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B2022.005.23
[Three Indigenous Alaskan young boys in overalls outside]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Child, Boys, Toddler, Overalls, Clothing, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1997.003.128
[man wearing new overalls and cap poses in front of steam shovel]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.092
[man wearing overalls walking in foreground; railroad tracks, men, rocky slope in background]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.131
[man wearing overalls and billed cap squats at door on deck of excavator, steam shovel]
Collection: B1997.003
B2014.012.39
[four cannery workers wearing bib overalls and hats standing on boardwalk next to building]
Keywords: fishing, clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B1995.014.114.14
[Alaska Native bpy wearing bib overalls inside fish drying rack, Russian Mission]
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.130
[man in overalls and cap operates steam shovel, "U.S.E.D. D.15" on side of cab; truck to the right]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.2055
"V5 All grown up turnip (w/child)" [toddler wearing overalls and woman pose with large turnip]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2056
"V5 All grown up turnip (w/child)" [toddler wearing overalls stands near large turnip]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.215.006
68-2 [two girls wearing overalls standing next to small wheelbarrow; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.114.13
[two Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls inside fish drying rack, Russian Mission]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.4.3
Mike Kleeskock [Alaska Native man wearing Red Ball denim bib overalls and driving cap]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.6
[portrait of soldier wearing knit cap, sheepskin vest, and bib overalls, Quonset hut in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.4
[portrait of soldier wearing knit cap, sheepskin vest, and bib overalls, Quonset huts in background, Adak]
Keywords: military, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.108.12
Russian Mission kids [five Alaska Native children wearing overalls standing on wooden boardwalk at river's edge]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2276
"Buster" and his porky. Seward, Alaska. [boy wearing overalls and boots holds dead porcupine by one paw; rocks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.116.1
[five Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls posed on small dock on shore of Yukon River, Russian Mission]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.138
Fred W. Yenney Democratic Candidate for Representative Primary Election April 25 [studio portrait of man wearing bib overalls]
Keywords: politics
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.56
[young Alaska Native man wearing bib overalls, hat, and mukluks posed in doorway of log cabin. Original print damaged]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B2018.023.009a
[man wearing overalls stands behind rhubarb plant, holding one stalk with leaf at chest height; farmer, agriculture; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.104.002
38-2 [Ketchikan; February 1940; man wearing overalls and cap, smoking a pipe and carrying a package near docks; boats and structures in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.104.002
38-2 [Ketchikan; February 1940; man wearing overalls and cap, smoking a pipe and carrying a package near docks; boats and structures in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.84
I. N. [Alaska Native family posed next to building, man wearing bib overalls, woman and children wearing cloth parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2018.023.009b
[verso of slide: man wearing overalls stands behind rhubarb plant, holding one stalk with leaf at chest height; farmer, agriculture; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.002.01
Cal Williams in first grade, Little Flower Catholic School, Monroe, Louisiana, 1946 [school portrait, Cal Williams as a child in denim overalls and sweatshirt]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Catholic School
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1995.014.114.15
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, two Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls playing at left, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.114.16
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, two Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls playing at left, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
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
B2015.007.166
[young Alaska Native girl and boy posed outdoors, boy wearing bib overalls and driving cap, girl wearing Western style clothing and holding infant]
Collection: B2015.007
B1979.002.4909
"7/26/1919 Rev Lumpkin, Canadian oats, auto & visitors" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 44, children, boys in oat field, hats, overalls, trees in background, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.007.156
[Alaska Native woman wearing print parka with fur trim sitting on ground holding infant, young boy wearing bib overalls standing at left, woman in doorway of log cabin in background]
Keywords: families, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.009
A5 Wolf puppies for playmates (Wolf puppies and boy (playmates for boy) LaFaun at Chatnika [sic: Chatanika] 3 negs 1938) [boy wearing overalls holds puppy; others behind atop fabric]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4688
[sleeve 27; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, two men standing in grain field; one wearing overalls with had raised; one in suit and necktie; straw shock made into animal shape in field, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.4.4
Mike Kleeskock holding a Russian naval gun. A pilot wanted the gun for money but Mr. Tetinek gave it to Ivar Skarland, a professor at the University of Fairbanks [Alaska Native man wearing Red Ball denim bib overalls and driving cap]
Keywords: military, arms, Russian America, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.4682
"9/1 cutting Canadian oats for hay. N[orth] hillside" [sleeve 17, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, circa 1918; child wearing overalls, straw hat operates equipment, reins, two horses, harnesses, yoke, pull equipmnet, field, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4953
"8/23/1919 Dr C.C.G [Charles C. Georgeson] mixing with farmers" [sleeve 90; two men stand in cut field; one wearing suit, carrying object; one wearing overalls, hat; carrying case on ground; valley in distance; possibly Tanana Valley, agriculture, Fairbanks vicinity]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.710
247.3. A rubber bath tub, used by Alaska prospectors in a cabin far in the wilds, for
laundry as well as [three men seated in log cabin, man in center smoking pipe and leaning
over, man at right wearing bib overalls and cleaning duck, man in center reading newspaper
possibly George, Towle’s Log Cabin Syrup on table at left, ladder in background, gear hanging
on walls. Caption lightly erased. Print cropped with loss of caption]
Keywords: cabin interior
Collection: B2015.008