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B1995.014.57.8
[two soldiers working to repair propeller on airplane, "Tally Ho" painted on nose, tail number ending in "58", after crashing on tundra]
Keywords: military, aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.4965
[man sitting on wooden crate, ice fishing, pile of tom cod on ice; print date Sep 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.4966
[woman sitting on bucket, ice fishing, tom cod on ice, two people standing at right; print date Sep 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B2022.005.101
[Two Indigenous Alaskan girls standing on doorstep]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girls, Child, Children, Doorstep, Door, Entrance, Doorway, Mukluks, Footwear, Building, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.3.149
Internal automatic welding maching test, at the Prudhoe pipe years near Deadhorse. Jun 3 1974 2463
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1990.014.2018.1.70.002
26-3; Indian girl [two girls and one man seated in front of window, possibly in back seat of an automobile; man is same as .001 (Doug); likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.002
26-3; Indian girl [two girls and one man seated in front of window, possibly in back seat of an automobile; man is same as .001 (Doug); likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1984.077.7.030
[Scenic view, meadow, trees, mountains. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.008.979
stand wrecked by flood [man standing next to collapsed structure, Socony Gasoline
pump in front, utility poles along street, 1927 flood in West Hartford. Excised from photo
album, with partial loss of caption]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.10.003
3-2 Betty Sampson [woman sitting near desk holding hands over her mouth; lamp; windows; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.10.003
3-2 Betty Sampson [woman sitting near desk holding hands over her mouth; lamp; windows; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.029.2976
[Tlingit dancers in regalia, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.003
26-3; girls on beach [two young women wearing overalls walking along shore, one with shoulder bag and carrying square object in rght hand; scenic view in background; possibly near Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.004
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.004
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1550
(S102 Army Scouts Drying salmon for dog food) [two service men hanging salmon on drying rack, helmet, garrison cap; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1201
H.H. the Maharajah of Gwalior, one of the largest native states. Note the Gwalior turban, caste mark on forehead, and jewels. He is one of 8 invited to the coronation, & one of 4 going, in spite of high caste. Gwalior is 71 m. s.e. from Agra, one of the rock fortresses [studio portrait of Mâdhav Râo Sindhia]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.66.002
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [nude infant on table with reflection]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.003
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [nude infant on table with reflection]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1282
O82 Flower growing, pioneer wagon, Seward, Alaska [delivery wagon in meadow, wording on side: "Alaska; tel; Coal, (see .1283 for complete wording)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1292
O85 Anchorage's first circus parade, July 1954 (July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; [scene looking northeast as parade approaches; women riding elephants, man walking; spectators on street and rooftops, men, women, children; businesses: Mona Lee's Ladies' Apparel, OK Cleaners, Hamms Beer, Van's Sporting Goods]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.041
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” A trappers cabin [log cabin in winter, snowshoes propped at right next to furs hanging from pole, possibly fox furs] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Cabin, Log cabin, Trapper, Trapping, Winter, Showshoes, Furs, Pelts
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.042
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” A big bear [man holding rifle posed with bear carcass in winter] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Hunt, Hunting, Hunter, Bear, Carcass, Winter
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1291
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; elephants, performers, springboard, man jumping over elephant, net, cannon, trapeze, D & D Lounge; McAllister Signs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1285
O84 Oldest church in central Alaska at Eklutna [Old Saint Nicholas Church, exterior view of Russian Orthodox church, log strcture; bell tower, table near structure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley