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B1970.028.271
[Two men in kayak]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B2007.005.6.B21
[native man working on a kayak inside a house, ribs struts and coaming complete]
Keywords: sea kayak
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2014.003.5
15767(Victor Animatograph Co.)(Reindeer)[Reindeer herders on gravel beach with native kayaker in water just off shore]
Keywords: reindeer, kayak
Collection: B2014.003
B1970.028.270
[Two men in kayak next to large ship]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B2022.003.38
C 86 56, Mary Lu and Malia [two Indigenous youth standing for a portrait wearing western style dresses and fur boots]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Youth, Boots, Fur, Portrait
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1985.027.2452
Originally in B8 F158. Wien Eskimo Kayaks. Kayak hunter & Helen Hood 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.1629
[J.S. Wood painting of man in kayak. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2007.005.6.B25
[native man tending to a cooking fire next to his kayak on a beach]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2013.066.258
Kayak frame, Kakhonak [dogs in foreground, small buildings in background, Kokhanok]
Keywords: boats, ethnotechnology, animals, transportation
Collection: B2013.066
B1995.014.104.13
[kayak under construction outside earth house or barabara in wooded area, lower Yukon?]
Keywords: boats, residences, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.003.41
E.A. Hegg [Native men in kayaks or umiaks pulled up alongside large ship]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2006.003
B1964.001.775
Eskimos of the Bering Coast after a seal hunt. Martin [Alaska Natives in kayak. Photographer A.B. Martin]
Keywords: hunting, subsistence, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B2005.013.446
Eskimos, Hooper Bay, 7/1951 [large group of Alaska Natives posed with kayak on deck of Health]
Collection: B2005.013
B2024.001.544
“Portage Glacier 1956” [Portage Glacier and part of the Portage Lake, Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Portage, Portage Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Ice, Iceberg, Glacier, Lake, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2007.005.4.027
"ASC project #!6" [two men sittling in kayaks in tall grass; animal pelts stretched on wooden racks and placed atop kayaks; tools with long handles support woven grass mats in background; metal pans at right]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2021.010.013
[two men standing next to tractor and sled in winter] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Fur parkas, Tractor, Sled, Freight, Freighting, Transportation, Nutchirviq
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1998.014.1.1225
"O58 An Eskimo kayak and dog sled." (1958 postcard & print; photo by Frank Morgan) [kayak leaning on slde; sled dogs lay nearby on beach; boats in background; canvas wall tents above beach, stove pipes.; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2150.2
Alaska, Merry Christmas [greeting card with drawing of polar bear and kayak with photograph of ice chunks in Cook Inlet. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.046.23
Hooper Bay, 8/51 [Alaska Native men, women, and children standing on low bluff above beach, Yupik kayak in foreground]
Collection: B1991.046
B1998.014.1.1226
"O58 An Eskimo kayak and dog sled." (1958 postcard & print; photo by Frank Morgan) [same as .1225; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.261
3.9. 9/26/25. Port Wells, Alaska. Off in bidarkas, for 20 m. paddle [four men in two three-hole Alutiiq kayaks]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B2015.008
B1985.027.1475
Originally in B4 F101. Wien Destinations. Kotzebue III. Kayak on side, eskimo & Helen Hood. 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1985.027.2453
Originally in B8 F158. Wien Eskimo Kayaks. Helen Hood, Barrow. 8 x 10 negative. Severe vinegar syndrome, warping.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1962.001.1397
King Salmon, [Indigenous people] and a kayak boat made of skins. Nushagak, Alaska. P.S. Hunt G1413 [Salmon (fish)] [Central Yup’ik territory]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Nushagak, King Slamon, Kayak, Boat, Yup'ik
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1973.096.34
Plate 718_Noatak Kaiaks_From Copyright Photograph1928 by E S Curtis_Photogravure Suffolk Eng Co Cambridge, Mass [10 Native men paddling kayaks]
Collection: B1973.096
B1988.003.190
Kayac races, Fourth of July, Kotzebue, Alaska. FHW 1 [Inupiat man paddling kayak along beach, Wien Hotel and floatplane in background]
Keywords: recreation, boats, aviation
Collection: B1988.003 Ingalls Collection
B2005.013.121
Fishing in creek near Hooper Bay, 7-1951 [Alaska Native women fishing from bank, other women near drying racks and kayak in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B2017.024.1318
Diomede. Photographer's number: 01543 [man holding spear in kayak next to ice edge, blood and small pieces of possibly seal meat on ice]
Collection: B2017.024
B2018.021.690
Alaskan photography by Everett J. Wilde, Tetlin [Alaska Native hunter wearing white parka pulling black kayak on sled across sea ice]
Collection: B2018.021
B2005.013.160
Eskimos, Mekoryuk, 6/21/51, kayaks in background [Alaska Native woman wearing print parka, headscarf and sunglasses standing with three young girls on beach, one girl wearing print parka, one wearing fur parka, and one wearing Western-style clothing, kayaks, Quonset hut, and drying rack in background. Girl at left Lizzie Viola Amos, cf. .161]
Collection: B2005.013
B1995.010.4940
[Wien Consolidated Airlines float on parade, man sitting in Eskimo kayak, woman sitting in sled frame, two young boys in back, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1973.096.21
Plate 699_The Village Hooper Bay_From Copyright Photograph1928 by E S Curtis_Photogravure Suffolk Eng Co Cambridge, Mass [A view of the village of Hooper Bay including beached kayaks and dwellings]
Collection: B1973.096
B1991.050.3
Eskimo in kiack, St. Michael. Drane [Alaska Native man wearing gut parka using oar in Yup'ik style kayak in harbor, buildings of St. Michael in background, circa 1903]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1991.050
B1989.016.2058.2
Alaska, Merry Christmas (Christmas Cards 1936-37) [Christmas card mat with sketch of men in kayak, bear, and holly leaves, with photograph of snoy road with hoar-frosted trees. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.020a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [three people in wooden kayaks lined up in water alongside dock or pier, parkas, caps, paddles; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2021.010.011
[man driving tractor pulling sled loaded with timber in winter. Two men standing next to tractor] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Tractor, Freight, Freighting, Timber, Fuel, Transportation, Nutchirviq
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B2018.023.020b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: [three people in wooden kayaks lined up in water alongside dock or pier, parkas, caps, paddles; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2021.010.012
[man driving tractor pulling sled in winter. Man standing next to sled] [1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC, Tractor, Freight, Freighting, Transportation, Sled, Nutchirviq
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1998.014.1.1339
PE5 An Eskimo home inside of the Arctic Circle (Kotzebue, Feb 1948) [kayaks, dog sled, fish nets stored on supports; dogs curled on ground; structures, stove pipe, snow, likely sea ice in background, winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2007.005.5.028
[stereo view of two men sitting in kayaks atop snow, possibly supported by a sled; oars; woven grass mats used for windbreak; snowshoe; Hiils Bros. can; tea pot; man on left appears to be operating a fuel stove (?); sea ice in distance]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2018.023.025a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [label possibly] “18” [or] “78” [Caribou herd on shore; likely albino caribou in foreground; antlers; beach; herders, men, possible tourists; person in kayak; rope strung from shore to object outside of frame; man taking photographs; driftwood; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
