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B1983.091.S3425.104
Peter Britch (Walking trapline, collecting beaver)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S3425.121
4/62 (334 negs) Peter Britch (Skinning beaver and processing skins)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.4.7444
South Side 4th Ave Near C Street West. Oct 1970
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2019.019.IB1-10
Glacial Plain, 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Glaciers, Water
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2010.023.340
(Barter Island-mail day- 1960)(From N Chance 4-145) [Barter Island community members greet the mail carrier during a winter day]
Collection: B2010.023
B2022.005.10
[Baby eating and grinning toddler outside on blanket, both wearing parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Children, Toddler, Infant, Grinning, Smiling, Eating, Food, Outside, Blanket, Parka, Mukluks, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1583.5
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence, part #5) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.6
(First Tent City, Anchorage, 5-part panorama by Sydney Laurence, extra pic) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1583.7
[Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue at E Street looking east, parked automobiles with businesses including Rexall Pharmacy, Anchorage Light & Power Co., Anchorage Grill and Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, circa 1936. Prior to construction of Anchorage Hotel. Scaffolding around building that would become Hewitt's Drug Store]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1584
(Yukon Sternwheeler Gen. J.W. Jacobs of Nenana)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2015.027.165
Dave and part of his family. I took this picture lopsided [Aleut man, woman, and child standing outdoors, buildings in background]
Collection: B2015.027
B1995.014.118.14
Jacob Askoak, father of three priests [Alaska Native man wearing driving cap and mukluks seated on log holding small child, buildings and wood pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.2.1088to1089
.1088—Inspection at hangar. Lt. Carmen in front. 3/29/47 [dog wandering in front of troops in formation] .1089—During quarantine [five servicemen on sofa, one holding pinup against wall]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
b2011.012.1.115
Sept. '45. Japanese prison camp for Allied POWs on Hokkaido. Plane is a torpedo bomber from a CVE in North Pacific Force.
Collection: B2011.012
B2016.04.625
“Pullers” skinning the seal, Pribilof Is., AK [men pulling skins off seal carcasses; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.04.622
Stunner & seal, St. Paul Is., Pribilofs, AK [man wearing hard hat clubbing seal on killing field; print date Aug 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2141.19
D-19 [man and woman in parkas and mukluks standing in dog yard on tundra, houses and frozen ocean in background]
Keywords: villages, houses, residences, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
TV.202.30
1971 Cleaning ice and feeding it to chipper at Wainwright school. Water source
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2005.013.137
Joe & Margaret, King Cove, May ’52 [man and woman standing on boardwalk along waterfront, other men seated at left, buildings in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B2016.006.2624
[view of town waterfront from amphibious airplane, possibly Wrangell; print date Aug 61]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.029.2146
[men on killing field clubbing and skinning seals, truck at right; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2017.029