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B1983.091.S1450.47
NCL trip: Father Edward & Hooper Bay native children, 8/12/53 [posed on steps of church]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.214.22
Religious ice sculpture, Inuvik, Canada
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1990.014.004.04215
Father Simeon Oskoloff, Tyonek Church. Photographer's number: 04215
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.07848
Russoan bell house. Photographer's number: 07848
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.150.1
(catastrophe)(Easter 1947)(Presbyterian Church Choir Then on NW corner of 5th and Fst.)(Anchorage Historical)
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.150.2
(catastrophe)(Easter 1947)(Presbyterian Church Choir Then on NW corner of 5th and Fst.)(Anchorage Historical)
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.014.102.2
[log church with bell tower, two-story building at right]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.6
[Russian Orthodox church in winter, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.049.72
Stamps on verso: John B. [illegible], Unalaska, Alaska. Schallerer's Alaska Shop, Seward, Alaska [photographic postcard. Bishop visitng Unalaska, group portrait outside church]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2013.049 Kane
B2014.012.18
[priest standing on snow bank, buildings and picket fences in background]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2014.012
B2015.007.76
[large group of men, women, and children on steps of church building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.80
[large group of men, women, and children on steps of church building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing. Cf. .76]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.007
b2015.027.160
The bishop and priest. The tall one is the one that keeps his eagle eye on the bunkhouse [two men wearing Russian Orthodox vestments standing next to building; man at right possibly John Zlobin]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.004.560
Russian Orthodox church, St. Paul Island, Alaska, Sts. Peter & Paul, 1983 [bird’s eye view of man lighting candles inside church]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2016.004
B1968.015.2
Alaska, U.S., 1887. Sitka Home Mission. Partridge Photo, 2832 Washington St., Boston
Keywords: children, religion
Collection: B1968.015 CIHS Davis
B1990.014.004.04086
[several men standing infront of Russian Orthodox alter putting money in the collection plate]
Keywords: religion, holiday
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.04096
[Russian Orthodox holiday ceremony]
Keywords: religion, holiday
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1994.022.860
(Presbyterian Church Anchorage)
Keywords: religion, worship
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.109.11
Russian Mission store [village scene in winter, drying rack in foreground, windmill at left, building with picket fence and lumber pile in center, hill with Russian Orthodox cross in background, Russian Mission]
Keywords: religion, residences, fishing, businesses
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.109.17
[village scene in winter, caches and cabins in foreground, hill with Russian Orthodox church in background, Russian Mission]
Keywords: residences, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.109.18
[village scene in winter, caches and cabins in foreground, hill with Russian Orthodox church in background, Russian Mission]
Keywords: residences, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.12
[village scene in winter, with cache in foreground, log cabins in background, Russian Orthodox church on hill in distance, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.13
[village scene in winter, with cache in foreground, log cabins in background, Russian Orthodox church on hill in distance, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: residences, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.14
[village scene in winter, with cache in foreground, log cabins in background, Russian Orthodox church on hill in distance, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: religion, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.112.15
[village scene in winter, with cache in foreground, log cabins in background, Russian Orthodox church on hill in distance, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: religion, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.55.2
[exterior of Air Base Chapel, Jeep parked at left]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.68.1
Anchorage Army base [exterior of chapel, automobile parked at right]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.68.2
Anchorage Army base [exterior of chapel]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.68.3
Anchorage Army base [exterior of chapel]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.88.17
[Holy Cross, cultivated field in foreground, buildings in back, church at right, cross on hill in distance at right]
Keywords: religion, agriculture, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.2
[soldiers with hoisting machinery erecting large cross near water, Jeep parked at right, mountains in background, Adak]
Keywords: military, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B2012.006.1003
[log church on bluff with pine trees; no date]
Keywords: churches, religion
Collection: B2012.006
b2012.006.778
[village church with bell at left; no date]
Keywords: churches, religion
Collection: B2012.006
B2014.012.19
Russian Mission Church, Nushagak, Alaska [view up long flight of wooden steps to church, young boy standing near entrance, flagpole at right]
Keywords: religion, churches
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.68
[view of village from water, with Russian Orthodox church at center, Unalaska?]
Keywords: churches, religion
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.73
[bird's eye view of village, large Russian Orthodox church at left, Unalaska?]
Keywords: churches, religion
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.91
[distant view of Carmel Mission at Kanulik, 1910]
Keywords: religion, churches
Collection: B2014.012
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
b2015.027.117
The bride and groom after the wedding [same image as .9]
Keywords: weddings, religion
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.131
The bishop and native. He is the one that got lost two years ago [two Aleut men posed outdoors, one at left wearing brimmed hat, suitcoat, necktie, and sweater, one at right wearing eyeglasses and knit cap and holding camera on tripod. Man at left possibly priest Gregory Prozorov, who served on St. Paul 1924-1929]
Keywords: religion, photography
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.149
These start in young to drive the devil out [five young children posed outdoors, holding flags that appear to be kerchiefs tied to sticks, buildings in background]
Keywords: children, religion
Collection: B2015.027
b2015.027.163
Peg and his bride [wedding portrait, Aleut man with wooden leg standing with woman and young girl on boardwalk in front of building]
Keywords: weddings, religion
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.006.44
44. And the Russian Orthodox churches are reminder that one of the Ivans was here [wooden church with helmet dome and outbuilding in unidentified location]
Keywords: religion, churches
Collection: B2016.006
B1989.016.2054.28
28-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young women on back of flat bed truck with banner "Rainbow Girls," each girl wearing sash with single word, e.g. Patriotism, Service, Love, Religion, woman dressed as clown standing next to float]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.15
15-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young women on back of flat bed truck with banner "Rainbow Girls," girls each girl wearing sash with single word, e.g. Patriotism, Service, Love, Religion, float passing spectators in front of federal building on Fourth Avenue, clown following float]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.342
[Dena’ina spirit houses in cemetery, Eklutna]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.361
[Dena’ina spirit houses in cemetery, buildings in distance, Anchorage]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6
293-3. Cemetery wonderland [gravestones and spirit house in hoar frost, Anchorage]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010