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B1989.016.2233
[woman in fur parka with geometric decoration. copy neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.52
D-70 [man in light-colored fur parka with geometric decoration holding seal skin parka with geometric decoration, standing in front of large building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2151.5
[studio portrait of young boy in fur parka and mukluks with geometric decoration]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.11
[Indigenous person in elaborate fur parka with geometric trim, likely reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Geometric trim, Elaborate, Patterned, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.51
D-69 [woman in fur parka with geometric decoration standing next to large building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.65
D-84 [woman wearing fur parka with geometric decoration standing outdoors in winter]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.65
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur (likely reindeer) parka with geometric design at bottom hem]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Seated, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Clothing, Outwear, Gloves, Geometric pattern, Design, Decorative
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.50
D-68 (Parka back) [fur parka with geometric decoration laid out to show back]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.63
D-82 [woman wearing mittens and fur parka with geometric decoration standing outdoors in winter]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.76.4
[man wearing fur parka with geometric decoration, fur hat, and mukluks sitting on wing of airplane]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.85
[Young Indigenous Alaskan woman in spotted fur (likely reindeer) parka with geometric pattern near bottom hem]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Woman, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Geometric design, Pattern, Decorative, Clothing, Outerwear, Outside, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.18
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors next to log cabin, man wearing fur parka with walrus-tusk gussets and geometric trim and lace-up boots, woman wearing reindeer fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks]
Collection: B2015.007
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
B1998.014.1.725.bw
A Merry Christmas and a happy new year "H9 insert missing" [greeting card template with geometric pine trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2210.60
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka with geometric design and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.53.4
Mail plane in at Marshall [pilot exiting airplane, wearing fur hat and parka with geometric design on upper arm, smoking cigarette]
Keywords: aviation, postal services
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.46
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka with geometric trim near bottom hem standing outside midwinter; parka likely reindeer fur]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Parka, Fur, Elaborate, Reindeer, Hide, Pelt, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Outside, Winter, Snow, Outerwear, Clothing, Mukluks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.64
D-83 [woman wearing mittens and fur parka with geometric decoration standing outdoors in winter, back to camera. same parka as in .2141.63]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.30
[Indigenous Alaskan man standing on doorstep wearing dark fur parka with geometric trim and fur mukluks, parka likely made from reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Doorway, Doorframe, Door, Building, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2210.33
E-50B (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka with geometric decoration and mukluks, standing outdoors]
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
B2015.007.47
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim holding infant, standing outdoors in winter in front of house, church tower in background]
Keywords: residences, clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2141.66
D-85 [man wearing fur hat, fur parka with geometric decoration, and tall lace-up boots standing outdoors in winter near buildings]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.102
[two Alaska Native men and woman seated outside wooden building, men wearing Western style clothing, woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.144
[Alaska Native man, woman, and child posed on tundra in summer, woman wearing kuspuk and headscarf, man wearing fur parka with geometric decoration. Print faded]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2019.003.118
School teacher with parka on, ready for a 20 mile trip by dog team [woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim standing with sled and dog team in harness]
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.58.4
Eugene Tetinek borrowing Eagle's parka, Marshall [man in fur parka with walrus tusk insets and geometric decoration at bottom hem, buildings in background. cf. .52.3-.52.4]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2052.4
(Basset, P.A.A.) [man wearing fur mittens and fur parka with geometric decoration standing in front of the window at the Pacific Alaska Airways office, Clark Bassett? circa 1934-35?]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.34
E-50-C (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka with geometric decoration, headdress, and mukluks, holding skin drum, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2161
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 children and adults" [woman holds child's hand; toy jacks on table, Easter baskets; chart displaying geometric shapes in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.92
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women wearing Inupiaq-style fur parkas and mukluks with geometric trim and large fur ruffs; fur likely reindeer/caribou. Girls are standing against exterior door midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Girls, Parka, Mukluks, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Geometric trim, Trim, Decoration, Fur ruff, Door, Exterior, Building, Structure, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B1995.014.52.3
[white man, Eugene Tetinek? wearing short fur parka with walrus tusk insets and geometric decoration at bottom hem, standing outdoors in winter with sled, wood-frame buildings in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2187.2
Lomen Bros. Nome #19 [Native woman wearing Western-style skirt and boots and parka with fur trim and geometric decoration, with braided hair and loop earrings, carrying small child on her back in a hide bag]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1544
S98 Diomede Island Eskimo soldier doing Native dance for Anchorage Rondezvous (G.I.) [soldier wearing gloves with fur cuffs, drummers, singers, skin drum, furs, mukluks with geometric patterns, stage, curtains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.141
[two women and young girl outdoors in winter in sparsely wooded area, one woman wearing fur parka with geometric decoration, woman with back to camera and young girl wearing print parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.2395
Kotzebue, November 1969 [woman poses in fur parka with sunburst ruff and geometric trim; structure with boarded windows in background; snow. At AFN 2022, individual identified as Belle Sours wearing a ground squirrel parka]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Kotzebue, Parka, Ground quirrel, Belle Sours
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2210.42
E-64 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women, one wearing printed parka with fur trim, the other wearing a fur parka with geometric decoration, standing outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.49
E-72 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women, one wearing printed parka with fur trim, the other wearing a fur parka with geometric decoration, standing outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.51
E-74 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women, one wearing printed parka with fur trim, the other wearing a fur parka with geometric decoration, standing outside, mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.89
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, woman wearing mukluks and spotted reindeer fur parka with geometric trim including swastikas over print dress, man wearing cloth parka with fur trim and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2243.3
(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 geometric decoration]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.037a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [two people, likely women, look away showing back views of fur parkas with geometric trim; mukluks, small trees, possibly river in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1981.020.144
Sitka, Alaska No. A113, The Photo Shop Studio [United States Post Office and Court House building; poured-concrete structure with geometric ornamentation; flag atop roof; seawall and utility lines in foreground; structure with brick chimney in background]
Collection: B1981.020 Hotchkiss
B2019.003.016
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Parka and gloves [young woman wearing embroidered mittens and parka with geometric trim and fur ruff crouching in snow next to building] [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, Parka, Embroidered parka, Mittens, Embroidered mittens, Fur ruff parka, Fur ruff, Young woman, Woman crouching
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.52.4
[white man, Joe Secora? wearing mukluks and short fur parka with walrus tusk insets and geometric decoration at bottom hem, standing outdoors in winter with dog, sled and coffee carton at left, wood-frame buildings in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing, animals, transportation, food
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.037b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: two people, likely women, look away showing back views of fur parkas with geometric trim; mukluks, small trees, possibly river in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2243.5
(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 mukluks, fur hat, and light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots and geometric decoration]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.10
(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 fur hat, fur mittens, and light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots and geometric decoration]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1130
O19 Johnny Allan [sic], winner of manny [sic] Alaskan Dog Derbys [sic]; 1946 postcard) (Johnny Allen, musher, poses at dog sled runners; fur hat; mukluks with geometric trim including swastikas, ice palace in background; Fairbanks; winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley