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B1995.014.92.14
[Russian Mission cemetery and church in winter]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.2.1070to1071
.1070—Watts down by the photo lab 10/15/46 [standing on bunker with sign: NAVAL READY MAGAZINE NO SMOKING KEEP OUT] .1071—Watts 10/15/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2009.037.004
.4a – [close-up of military radio with portraits of woman framed above, c. 1939] .4b – [same radio scene as .4a but with soldier posed in front of radio, c. 1939]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.89.006
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with ciagarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.006
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with ciagarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.172
[group portrait of several Alaska Native men, women, and infants posed outside a large wooden building. Original image blurry. Same as .44]
Collection: B2015.007
B2019.003.148
[Christmas card, signed “Merry Christmas, Christ Church Mission, Anvik, Alaska. Poem and photograph of two young children in fur parkas]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.62
[BIPOC man in fur (likely reindeer) parka driving loaded dog sled]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Parka, Fur, Gloves, Reindeer, Caribou, Clothing, Outerwear, Winter, Snow, Dog sled, Sled, Transportation, Load, Travel
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.190.004
62-2 view in Thomas Basin [view of basin from water; pilings; structures; boats; laundry; people on deck in background; mountain in distance; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.734
K5 Ranger's dog corral - McKinley Park" [copy neg, same as .733]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.037.007
.7 – Love All Ways, Always Your Gal [studio portrait of woman with love message in bottom left corner]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2022.002.44
Cal Williams at podium, Senior Veteran Luncheon
Keywords: Cal Williams, Senior Veteran Luncheon, Veterans
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1990.014.2018.1.159.005
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; curtain at right; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.159.006
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose standing wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2002.019.919
[from verso] pub 75 [Man with camera, likely carrying a light meter walking on hillside above river; structures on shore of river; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1990.014.2018.1.6.003
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Helen's knees [woman's lower legs; hose rolled down to top of calves; seated in chair or sofa]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.6.003
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Helen's knees [woman's lower legs; hose rolled down to top of calves; seated in chair or sofa]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.005.94
[aerial of snow slide, 1964 earthquake, along Turnagain Arm]
Keywords: railroads, transportation
Collection: B2014.005
B1990.014.5.Scn.6.6
15240 Mt McKinley from Trapper Lake 250mm Hassl Dx 22 September 1963
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1991.38.1
Panoramic photograph of Nome, Alaska 1916
Keywords: 1916; Nome; Panoramic photograph
Collection: B1991.38
B1998.014.1.449
C5 Miss Alaska on Ice throne "Fairbanks, 1939" [winter garments, man at left, woman at right of Miss Alaska, sash, mukluks, ice wall, possible bridge in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2002.019.915J
Fred & Sara & pups, summer [from verso] Pub 81 [man kneelling on one knee in snow wearing seal fur parka, pants, and mukluks photographs sled dogs; sled in center; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B2017.024.3331
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [man wearing coveralls stands under wood structure, possibly scaffold; structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.013.10
[people passing three-story log building, boy at right carrying snowshoe, probably Pioneer Hotel, Knik]
Keywords: businesses, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B1998.014.1.1027
L157 Anchorage - Seward Hiway (1955 Postcard) [automobile on paved roadway, possibly near Bird Point, Turnagain Arm, low tide, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.009.32
[two Schodde girls with dog on street corner]
Keywords: animals, children
Collection: B2009.009
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
B1990.014.2018.1.41.001
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; bird's eye view of lumber yard; structures; smoke plume; people near structures; Tongass Narrows in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.001
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; bird's eye view of lumber yard; structures; smoke plume; people near structures; Tongass Narrows in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.713
F28 Anchorage, Alaska "Ed Holm" [man standing in doorway in knee waders holding up large salmon, possibly a king; second salmon is on porch floor, decking, rag mop leaning against wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.027.32
ITDR-78 #18. Musher and wife become spectators, Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Nome, Alaska, March 1978
Collection: B2014.027
B1997.003.170
[lumber, timbers on ship deck, S.S. Latouche, ship deck, railing]
Collection: B1997.003
B2014.013.11
[man with mustache wearing suspenders carrying cat on shoulders, log cabin in background, sawhorse at right, Knik?]
Keywords: animals, clothing, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B1990.014.2018.1.41.002
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; view of crowd watching fire; men on stairway; structures; man in foreground looking toward camera]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.002
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; view of crowd watching fire; men on stairway; structures; man in foreground looking toward camera]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
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
B1995.014.5.5
Paul Oksook baling fish [man standing outdoors, stringing dried fish]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2045.3
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska ("Seaska" airmail non-stop flight, June 20, 1936, powered with Plymouth car engine seized by U.S. Marshal, Juneau, for non-payment of gas bill in Cordova. 1985, still stored in Juneau) [bird's eye view of crowd gathered next to Fahlin SF-2 Plymocoupe airplane parked in gymnasium, writing on plane reads in part "Seattle-Alaska Last Airmail Frontier Trail Blazed by the Seattle Washingtonians"]
Keywords: aviation, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.54.004
22-1 Aug. 1939; Super x - 32-20; Dev in DK 20-28 min @ 65 degrees; waterlilies [scenic view of pond or lake; possible structure or totem in distance; likely near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.54.004
22-1 Aug. 1939; Super x - 32-20; Dev in DK 20-28 min @ 65 degrees; waterlilies [scenic view of pond or lake; possible structure or totem in distance; likely near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.52
[elder Alaska Native man and woman posed next to log cabin in winter, man wearing squirrel fur parka, woman wearing print parka with fur trim, icicles hanging from eaves]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.2740
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [boy riding BMX bicycle between two automobiles, station wagons; street and structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024