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B1995.014.119.12
[two men in skiff with outboard motor passing on river]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.23.6
[view down river from stern of boat with outboard motor]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.4.14
[four people in skiff with outboard motor on river, Yukon River?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
b2011.014.102
[Two duck hunters in boat with outboard motor, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: hunting, recreation
Collection: B2011.014
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.012
Scn; Hubbard Glacier [man standing in skiff, outboard motor, glacier face]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1995.014.110.5
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.6
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.7
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, fishing, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.8
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, fishing, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.3598
May 1969 [men and children in umiak, outboard motor; water; ice] slide #6605
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.155
[Person appears to be processing seal skin and meat; outboard motor and buckets nearby]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Processing, Food, Subsistence, Seal, Skin, Meat, Harvest, Outboard, Motor, Buckets, Knife, Boots, Coat, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Tools
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.15.2
[small skiff with outboard motor pulled onto beach, trees and low hills in distance]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.228
[Indigenous Alaskan baby standing next to outboard motor on beach; overturned boat nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Baby, Infant, Standing, Motor, Outboard, Outboard motor, Beach, Shore, Waterfront, Boat, Watercraft, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.118
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman in parka seated in boat; man at back steering outboard motor]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Man, Steering, Outboard, Motor, Boat, Transportation, Watercraft, Passengers
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.15.1
[dog sitting in small skiff with outboard motor pulled onto beach, trees and low hills in distance]
Keywords: animals, transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.3405
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; men and children in front of structures; snowmachine; bicycle; outboard motor; Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.119.11
Yukon Health boat for doctors and nurses [riverboat Yukon Health at dock, three skiffs with outboard motors on beach in foreground]
Keywords: boats, medicine, health
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.29.10
[Alaska Native man and young boy in skiff with outboard motor next to fish wheel on river, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.038.118
[view from amphibious airplane of two Alaska Native men and woman in skiff with outboard motor, village buildings on shore in background]
Collection: B2009.038
B2014.016.2004
Sleitmute. Native Indian river outboard boat [two men, woman, and dog in wooden skiff pulled up to floatplane on river]
Keywords: transportation, postal services, animals
Collection: B2014.016
B2017.024.3357
June 1971 [Savoonga spring breakup scene; man, children in front of structures; snowmachine parts; bicycles; outboard motor; dogsled]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.003
Scn 17806; Hubbard Glacier [face of glacier, man in plaid jacket and cap standing in wooden boat with Mercury outboard motor, oars]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1991.011.450a
Kasigluk 1957, Dipnetting for whitefish. Peter Isaac Sr. foreground right [men, women in skiffs, outboard motors, parka, gloves, fur hat]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1991.011.453a
Kasigluk 1957 Dipnetting for whitefish. Middle - Peter Isaac Sr. right - Nick Martin [men standing in metal skiffs use dipnets; outboard motors]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.3316
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [village scene during spring breakup; boardwalks, Polaris Mustang snowmachine, sled, outboard moter; people in distance; structures, quonset]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.007.653
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-12 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging outside structures; birdhouses above doorway; outboard motors]
Collection: B2019.007
B1991.011.448a
Kasigluk 1949 Dipnetting for whitefish, middle - Peter Isaac Sr., right - Nick Martin [man and boy standing in metal skiffs, outboard motor, water; copy neg, Dupe]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.010.4620
[men offloading boat filled with plastic totes containing fish, women sitting in front of house at right, Evinrude outboard motor in foreground, Kotzebue; print date Aug 69]
Collection: B1995.010
B2019.007.652
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T21-10 [Grass harvesting; grass bundles hanging outside structures; birdhouses above doorway; outboard motor; snowmobiles; sateliite dish at left]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.17.010a
Hubbard Glacier for N.G.S. no print; 6 October 1966; 23 July 1975 edited but many good left; Glacier; 128 [man standing in wooden skiff, outboard motor, glacier in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2019.003.034
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Going to fish camp [young woman and two young men in skiff with outboard motor] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Fish camp, Going to fish camp, Camp, Boat, Boating, Skiff, Outboard motor, Indigenous
Collection: B2019.003