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B1995.010.529
[women performing on elephants in outdoor circus ring, Anchorage, 1954]
Collection: B1995.010
B2022.005.105
[Indigenous Alaskan woman wearing rings and braids standing outside midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Dress, Mukluks, Clothing, Footwear, Braids, Hairstyle, Rings, Jewelry, Adornment, Outside, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.3.1672A
A valdez Native group have the contract to remove lip protective rings from the 48" oil conduit Number 16643 Dec 17,1970
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
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
B1984.077.7.034
Alaska Road commission [log cabin, sign, two men at entrance, Lo Pinto?, one rings large dinner bell, triangle]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.008.983
Ringing a hog’s nose, to stop rooting [men holding down pig in pen. Excised from photo
album, with partial loss of caption and image]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.10.005
3-2 girl in drugstore [girl wearing coat and headscarf stands at counter; possibly with umbrella under left arm; three-ring binder at counter; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.10.005
3-2 girl in drugstore [girl wearing coat and headscarf stands at counter; possibly with umbrella under left arm; three-ring binder at counter; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.029.2982
Charlie Jimmy, Gei Sun Dancers, Haines [portrait of Tlingit man wearing nose ring and headdress, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Keywords: Charlie Jimmy, Gei Sun Dancers, Gei Sun Dancer, Tlingit dancers, Tlingit dancer, Tlingit regalia, Tlingit headdress, Tlingit storyteller, Haines, Native Spirit Festival, Kathryn Audrey McFarland Jackson, Kathryn McFarland Jackson, Kay McFarland Jackson
Collection: B2017.029
B1990.014.2018.1.70.005
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, overturned pan or tin; lamp base in background; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.005
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, overturned pan or tin; lamp base in background; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.006
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, overturned pan or tin; lamp base in background; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.006
26-3; Zabriskie's daughter; Aug. 27 [1939; infant sitting on floor with ball, teathing ring, and measuring spoons, overturned pan or tin; lamp base in background; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1554
S104 Joe Lewis at Elmendorf AFB [boxer wearing gloves, robe stands near ropes in ring; stool, bucket, service men, spectators can be seen in background; possibly inside a hangar]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1205
Women grinding meal between two heavy stones by a peg on which their hands are in picture. Notice gold bracelets. Anklets, toe rings, and necklaces happen not to show. Jeypore [two women in traditional clothing seated on rug]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1286
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, exterior views of aerialists, trapeze artists performing; circus rings to left; bleachers, automobiles and structures in background with signs for liquor store, cold beer, possibly D & D Lounge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1296
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; human cannonball; net; musicians in right background; circus ring in foreground, business signs in background: Cold beer, Liquor store, D & D Lounge, McAllister Signs; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.045
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” 4th of July at Eklutna [two young men wearing boxing gloves standing in makeshift ring outdoors, students looking on, one student wearing umbrella hat] [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, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Boxing, Sport, Young men, Boxing ring, Indigenous, Students, Schoolchildren, Umbrella hat, Outdoors, Holiday
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.046
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” 4th of July at Eklutna [two young boys wearing boxing gloves standing in makeshift ring outdoors, students looking on, one student wearing umbrella hat] [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, 4th of July, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Boxing, Sport, Boys, Indigenous, Students, Schoolchildren, Outdoors, Holiday
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1295
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; women, elephants, and horses perform in three rings, spectators, businesses in distance: Ball Bearings Roller, The National Cash Register Co., Bigler's Vacuum Sales & Service, City Fuel; cold Beer, Liquor Store, D & D Lounge, McAllister Signs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1289
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [scene of three-ring circus, Cristiani Bros Circus, performers, clown, elephants, horses, bleachers, audience; people looking over fences; unicycle at left; automobiles in background; business signs for ball bearings, rollers, the National Cash Register Co., City Fuel, Liquor Store, D & D Lounge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1293
Anchorage goes to its first circus (O85, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; elephants and woman perform in center ring, spectators on bleachers, businesses in background: Ball Bearings Roller, The National Cash Register Co., Bigler's Vacuum Sales & Service, City Fuel; cold Beer, Liquor Store, D & D Lounge, McAllister Signs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.404
B114 Anchorage Bus depot [City bus terminal for Matanuska Valley Lines, Anchorage City Transit; men standing outside terminal; posters advertising July 7 Bailey Bros. & Cristiani 3-ring circus; posters for "Glass & Glazing; Stooky Glass Co. on Post Road; bicycle; crowd of people outisde Monty's Furniture & Clothing store]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley