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B1998.017.001
(Game between the fat and the lean)(Gardiner Montana '08)
Collection: B1998.017 Carl Tousley
B1997.019.02full
The whale hunting season is opened formally by the captain of the boat, taking from a box on the cache his charms and hunting paraphanalia.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1983.091.S2018.6
(voting at Alaska Statehood Polls)(voting and counting ballots)
Keywords: voting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2018.7 and.8
(voting at Alaska Statehood Polls)(voting and counting ballots)
Keywords: voting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1997.019.17full
herders leave their fawns to sleep and grow
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2017.024.3598
May 1969 [men and children in umiak, outboard motor; water; ice] slide #6605
Collection: B2017.024
B1978.065.20
Hotel Holman P.S. Hunt G769 V.T. Co's Stage Leaving Copper Center, Alaska, May 17, 1906
Collection: B1978.065
B1978.075.03
(Anchorage 1910 1919)(Moving the tent store The George Carrol building was ready and I believe this put in the back as a warehouse)( the original was a post card)
Keywords: horses, Anchorage
Collection: B1978.075 Carroll Collection
B1995.014.16.16
[chained dog standing on top of kennel, animal pens in background]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.16.2
[scenic looking through snow-covered trees to frozen river with tracks running across snow]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.16.3
[scenic looking through snow-covered trees to frozen river with tracks running across snow]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.16.4
[scenic looking through snow-covered trees to frozen river with tracks running across snow]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.14.5
[dog team pulling sled across frozen water, mountains in distance, near Russian Mission on the Yukon River?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.027.13
ITDR-77 #13. Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1977, Inuit lady in handmade fur kuspuk, Nome, Alaska
Collection: B2014.027
B1995.014.10.1
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men using dippers at square hole in ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.13
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up fish traps]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.12
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men and dog teams on ice next to holes]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.16
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [log cabin and outhouse in winter]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.3
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [people setting out net next to holes in ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.5
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [sleds and dog teams on ice]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.119.7
Adak, on Sunday the Army would take men fishing [boat in water, mountains in background]
Keywords: military, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.5
Adak [bird's eye view of Quonset huts and boardwalk, water in distance]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.6
[two soldiers setting up base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.16
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men removing traps from ice and piling up fish, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.13
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [man digging well?]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.4
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men pulling fish out of trap and piling them on snow]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.119.6
Adak, on Sunday the Army would take men fishing [soldiers lowering small boat from ship deck]
Keywords: boats, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.119.9
Adak, on Sunday the Army would take men fishing [two men walking towards small boat pulled onto rocky beach on coast]
Keywords: military, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.15
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [piled fish and sticks from traps on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.16
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [piled fish and sticks from traps on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.17
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [piled fish and sticks from traps on ice, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.11.3
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up net on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.4
Adak [bird's eye view of Quonset huts and boardwalk, water in distance]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.1
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.10
[scenic with water in foreground, snow on banks, mountain in distance, near Russian Mission?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.019.06full
The old walrus hide is removed from the canoe, a new one put on, the crew bid.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1995.014.109.6
[amphibious vehicle in water tied to shore near birch trees, military floatplane landing on water in background]
Keywords: transportation, boats, aviation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.109.9
[child playing with skis outdoors in winter, building with picket fence and lumber pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.10
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men on ice next to holes, net on snow at left]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.7
[musher and dog team leaving village in winter, buildings in background, weather vane on tower in center distance, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: transportation, residences
Collection: B1995.014