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B1998.014.1.701
F23 Purse seining in Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan "with print"[copy neg, same as .699]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.702
F23 Purse seining in Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan [copy neg, same as .699]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.88
[young white woman wearing dress and holding purse standing on boardwalk, building in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.5.Culture.5.65.2
"1962 Anchorage Festival of Music; Orchest; dupes" [children looking at artwork, woman carrying purse]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Culture
B1998.014.1.700
F22 Ketchikan fishermen at work, photo by Frank Morgan "Purse seining in Ketchikan" [copy neg, same as .699]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.5464.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Largest purse dog sled race in history. Photo by John McDonald.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5464
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Largest purse dog sled race in history. Photo by John McDonald.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1998.014.1.703
F23 Alaska's number one industry, photo by Frank Morgan "purse seining in Alaska" [copy neg, same as .699]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2388
Kotzebue, March 1969 [woman wearing parka carries a purse and walking stick while walking along snow-covered road; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.2155
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; 2 children and one adult" [woman holds two toddlers, one holding small purse]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.681
F15 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan "F14 Brailing herring" [unloading salmon from purse seine; buoy line, people watching, boat in background, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.699
F22 Purse seining, Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan, [boat, seiner Rio Grande, gulls, birds, structures in distance, shoreline, mountains, fog, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.027.189
[two women standing outside business, woman at left wearing sunglasses, knitted cap and parka with fur ruff, Alaska Native woman at right wearing eyeglasses, print parka with fur ruff, and headscarf, holding purse; print date Aug 75. At AFN 2015, identified as Helen Fagerstrom of Nome (left) and possibly Hannah Hawley (right)] [Sitnasuaq (Nome). At AFN 2022, woman on left confirned Helen Fagerstrom.]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Inupiat, Women, Building, Business, Sunglasses, Cap, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Eyeglasses, Glasses, Headscarf, Purse, Helen Fagerstrom, Hannah Hawley, Sitnasuaq, Nome
Collection: B2014.027