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B1991.011.528
"Newtok 12/65 Dup." [three children play with puppies in snow outside sod structure; parkas; In 2019 child in center identified as Tommy Asuluk]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.014.72.13
[bird's eye view of river valley with cultivated fields, roads, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.32.003
13-6 Ralph Marsh in hospital window; Tues, June 13 [rear view of Ketchikan hospital, harbor and Tongass Narrows in distance; wooden structures; picket fences; clothesline at lower left; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.003
13-6 Ralph Marsh in hospital window; Tues, June 13 [rear view of Ketchikan hospital, harbor and Tongass Narrows in distance; wooden structures; picket fences; clothesline at lower left; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.2171
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman wearing parka uses ulu to prepare walrus; tusks to right; people and supplies on snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.529
Newtok, 1965; Ida Hunter with Cora Mae [woman holding infant; child in background; parkas; corrugated metal structure and door in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.014.61.9
[soldier wearing snowshoes and backpack hiking on winter trail through low brush, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.2176
Prop. of Van Cleve Photography; Evanston, IL "Village women; Kind Island" [women and children on wood deck; skins streched on wood railing; clothesline; structure in backgroud; mountain in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1984.077.7.012
[Riverbed? Trees and mountains in background. Neg is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2017.020.082
[two women and man standing in front of entrance to Constitution Hall during Constitutional Convention, possibly delegates, 1955-1956]
Collection: B2017.020
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.145.8
(catastrophe)(Late 1940 or early 1950's)(Anchorage Construction for Seattle Times)( Anchorage Historical)
Keywords: construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.014.72.16
[soldier hacking through dense brush with knife]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2213
Fred Henton - Alaska guide, 1700 lbs Kodiak Bear "huge Kodiak bear" [man poses with gun behind bear; boat on shore; two boats in water; mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2308
"Caribou hunt" [winter scene with caribou, hides, antlers on snow, two hunters: one skinning caribou]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2343
"Broken dish place setting with glass & cup & saucer" [broken plate with egg sunny-side up, fork, knife, spoon; placemat on wooden table; woven mat in upper left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1970.073.013
Chief Shakes Totem, Wrangel, Alaska, Copyright 1898 by Winter & Pond.
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B2017.024.2076
King Island, copyright 1986 [woman in parka and blue scarf looks through binoculars; snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2106
King Island, copyright 1986 [close up of man wearing fur parka]
Collection: B2017.024
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
B1996.009.15full
The steam whaler Alexander that was wrecked in the ice in August 1906 & of her catch of a monster whale 70 feet long and whose
Collection: B1996.009 McBride 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
B2018.023.049a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [summer scene; woman wearing dress, apron, and scarf with dog roped to pole likely for pulling objects; canvas wall tents and dogs in background; cook pot; pan; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.049b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: summer scene; woman wearing dress, apron, and scarf with dog roped to pole likely for pulling objects; canvas wall tents and dogs in background; cook pot; pan; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.064b
[verso of slide: miners work a creek, sluice, shovels; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023