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B1995.014.105.12
[man paddling down river on small log raft]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.261a
3_9 92625_Fort Wells, Alaska Off in bidarkas for 20m paddle
Keywords: sea kayak, kayak, prince william sound, port wells
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.004.125.001
Campbell Creek Classic [inflatable rafts, paddling on creek]
Collection: B2016.004
B1995.014.65.5
[partially obscured view of soldier paddling rubber raft across lake]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.103.9
[several men standing in sluice box with paddles, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
b2015.027.170
The launch of the island [men in wooden boat, one holding long paddle]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.004.1068
Paul Tiulana launching umiak in Anch., 9/12/80 [people paddling umiak]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.125.003
Campbell Creek Classi [two people paddle conoe with passenger in center]
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.030.38
[rear view of paddle steamer under way on river, settlement in background left]
Collection: B2017.030
B2018.007.11
[paddle steamer Barry K. leaving Nenana dock, crane on dock at left]
Collection: B2018.007
B2018.007.13
[paddle steamer Barry K. at Nenana dock, crane on dock at left. Has print]
Collection: B2018.007
B1972.027.202
Chena Alaska, July 1905 C.L.A [Several paddle wheeled steamers moored at the docks in Chena]
Collection: B1972.027 Laurence Tyler Collection
B1980.050.16
(189)(4x5 copy neg){native man dressed in traditional clothes holding a ornate dance staff or paddle)
Keywords: traditional dress, native man
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1995.014.103.10
[several men standing in sluice box with paddles, possibly cleaning riffles, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.061.67
[paddle wheel vessel the Tanana underway is loaded with a large number of people gathered all over the vessel]
Keywords: transportation, boat, travel
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.650
180.9. How freight goes up & down Yukon [paddle steamer and barge under way]
Keywords: steamer, shipping, logging, Yukon
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.029.2978
[Tlingit woman in regalia and holding paddle, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2018.007.12
[paddle steamers Alice and Yukon at Nenana dock, Nenana Ice Classic tower in right background]
Collection: B2018.007
B1971.014.023
[from verso] two natives - rowing [two people paddling canoe; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B2019.003.091
River steamer at Nenana [view across Alaska Railroad dock to paddle steamer and barge, man sitting on dock in foreground]
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1269
(O74 Whitehorse, River boat Keno) [sternwheel paddle steamer at dock, likely on Yukon River, supplies, people at lower right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.019.04full
The crew feast and dance then sweat and fast in their kozga or underground dance house, making paddles for their canoes for whaling - the women bringing their food.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2014.019.355
#1227. Chilkat Indians in dancing costume. Griffin’s, Fairbanks [two women wearing headscarves with feathers and holding paddles posed outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B2015.008.261
3.9. 9/26/25. Port Wells, Alaska. Off in bidarkas, for 20 m. paddle [four men in two three-hole Alutiiq kayaks]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.007.10
[paddle steamer Alice and Alaska Railroad barge No. 201 approaching Nenana dock, men standing on barge, man on dock at left]
Collection: B2018.007
B1964.001.708
Eskimo walrus hunters at lunch on ice flow in Bering Sea. H.G Kaisen[?] 139 {paddles holding cook pot over fire, bucket]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1973.096.34
Plate 718_Noatak Kaiaks_From Copyright Photograph1928 by E S Curtis_Photogravure Suffolk Eng Co Cambridge, Mass [10 Native men paddling kayaks]
Collection: B1973.096
B1988.003.190
Kayac races, Fourth of July, Kotzebue, Alaska. FHW 1 [Inupiat man paddling kayak along beach, Wien Hotel and floatplane in background]
Keywords: recreation, boats, aviation
Collection: B1988.003 Ingalls Collection
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
B2015.008.648
180.6. On the Yukon, wooding up [paddle steamer Whitehorse stopped along riverbank
near fuel wood pile, men on plank between ship and bank]
Keywords: shipping, steamer, Yukon, paddle wheel, transportation
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.151
[Nina Cron dressed in a winter parka is standing on a small hill in winter overlooking multiple boats this to include up to seven paddle wheel and steam vessels moored along the shore at St. Michael's]
Keywords: boats, harbor, port, winter, ice, ships, woman
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1996.009.02full
His meat hook and new walrus hide rope is made ready. His harpoon points polished and sharpened. The new paddles are made in the kozga or dance house where he spends a week preceding the opening of whaling season.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2018.023.020a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [three people in wooden kayaks lined up in water alongside dock or pier, parkas, caps, paddles; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1996.009.11bfull
taken the shavings made in the dance house from the whittling of new paddles, made a fire of them, then using the ashes to sprinkle over the path used by the crew and boat to add luck to them and to fly into the nostrils of evil spirits & so retard them.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2018.023.020b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: [three people in wooden kayaks lined up in water alongside dock or pier, parkas, caps, paddles; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1160
(O30 Outdoor swimming; 1946 postcard) [swimming pool, children, adults, slide, diving boards, trapeze, ladder, bleachers, umbrellas, sand, chairs, pingpong table, paddle; baseball field, players, houses in background; banner: "Northern Commercial Co; the store for everything"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley