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B1983.091.S1564.B17
(Nunivak Island Trip native people)(unidentified man)[national guardsman leaning on bunk]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2286.4
(Bob Reeve and plane) [man leaning out airplane cockpit window]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2286.5
(Bob Reeve and plane) [man leaning out airplane cockpit window]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.040
(9_17_14)(4:45pm)(Wellesley Glacier){an individual facing towards glacier leaning on a large rock}
Keywords: College Fiord, Glaciers, mountains, ice bergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.280
Whale watching on the Arctic Ocean, Barrow, Alaska [man leaning on umiak]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1984.077.1.004
[Dog leaning into chicken wire in dog yard. Pan on ground behind dog.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1971.055.1
Louis E. Boyen (Leaning on shovel) and partner. Nome, Alaska 1908 (Partner not identified)
Collection: B1971.055
B1997.003.003
[man reclined on rocky ground, leaning against metal drum, man standing at left]
Collection: B1997.003
B2017.007.106
[leaning utility pole next to barricade with sign ‘Danger Area Enter At Your Own Risk’, Turnagain]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.2018.1.264.004
82-3; Lorraine Nelson [portrait of woman leaning against downed tree; August 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2010.023.710
"Nunivak illustrations, Household equipment; E85.3" [girl wearing parka leans against grass mats]
Collection: B2010.023
B2014.012.81
[man leaning on railing of wooden porch, holding broom and making hand gesture, buildings in background]
Collection: B2014.012
b2015.027.12
[portrait of young Aleut man wearing driving cap, leaning against large boulder outdoors]
Collection: B2015.027
B2022.005.195
[Three men in uniform (likely U.S. Air Force) leaning against a car; USAF bus at right]
Keywords: BIPOC, African American, Black man, Black people, Uniform, U.S. Air Force, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Car, Bus, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1916.2
Merry Christmas from Alaska. Hewitt's [sketch of man leaning against igloo with woman holding fish in entryway]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2449
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [man in coveralls leans against stool and table; equipment]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1344
Diomede, Mar 1962 [woman wearing parka leans over porch railing; structures, mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2557
Nome, July 1961 [man seated in State Police vehicle with dog leaning out driver's window]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.People.14.622
1934; 11356; Jerry McCutcheon [toddler wearing drop-seat hickory stripe coveralls leans against structure; shingles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2022.005.235
[Two Indigenous Alaskan women in sunglasses sitting on house roof; person leaning against railing near door; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Woman, Sunglasses, Sunny, Sitting, Seated, Roof, House, Home, Building, Residence, Person, Individual, Leaning, Rail, Railing, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Outerwear, Clothing, Gloves, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.11.002
[Men working on boat deck, deck chair, man and woman watching, woman leaning on deck chair, "Juneau" landing boat?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1625.1
7. (First ARR train) [Alaska Railroad locomotive #1 on tracks, with engineer leaning out to speak with uniformed man on platform]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1916.3
Another Merry Christmas, Alaska. c. Hewitt's [sketch of man leaning against igloo, woman ice fishing, and three children]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2074.1
1-A (Opening Day, Fur Rendezvous, 1954) [group gathered outside City Hall, spectators leaning out of windows in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.19.004
5-3 Henry Rogers [man sitting and leaning against a kitchen stove; rolled up magazine in lap; 1939?; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.19.004
5-3 Henry Rogers [man sitting and leaning against a kitchen stove; rolled up magazine in lap; 1939?; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.264.003
82-3; Lorraine Nelson [woman standing leaning against downed tree at beach; scenic view in background; August 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1993.019.018
Vera (?) [woman leaning against support post on porch of log cabin; moose antler in right foreground; fence in background]
Collection: B1993.019 Liebel
B1998.014.1.330
B67 Post Office, Cordova, Alaska [people, man leaning on fence, woman with baby carriage, older woman with cane, dog]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.264
3.12. 9/30/25. Golden, Port Wells, Alaska. Steve A. Roe, only inhabitant [portrait of man
wearing suspenders, leaning against railing]
Keywords: portrait, man, prince william sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.264a
3.12. 9/30/25. Golden, Port Wells, Alaska. Steve A. Roe, only inhabitant [portrait of man
wearing suspenders, leaning against railing]
Keywords: portrait, prince william sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.029.1907
[man smoking cigarette leaning against boat on beach, children playing near surf in background; print date Jun 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B1990.014.2018.1.264.002
82-3; Lorraine Nelson [woman standing on plank and leaning against downed tree at beach; scenic view in background; August 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.207
J12 82525 Wide Bay SW Alaska_Good bye to oil and the Alaska Peninsula{man leaning on the rail of a ship looking out at a bay and mountains
Keywords: ship, transportation
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.225
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in dress standing outside house; person in shorts leaning over by house doorway. Woman likely Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Dress, Lipstick, Makeup, Purse, House, Home, Building, Person, Shorts, Clothing, Door, Doorway, Residence, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.13.005
3-5 Fish house, Nefco [New England Fish Co.] [wood structure with sliding doors, some leaning against structure; Ketchikan; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.13.005
3-5 Fish house, Nefco [New England Fish Co.] [wood structure with sliding doors, some leaning against structure; Ketchikan; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.154.004
50-4; Clarence Hnning's wife [woman leans over small boat on deck of larger vessel; harbor; dock in foreground; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.207.005
65-6; scene of old barn and barnyard at Duvall [woman, Basha, leaning against tree, possibly in apple orchard; Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.55.3
Slim Moore [portrait of soldier standing in field wearing broad-brimmed hat, backpack on packboard, and coveralls, leaning on rifle, creek and mountains in background]
Keywords: military, hiking, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.011.54
Alaska ’48 – Bud with 2 beauties at Coville Lake [Bud Branham holding two fish, leaning on tail of Grumman Widgeon airplane]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.2197.6
Lomen Bros. Nome #1124 [Steadman Avenue, Nome, two children leaning on snowbank along snow covered street. Icicles hang from buildings. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.287.004
88-3; Feb 1943; Super XX; me in uniform [K.C. Britt leaning on snow-covered railing in uniform, combination cap, snow on trees, ground; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2019.007.169
New Stuyahok; April 8, 1994 [Man sitting on Polaris Trail snowmachine; person sitting, leaned over on snowmachine with missing cowling; structure in background; snow]
Collection: B2019.007
B1997.003.139
[Three men raise a frame-like assembly off the ground while fourth man leans over to peer at something; one wheel on ground behind men; same men as image .137]
Collection: B1997.003
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
B1990.014.2018.1.153.001
50-3 Pennock Island house [wood structure near beach with ladder leaning against roof; logs; fire at lower right of image; laundry hanging on clothesline; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018