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B2006.023.6549.jpg
Kathy Bliss with sisters and brothers and Chinook.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2015.008.971
[Dora on ship deck with woman, possibly sister Florence?]
Keywords: ship, travel, transportation
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.36
Cal Williams' sister, Zavier Smith, and Cal Williams
Keywords: Cal Williams, Zavier Smith
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2021.006.11
Judge Larry Card’s sister, Marilyn Evans, with Charles Card
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Marilyn Evans, Charles Card, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.002.067
Kelly Fleming, Randal Fleming, Anchorage, Alaska, 1965 [sister and brother.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Kelly Fleming, Randal Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.006.18
Virginia Card Smith [Judge Larry Card’s sister, a nurse who became lawyer]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Virginia Card Smith, Sister, Family, Nurse, Lawyer
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.04
Left to Right: Charles W. Card [Judge Larry Card’s brother], Virginia Card Smith [Judge Larry Card’s sister], Marilyn Evans [Judge Larry Card’s sister]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Charles W. Card, Virginia Card Smith, Marilyn Evans, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.002.071
Left to right, Randal Fleming, Kelly Fleming, Anchorage, Alaska, 1965 [brother and sister playing.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Randal Fleming, Kelly Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.228.005
71-2 The Sisters, back of Ellis Island [view of mountains across water; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.228.006
71-2 The Sisters, back of Ellis Island [view of mountains across water; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.006.06
Left to Right: Janie Hayes, Card’s aunt, sister-in-law, Jessica Young, Aunt Odessa Branch, Aunt Luretha Reid
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Janie Hayes, Jessica Young, Odessa Branch, Luretha Reid, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.24
Virginia Card Smith [Card's sister] at evening reception for Judge Larry Card at Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska, 1993 October 1
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Reception, Virginia Card Smith, Sister, Family, Captain Cook Hotel, Hotel
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2017.024.1333
Diomede, Feb 1962 "19. Diomede girl & baby sister" [girl carries child on her back while third child stands behind them, possibly in a doorway]
Collection: B2017.024
B1986.001.20
Palisades Park, New Jersey July 8th 1917 I Caroline his niece is sitting beside Uncle Leopald. My father Lonis Walter Schwartz, Anna David and his sister Clara David Schwartz my mother. Caroline Schwartz Horowitz
Collection: B1986.001
B2016.024.004
Mary & Judy, Annette, Sept. ’52 [on similar print:] Quonset huts, CG housing, boardwalk leading to our Quonset hut, my mother and 18 mo.-old sister [woman and young child walking between rows of housing]
Keywords: Annette Island, women
Collection: B2016.024
B1983.091.S1564.B57
[Left = Lindgren Mathlaw, Center = Lydia Williams (now Lydia Weston), Right, with Cracker Jack box = Alice Mathlaw (now Alice Williams)] [Identification were made by Howard and Muriel Amos of Mekoryuk, Alaska. Muriel's maiden name is also Mathlaw -- hence, Lindren is her brother and Alice is her sister.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2022.002.08B
(Photograph on reverse side of .8A) Little Flower Academy 12th grade graduating class, 1959, Cal Williams fourth from left in first row on male students, Father Ardwin Hillard to left of students in belted robe, Sister Mary Consuela in habit to right of students [four rows of students in caps and gowns]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.018
Left to right: Claudia (Willie Mae Evans’ sister), Jacqueline Evans, George King, Jelani Evans Reynolds, Willie Mae Evans, Melphine Evans, Willie Mae Evans, Jamila Evans Reynolds, Walt Disney Company Cruise, 2000. [Mayfield Evans, Willie Mae Evans with family members at table in cruise ship dining room]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Claudia, Sister, Sister-in-law, Willie Mae Evans, Wife, Spouse, Husband, Family, Jacqueline Evans, Jacque Evans, Daughter, George King, Jelani Evans Reynolds, Melphine Evans, Jamila Evans Reynolds Walt Disney Company, Cruise, Dinner
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.38
1950; 27189. Steve & Stan McCutcheon at Wardman Park Hotel, Wash, D.C., during battle for statehood. L) 1-2-3 Larry Flahart capt. DC4 Alaska Air, Judy _?, McNealy. Far R., Stan McCutcheon; Rachelle Castner's sister from Ohio; Harry Courtemanche; 2nd officer DC4 Alaska Airline; Wardman Park Hotel.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B2022.002.11
Handwritten note on back of photograph: School Reunion 2019, Class of 1959 Little Flower Academy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.1290
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [parade scene looking west down 4th Avenue; truck with Cristiani & Bailey Bros. Circus; automobiles, circus cannon, women riding elephants; spectators - women, men, children - on streets and rooftops; businesses: Piggly Wiggly grocery, Rose Florists shop, Theresa, Alaskan Printing: Stationers and Publishing Co. 819 4th Ave., Two Sisters, Sunshine Market, Carol's Dress shop, furs, Alaska Fur Factory, Chevron Gas Station, 4th Avenue Beauty Salon, Radio, White House, Columbia Lumber, Schorn Paints; Milke Way frozen custard - fountain MI. Long Coneys, chili; Paddock Paint & Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B&B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel; circus posters in store windows; stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley