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B2022.005.45
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka standing outside against building; parka likely reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Parka, Fur, Hide, Skin, Reindeer, Outside, Building, Structure, Wooden, Log, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1583.5
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence, part #5) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.6
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence, extra pic) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.7
[Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue at E Street looking east, parked automobiles with businesses including Rexall Pharmacy, Anchorage Light & Power Co., Anchorage Grill and Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, circa 1936. Prior to construction of Anchorage Hotel. Scaffolding around building that would become Hewitt's Drug Store]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1584
(Yukon Sternwheeler Gen. J.W. Jacobs of Nenana)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1311c
(O92 "Your sad story touched my heart") [black bear altered image with large ear outline, added grass, possibly a composite; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1312
O93 Out-door swimming at Seward, Alaska [adults and children at pond or lake; automobile; bicycles; inner tubes; logs; swimming platform; dog; structure at right; road.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.322.3
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [boat on mud flats near Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.160
[Indigenous Alaskan man in sunglasses lounging on rocky ground drinking beer]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Sunglasses, Rocky, Ground, Lounging, Snow, Winter, Beer, Glass bottle, Bottle, Beverage
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1320
P2 Part of a winter's catch - north of the Arctic Circle (A story of Alaska) [copy neg; same as .1319]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S5122.63
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [children painting in classroom]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1274
Mission at Chevak, Alaska. Hewitt's, 44 [person outside mission building in winter. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1321
P3 An Alaskan trapper [copy neg; winter scene of man carrying pelts over his back and in his arm standing near log cabin, moose antlers, dogs, snow, cache]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1324
P4 Beaver pelts, Anchorage, Alaska (1946 postcard)[copy neg; same as .1323]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2252
"moose" [winter scene of moose standing in snow among birches]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2253
"Mink on racks, 1942 'Friend had mink ranch before the war started. Part of his pelts. Because of draft he went out of mink business.' (cache)" [man holding rifle stands in front of pelts hanging below log cache; snowshoes, snow; structures in background, likely on military base]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.113.15
[two people seated on boat railing, line on deck, Cook Inlet?]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.6
[men whipsawing lumber outdoors in winter, buildings in background, mining operation, Willow Creek?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.113.3
[winter scenic with clouds, mountains in distance, airstrip in foreground?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.113.4
[winter scenic with clouds, mountains in distance, child riding bicycle on airstrip in foreground?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1270
(O75 Watson Lake sign collection) [signs along Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2141.66
D-85 [man wearing fur hat, fur parka with geometric decoration, and tall lace-up boots standing outdoors in winter near buildings]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.73
(D-93? Kotzebue) [man and woman, possibly missionaries, standing outside church in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1311b
(O92 "Your sad story touched my heart") [Greeting card with image of man with feet propped up, boots, bottle on table; image is flipped. "Never before have I met anyone with more troubles than You. Please accept this as a token of my esteem and sincerest sympathy" copy neg.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2045.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska ("Seaska" airmail non-stop flight, June 20, 1936, powered with Plymouth car engine seized by U.S. Marshal, Juneau, for non-payment of gas bill in Cordova. 1985, still stored in Juneau) [group portrait of men and women standing in front of Fahlin SF-2 Plymocoupe airplane parked in gymnasium, writing on plane reads in part "Seattle-Alaska Last Airmail Frontier Trail Blazed by the Seattle Washingtonians"]
Keywords: aviation, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1323
(P4 Beaver pelts; 1946 postcard) [exterior scene: four men stand near beaver pelts hanging from ropes between log cache and birch tree; some pelts stretched on frames; ladder, likely springtime; logs in foreground; wood structure in right background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1359
(PM7 Road scene) [structures to right of gravel road, agriculture, fields; emulsion separating from base; original removed to freezer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1880.8
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher and team passing Anchorage Hotel amd Hewitt's Drugs at corner of 4th and E Street]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.8.1.ANC.8.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC.8
B2019.003.039
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Sassa Modook [young girl sitting on boardwalk in front of building] [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, Sassa Modook, Modook, Sassa, Indigenous, Young girl, Little girl, Boardwalk
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1315
(P1 alaska furs/exhibit; 1946 postcard) [woman seated on bear pelt, surrounded by animal furs, pelts, spruce trees, parka in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley