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B1986.004.0609
[rutabaga on scale, reading over 18 lbs.]
Keywords: agriculture, food
Collection: B1986.004 Odsather Collection
B1995.014.107.11
[log cabin in winter, with small sign reading "Office"]
Keywords: residences, businesses
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.2118.jpg
Banner on building reads: Welcome to Nikolai Iditarod Mushers.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B2006.023.2118
Banner on building reads: Welcome to Nikolai Iditarod Mushers.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2000.014.5
(Tanana St James Mission Reading Room)[a dog team moving past the St James Reading Room along the road]
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2006.023.4135.jpg
Spectators holding banner reading "Welcome Herbie Shishmaref Cannonball."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.8821.jpg
[Dog team next to road sign reading "Nome 20"]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B2006.023.4135
Spectators holding banner reading "Welcome Herbie Shishmaref Cannonball."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2014.012.46
[building with signs reading "Nushagak Hospital" and J.H. Romig, M.D."]
Keywords: health, medicine
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.5.002
WCP [man sitting in arm chair reading newspaper; 1939?; overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.5.002
WCP [man sitting in arm chair reading newspaper; 1939?; overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.4128.jpg
Dog team stopped next to road sign reading "Nome 20."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4128
Dog team stopped next to road sign reading "Nome 20."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.2018.1.149.001
49-2 Panorama of Ketchikan, meter reading - no filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.149.002
49-2 Panorama of Ketchikan, meter reading - no filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.149.003
49-2 Panorama of Ketchikan, meter reading - no filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.149.004
49-2 Panorama of Ketchikan, meter reading - no filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.149.005
49-2 Panorama of Ketchikan, meter reading - no filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.4890.jpg
Spectators on street under banner reading "Iditarod Trail Race Welcome to Nome."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4890
Spectators on street under banner reading "Iditarod Trail Race Welcome to Nome."
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1998.014.1.204
B16 McKinley Park Hotel 1946 [caption reads: "McKinley Park depot and hotel"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.7712.jpg
[Group with signs reading "Iditarod Checkpoint" and "Big River" with "Finger Lake" crossed out.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2006.023.7712
[Group with signs reading "Iditarod Checkpoint" and "Big River" with "Finger Lake" crossed out.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2008.013.85
[buses parked outside of Timberline Lodge, sign reading "Saddle Horses", mountains in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2013.074.2
Eklutna Valley, Isenson [?] [1966, sign reading R.Y. Heely on tree in foreground]
Collection: B2013.074
B1990.014.2018.1.132.001
44-3 Fritzie [child sits on floor reading Sunday funnies; likely March 1940; Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.132.001
44-3 Fritzie [child sits on floor reading Sunday funnies; likely March 1940; Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.001
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.002
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.003
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.004
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.150.005
49-3 Panorama of Ketchikan, 1/2 meter reading - yellow filter [view of waterfront; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1994.022.797
(Hotels, Taverns etc...)(sign reads for Ferry Services)[ 4 men drinking and standing at the entrance to the lodge]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.245
B37 Fort Richardson post chapel 1946 [caption reads: "post chapel, Elmendorf Field"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.252
[one white man in military uniform standing in from of a building with a sign that reads: "Headquarters, Alaska Command"]
Keywords: Alaska, military
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2055.3
3 (July 4, 1938, parade) [baby in carriage decorated with foliage and banner reading Mistress Mary]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.028.031
[view through trees to mobile home park, sign at right reads “Stop Visit the Alaskan Village”]
Collection: B2017.028
B1990.014.2018.1.266.003
82-5 Bob & Marjorie Baker on beach [man smoking pipe and reading, reclined; August 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2047
V2 Alaska grown "Fairbanks cabbage/turnips 1st prize [copy neg; scale reading over 17 pounds]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2453
"Flash tests, men in shop; Nov 1943" [#7; man standing at counter reading American Photography magazine]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.4606.jpg
[Joe Redington Sr. with puppy and unidentified girl wearing jacket reading "Dog Power Iditarod Trail Race"]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4606
[Joe Redington Sr. with puppy and unidentified girl wearing jacket reading "Dog Power Iditarod Trail Race"]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2022.005.157
[Two images superimposed; one image of woman on phone; second image of two people reading on bunk beds]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Women, Phone, Telephone, Conversation, Communication, Reading, Magazine, Book, Glasses, Bed, Bunk bed
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.158
[Indigenous Alaskan woman laying down and reading newspaper on back seat of bus. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Bus, Seat, Transportation, Reading, Newspaper, Publication, News, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.173
[Two Indigenous Alaskan kids at a picnic reading comics; boy with pompadour hairstyle covering his face with an Archie comic]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Kids, Young man, Boy, Girl, Comics, Comic, Archie, Picnic, Pompadour, Hairstyle, Reading, Recreation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2006.023.4869.jpg
Five people hold signs reading "Iditarod Checkpoint" and "Big River Finger Lake" [crossed out]. From left to right: Unknown, Terry Adkins, Audra Forsgren, Unknown, Carl Fritzler. Group stands with sign that reads, 'Iditarod Checkpoint.' Airplanes in background.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4869
Five people hold signs reading "Iditarod Checkpoint" and "Big River Finger Lake" [crossed out]. From left to right: Unknown, Terry Adkins, Audra Forsgren, Unknown, Carl Fritzler. Group stands with sign that reads, 'Iditarod Checkpoint.' Airplanes in background.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington