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B2007.005.6.B15
[women attending to inflated seal carcasses outside a walled tent]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1973.079.114
[two people dressed in winter parkas seated on boardwalk with snow all around]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.077.18.026
[Artist, painter working on painting, easel, studio. View of water, mountains through windows in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.008.964
Photo by E.F. Foley, N.Y. Who went to Alaska in 1914 explore and map the sources of
the Harvard and Bryn Mawr Glaciers in an unexplored part of the Chugach Mts., above College
Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Miss Keen is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. In 1912
she made the 1st ascent of Mt. Blackburn, Alaska, 16,140 ft., in an expedition that required 33
days on ice and snow, and is the only sub-Arctic exploration ever organized and led by a
woman. A surveyor will be of the party this time. The Royal Geographical Society of Antwerp,
Belgium, had invited Miss [studio portrait of Dora]
Keywords: woman
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.10.021
[Steam boiler, buildings and person in background, sidewalk? in foreground.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.109.006
40-4 Fritzie [child stands in yard pointing; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.109.006
40-4 Fritzie [child stands in yard pointing; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.075.38
Copper Center, 1966 [woman standing outside house]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B2022.005.19
[Indigenous Alaskan mother with five children outside; all in parkas with fur ruffs]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Woman, Family, Children, Child, Girl, Boy, Son, Daughter, Toddler, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.117
[dog sleeping on porch steps of the Stokes house in St. Michael]
Keywords: dogs
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.2141.34
D-44. Tom cod fishing, Koyuk, Alaska [two people sitting on ice near holes, two others walking nearby]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2008.013.101
[man wearing visor, woman wearing sunglasses, and boy wearing shorts posed next to large pole and chain fence with flags, Great Salt Lake?]
Collection: B2008.013
B2008.013.95
[young boy leading horse carrying another boy and young girl, dirt road and utility poles in background]
Collection: B2008.013
B2015.007.130
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, man wearing cloth parka with fur ruff, mittens, and beret, woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka and scarf]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.190
[Dogsled team racing down snowy street, buildings, and bystanders nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Dogsled, Sled, Dogs, Husky, Huskies, Racing, Teams, Street, Winter, Snow, Recreation, Sport, Transportation, Buildings, Town, Community, Bystanders
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.120
[a very blurry photograph of a man sitting on the stairs infront of a house]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.122
[Boy and possibly his parents standing on the dock in St Michael. The boy has a fishing pole and several fish on a stringer that he is holding up for the photographer][negative is out of focus]
Keywords: fishing, docks, wharf
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.149
[two small skiffs with several men in each boat attending to or standing by a much larger vessel or ship][negative is cracked]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.014.56.6
Mrs. Wilson [Native woman wearing print parka with fur ruff and mukluks standing outdoors in winter, buildings in background. Same woman identified as "preacher's wife" in B2012.016.180]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.037.038
[same woman from .37 laying on what appears to be a picnic table in park, autumn]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.008.427
Our first camp since Alaska days [George seated at folding table next to automobile parked by small tent, second automobile and tent in background]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.428
Tenting de luxe, with auto head lights, refrigerator, table, etc. [similar to .427]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.57
[Indigenous Alaskan couple sitting in grass and wearing parkas with fur ruffs]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Couple, Pair, Man, Woman, Sitting, Grass, Beach grass, Parka, Fur, Fur ruff, Geometric design, Patterned, Decorative, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.71
[Young Indigenous Alaskan couple in fur parkas (likely reindeer fur) seated outside on ground; building and shrubbery in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young, Couple, Woman, Man, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, House, Structure, Shrubs, Shrubbery
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.113.11
[man pulling sled loaded with supplies]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.59.13
[portrait of dog in harness]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1393
(S10 soldiers meet Matanuska colonist) [similar to .1391]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.012.83
[Caucasian man wearing suit and cravat standing on rocky beach in front of glacier terminus, association ribbon pinned to suit lapel]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.012
B2015.008.461
18. West Hartford stores, fronts washed out by flood of Nov. 3, 1927 [gasoline pump in front of building at right, building at left with signs “F.L. Worthley - Son Service Quality General Merchandise” and “Post Office, West Hartford, Vt.”
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.126
[Indigenous Alaskan family posed outside home]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Mother, Woman, Children, Child, Girl, Daughter, Son, Boy, Teenager, Grandma, Elder, Grandmother, Outside, House, Home, Residence, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.246
[three Indigenous women, two Indigenous men, and one child standing in front of a truck parked in front of a building with a sign that reads: "Morgan"]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.80
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and child outside midwinter wearing fur (likely reindeer) parkas; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Child, Parkas, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Pelt, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Mittens, Gauntlets, Gloves, Winter, Snow, Buildings, Structures, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.6.006
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Ethel [view of top of woman's head; curls; seated in chair]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018