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B2009.037.040
[woman posed next to wall, wearing checkered skirt, same woman as .39?]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1975.104.018
Anchorage 1940-49 [parade, girl in striped skirt walking in street carrying flag; spectators]
Collection: B1975.104 Dorothy Zappa Collection
B1990.014.004.02010
Skirting the Arctic coast in late May. Photographer's number: 02010 [dog teams along ice shelf]
Keywords: winter, transportation, animals
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1975.104.017
Anchorage 1940-1949 [parade, girl on bicycle, tricycle, walking, grass skirt, "The Coffee Cup" sign, spectators]
Collection: B1975.104 Dorothy Zappa Collection
B2022.005.230
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in skirts standing on boardwalk; houses in background. Possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon on left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Teenagers, Teens, Skirts, Saddle shoes, Scarf, Fashion, Clothing, Lipstick, Makeup, Boardwalk, Fence, Building, Houses, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.5.People.8.11
"People - pageants, Crouch fashion show, 7/20/65, Model - Crouch design" [woman in sleeveless dress with striped skirt walks on carpet]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1998.014.1.745
"K15 McKinley Park Hotel, dancing" [servicemen and women dance, uniforms, floor-length dresses, skirts; appears to be same room as .744, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.006.939
Hatcher Pass area, 1945-46 [man and woman fishing in river, woman wearing skirt and cloth sack on back, man wearing hip waders]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2016.006
B2015.008.1204
Native woman such as an “ayah.” She wears a full skirt of cotton and a jacket half way to waist. Only this cloth beside. Trousers under shirt. If Mohammedan, no skirt over trousers. The water jar she carries is usually on the head. Women do the hardest work and carry the biggest burdens. This one unusually pretty [portrait of woman in traditional clothing posed in front of backdrop]
Collection: B2015.008
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
B1989.016.2187.4
Copyright 1903. Lomen Bros. Nome #13 [four Native women in fur parkas, mukluks and printed skirts on beach near boats. Parkas are Bering Sea or Norton Sound style. copy neg]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2187.2
Lomen Bros. Nome #19 [Native woman wearing Western-style skirt and boots and parka with fur trim and geometric decoration, with braided hair and loop earrings, carrying small child on her back in a hide bag]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.124
[two women sit on rear bumper of an automobile; one holding a bottle and wearing a novelty pattern skirt or dress; the other wearing a dress and saddle shoes; interior wall in background, possibly inside a shed with dirt floor]
Collection: B1997.003
B1991.011.461
Kasigluk, JoAnn Beaver, 1957; Eskimo parka typical of Kuskokwim delta area [girl poses wearing fur parka with hood over plaid skirt or dress, boots; laundry hanging in background; log cabin at left, Dup; note: fine hairs near center background are part of image]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2018.023.048a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle; [outdoor summer scene; people; men; women; children gather as photographer with tripod watches; hats; skirts; blankets; wooden structures; tents’ mountain; possible river or lake in background; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.048b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle; [verso of slide: outdoor summer scene; people; men; women; children gather as photographer with tripod watches; hats; skirts; blankets; wooden structures; tents’ mountain; possible river or lake in background; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1997.003.125
[two women and two men; women sit on rear bumper of an automobile; one holding a bottle and wearing a novelty pattern skirt or dress; the other wearing a dress and saddle shoes; one man wears aviator goggles on his head and leans against car; one squats next to one woman whose arm is draped over his shoulder; interior wall in background, possibly inside a shed with dirt floor]
Collection: B1997.003