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B2006.023.6914.jpg
Pana-Vue JH1005. Arctic Animals. Hair seal.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1983.091.S4827.43
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids playing with man's hair]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.44
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids playing with man's hair]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2022.005.75
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan young woman with long hair on display]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Woman, Girl, Seated, Posed, Long hair, Hair, Hairstyle, Mukluks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.046.49
Savoonga (Lee’s) [portrait of Alaska Native girl with beads in braided hair]
Collection: B1991.046
B2009.037.034
.34a – [woman with flower in her hair from .32a lying on grass] .34b – [soldier from .32b laying on grass]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.007.121
[young Alaska Native girl wearing sailor shirt and hair bow posed next to wooden building in winter]
Keywords: children, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2021.002.026
Left to right: Margaret Fleming, Mrs. Simmons, Theresa Quarles, Fairbanks, January 1952 [after getting their hair done.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2022.005.150
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in dresses outside; girl on right has short hair; cars parked in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Girls, Teens, Teenagers, Dresses, Clothing, Hairstyle, Outside, Cars, Transportation, Parked
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.2243
312 "61, young hair seal with fish; March 8, 1958" [possibly spotted seal and fish on rocky ground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.058.512
[possibly Juliet Steinmetz Frawley and another woman posed in bedroom, Juliet brushing hair of woman seated at dressing table]
Keywords: photography
Collection: B2013.058
B1989.016.1133.1
(Glenn Cupp's Barber Shop) [barbers Jack Campbell, Roy Nigh, and Glenn Cupp posed cutting men's hair, Fairbanks?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1133.2
(Glenn Cupp's Barber Shop) [barbers Jack Campbell, Roy Nigh, and Glenn Cupp posed cutting men's hair, Fairbanks?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.38
[young Alaska Native girl standing on boardwalk in front of building, wearing print dress, hair bow, and mukluks, holding ball]
Keywords: clothing, recreation, sports
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.2969
Margaret, Savoonga [portrait of woman wearing beaded decoration in braided hair, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2969
Margaret, Savoonga [portrait of woman wearing beaded decoration in braided hair, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2151.3
Copyright 1904 by B.B. Dobbs, 192 (Nome) [portrait of Eskimo youth with braided hair, chin tattooing, beaded necklace and fur parka]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.32
[Three Indigenous Alaskan children seated on wooden chairs inside decorated room. Children wearing western-style clothing and hair adornments.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Girls, Boy, Seated, Chair, Wooden chair, Room, Interior, Building, Home, Decor, Western clothing, Clothing, Adornments, Bows, Hairbow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2006.023.8885.jpg
Baby hair seal (pet) at Flat Horn Lake (Joe & Vi Redington). [color slide converted to black-and-white due to extreme color shift]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B2006.023.8885
Baby hair seal (pet) at Flat Horn Lake (Joe & Vi Redington). [color slide converted to black-and-white due to extreme color shift]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
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
B2015.015.07
This was taken on the upper lake trail near the timber line last summer. This hair looks like yours used to. He is 15 yr. here [Robert posed with unidentified boy outdoors, 1942]
Collection: B2015.015
B2005.013.158
1 red-haired Eskimo & real Eskimos at Mekoryuk, 6/1951 [Winona standing outside house with Alaska Native woman and young girl, Lucy Whitman with Moses at left, Mekoryuk]
Collection: B2005.013
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
B1989.016.2208.2
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [small room with bare bulb in ceiling, hair dryer, mirror, trophy, and other household goods]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.118.006
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; Lee [girl stands holding hair away from her face; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.006
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; Lee [girl stands holding hair away from her face; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1308
O90 Alaskan children earning extra money gatering ice worms, popular bait for fur fishing. Ice worms are righ in hair raising vitamins. [copy neg; same as .1307; printed in reverse]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B2002.019.940A
[from verso] published October 1954 issue program; pub 184 [Fred Machetanz sits on stool holding tripod with camera while woman, (Sara Machetanz?) cuts his hair; sled dogs; puppies; birch trees in background]
Collection: B2002.019
B1998.014.1.626
E45 Diomede Island mother & child, Frank Morgan photo [portrait of woman with braide hair, wearing fabric parka with fur trim child inside back of parka, belt, knit stocking cap, headscarf, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.114
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to log cabin, woman wearing coat with fur trim, hair cut short with bangs, man wearing driving cap and sport coat, cache in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.65.004
24-5; Fran, Naomi, Pauline & Judy [Three women and child stand on far side of waterway; fence, structures, clothesline with laundry in background; likely August 1939; Ketchikan. Note: irregular lines near bottom of image are fine hairs affixed to emulsion]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.65.004
24-5; Fran, Naomi, Pauline & Judy [Three women and child stand on far side of waterway; fence, structures, clothesline with laundry in background; likely August 1939; Ketchikan. Note: irregular lines near bottom of image are fine hairs affixed to emulsion]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.023.033a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.033b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1991.011.461
Kasigluk, JoAnn Beaver, 1957; Eskimo parka typical of Kuskokwim delta area [girl poses wearing fur parka with hood over plaid skirt or dress, boots; laundry hanging in background; log cabin at left, Dup; note: fine hairs near center background are part of image]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.1307
O90 Alaskan children earning extra money gatering ice worms, popular bait for fur fishing. Ice worms are righ in hair raising vitamins. [winter scene; two children at face of ice falls or glacier, one holding a pail, appear to gather worms from ice; cpy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.2
Karen Christensen, Ca[r?]pendale girls at Goodwin Gulch 1921. [Inupiaq territory. Group of four girls, two with twisted braid hair buns; tundra landscape background. Karen Christensen daughter of Hans J. Christensen. Hans J. Christensen family photograph album online at Alaska's Digital Archives.]
Keywords: Inupiaq, Territory, Goodwin Gulch, Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girls, Young women, Children, Hairstyles, Braids, Tundra, Landscape, Karen Christensen, Carpendale, Capendale, Sisters
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2187.3
"Everybody works but Father, he sits 'round all day, etc." Lomen Bros. Nome #33 [Native family, woman and two children with washtub outside of white tent, clothing hanging on line in background. Woman wearing printed parka, young girl with braided hair and Western-style dress. copy neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.075a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [note that fine hair that appears above person who is bent over is part of the slide; two men sit on edge of fish container, possibly a tender; fishing pole; waders; third person leaning over at right; water, shore in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.075b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [note that fine hair that appears above person who is bent over is part of the slide; verso of slide: two men sit on edge of fish container, possibly a tender; fishing pole; waders; third person leaning over at right; water, shore in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
