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B1983.091.S1450.081
8/13/53 NCL Trip: Village of Quinhakak (Quinhagak) general views [Cessna Bobcat floatplane and two motor boats at shore of village; people, children, structures, drying racks]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.4.MF.Sci28.5127
Alaska is a land of contrasts tourists find hard to believe. Photographer's number: 05127 [Miss Alaska Jane Haycraft and Linda Chavis, champion skier, with fireweed, near Portage Glacier]
Keywords: wildflowers
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1990.014.004.07354
07354 This Harpoon, with poke (Float) affixed will be set in wounded whale: Eskimo
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.148.1
(catastrophe)(April 18, 1946)(Photo for Anchorage Times on marine strike)(Marine hamming it up)(Anchorage Historical){woman holding a long knife against the top of a can}
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.148.2
(catastrophe)(April 18, 1946)(Photo for Anchorage Times on marine strike)(Marine hamming it up)(Anchorage Historical)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.014.102.13
[man wearing mosquito netting standing on end of sluice box, drag line in background, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.2
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [pile of fish on ice]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.91.7
Russian Mission Cemetery [winter, with church in background]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.92.5
[Russian Orthodox cemetery in summer]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.72
[group portrait of Alaska Native men and women posed with white man, probably teacher or preacher, next to large wooden building, most holding books, one man wearing eyeglasses]
Keywords: education, religion
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.78
[Alaska Native elder woman and young boy, both wearing parkas with fur trim, seated next to wood-plank building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
b2015.027.133crop
The one on my right is the one I wrote about. The other is from St. George [compiler, wearing fedora hat, sitting with two women on automobile fender]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.027
B1994.022.856
(people agriculture)[woman standing at a table outside working on harvested vegetables]
Keywords: gardening
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.109.13
[boat dry docked on riverbank in winter, Russian Mission]
Keywords: boats, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.109.14
[boat dry docked on riverbank in winter, Russian Mission]
Keywords: boats, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.111.9
[young man wearing high lace-up boots aiming rifle outdoors in winter]
Keywords: footwear, arms
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.1
[two men erecting frame for log cabin or large tent]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.10
[village scene in winter, with log cabins, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.11
[village scene in winter, with cache in foreground, log cabins in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.55.16
[scenic with sunset over river, buildings and dock at right, Tanana River?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.67.6
[group of men in snowy field, one holding snowshoes and pole]
Keywords: military, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.68.16
[abandoned cabin in winter, fallen cache at right, river in background]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.68.17
[log cabin and tent in wooded area]
Keywords: residences, camping
Collection: B1995.014
b2012.006.735
[village cemetery in winter; no date]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B2012.006
B2014.012.64
[two Caucasian women standing in field with young girl and baby in stroller]
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.7
"Scandinavian" Salmon Cannery, Nushagak, Alaska [building complex as seen from water]
Keywords: fishing, businesses
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.88
[fisherman in boat, holding sail line. original image blurry]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2014.012
B2015.007.69
[two Alaska Native boys in rowboat on river, both wearing driving caps and holding oars]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.007
b2015.027.108
[group portrait of workers standing outside building, white man wearing fedora hat in center, possibly compiler]
Keywords: hunting, seals
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.133
The one on my right is the one I wrote about. The other is from St. George [compiler, wearing fedora hat, sitting with two women on automobile fender]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.134
[group portrait of workers standing next to building, white man wearing cook’s hat probably compiler, one young Aleut man wearing apron]
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.006.2856
Juneau-DNC-Wrangell-[Chuck?]-KTN-Annette-PSBG, Aug. 11-15, 1961 [aerial of airstrip]
Collection: B2016.006
B1989.016.2054.24
24-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Travis Dancing float with children on flat bed trailer, float passing The Gitchell Hotel on Fourth Avenue]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.11
11-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [flat bed truck filled with young girls, buildings in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.341
Bound for Campbell Creek, Jean McG. And kids ahead [view down muddy trail through taiga, people standing on trail in distance]
Keywords: Anchorage
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.3551
[bird’s eye view of village on Yukon River, taken from cemetery on high bluff, crosses in foreground, yellow church in distance, Nulato?]
Collection: B1995.010