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B2009.017.1985.07.22
Sheffield Thats what makes him a good witness
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2019.019.IC1-24
Mukluk making (shoes) [Barrow/Utqiaġvik], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Utqiaġvik, Inupiaq, Mukluks, Shoes, Woman, People, Arts
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2019.019.IC1-27
Face Mask Making [Barrow/Utqiaġvik], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Barrow, Utqiaġvik, Utqiagvik, Inupiaq, Arts, Masks, Woman, People
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1983.091.S4501.159
Anaktuvuk Pass trip [woman making mask]
Keywords: art
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2008.005.434
Said I could take a picture if I didn't make fun of her. [Kotzebue?]
Collection: B2008.005
B1995.014.81.13
[soldier making traverse, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.81.17
[soldier making traverse, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Sports.1.3
June 17, 1967 7183 He'll Make Home [Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Sports
B1995.014.82.7
[two soldiers making traverse, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.002.1353
S0302. Eskimo crafts. Making moccasins. Pana-Vue Slide
Keywords: footwear
Collection: B2014.002
B1997.019.09full
...who makes a fire of the shavings, saved from the making of the canoe paddles, using the ashes to sprinkle over the path and also to throw into the sea to pacify the spirits of wind and waves.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1989.016.686.1
Native woman making fur booties [student at Eklutna Vocational School]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.686.2
Native woman making fur booties [student at Eklutna Vocational School]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.686.3
Native woman making fur booties [student at Eklutna Vocational School]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.61.5
[two soldiers on snowshoes making ascent, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.AEC.G1001-AEC.G1002
View of Matanuska Valley [AEC G1001 and AEC G1002 together to make panorama.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1983.091.S4501.307
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 4/67 [woman making mask, child sleeping on bed]
Keywords: art
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.414.1
Making Potlatch [boy preparing whale intestine. Copy neg. Nitrate neg.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.414.2
Making Potlatch [children preparing whale intestine. Copy neg. Nitrate neg.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
TV.202.26
08 20 1970 Ice for drinking water at Wainwright school Make water?
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1983.091.S1650.2
9-10-1955 Kiwanis: Carr family on Muldoon Road making pizza (Kitchen)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1995.014.35.15
[distant view of two climbers making ascent, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.35.16
[distant view of three climbers making ascent, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.1
[soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying snowshoes making ascent, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.2
[soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying snowshoes making ascent, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.3
[soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying snowshoes making ascent, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.4
[soldiers wearing backpacks and carrying snowshoes making ascent, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.049.3
Lillian Boston, village planning coordinator, makes a presentation to the villagers in Chistochina. March 1973
Collection: B2009.049
B1995.014.35.13
[bird's eye view of three climbers making ascent, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.012.81
[man leaning on railing of wooden porch, holding broom and making hand gesture, buildings in background]
Collection: B2014.012
B1989.016.336.2
Women knitting fish nets [Alaska Native women making baskets and fish nets. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.08326
Eskimos dig rooms down into permafrost to make natural cold storage vaults. Photographer's number 08326
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.16.001
4-3; self-portrait in mirror [man, likely Kenneth C. Britt, making portrait; camera; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.16.001
4-3; self-portrait in mirror [man, likely Kenneth C. Britt, making portrait; camera; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1991.011.1230
[Point Hope, June 1966; Ruth Towsheagia [spelling? in foreground, man in] background (making wooden boat)
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.004.13768
Kobuk River makes cut into permafrost: peat solid frozen with many ice lens. Photographer's number 13768
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1995.014.124.12
Going out to McKinley [soldiers making traverse on snowshoes stopped to consult map, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.130
Army 1945 McKinley [four soldiers wearing snowshoes making traverse, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.76.10
[soldiers making traverse across old avalanche field, tracks in foreground, men in distance, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.002.17
Cal Williams making a presentation at the Bartlett Democratic Club Political Forum lunch, Anchorage Senior Activity Center
Keywords: Cal Williams, Bartlett Democratic Club
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1975.175.661
Canneries. 161. Alaska - Indian. Metlakatla. Can-making machinery. Annette Islands Canning Company. 1938. Ray B. Dame.
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1996.009.16full
Crew wounded it in Bering Straits between the Diomedes and after making fast to it with the harpoon and bomb gun, was surprised when they cut it up to find -
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1998.014.1.2159
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, making bunnies" [children at desks and adults, easter baskets, cards]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.66
Alaska ’48 – Kulik, Tikchik, Jerry making his way to Shorty [two men standing in lake, mountain in background]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1524
(Homestead in Making, Pippels) [Pippel homestead in Matanuska Colony, with road in foreground, house and barn in middle ground, fields and mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection