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B1999.014..628
(people)[man smoking a cigarette and pointing to a pin-up girl poster]
Keywords: pin-up, poster
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1986.096.telephone01
Telephone utility, service pin 11/72
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1994.015.17
Alaska Statehood Celebrations June 30,1958 Pinning 49th Star on Flag by Queen Rita Statehood Celebration Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B1994.015 Jean Kaufman Collection
B1995.014.59.18
[man passed out on bed in cabin, holding bottle of alcohol, with chair, lineoleum flooring, pin-up girl on wall]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.8.2
Huge flag with 49th star pinned on it, June 30, 1958. Photographer's number 7531 [Anchorage federal building, Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: statehood, Anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B2014.012.83
[Caucasian man wearing suit and cravat standing on rocky beach in front of glacier terminus, association ribbon pinned to suit lapel]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.23.004
5-7 Don Hurlburt [portrait of man sitting on stool; letter sweater with "W" on chest; buttons pinned to sweater; likely Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.004
5-7 Don Hurlburt [portrait of man sitting on stool; letter sweater with "W" on chest; buttons pinned to sweater; likely Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.005
5-7 Don Hurlburt [portrait of man sitting on stool; letter sweater with "W" on chest; buttons pinned to sweater; likely Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.005
5-7 Don Hurlburt [portrait of man sitting on stool; letter sweater with "W" on chest; buttons pinned to sweater; likely Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.177.001
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Man wearing pin-stripe suit stands in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.177.002
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Man wearing pin-stripe suit stands in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.153
[Smiling people with woman in undergarments on bed; woman at right wearing uniform with "CAP" pin on lapel, possibly Civil Air Patrol, civilian auxiliary of U.S. Air Force]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Women, People, Smile, Smiling, Undergarments, Bra, Underwear, Bed, Uniform, CAP, C.A.P., Pin, Civil Air Patrol, Civilian auxiliary, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.658
F4 Willow Creek, Alaska "Man w/fish" [Actually, woman poses with salmon, fishing rod, reel, wicker tackle box, grass, shirt has zipper enclosure on chest pocket, pin curls, same location as .648]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.187
[Indigenous Alaskan young people smiling and hanging out in doorway; wearing uniforms with "CAP" pins on lapel, possibly Civil Air Patrol, civilian auxiliary of U.S. Air Force. Woman in middle possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Smile, Smiling, Group, Friends, Friend, Friendship, Hanging out, Door, Entrance, Uniform, CAP, Civil Air Patrol, C.A.P., Civilian auxiliary, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2018.021.245
Rondy, ’54 [three men and woman sitting at table, one man wearing Fur Rendezvous pin, one man possibly Chinese American, cans of Hamm’s Beer and Pabst Blue Ribbon on table, probably Miners & Trappers Ball]
Keywords: Fur Rendezvous
Collection: B2018.021
B2022.005.186
[Indigenous Alaskan women laughing and pointing at person crawling through half-door; people wearing uniforms with "CAP" pins on lapel, likely Civil Air Patrol, civilian auxiliary of U.S. Air Force. Woman in back possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Laughing, Laugh, Laughter, Friends, Fun, Crawl, Climb, Door, Entrance, Uniform, CAP, Civil Air Patrol, C.A.P., Civilian auxiliary, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1450
32. Johnson & Tyler, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Nenana cubs being fed by children) [four children with two bear cubs on chains next to town buildings. copy neg of photo being held to wall by push pins]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.020
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Grandma 101 years old a full blood Indian [possibly Dena’ina woman standing outdoors, safety pin holding coat closed, cache in trees in background. Original image blurry. Cf. .35] [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, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Indigenous elder, Indigenous grandma, Elder, Elder woman, Cache, Bear cache, Food cache, Storehouse, Storage
Collection: B2019.003