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B1995.014.92.3
[portrait of white man wearing hat, plaid shirt, jacket]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
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
B2017.024.2104
King Island, copyright 1986 [man wearing plaid shirt, eyeglasses, cap]
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.007.176
[Alaska Native man wearing plaid jacket and necktie posed outdoors in low brush]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.010.4908
[young girl wearing caribou parka and plaid sneakers, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2022.002.28
Cal Williams trout fishing, 1985 [Cal in plaid shirt holding fishing rod and fish]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Fishing
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1984.077.7.016
[Two men on rocky ground: Lo Pinto in plaid?, cameras, tripod, knife, riverbed? Neg. has some deterioration.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1229
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, beard, posing on stool, portrait]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1230
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, beard, posing on stool, portrait]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.003.133
[man wearing plaid jacket and fedora walks through grass between a building and possibly an automobile; powerlines in the distance]
Collection: B1997.003
B1995.014.105.19
Tracks could take men from Russian Mission to Kuskokwim [man in plaid shirt standing near dilapidated railroad track, Russian Mission]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.003
Scn 17806; Hubbard Glacier [face of glacier, man in plaid jacket and cap standing in wooden boat with Mercury outboard motor, oars]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B2021.002.027
Left to right: Greg Fleming, in white shirt, Sheldon Fleming in plaid shirt, Theresa Quarles, Anchorage, Early 1960s [dinner time.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Sheldon Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1995.014.105.18
Tracks could take men from Russian Mission to Kuskokwim [man in plaid shirt standing near flatbed car on dilapidated railroad track, Russian Mission]
Keywords: transportation, mining
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.1061
Jan71P7 #16046 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered headdress, plaid shirt, gloves dances in front of men, women, drummers; artwork in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.016.2009
Upper Talarik. Pete, Aleut Native who lives alone [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, and driving cap, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2015.007.132
[Alaska Native man and woman posed next to wooden building man wearing sport coat and driving cap, woman wearing plaid shirt over dress]
Collection: B2015.007
B2023.010.1
Hugh Brown and Chris Fields, Anchorage, Alaska [Hugh Brown, left, in plaid shirt standing in front of wood paneled wall with Chris Fields who is wearing a blue cap]
Keywords: Hugh R. Brown III, Hugh Brown, Alaska Black Caucus, HIV Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown
B1995.014.74.6
[young Alaska Native man wearing tall rubber boots and older Alaska Native man wearing plaid shirt sitting on back of flat wooden cart in wooded area]
Keywords: transportation, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.019.10
Anchorage, Moore [man wearing plaid shirt and cap standing with sled, dog team stopped on plowed winter road, black bear in lead position, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B2014.019
B1998.014.1.1227
"O59 'Sourdough Jim,' Anchorage, Alaska {An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim" (Many poses w/crayon #)} [posed image of man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, cap, beard; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.75.14
[young child hiding behind mother seated on boardwalk outside log cabin, Alaska Native woman wearing plaid print parka with fur ruff and mukluks, Marshall. Same image as B2012.016.262]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.453
Hooper Bay, July 1951 [young Alaska Native woman wearing print dress, plaid jacket, and headscarf, holding baby, posed outdoors, drying racks, buildings, and wind generators in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B1998.014.1.540
"D33 Dick Mitchell's team, trees background" [dog sled team, musher at sled, man in plaid shirt at far right in front of spruce tree, Chugach Mountains in background, Wolverine Peak left of center in image, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.567
E10 Eskimo Guard - north of the Ar[c]tic Circle June 24, 1952" [Arctic, nine men standing at attention with rifles over their shoulders, snow, parkas, plaid shirts, jackets, mukluks, boots, trees and structure in background, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2745
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [exterior view of police officer and man wearing plaid jacket outside the Board of Trade Saloon; Nome's Oldest Saloon since 1900; Headquarters for the Sin City of Nome; Olympia Beer Finish banner with handwritten correction]
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.461
Kasigluk, JoAnn Beaver, 1957; Eskimo parka typical of Kuskokwim delta area [girl poses wearing fur parka with hood over plaid skirt or dress, boots; laundry hanging in background; log cabin at left, Dup; note: fine hairs near center background are part of image]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2015.014.49
[white man wearing denim jeans, plaid shirt and knife in holster on belt standing on gravel beach, young Alaska Native boys standing on bow of sailing ship at right, other Alaska Natives standing and sitting on beach, several erecting tent next to umiak in background, dogs lying at left]
Keywords: boats, transportation, residences, camps
Collection: B2015.014
B1998.014.1.624
E43 Alaskan 'Yummie,' "(children w/eggbeater)" [child holding eggbeater, batter on hands and face stands outside log cabin, kuspuk, sweater, mukluks; child stands just inside cabin door wearing plaid dress, hat, lace-up boots; wood crate with Blue [?] Eggs" label, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.016.1898
Kotzebue, tourists bartering for carved ivory pieces under Little Diomede's oomiat, chief of Little Diomede Eskimos standing while G.I. son does business [White man and woman sitting under umiak with Alaska Native man wearing military uniform, elder standing at left wearing plaid shirt, jeans, and visor]
Keywords: tourism, boats, clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B1998.014.1.796
L33 An Alaskan hunting lodge, Tustumena Lake "1946 postcard" [log cabin, stove pipe, clothing hanging on fence, man wearing plaid shirt, trousers, hat, shouder satchel standing near door, covered entrance, moose rack on ground, filreweed plants in foreground, trees; small cabin, outbuilding at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.25577
Foods - picnic over Ruth Gl. Alaska Rge. Mt. Sheep barbecue. F10-95 [Tourists eat meal served by Don Sheldon (center), coleslaw, orange, meat; man wearing plaid shirt, glacier glasses and pear-shaped hat at left; man wearing red jacket and gaitors, backpack, hat, glacier glasses on head at right]
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.027.35
#3-78. Inuit male spectator, Iditarod 1978, Nancy Lake, Alaska [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing fleece-lined hat with earflaps, blue down jacket, and plaid shirt. Cf. .183. At AFN 2018, tentatively identified as Spike or Ralph Willoya] [Inupiaq Territory, Sitnasuaq (Nome). At AFN 2022, man identified as Spike Willoya. Location identified as Nome area.]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Iditarod, Sled dog race, Race, Winter, Snow, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Sitnasuaq, Nome, Inuit, Man, Spectator, Nancy Lake, Portrait, Hat, Jacket, Outerwear, Plaid shirt, Spike Willoya
Collection: B2014.027
B2017.024.1114
Aug61P Barrow [two men, woman, children stand near square hole in sodded ground, likely an underground food storage cellar; one man appears to be holding a briefcase; both men wear dress shoes, one smoking cigarette; child on tracked vehicle in left background; water, shore in distance. At AFN 2022, individuals at center identified left to right: Sadie Neakok (plaid parka with fur trim on hood) and Ronald Neakok (parka? With fur trim on hood)]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman, Children
Collection: B2017.024