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B1995.010.2195
[log church building with short bell tower on bluff with pine trees, probably Episcopal]
Collection: B1995.010
B2022.005.53
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman in dress and short hairstyle standing on boardwalk; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Clothing, Hairstyle, Boardwalk, Town, Buildings, Structures, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.27
D-33 [woman in parka and covered in blanket ice fishing for tomcod, short brush behind her]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.136
[woman wearing striped hat, short sleeve dress in front of building with closed windows, signs outside]
Collection: B1997.003
B2022.005.150
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in dresses outside; girl on right has short hair; cars parked in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Girls, Teens, Teenagers, Dresses, Clothing, Hairstyle, Outside, Cars, Transportation, Parked
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.119.15
[dog harnessed to loaded wheelbarrow pulling across short wooden bridge on beach, picket fence and outbuildings at left, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2141.13
D-13 [man standing on short ladder outside log cabin, snow on ground, drying rack and second cabin in background, Noatak?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.012.203
1955 Fur Rendezvous [Alaska Native woman wearing short fur parka, headscarf, and eyeglasses looking at sales booth. b&w negative]
Collection: B2015.012
B2017.029.2020
[short pedestrian bridge over small creek flowing to sea in center, warehouse building on bluff at left; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.225
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in dress standing outside house; person in shorts leaning over by house doorway. Woman likely Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Dress, Lipstick, Makeup, Purse, House, Home, Building, Person, Shorts, Clothing, Door, Doorway, Residence, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
B2013.074.228
[print date Sep 75; in 2014, identified as Anchorage Community College, with K Building at left and security building, now Eugene Short Hall, at right]
Collection: B2013.074
B2015.007.107
[Alaska Native man, woman, and young girl posed on tundra, man and woman wearing cloth parkas with short fur ruffs, child wearing headscarf]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.1736
T70 Nirvana Park Cordova, Alaska (Cordova Park) [Children play in and near water, creek, woman possibly holding baby; boy in water wearing shorts, girl on shore wearing shorts, cropped blouse and sneakers; child at far right behind wooden structure; possibly clothing on ground; bridge, burled post in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.1965
[residents and dog teams next to government airplane number N14 at village, Alaska Natives wearing white parkas with short St. Lawrence Island style ruffs]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.080
Scn 10329; Jane Haycock [actually Haycraft], Miss Alaska 1968; 20 July 1968; Glacier. [woman wearing shorts, headscarf, camera posed on rock in lake, waving; icebergs]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.151
Scn 9863; Portage ice & looking into Bear Valley, June 1960 [women wearing shorts or skirt leaning against front bumper of Yeoman station wagon, roof rack, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.1939.4
Spring Creek Lodge [roadhouse sign in foreground reads "Spring Creek Lodge Home Made Pies Short Orders Steak Sandwiches," log building in distance along curve in road. copy neg]
Keywords: roadhouses, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.28
D-34 Eskimo fishing tom cod, Koyuk, Alaska [woman in parka and covered in blanket ice fishing for tomcod, short brush behind her, snow piled into walls around her, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.2.14
Willow and people [pilot standing on ice with two women, one wearing Western style dress, one wearing short seal skin fur parka, village and mountain in background. same man as in B95.14.2.13]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.52.3
[white man, Eugene Tetinek? wearing short fur parka with walrus tusk insets and geometric decoration at bottom hem, standing outdoors in winter with sled, wood-frame buildings in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.952
L107 Artic [sic, Arctic] ski bowl (1948 postcard) [copy neg, skier in short sleeves poses on ski run. structures, Arctic Valley Road below; montains, Knik Arm in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.019.376
#73 Eskimo man. Northern Color Film Co., Robert A. Hall, Moose Pass [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing white parka with short fur ruff standing near ice ridge]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B1983.091.S4176.17
The First Federal Savings and Loan Bldg on C Street, between Fourth and Fifth Ave a short time after the 1964 earthquake. Photograph shows the collapsed front of bank, crushed car from debris and people wandering the street.
Keywords: earthquake
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1995.014.5.9
[man in parka with walrus tusk inlay standing with two women outdoors in winter, one woman wearing short wool jacket, one woman wearing long coat with fur trim and Athabascan-style mittens]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.136.002
46-1 May 1940; Plus x 40 - 24; DK 20; Marine views - oil barge - Neptune & Venus [crew members aboard the Venus; likely a longline fishing vessel; mountains, short, structures in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2046.11
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [man wearing short leather jacket and jodhpurs with woman wearing belted wool coat standing in field, mountains barely visible in distance]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.52.4
[white man, Joe Secora? wearing mukluks and short fur parka with walrus tusk insets and geometric decoration at bottom hem, standing outdoors in winter with dog, sled and coffee carton at left, wood-frame buildings in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing, animals, transportation, food
Collection: B1995.014
B2008.013.100
[man pointing camera at photographer, second man holding eyeshades over face, young boy wearing shorts in background, Western Union office rear left, automobile parked next to equipment at right, mountains in background, Great Salt Lake?]
Collection: B2008.013
B2013.007.058
[horse-drawn wagon stopped outside 36 Roadhouse, men and dogs on building’s roof, signs on walls “Take trail at No. 77 for 30 Below Lower Dominion Ck & Dawson Short Cut,” “Dog feed for sale,” “The Nugget Express”]
Collection: B2013.007
B2015.007.114
[young Alaska Native man and woman wearing Western style clothing posed next to log cabin, woman wearing coat with fur trim, hair cut short with bangs, man wearing driving cap and sport coat, cache in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1979.002.Album1.318
Temporary camp, D. L. Reaburn. R15-5. D. L. Reaburn [group of men standing at makeshift table eating, short fir trees in background, railroad exploration or construction camp, probably Matanuska Valley or Kenai Peninsula, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1997.003.146
[woman stands next to automobile with one foot on running board, leaning against window of open door where a rifle is mounted, possibly looking through a scope; wears pants that button up the back, short sleeved jacket; bottom third of image is double exposed - see image .145]
Collection: B1997.003
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.058
Scn 10661 CPS; Jane Haycraft & Linda Chavis; Linda Chavis Jr champion skier, Jane Haycraft (FBX), Miss Alaska 1968, 20 July 1968, Glacier. [Two young women wearing shorts pose with beach ball on rocks in Portage Lake, glacier, icebergs in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1972.046.157
[three Native women standing outdoors with young boy, one woman wearing print parka with short fur ruff, one wearing caribou parka with large ruff and U-shaped hem, one wearing fur parka with walrus tusk-pattern and geometric design on bottom hem, boy wearing fur parka and pants, village buildings in background, Seward Peninsula?]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1998.014.1.1847
T131 Valdez [likely the Valdez dock; sign reading: "Valdez, coastal terminus of Alaska's highway system, distribution center to Interior Alaska; Farthest north year round ice free seaport in North America; Fishing - freighting - mining - cold storage - hunting; Short route to Anchorage 306, Whitehorse 662, Fairbanks 368, Edmonton 2100, Yukon Riv. 530, Calgary 2300, Seattle, Chicago" pickup truck; strutures; no smoking sign; Flamo tanks, cart, ropes, steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley