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B1988.012.628
(left back row: 1.MC Edwards Sr, 3.Ike Taylor, Front Row 3.Haraley Sterling
Collection: B1988.012 Morgan C_ Edmunds Collection
B1995.014.86.11
[row of Quonset huts obscured by drifted snow, Adak?]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.89.8
[row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, Adak?]
Keywords: residences, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.90.8
[row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, Adak?]
Keywords: residences, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.032.18a
{two women standing on a snowy sidewalk with row houses}
Keywords: winter, urban
Collection: B1996.032 John Bagoy Collection
B2014.023.061
(People in Boat)(three women seated in row boat posing for picture)
Collection: B2014.023
B2022.005.177
[View of (possibly government) buildings in city; row of American flags]
Keywords: View, Buildings, Architecture, Flags, American flag, City, Government
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.199
[Indigenous Alaskan young man on bicycle; row of houses in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young man, Boy, Teen, Bike, Bicycle, Transportation, House, Home, Buildings, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.011
(Going Prospecting Lake Kenai in home made boats){3 men and 2 dogs in 2 small boats rowing Kenai Lake}
Keywords: rowing, Kenai, Kenai Lake, dog, prospectors, boat, skiff, mountains, lake
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.68
[women dressed in fur parkas standing/seated on a boardwalk in fron of row houses]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2022.005.233
[Two rows of houses on either side of the dirt road; children playing in distance]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Houses, Homes, Residence, Buildings, Community, Dirt road, Road, Children, Play, Playing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.89.7
[soldiers walking near row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, Adak?]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.023.062
(People in Boat)(three women seated in row boat with a man in background using oar)
Collection: B2014.023
B2015.008.035
(9_17_14)(3:30pm)(Harvard and Yale Glaciers){3 people in a rowing skiff off College Point in College Fiord)
Keywords: Glaciers, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.08A
Little Flower Academy seventh and eighth grade graduating class, 1955 [Four rows of students in caps and gowns, Cal Williams, second from left in first row of male students, Franciscan priests in belted robes on either side of first row, Father Ardwin Hillard on right side]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1983.146.062
{early Anchorage frontier street with row houses, buildings and a few early cars and pedestrians}
Keywords: street, anchorage, frontier
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B2022.005.167
[Distant view of two people rowing in small watercraft on river; bystanders on shore at right]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Rowing, Boat, Watercraft, Oars, Paddles, River, Bystanders, Shore, Landscape, Mountains, Hills
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.015
(Harvard Glacier view from shore){ a lone figure in a small row boat just off shore in Harvard Arm in College Fiord with glaciers and large mountains in background}
Keywords: rowing, boat, fiord, Prince William Sound, glaciers, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.25
[U.S Army officer and woman sitting on front steps to row house at Fort St. Michael]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.014.78.8
[man rowing river boat down river, supplies in stern and dog in bow, Yukon River?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.311
After the potato digger, Sept. 1917. All to be picked up by hand, that night [potatoes lying in rows in field]
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.002.002
Front row on left, Greg Fleming, 9 years old, Anchorage, 1963 [with childhood friend.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2022.001.096
Mayfield Evans, fourth from left in top row, with Rotary District 5010, Whitehorse, Yukon, c.2000
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Group, Rotary Club, Rotary District 5010, Canada, Canadian, Whitehorse, Yukon, Gathering
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1971.014.023
[from verso] two natives - rowing [two people paddling canoe; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.196.001
63-2, Native in boat [man rowing wooden boat, axe; rope; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.89.5
[two soldiers getting into Jeep parked near row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, Adak?]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.378
Picking up potatoes, Sept. 1920 [person bending over rows in field. Original image blurry]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.90.6
[row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, huts marked "Out of Bounds," sign in foreground for A Street, Adak?]
Keywords: residences, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.416
Bee hives, with exits kept clear, March 1923 [Dora standing behind rows of boxes in deep snow]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.05
Cal Williams (first man in second row) with fellow soldiers in Personal Equipment Specialist training for Titan 2 missiles, Chanute Air Force Base, 1964 [Cal and eight other soldiers holding helmets, first row squatting, second row standing, note on bottom right of photograph: Personal 05063A Equip 27 Aug 63. Stamped on back: Instructor’s Copy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Chanute Air Force Base
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.41
Cal Williams, second from left in front row, bein installed in Knights of Columbus at St. Anthony Catholic Church
Keywords: Cal Williams, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1995.014.90.5
[row of Quonset huts partially buried in snowdrift, one hut marked "Out of Bounds," sign in foreground for A Street, Adak?]
Keywords: military, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.379
The new truck hauling away potatoes in crates, Sept. 1920 [view down field row filled with potatoes to truck]
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.007.053a
[view down row of damaged houses, with fissure in ground, downed picket fence, communications tower in distance, automobile at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1962.001A.150
Copper Center, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E110 [Men and horses along row of buildings. Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center), Ahtna region]
Keywords: Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Ahtna region, Ahtna, Territory, Men, Horse, Animals, Transportation, Log Building, Log cabin, Building, Cabin, Landscape, Mountain, Range, Community
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.942
P-550. Hewitt's Photo Shop (School Bus) [row of buses marked The White Cab Co., Inc., Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2066.1
(Gottstein warehouse) [man on pallet lift amidst rows of shelving holding goods including Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Cold Water All, and Tide]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2066.4
(Gottstein warehouse) [man on pallet lift amidst rows of shelving holding goods including Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Cold Water All, and Tide]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.3
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplanes and spectators outside hangars, young people in front row with model airplanes, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2012.030.2453
Canada & Japan receive 15% each of the U.S. & USSR sealskin harvest ann., Pribilofs, Aug. 31, 1964 [rows of barrels]
Collection: B2012.030
B2022.002.08B
(Photograph on reverse side of .8A) Little Flower Academy 12th grade graduating class, 1959, Cal Williams fourth from left in first row on male students, Father Ardwin Hillard to left of students in belted robe, Sister Mary Consuela in habit to right of students [four rows of students in caps and gowns]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1979.002.4903
"7/11/1919 potato field B" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 34; looking down rows of potato plants; trees in distance, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2038
(Elmendorf, July 8, 1940, another view) [aerial of Elmendorf Field on Fort Richardson, with rows of tents, Alaska Railroad train tracks at bottom of image]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2066.2
(Gottstein warehouse) [rows of shelving holding goods including Carnation Evaporated Milk, Special Morning Evaporated Milk, C and H Powdered Sugar, and Tide]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2066.3
(Gottstein warehouse) [rows of shelving holding goods including Carnation Evaporated Milk, Special Morning Evaporated Milk, C and H Powdered Sugar, and Tide]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2144.29
A group of hard workers, Dawson Y.T. #111. Larss & Duclos Photos, Dawson (Old Klondike) [prostitutes outside row of buildings. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.76.005
28-4; Henry Booth [portrait of man wearing cap; docks; sign reading "This side of ? for row boats on(ly?); Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.76.005
28-4; Henry Booth [portrait of man wearing cap; docks; sign reading "This side of ? for row boats on(ly?); Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018