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B1989.016.2139.9
(Neg for cards #19) [view down gravel road to mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.41.2
[snowmachine pulling men and packs to base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.90
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman in parka standing outside]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Parka, Fur ruff, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2016.004.30.11
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing beaded headband]
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.262
[one Indigenous man in western clothes with three Indigenous children wearing fabric kuspuk and fur parkas]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, kuspuk, parka, Alaska
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1096.8
P-165. Hewitt's (Wood craft, Matanuska Valley Fair) [drawers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.5.16
[three young Alaska Native children standing outside near fish nets]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1096.6
P-163b. Hewitt's (Wood craft, Matanuska Valley Fair) [table with clocks, lamp]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1097.1
P-168. Hewitt's (Sewing craft, Matanuska Valley Fair) [scarves, mittens, socks]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.5.17
[three young Alaska Native children standing outside near fish nets]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2141.6
D-6 [man and woman in fur parkas standing outside dwelling made of snow blocks, sled visible at right]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.972
(Hay drier at Palmer) [truck loaded with hay at drier, with stacks of hay and tractor visible]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.40.8
[base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.1187
May68P3 #01905 Bethel [children stand on porch of structure; fish strips drying on rooftop; dog sled in foreground; possibly a dipnet on roof]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1093
P-290B. Hewitt's [General view of Corporation Bldgs., Palmer, with road in foreground, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.007.271
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994; boy standing outside open door; trash can at right]
Collection: B2019.007
B1995.010.4918
[two Alaska Native women holding babies, probably beautiful baby contest, Fourth of July, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.51.9
[four men wearing ranger hats seated around camp fire in wooded area, Willow?]
Keywords: hiking, military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1366
PT2 Fairbanks, in the golden heart of Alaska, is a trading, transportation, medical, and educational center serving an area the size of Texas. Military airfields and activities are important factors in the city's grown; much support comes from gold mning. (aerial) [view of city and outlying areas; landing strip, airplanes at left; agriculture; Chena River
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.2978
[Tlingit woman in regalia and holding paddle, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2015.007.89
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, woman wearing mukluks and spotted reindeer fur parka with geometric trim including swastikas over print dress, man wearing cloth parka with fur trim and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.1101
N10 Cushman St., Fairbanks, Alaska (1946 postcard) [copy neg; same as .1100]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1034
GZ-100 (Scenes in Golden Zone) [man in parka behind snow pile]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.129.3
Sydney Laurence painting, tree & Mt. McKinley.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.60
(D-79?) [aerial view of winter mountain ranges]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5902
[scenic of Portage Glacier, 1940s. Heinz stamp on verso. Has neg. Cf. .6121
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.027.13
ITDR-77 #13. Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1977, Inuit lady in handmade fur kuspuk, Nome, Alaska
Collection: B2014.027
B2015.007.42
[two Alaska Natives on wooden boat in river, rope extending out of frame at right, anchor on bow, woman in front wearing cloth parka and holding wrapped parcel, person in background wearing fur parka]
Keywords: transportation, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2018.023.037a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [two people, likely women, look away showing back views of fur parkas with geometric trim; mukluks, small trees, possibly river in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.614
E37 Darlings of the Arctic "Darlings of the Far North (2 Native girls) June 24, 1952 Postcard, Frank Morgan photo" [same as .613, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2141.55
(D-73?) [winter street scene, with two men on tractor clearing snow, one man shoveling driveway, one man on ladder clearing building roof, signs for businesses Seattle Rooming House and Pioneer Stables, Fairbanks? circa 1900-1910?]
Keywords: snow removal, communications, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5914
Anchorage [George on skis posed with dog in winter, 1940s. has neg. Cf. .5944]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5919
Anchorage [George wearing suit posed next to wall of log house in winter, Fairview, 1940s. Has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.2041.1
[text of advertisement, "Da-Lite Beaded Screens for movies slides $995 30x40 on stand"]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5901
[scenic of Portage Glacier, 1940s. Heinz stamp on verso. Has neg. Cf. .6122]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.2508
"Construction site & men" [men at construction site wearing overalls, hard hats watch as crane lifts wall sections into place/ structure with scaffold at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.733
"K5 Ranger's dog in corral, McKinley Park" Ranger Grant Pearson stands between two rows of dog enclosures, sled dogs, pens, snow on ground, spruce trees; to left is ladder and structure from image .732]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.037b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: two people, likely women, look away showing back views of fur parkas with geometric trim; mukluks, small trees, possibly river in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.145.1
Sydney Laurence painting, S.S. Yukon at dock.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.552
D39 The popular Norris team at Anchorage "Natalie Norris and team (from Kodachrome) [copy neg, same as .551]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.114
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to log cabin, woman wearing coat with fur trim, hair cut short with bangs, man wearing driving cap and sport coat, cache in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.18
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors next to log cabin, man wearing fur parka with walrus-tusk gussets and geometric trim and lace-up boots, woman wearing reindeer fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks]
Collection: B2015.007
B2019.003.076
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Snow in April, teachers cabin in background [woman buried chest deep in spring snow, log cabin and other buildings in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B2017.024.2149
King Island. Copyright 1986. Photographer's number: 01478 [man cleaning walrus tusks on ice, carcasss at right, crutches at left, 1960s]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1386.5
Chief Johnson Pole, Ketchikan. 36, Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group of men stand at base of totem pole next to building with sign for Arcade Gallery, automobile parked at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2051
[street scene at corner of Fourth Avenue and Gambell in Anchorage, with First National Bank and sign for J.H. Romig, Howard G. Romig, Physicians & Surgeons, Eckmann's Furniture at left. cf. 1462, 1656]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5913
Anchorage [Clarissa on skis posed with dog in winter, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1485
S55 An ex-GI looking for the yellow stuff [man sits on boulder in creek panning for gold, possibly near Hatcher Pass; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley