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B2022.002.35
[Cal Williams holding mic, with man playing guitar]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Music, Instruments
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2013.049.74
[musicians on deck of ship, including guitars and banjo, possibly the U.S.S. Boxer?]
Keywords: transportation, ships, musical instruments
Collection: B2013.049 Kane
B2022.005.25
[Indigenous Alaskan man in bed, woman seated nearby; guitar in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Bed, Room, Interior, Guitar, Musical instrument, Beads, Wooden trunk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1970.028.105
I serenade [?] Arthur in the [?] room at Little Diomede Island? 1911 I still have the guitar.
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1989.016.720
Maurice Akre's banjo [Maurice Herbert Akre, 1906-1982. 17-string harp guitar]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2005.013.448
Health, Hooper Bay, 7/1951 [Alaska Native women and children on deck of Health, woman at right playing guitar]
Collection: B2005.013
B1997.003.164
[men on ship deck playing instruments, violin, fiddle, possibly guitar; accordion in lower portion of image, box on deck]
Collection: B1997.003
B2017.023.228
[musicians playing for audience guitar, banjo, mandolin, service men, woman, picnic tables, bottles, views through windows]
Collection: B2017.023
B2016.010.164
Ready for dinner, music [musicians playing guitar, bass, and violin playing for people seated at table in dining room aboard ship]
Collection: B2016.010
B2023.010.2
The Handz band, L to R: Kevin Carter, Hugh Brown, George Coleman [three men in red shirts, two holding electric guitars]
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown
B2015.007.34
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors holding guitar, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6, .20]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.4646
(Barter Island Brooks Range 1963) [a man standing behind a pulpit holding a hymnal, there is a guitar situated by his right side and a picture of Jesus hangs on the wall behind him]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.103
[Alaska Native man and woman seated outdoors between building and metal barrel, both wearing Western style clothing, man holding guitar, woman holding balalaika]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.1484
S54 Alaskan boys get top intertainment [sic] (entertainment; Bob Hope, Frances Langford & 2 others) [1942, Left to right: Jerry Colonna, Hope, Landford, Tony Romano, guitar; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.164
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors holding guitar, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6, .20. Original image cropped into diamond shape. Same as .34]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007