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B1984.077.23.016
[scene, field, farm buildings in distance, double exposure, railway car at left. Neg. is damaged and deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.2.011
[Man posing with gun, backpack, hat, boots, cabin. neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.4.008
[fence along dirt road, building in backgrouind, sod roof cabin, loft with ladder]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.61.10
[four soldiers walking in snowstorm, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.137.001
46-3 Margaret Hall [infant zipped into blanket; crib; likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.136.006
46-1 May 1940; Plus x 40 - 24; DK 20; Marine views - oil barge - Neptune & Venus [wood vessel with decorated prow at dock; anchor]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.61.11
[two men standing near snowmachine in winter, fuel barrels stacked at right]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.61.12
[three men standing near snowmachine in winter, fuel barrels stacked at right]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.11
[soldier holding rifle posed next to moose carcass near creek in winter, axe on snow in foreground]
Keywords: hunting, military, arms
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.023.190
(Fairbanks Scenics)[photograph of mountainous landscape]
Keywords: mountains
Collection: B2014.023
B1983.091.S2018.5 and.6
(voting at Alaska Statehood Polls)(voting and counting ballots)
Keywords: voting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.107
(catastrophe)(Lido Hotel Fire Anchorage){fire men on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1991.011.543
Newtok; note fish racks; driftwood racks; Sept 1958 [structures, boats, people near shore]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.2288
"Moose group of four; copy neg" [moose browsing in a bog]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.364
37 acre meadow in front of house. Virginia Freeman, 1919 [young girl standing in cultivated field, Dora’s niece]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.8.10
[small motor boat on mud flats at low tide, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1936
New high school, Anchorage, Alaska (T180 Anchorage High School; West Hi) [View of structure; automobile at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.157.003
51-4 Indian boy at Saxman [toddler stands on plank near tall grass, flowers; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.002
13-6 Merry-go-round [woman holds toddler on merry-go-round while older child pushes; trees and water in background; likely June 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.002
13-6 Merry-go-round [woman holds toddler on merry-go-round while older child pushes; trees and water in background; likely June 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.14.5.People.12.143
People-Parades-Anchorage 7/49; 7/4/49 ["Rainbow Girls," float, women in gowns on float; red cross truck, spectators]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1998.014.1.1213
O53 An Alaskan Haida house; photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcard and print) [copy neg; Totem Bight Community House, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.280
B52 Paxson's Lodge and A.R.C. Camp, Richardson Hiway (1948) [cabins, hillside, road, gasoline pump]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.134.5
Sydney Laurence painting, Rock Mt. McKinley.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.158.002
51-5; house at Saxman [wood structure with shingled roof; shadows, water and pier in right background; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.18.003
5-2; Native woman [woman wearing knit hat and winter coat standing near road and structures; part of second person at far left; 1939? likely Ketchikan area]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.18.003
5-2; Native woman [woman wearing knit hat and winter coat standing near road and structures; part of second person at far left; 1939? likely Ketchikan area]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.303.006
90-1; April 1943; Pan X; Nome [Interior view looking out window; sheer curtains, mirror]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1997.003.174
[men and child standing at ship rail, one pointing; one leaning; child wearing rolled-down waders, jacket, hood; ladder lashed to rail, rope on deck]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.1160
(O30 Outdoor swimming; 1946 postcard) [swimming pool, children, adults, slide, diving boards, trapeze, ladder, bleachers, umbrellas, sand, chairs, pingpong table, paddle; baseball field, players, houses in background; banner: "Northern Commercial Co; the store for everything"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.219.004
69-1 August 1941 Pan X in DK 20 Sitka and Mt Verstovia from the "Castle" [view of town, churches; foliage in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.219.005
69-1 August 1941 Pan X in DK 20; Sitka; St Peter's-by-the-Sea [exterior view of church]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.001
5-5 women prisoners in fed jail [two women in outdoor enclosure; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.21.001
5-5 women prisoners in fed jail [two women in outdoor enclosure; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018