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B2022.005.49
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan woman processing animal hide, likely reindeer pelt; stack of fur pelts in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Seated, Woman, Processing, Hide, Pelt, Skin, Reindeer, Room, Interior, Mukluks, Footwear, Clothing, Chair, Braids, Hairstyle
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1585.1
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1585.2
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1585.3
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1586
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1998.014.1.1316
(P1 alaska furs/exhibit; 1946 postcard) [woman seated on bear pelt, surrounded by animal furs, pelts, spruce trees, parka in background; similar to .1316]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.323.1
Fox furs, blue fox, wolverine [man holding string of pelts]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.323.2
Fox furs, blue fox, wolverine [man holding string of pelts]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.164
[Person in winter parka hanging (possibly seal) pelt over railing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur ruff, Winter, Snow, Outside, Pelt, Seal, Pinniped, Rail, Railing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B1998.014.1.1324
P4 Beaver pelts, Anchorage, Alaska (1946 postcard)[copy neg; same as .1323]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S5122.9
Anaktuvuk Pass Trip (Woman cutting pelt with ulu.) (5-73) Marie Paneak
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1278
47. Anchor Point Silver Fox Farm. Bragaw [string of pelts. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2082.2
Brown Bear. A. Simons [two hunters in field with six brown bear pelts and skulls]
Keywords: animals, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1325
Beaver pelts, Anchorage, Alaska (P4 1946 postcard) [copy neg; same as .1323]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1326
P5 Alaska's fur is the world's finist - Beaver pelts [copy neg; same as .1323]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1328
{P7 Blue fox pelts (McLean)} [man inspects pelts hanging outside beneath windows, possibly Prince William Sound (based on faded or erased notes written on neg; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1993.020.368
Fur auctions, Rendezvous, 1956 [pelts with handwritten sign: Guaranteed as Advertised, Swifty’s Club 13]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1998.014.1.2256
"Mink on racks, 1942 (under cache)" [man holding rifle stands in front of mink pelts]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2257
"Mink on rack, 1942 (under cache)" [man stands holding rifle in front of pelts; structures in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.113.5
McGrath, wolf skins [woman holding rifle standing next to two pelts hanging near building porch]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.113.6
McGrath, wolf skins [woman holding rifle standing next to two pelts hanging near building porch]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
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
B1995.014.113.1
McGrath, wolf skins, Jack McGuire, saloon keeper [man standing next to two pelts hanging near building porch]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.113.7
McGrath, wolf skins, Jack McGuire, saloon keeper [man standing next to two pelts hanging near building porch]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.113.8
McGrath, wolf skins, Jack McGuire, saloon keeper [man standing next to two pelts hanging near building porch]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1274
O77 Polet's, Nome (Polet Store) [interior view of store, fur, pelts, footwear, parkas, wolf, fox; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2141.7
D-7 (Native fur trader) [man holding rifle and wearing fur parka, standing in front of three hanging wolf pelts]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.9
D-9 (Native fur trader) [man holding rifle and wearing fur parka, standing next to building with hanging wolf pelts]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1314
P1 Alaskan furs (exhibit; 1946 postcard; & 1 print) [display of animal pelts, hides; bear, parka, spruce trees in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2046.10
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) woman holding on to two furs, pelts probably hanging off airplane]
Keywords: aviation, transportation, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1327
Bristor Bay trapper (P6 Alaskan trapper) [exterior image of man standing near sod structure holding up fur pelts; sled, dog at right; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1362
(PS3 Baskt Bee) [Women wearing parkas sit together with children, making baskets; weaving; fur, pelts draped behind people, baskets displayed against wall.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1881.2
(Fur Rendezvous, trappers information) [Fish and Wildlife Service display, with trophies, pelts, and sign "Trappers, Something New in Trapping Line, special design by Oscar E. Fredrickson," 1952?]
Keywords: hunting
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
B1990.014.5.Anc.14.152
"2-20-57 Anchorage Streets; Good Fed Bldg scene w/furs on fur Rondy sign" [Alaksa Visitors Association sign, fur pelts hanging over intersection, snow, automobiles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC_14
B2019.003.043
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cache or storehouse [log cache in winter, cabin at right] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna). Possibly wolverine pelt.]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Cache, Storehouse, Storage, Cabin, Winter, Pelt, Fur, Wolverine
Collection: B2019.003
B2015.014.138
[two Alaska Native men standing on barge docked at gravel beach, pelts or sacks on barge, tug on far side of barge, fishing boat or riverboat in background, low hills in distance. Paper with Velox stamp]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.014
B2007.005.4.027
"ASC project #!6" [two men sittling in kayaks in tall grass; animal pelts stretched on wooden racks and placed atop kayaks; tools with long handles support woven grass mats in background; metal pans at right]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1998.014.1.1319
P2 Part of a winter's catch - north of the Arctic Circle (A story of Alaska) [wolf and fox pelts hanging from wing and propeller of ski plane (possibly a Stinson), tarp over airplane nose, engine, outdoors, snow, structure in background; copy neg.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley