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B1996.035.10.3.page.7f
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 6 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B1991.21.10
A postcard photograph showing a young boy presumably Vincent Anderson posing for the photograph in a white sailor suit with his dog outside.
Keywords: boy, dog
Collection: B1991.021
B1995.014.85.15
[soldier wearing snowshoes posed with snow gauge on snowy tundra, mountains in distance, Adak]
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.10.3.page.8
[baggage tag]: Kirby, S. L. S1/C Jose Gonzales El Centro Kid; Printed “Beer Chit” made out to Stanton L. Kirby, N.A.S. Operations [handwritten note] “Wake MAA at 0530 and duty cook. 0600 Call Ordance [sic] on field phone. 0630 Wake OOD and POOW. Wed. Dec 25 Xmas. Merry Xmas Kirby. Ha Ha
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2009.037.032
.32a – [officer and two women sitting on grass in park] .32b – [same officer as .32a and a fellow soldier sitting]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2017.023.175
[Office, men in uniform, women, pose, desks, chairs, Christmas tree in background; far left, man wearing raven design sweater]
Collection: B2017.023
B2009.037.041
[same scarf woman as .39, standing on top of lumber]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.008.963
[map with Copper River on west and Kennicott Glacier on east]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.117.3
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.109
man and woman pose at beach, sand, pier, mountain and buildings in distance]
Collection: B2017.023
B2021.004.101
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera [Ed Wesley, Trans Alaska Pipeline]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Trans Alaska Pipeline, Pipeline, Delta Junction, Security, Construction, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1995.014.53.7
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldiers unloading fish from canoe into wooden box for slime line, Adak]
Keywords: boats, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.55.6
Hospital, Mountain Village, Dr. Corsell, 1935 [surgeon in scrubs operating on patient, nurse at left]
Keywords: health, medicine
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.037.042
[same woman as .41, now seated on top of wooden pilings]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2013.075.162
Sand Point, 1966 [man standing on boardwalk running between houses]
Collection: B2013.075
B2016.022.148
Miners who left for Kobuk River on Str. John Reily [sic], Sept. 29th, ’03. Nowell, 174 [group portrait of men posed outside of Keewalik Hotel, Alaska Native men at left, several dogs in foreground]
Collection: B2016.022
B2017.023.167
[Wally posing in uniform on sidewalk, railing, woman in background, buildings, likely in a large city]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.023.188
Juneau USO Club [man standing next to automobile, street, sidewalk, puddles, mountain in background]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.023.227
[musicians playing for audience, service men, tables, benches, beer bottles]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.005.122
[Two men kneeling by dog outside midwinter; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Kneeling, Dog, Outside, Winter, Snow, Buildings, Houses, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1970.019.636
Anchorage, Fur Rendezvous, 1949. 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1983.091.S4827.126
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [men drumming]
Keywords: dancers, dancing
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.17
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [girl posed outside]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.18
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [girl posed outside]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.2018.1.138.004
46-6 A.L.H. [woman poses; curtain at right; likely 1940 Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.16.003
4-3; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [woman posed possibly on sofa; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.16.003
4-3; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [woman posed possibly on sofa; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.117.2
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1392
S10 Soldiers meet Matanuska Colonist [cows, log barn in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1394
(S10 Soldiers meet Matanuska colonist) [Two service men, farmer, cows, pasture; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1395
(S11 James boys) [two men wearing bolo ties pose with guns, sidearms, , stool, plants]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2238
1041 "fox" [fox lying on dried grass or straw; appears to be smiling; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley