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B1973.079.179
[unidentified ship anchored in an unidentified harbor with shoreline in the background]
Keywords: ship, harbor, port
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.218.001
[woman walking along rocky shoreline; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2011
T228 Homer, Alaska "air view" [roads, structures, shoreline]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.059.027
Canneries. Bering Sea. [distant view of buildings and boats on shoreline]
Collection: B2013.059
B1989.016.2216
[photograph of a Sydney Laurence painting of a cabin and boat on a shoreline, mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.80.14
[four soldiers in amphibious vehicle crossing lake, building on shoreline in distance]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2012.030.3697
Earthquake damage to Turnagain Arm area, May 12, 1964 [aerial of shoreline]
Collection: B2012.030
B2013.059.013
Canneries. Bering Sea. [view of shoreline from water, with boat anchored right]
Collection: B2013.059
B2022.005.165
[Indigenous Alaskan man fishing from shoreline; additional people fishing in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Fishing, Fisher, Fishing pole, Pole, Rode, Shoreline, Shore
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.218.002
[woman squatting on rocky shoreline wearing one glove; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2473
"Ground; 5/30/46" [aerial view of snow, possibly ice, shoreline; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2012.006.427
[view along shoreline, boat in foreground, church in distance; print date Sep 58]
Collection: B2012.006
b2012.006.745
[man wearing heavy clothing posed on shoreline, village buildings and radomes in background; no date]
Collection: B2012.006
B2017.024.2943
July 1983, scenics and tundra [view looking up shoreline; road, beach, fireweed]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.003.062
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [barefoot woman posed on rocky shoreline] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Barefoot, Shoreline, Waterway
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1599.1
P-316. Hewitt's (Gill netters) [two fishermen posed at shoreline with net containing fish]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.544
"Sept 1958 Newtok" [view possibly from boat of shoreline, structure, likely fish drying rack, river]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2019.003.063
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [woman posed underneath rock outcropping on shoreline] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Rock, Rocky, Boulder, Outcropping, Rock formations, Shoreline
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.064
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [woman posed near rock outcropping on shoreline] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Rock, Rocky, Boulder, Outcropping, Rock formations, Shoreline
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.066
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [woman sitting underneath rock outcropping on shoreline] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Rock, Rocky, Boulder, Outcropping, Rock formations, Shoreline, Mountain, Mountains, Mountain range
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.2018.1.60.003
23-2 clouds at Saxman; 8/13 [1939; scenic view with wood structure in foreground; road; shoreline]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.60.003
23-2 clouds at Saxman; 8/13 [1939; scenic view with wood structure in foreground; road; shoreline]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1251
(O64 Ketchikan harbor) [view looking northwest along shoreline, structures, storage tanks, roads, ships]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1252
(O64 Ketchikan Harbor) [view looking northwest along shoreline, roads, automobiles, storage tanks, structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1785
T98 Ketchikan, Alaska (harbor) [view of shoreline; structures, automobiles, road, fuel storage tanks, water]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.430
Dora Keen Handy, 1924. Lake Champlain [Dora sitting under tree roots along shoreline]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.211.004
67-1; March 1941; Scene along Columbia River above Lake Chelan [likely a pipeline at shoreline; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.225.004
70-3; Indian town from Fitz's scow [view of structures at shoreline; pilings; boats; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.225.005
70-3; Indian town from Fitz's scow [view of structures at shoreline; pilings; boats; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.230.002
71-4; man on rocks [man sitting above shoreline; boats moored in background; August 1941; Sitka]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.67.003
25-2; Tyee & clouds [steamship TYEE with shoreline, structures, mountains in background, 1939, likely near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.67.003
25-2; Tyee & clouds [steamship TYEE with shoreline, structures, mountains in background, 1939, likely near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.009.3
Kotzebue 1957 [view down gravel street in front of walled tents, soldiers in uniform on path, shoreline on left]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B2014.009
B2016.019.1.01e.08693.05
Waves on rocky shoreline, Smith Island, P.W.S., Alaska, [Alaska Cities - Prince William Sound], c. 1991
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Prince William Sound, Smith Island, Waves
Collection: B2016.019
B2017.024.3050
July 1983, aerials, villages [structures along roadway, shoreline with driftwood, automobiles, quonset, snow fences in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2019.003.065
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [woman sitting on rock outcropping along shoreline at low tide] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Rock, Outcropping, Rocky, Boulder, Shoreline, Low tide
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.1707
T63 Kodiak, Alaska [scenic view of shoreline, mountains, structures, two children are in meadow in left foreground; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3018
July 1983, aerials, villages [shoreline with structures between beach and roadway; motor home at lower left; mountains in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3040
July 1983, aerials, villages [shoreline with canvas wall structures, tent, roads, waterways, ponds, tundra, mountain in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1979.002.Album1.99
Beach at Seward. Eugene Underwood [cabins along shoreline, driftwood in foreground, woman walking along beach at left, circa 1914]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1793
Yukon River, Circle, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [pile of driftwood at right, pilot house of boat visible at shoreline. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection