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B1990.014.5.Animals.27.8.1c
Harbor seal. 35mm [boy with harbor seal]
Keywords: Animals, children
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.014.5.Animals.27.8.1a
Harbor seal. 35mm
Keywords: Animals
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.014.5.Animals.27.8.1b
Harbor seal. 35mm
Keywords: Animals
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.014.5.Animals.27.16
Alaska harbor seal. This type of seal is a heavy salmon predator.
Keywords: Animals
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2016.019.1.05f.08916.01
Harbor Seals in Kenai Fjords, Southcentral Alaska [Animals - Marine Life - Seals], 1991
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Animals, Marine Life, Seals, Harbor Seals
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.4.Animals.25.3550
[Fur Seal Skins in Barrels]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1993.012.39B
Seal hunter returns to Nome, from off the ice. [man wearing snowshoes and pulling seal carcass]
Keywords: hunting, transportation
Collection: B1993.012 Lou & Gilbert Adamec Collection
B1965.018.44
(Alaska Eskimo in her seal skins )
Keywords: native alaskan woman
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B2019.019.IB10-11
Umiak (Seal Skin Boat), 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Umiaks, Boats
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2022.005.106
[Indigenous Alaskan girl with braids holding seal skin; second seal carcass on ground nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girl, Young woman, Child, Braids, Hairstyle, Mukluks, Footwear, Seal, Seal skin, Harvest, Winter, Outside, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.010.5343
[men scraping seal skinsinside seal processing plant, Pribilof Islands; print date Jul 74]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5344
[men scraping seal skinsinside seal processing plant, Pribilof Islands; print date Jul 74]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.66
McKinley Bldg. Earthquake Safety seal w/plywood
Keywords: damaged building
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
b2015.027.27
[men and boys in field clubbing or skinning seals]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.004.13.1
Barrow, 89883, May 1980 [seal head on ice]
Keywords: Animals, hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1985.027.1230
(Wein; Destinations; Gambell)(Charles and Amy Slwooko of Gamble wearing seal skin water parkas and seal skin mukluks)
Keywords: native alaskan, Gambell
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1995.010.5342
[men scraping seal skins inside seal processing plant, Pribilof Islands; print date Jul 74]
Collection: B1995.010
b2015.027.173
Native going home with his seal meat [Aleut man pushing wheelbarrow full of seal carcasses, buildings in background]
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.04.625
“Pullers” skinning the seal, Pribilof Is., AK [men pulling skins off seal carcasses; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2008.004.027
Another view of killing and skinning them. Skinning of the seals after killing by crew of the ship [shows men salting the fur of seals during a seal harvest. Location is probably St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B1991.011.597
"Newtok, sealing; E. Clements" [winter scene; person pulling dead seal near structure as child stands nearby]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.2243
312 "61, young hair seal with fish; March 8, 1958" [possibly spotted seal and fish on rocky ground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.503
Arctic Seal Hunter. Hewitt's 40. (P.C. 01/24/1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Animals.27.2
Harbor seal, Augustine, May 1963. Photographer's number: 13681
Keywords: Animals
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2006.023.6914.jpg
Pana-Vue JH1005. Arctic Animals. Hair seal.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6922.jpg
Pana-Vue JH113G2. Eskimos of Alaska. Seal hunt.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2013.066.482
[woman skinning seal, probably Pedro Bay, 1960s]
Keywords: hunting, food, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2013.066
B2011.013.10
Skinning Fur Seals on St Paul Island Alaska[numerous alaska natives engaged skinning multiple fur seals already dead on the ground]
Keywords: fur, industry, harvest
Collection: B2011.013
B1985.027.1474
Seal Hunting - Kotzebue, AK, Courtesy of Wien Consolidated Airlines
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B2006.023.6369.jpg
Keith Redington with a puppy and seal in playpen. Same day as #371
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6369
Keith Redington with a puppy and seal in playpen. Same day as #371
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2007.005.6.B15
[women attending to inflated seal carcasses outside a walled tent]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.024.3558
"Skinny seal, Savoonga Village, St Lawrence Island" [woman butchering seal atop snow; structure, shovels; likely late 1960s] slide #6483
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1301
46. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Eskimo seal hunter) [man with spear and rifle standing next to seal on ice floe. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.04.619
Stunners & seals, St. Paul Is., Pribilofs, AK [men wearing hard hats clubbing seals on killing field; print date Aug 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.04.622
Stunner & seal, St. Paul Is., Pribilofs, AK [man wearing hard hat clubbing seal on killing field; print date Aug 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1984.077.23.012
Seal of Minnesota Flour [railroad platform, barrel, pallet. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1264.1
56. Seal Rocks, Gulf of Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection