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B2019.019.IC1-24
Mukluk making (shoes) [Barrow/Utqiaġvik], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Utqiaġvik, Inupiaq, Mukluks, Shoes, Woman, People, Arts
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1962.001A.272
Shoeing a pet. P.S. Hunt, G2229 [Horses; People; Valdez; Alaska Road Commission] [Men with ferrier shoeing horse in corral]
Keywords: Shoeing, Ferrier, Pet, Horse, Horseshoe, People, Men, Pen, Corral, Valdez, Alaska Road Commission, AK Road Commission, ARC, A.R.C.
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2009.037.035
.35 – [woman adjusting her shoe in front of building]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1984.077.16.030
[man sitting on porch, mukluks, shoes, flowers, steps, kuspuk]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.028
[man removing kuspuk, wearing mukluks, shoes on porch step, door, porch, flowers]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.16.027
[man removing kuspuk, wearing mukluks, shoes on porch step, door, porch, flowers on porch]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1539.1
122. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [man shoeing horses in Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1020
Our barns & snow-shoe track [view across snowy field to barns in distance, snowshoe
trail across field]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.16.029
[man sitting on porch removing kuspuk, wearing mukluks, shoes on step, door, flowers, man in left foreground.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1996.034.10
Chewing mukluk soles for shoes. Ida Lane chewing mukluk soles. Picture taken by Emma E. Brown
Collection: B1996.034
B2015.007.48
[Alaska Native woman wearing Western style clothing and shoes standing outside storm-damaged or dilapidated building]
Keywords: residences, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.98.003
37-1 Jan. 1940; Plus X 40-24; Dev 15 mins in DK 20 @65°; interiors at 1055 Stedman St. [bedroom closet; clothing; shoes with shoe trees; suitcases; hat box; bureau; clock; neckties; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.98.003
37-1 Jan. 1940; Plus X 40-24; Dev 15 mins in DK 20 @65°; interiors at 1055 Stedman St. [bedroom closet; clothing; shoes with shoe trees; suitcases; hat box; bureau; clock; neckties; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.12.10
"4th of July, 7/47" [parade, bicycles, soldiers, marching, shoe store, liquor stores, Anchorage Photo Supply" sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1995.010.4897
[woman wearing fancy dress parka and lace-up shoes, walking with man, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2013.059.029
Canneries. Bering Sea. [view from boat's pilothouse, photographer's shoe in foreground, two men in bow, view down river]
Collection: B2013.059
B2015.007.146
[young woman wearing dress and Mary Jane shoes posed next to wood-plank building in winter, icicles on eaves]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1539.2
132. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [men shoeing horses in yard next to outbuildings, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1641.5
[Rutherford's Men's Shop, interior with counter display showing clothing, hats, shoes, Santa figurine in corner, Anchorage Fourth Avenue]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.11.001
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [ Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 30, 1939; shoes; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.11.001
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [ Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 30, 1939; shoes; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.12.5
"4th of July 47" [parade, color guard, bicycles, soldiers, marching, shoe store, liquor stores, Anchorage Photo Supply" sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1998.014.1.2029
T245 Spenard, Alaska [street scene with stoplight; automobiles; Piggly Wiggly store, LIquors Cold Beer; Gordon's Family Shoe Store]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1539.3
133. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [men shoeing horses, with outbuildings, automobile, and animals in yard, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1573
101. Palmer blacksmith shop. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [small shack with men shoeing horses at right, children playing at left, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.11.002
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 1, 1930; shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.11.002
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Wednesday, March 1, 1930; shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.11.003
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Tuesday, February 28, 1939 (?); shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.11.003
3-3 Newpaper enlarging test strip [similar to 11.1; Wall Street Journal page from Tuesday, February 28, 1939 (?); shoe at bottom; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.026.324
[young girl wearing dress, knee socks, and patent leather shoes standing on dock at Ship Creek small boat harbor, Port of Anchorage at right; no date]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2015.026
b2015.027.148
The belles of the village ready for the egg race [Aleut women wearing dresses, berets, and high-heeled shoes lined up near buildings, male spectators in background]
Keywords: Fourth of July celebrations, clothing, recreation
Collection: B2015.027
B1989.016.2053.32
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [parade on Fourth Avenue, passing signs for businesses including The Gitchell, Seidenverg's, U. G. Crocker, Tent Factory, and Gordon's Cantilever Shoes]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.39
E-58 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.004
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2054.40
40-40 (July 4, 1940) [policemen directing people away from fire in business on Fourth Avenue, signs in foreground for Panhandle, Shoe Shine, Bakery, Star, Lunch Room]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.582
Newtok [woman wearing parka with fur ruff holds infant wearing hide shoes; cupboard in background holds dinner ware, clock reading 3 o'clock; scale; 1950s]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1970.028.023
The old snow shoe maker. Although snowshoes are not as important to the Eskimo as his famous spear, he knows there are times when he could not get along without them. Lomen Bros, Nome, 1907 [Alaska Native man strings a snowshoe]
Keywords: footwear, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1990.014.2018.1.116.005
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; clock reading 10:35; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.116.005
41-5; nite scenes of University Way [street scene including Dresslar Hardware; furniture store; Shoes; clock reading 10:35; automobiles; March 1-3, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2166
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; girl and adult" [toddler wearing dress, white gloves and shoes stands on table or counter next to woman holding basket containing a doll]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2210.56
E-62 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.98
[Four Indigenous Alaskan girls posed together, two holding tin cups. The three younger girls are wearing western-style athletic shoes (possibly Converse). Village in background. Possibly Inupiaq territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girls, Young woman, Child, Children, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Clothing, Outerwear, Western clothing, Footwear, Athletic shoes, Shoes, Sneakers, Converse, Tin cup, Village, Buildings, Houses, Structures, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2053.37
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [parade on Fourth Avenue, passing signs for businesses including The Gitchell, Seidenverg's, U. G. Crocker, Tent Factory, Gordon's Cantilever Shoes, and Alaska Game Commission [window at left]]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.28
E-45 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas, one wearing fur mukluks and skin gloves, the other Western-style pants and shoes, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.124
[two women sit on rear bumper of an automobile; one holding a bottle and wearing a novelty pattern skirt or dress; the other wearing a dress and saddle shoes; interior wall in background, possibly inside a shed with dirt floor]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.2025
Mt. View Road, Anchorage, Alaska. T241 [Mountain View businesses and automobiles, including Gateway Service; Mt View Cleaners and Washaroo; Mt View Shoe Repairing; Sunset Trailer Park directional sign]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley