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B2022.002.42
Cal Williams dressed in white, singing
Keywords: Cal Williams, Music, Singing
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1996.035.2.1094to1095
.1094—Sonny Chambers singing .1095—Cast of USO show
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1998.014.1.1341
(PE8 Eskimo dance) [Interior image; men sit on floor drumming and singing, women sit singing; kuspuks, parkas, mukluks, people in stairway at upper right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1053
Jan71P7 #16038 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing red fur trimmed parka, eyeglasses sings and gestures]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Singing
Collection: B2017.024
B1970.028.045
Grandstand in Eskimo Lands. Everybody sing to the Blanket tossers. 1921 Often a successful hunt. Eskimos-Social Life & Customs
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B2017.029.2970
[group of St. Lawrence Island Yupik women singing on lawn, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.24
(Anchorage Schools Central Catholic Jr High)(Mar 24 1964)(15887)(Central Jr Hi Choral T.O.S.S singing group Mrs Oaks Instructor)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1996.035.2.1092to1093
.1092—USO camp show at the Village theater, 5/5/47, Sonny Chambers singing .1093—USO camp show at the Village theater, 5/5/47. She just kissed that guy on the head.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2014.002.727
[Tlingit dancers, man drumming, elder woman singing, two women dancing, Romig Junior High gymnasium; print date Nov 70]
Collection: B2014.002
B1989.016.1460
48. Esquimo orchestra. c. Rossman. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [six Alaska Native men sitting, drumming, and singing. copy neg]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1047
Jan71P7 #16031 Barrow [Inupiat men and women wearing fur trimmed parkas, mukluks play drums, sing; painting of polar bear, seal, person, dogs; drum and whale baleen on wall]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka, Baleen
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2246.20
(Parade, 1950) [spectators outside Hewitt's Drug Store in Bevers & Pfeil Building, Fourth Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, with sings for businesses including Cheechako Tavern, Carlquist's Jewelry, Anchorage Grill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2424
August 1961 "Alaska - Eskimo dancers entertain at Kotzebue Social Club - winter; copyright 1986" [people drumming and singing whil others dance or observe; lettering on back wall: "Pagel(obstructed)cipsee E(obstructed)lot"; baleen hanging over window; snowshoes hanging on wall at left]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.39.005
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman singing; possibly in musical "Roberta"; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.39.005
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman singing; possibly in musical "Roberta"; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018