur mittens]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2242.3
(City Building, August 1, 1936) [exterior of Anchorage federal building under construction, looking east to Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1127
(O17 Prospectors, vintage, 1898, 1946 postcard. note reads: Kasper Elinger & Fritz Miller discover Atlin country) [copy neg; two men and dog near river; gun, rifle, iron skillet,possibly waders, rucksack, miners]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley