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B2014.027.36
#4-78. Inuit male spectator, Iditarod 1978, Nome, Alaska [portrait of man wearing fleece-lined hat with earflaps, green down jacket, and eyeglasses]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.027
B1995.014.96.1
[two surveyors at work, Quonset hut on rise in background, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.10
[bird's eye view of soldiers on slime line set up on beach]
Keywords: military, fishing, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.214
[Three service men, three women on sofa, floor; Wally? on sofa, second from left]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.005.175
[Happy Indigenous Alaskan girl wrapped in towel at waterfront; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Happy, Girl, Swim, Swimming, Towel, Waterfront, Shore, Beach, Community, Town, Buildings, Houses
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.73.9
[two soldiers seated on rocks next to creek, neither man wearing pants, contents of backpack spread on ground at left]
Keywords: military, hiking
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
B1963.016.005
Anchorage October 8th 1916 Sydney Laurence Co. (4th Ave)[ early Anchorage under construction showing people walking the street and amongst the buildings]
Keywords: frontier
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1984.077.1.002
[Dog sitting in dog yard, fence made of chicken wire, doghouses in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.3.1332
From verso: Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline in process of construction; cold cuts men's efficiency by 50 - 60 per cent - this near Squirrel Creek Chugach Mts Alaska, USA; 1974/75 [palettes, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1995.014.34.3
[scenic, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.77.19
[man standing outside log cabin mixing something in a fuel can, second man coming out of doorway holding a basin]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.037.030
.30 – [soldier and woman posed on house doorstep]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2022.005.154
[Group of men in uniform (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) smiling and watching man running; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Uniform, Clothing, USAF, U.S.A.F., U.S., Air Force, Running, Runner, Smile, Smiling, Entertainment, Buildings, Structures, Housing, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.131.003
44-2 Fritzie eating [child sits at table; milk and toast; bib; likely March 1940; Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.131.003
44-2 Fritzie eating [child sits at table; milk and toast; bib; likely March 1940; Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.012.68
[view of village from water, with Russian Orthodox church at center, Unalaska?]
Keywords: churches, religion
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.004.28151
28151 Baleen, Once used for women's corsets. Now used to weave baskets or wall decorations
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.15.001
4-2; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [1939?; portrait of woman smoking cigarette]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.15.001
4-2; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [1939?; portrait of woman smoking cigarette]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.110.006
40-5; Fritzie on rocking horse [pointing; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.110.006
40-5; Fritzie on rocking horse [pointing; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1979.002.Album1.283
84. Matanuska Coal Mine [view of mine entrance on side of hill, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, mining
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2193.1a
[photograph of two-page statement of U.S. Deputy Marshal Phil Holland in re the two horse team lost in lagoon at Port Safety, Alaska, on October 28th, 1914]
Keywords: transportation, animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.117.006
41-6 Ketchy (the cow) at the ranch [cow in pasture; fence and trees in background; March 3, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.117.006
41-6 Ketchy (the cow) at the ranch [cow in pasture; fence and trees in background; March 3, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.001
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; Ranch house [wood structure viewed from road or driveway; fence; sign above gate reads "Clover Crest(?); likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.001
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; Ranch house [wood structure viewed from road or driveway; fence; sign above gate reads "Clover Crest(?); likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1789
(T100 Kotzebue, America’s Farthest North Restaurant in Feb 1948, Archie Ferguson’s Grille) [structure with faux brick cladding, arctic entry, snow on ground and entry roof; flyer posted above Arctic entry: “at the Midnight Sun Theatre Road to Reno with Randolf [sic, Randolph] Scott, Hope Hampton, Glenda Farrell; at the Midnight Sun Theatre, A Cowboy”
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.11217
Attu Campaign, Battlefields, 5-13. 4-1191-43. Men marching. Copy neg. Also #WD126 [distant view of men on tundra, bay in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1969.1
(Christmas Card, Alaska - Season's Greetings moose in water) [drawing of moose]
Keywords: greeting card
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.028.364
10468H. [view along elevated section of pipeline crossing hill in forested area, crane, bulldozer, and pickup trucks in middle ground; print date Aug 76. Cf. .955]
Collection: B2014.028
B2017.020.004
[Army tanks and other equipment in parade on Fifth Avenue, passing businesses including 76 station, Polar Hotel]
Collection: B2017.020
B2014.012.89
[man and three children on sled with dog team stopped on ice]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.66.002
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [nude infant on table with reflection]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.003
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [nude infant on table with reflection]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1221
"O56 Alaskan Cache, Tok Road" (Cache / A trappers on Tok Rd; 1948) [same as .1220; copy neg removed to freezer - emulsion separting from base]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.756
L4 Matanuska Valley farm "1946 postcard" [simllar to .754; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.39.002
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [interior view of woman seated next to window; curtans; structure in background; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018