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B2022.005.179
[Newborn laying on floral couch]
Keywords: Newborn, Baby, Infant, Laying, Lay, Couch, Floral, Room, Interior, House, Home
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.74.12
[man laying on rocky bank to drink out of small creek]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.106
[men and women at beach, laying on blankets, clothing on driftwood log]
Collection: B2017.023
B1995.014.75.9
[dog harnessed to sled laying on winter trail, dog wearing booties]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.037.038
[same woman from .37 laying on what appears to be a picnic table in park, autumn]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1963.016.010
Laying Masonic Temple Corner Stone. Oct 22,1916 Anchorage, Alaska A.E.C. G177 P.S. Hunt
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1984.077.1.006
[Dogs laying inside wood and chicken wire enclosures. Spruce trees in background. Neg. has deterioration in center.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.3.1304
9277 Placing pipe after the crossing of Little Tonsina River and the laying of the first pipe of the line on the first day.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B2017.023.116
[person laying in bottom of wooden boat, two people reclining on rock in midground, water, snow in distance]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.3.1349
Welding pipe near the Teikel River crossing 9254 Laying pipe near Worthington Glacier in the Chugach Mts
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1995.014.34.7
[two men laying in snow, pulling climber roped up for traverse, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.77.5
Axel Johnson [man laying on bedding in tent, drinking from bottle, magazines at left, logs used as bedding frame]
Keywords: camping, alcohol, recreation
Collection: B1995.014
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
B2022.005.158
[Indigenous Alaskan woman laying down and reading newspaper on back seat of bus. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Bus, Seat, Transportation, Reading, Newspaper, Publication, News, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1764
(Cows in Matanuska Valley Farm) [cattle laying in field in foreground, homestead roofs visible, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: animal husbandry, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.131.005
44-2 Fritzie reading[child lays on floor reading Sunday funnies; package; suitcase in background; likely March 1940; Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.131.005
44-2 Fritzie reading[child lays on floor reading Sunday funnies; package; suitcase in background; likely March 1940; Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.012.71
[portrait of man wearing cap, striped pants, and high lace-up boots, laying on ground near mouth of river]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B1984.077.8.003
[Interior view, man laying on cot, arm over eyes, shelf, paper bags, case for camera or binoculars? Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.004.28780
Anchorage, Alaska, repairing utilities after the earthquake of March 27, 1964. Photographer's number 28780 [workers on Fourth Avenue laying sewer or water]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.15.003
4-2; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [1939?; portrait of woman laying on bench with shoulders exposed, backlit by lamp placed on floor; carpet]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.15.003
4-2; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [1939?; portrait of woman laying on bench with shoulders exposed, backlit by lamp placed on floor; carpet]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.002
40-; "Baby Seuss [infact laying on rug holding onto blanket fringe; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.111.002
40-; "Baby Seuss [infact laying on rug holding onto blanket fringe; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2233
"Lively & Queen in Trail, Feb 1939 (dogs, 1 laying down, 1 sitting" [winter scene with two dogs posed in snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.287
A. E. C. 37. Laying track across swampy ground with Browning Crane, June 1918 [on back: "Nenana". work gang in open area, Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: AEC 37
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2196.1
[group of men and one woman laying on top of log cabin roof, with gold pan and other equipment hanging from cabin wall next to door. copy neg]
Keywords: mining, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.G912
Seward Track Laying Gang after the last rail was laid between Seward and Anchorage at Mile 78 7/8 Sept. 11th 1918. A.E.C. R.Y. HGK A.E.C. G912
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2004.011.Hoffman.jail
[Anchorage, circa 1916, men laying wooden sidewalk or boardwalk outside U.S. Marshal's Office and federal jail on Third Avenue, Telephone & Telegraph building at left]
Collection: B2004.011 Bagoy
B1983.091.S0171.R08
Stock 0171 - R01; no date; Eskimos, close ups (women and man ice fishing; negs marked R-71) [woman sits on straw while fishing; small fish lays against bag]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.2018.1.118.002
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.002
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.003
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.003
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1792
T102 Arctic beach at Kotzebue, Alaska, Frank Morgan photo [view of shoreline, fish on drying racks; dogs laying near fish racks; structures, boat in water; steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1124
O15 Mastadon tusk - University of Alaska (1949 postcard) [copy neg; Fairbanks; man carrying tusk over his shoulders; tusks laying on the ground in left side of image, structures in backgroud, birch trees]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1969.3
(Christmas Card, Alaska, Greetings from the Northland (cabin, trees, and mountain) [Greeting card showing a snowy tree lined road with mountains in the background. This photograph is layed over a pen and ink drawing of a cabin and "Northland Greetings"]
Keywords: card, cabin, snow, streets, drawing, greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.028.866
10325B [workers and heavy equipment along right-of-way, pickup truck at right, flatbed truck with compressor at left, machine in center possibly laying cable or anode wire for corrosion prevention; print date Apr 76]
Collection: B2014.028
B2017.020.019
[men working on road construction on C Street, laying cable or structural support down lane, sign in right background for Alaska Territorial Employment Service, sign at left for Board Room Meals, Ship Creek in distance]
Collection: B2017.020
B2014.012.92
[man wearing hat, striped pants, and lace-up boots laying on couch smoking tobacco or opium pipe in wallpapered room, newspaper box mounted on wall at left, map of Bristol Bay on wall at right next to door]
Keywords: clothing, tobacco, residences
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
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