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B2022.005.223
[Woman in plaid pants with arms crossed standing on boardwalk outside of house]
Keywords: Woman, Crossed arms, Stance, Pants, Plaid, Clothing, Fashion, Boardwalk, House, Building, Fence
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2010.023.613a
(fig 103)(Elderly man wearing squirrel skin parka and sealskin pants 1937)
Keywords: alaska native
Collection: B2010.023
B1991.011.574
Newtok; Kasauili family [family posing, some wearing parkas; infant is not wearing pants; likely 1957]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.014.71.4
[man smoking pipe posed outdoors in winter near trees, pants down around knees]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.73.19
[four soldiers gathered around camp fire on gravel bank of creek, one not wearing pants]
Keywords: military, camping, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.73.9
[two soldiers seated on rocks next to creek, neither man wearing pants, contents of backpack spread on ground at left]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.230.001
71-4; Eric [man sitting on grassy hilllside wearing dress shirt, pants and necktie; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.012.71
[portrait of man wearing cap, striped pants, and high lace-up boots, laying on ground near mouth of river]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.230.003
71-4; Eric [man standing in view of water and boats wearing dress shirt, pants and necktie; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1105
O2 Alaskan garb (1946 postcard) [person posed stanidng in snow wearing fur parka, fur mittens, pants, mukluks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.007.270
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994 [child wearing pants with "Point Hope" on leg fishing from rocky shore; fishing rod and reel; structures, mountains in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B1980.050.29
The Merrill Studio, Sitka, Alaska [Sitka Potlatch 1904 (Dec). Tlingit men in regalia, including Raven crest hats, speaker's staff, and beaded moccasin-pants.]
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1981.019.063
Siberian girls in sumer [sic] dress. 198 [photographer’s monogram S.L.?] [four Alaska Native girls wearing baggy shits and fur pants posed outdoors]
Collection: B1981.019 AHFAM FIC
B1998.014.1.564
E7 Eskimo child "Nunivak Island, neg & print" child wearing sleeveless fur parka, fur sleeves and pants, fringe, mukluks, copy neg?]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2210.39
E-58 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.3212
St. James E. Church [toddler holding balloon and wearing “Don’t’ Spank” pants in foreground, Phyllis McCutcheon standing in front of St. James Episcopal Church in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B2009.037.025
.25 – Men at Base, Flyers [similar tundra and hut scene as .23a and 23.b, one pilot stands in heavy flight pants outside huts, possibly Adak]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1998.014.1.2120
W18 Ski area, Fort Richardson, Alaska; photo by Vern Brickley [copy neg; man wearing t-shirt, pants, hat, gloves poses with skis and poles; Chugach Mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2210.56
E-62 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2113
King Island, copyright 1986 [men and boy stand next to umiak; one man wearing fur pants held up by belt with polar bear buckle and knife in sheath attached to belt; snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B1964.001.436
Dress parade. [Photographic postcard. Group portrait of reindeer herders dressed in fur parkas and pants, with dog and two reindeer in decorative harnesses for fair at Shishmaref, 1923. Photographer: Lomen Bros. Same image as B1971.014.1]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1979.002.Album1.296
R31-9. Alaska turnips [man wearing brimmed hat and pants with suspenders standing outside log building next to wheelbarrow full of turnips, possibly Ship Creek area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2210.28
E-45 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas, one wearing fur mukluks and skin gloves, the other Western-style pants and shoes, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.5
P-512 (Anderson's Paddy) [young boy in cap, sweater, and pants standing outside in dirt lot, buildings and water tower in background, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony? photographer's number written on emulsion side of neg]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.57
E-61 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.555
"Newtok; Tommy family, 1957" [woman with two children; one wearing fur pants and parka while woman and smaller child wear parkas with matchng fabric; bookcases, bulletin board; lower legs of a fourth person at left]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2002.019.915J
Fred & Sara & pups, summer [from verso] Pub 81 [man kneelling on one knee in snow wearing seal fur parka, pants, and mukluks photographs sled dogs; sled in center; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1998.014.1.599
E31 Building a snow house north of Nome, Alaska "(G.I.)" [man wearing parka, boots, mittens, heavy pants, sitting in snow, lifting a snow slab; igloo in background; neg has damage at bottom where emulsion is peeling from support]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.012.92
[man wearing hat, striped pants, and lace-up boots laying on couch smoking tobacco or opium pipe in wallpapered room, newspaper box mounted on wall at left, map of Bristol Bay on wall at right next to door]
Keywords: clothing, tobacco, residences
Collection: B2014.012
B1998.014.1.736
"K7 Grant Pearson, Alaskan Ranger, negs and 4 prints" [man standing on sloping roadway wearing hat, necktie, jodhpur pants, likely riding boots, structure, American flag, flag pole, trees, mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2210.50
E-73 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man and woman, woman wearing printed parka with fur trim, man wearing a fur parka and Western-style pants and shoes, standing outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.112
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing, cameras, photography
Collection: B2015.007
B2018.023.033a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.033b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: Four girls with braided hair wearing pants made of hide; mukluks; parkas; bags hung around the neck and over the chest may be for gathering roots or tubers; tundra; hill in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1997.003.146
[woman stands next to automobile with one foot on running board, leaning against window of open door where a rifle is mounted, possibly looking through a scope; wears pants that button up the back, short sleeved jacket; bottom third of image is double exposed - see image .145]
Collection: B1997.003
B1991.011.562
Newtok, 1957; Tommy Family [Identified during Newtok visit as Peter Tommy and Elsie Tommy; Woman and infant wearing parkas stand next to boy wearing seal fur parka and pants; books, papers, and bulletin board in background; 2019 AFN identified one person as Lucy Tommy]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2015.007.152
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background. Man on right same as man on right in.112]
Keywords: clothing, photography, cameras
Collection: B2015.007
B1991.011.563
Newtok, 1957; Tommy Family [Family of five people poses in front of books, papers, bulletin board; boy wearing seal fur parka and pants identified as Peter Tommy; woman at right wearing parka and holding infant on her lap identified as Elsie Tommy; see .562; man identified as John "Naumraq" Tommy in image .564]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.446
C1 Ice Carnival - Miss Alaska on ice throne "Fairbanks, March 1937" [woman wearing full cape and crown sitting in chair; child at far left wearing fur parka, pants, mukluks, holding billow; man in chair wearing fur coat, hat, muklus, mittens; woman at far right wearing parka, hat, ice steps]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1972.046.157
[three Native women standing outdoors with young boy, one woman wearing print parka with short fur ruff, one wearing caribou parka with large ruff and U-shaped hem, one wearing fur parka with walrus tusk-pattern and geometric design on bottom hem, boy wearing fur parka and pants, village buildings in background, Seward Peninsula?]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble