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B2022.005.169
[Profile view of walking Indigenous Alaskan man in sunglasses]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Walking, Rainboots, Sunglasses, Hat, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.006.Hein.Tony.47.5
Tony Hein, 1985, [teen boy poses in director's chair with sunglasses]
Keywords: Boyer, Boyer Photography, Teenagers, Sunglasses, People
Collection: B2017.006
B2022.005.160
[Indigenous Alaskan man in sunglasses lounging on rocky ground drinking beer]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Sunglasses, Rocky, Ground, Lounging, Snow, Winter, Beer, Glass bottle, Bottle, Beverage
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.265.004
82-4; Lorraine Nelson [woman at beach wearing sunglasses; August 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.3548
Savoonga; St Lawrence Island [man wearing parka, gloves, sunglasses; winter; undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3548
Savoonga; St Lawrence Island [man wearing parka, gloves, sunglasses; winter; undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1380
Diomede, Feb 1962 [Boy showing a puppy as a man looks on; man is holding sunglasses; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.242
[Passengers boarding Transportation Co. Nome, Alaska bus; man in parka and sunglasses looking at camera. Inupiaq Territory.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Passenger, Bus, Transportation Co., Transportation Company, Nome, Alaska, Inupiaq, Territory, Inupiat, Transportation, Parka, Sunglasses, Outerwear, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.235
[Two Indigenous Alaskan women in sunglasses sitting on house roof; person leaning against railing near door; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Woman, Sunglasses, Sunny, Sitting, Seated, Roof, House, Home, Building, Residence, Person, Individual, Leaning, Rail, Railing, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Outerwear, Clothing, Gloves, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2141.5
D-5 [person in sunglasses and fur parka, hat, and mukluks standing next to wood coffin elevated off snow, with Christian cross]
Keywords: funerary practices
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.52
Alaska ’48 – Coville Lake, Bud Branham in heaven [Bud Branham wearing sunglasses, angling near gravel shore]
Collection: B2017.011
B1979.002.4.287.1a
(Al Campbell, Stores Dept., hauling away records to be destroyed. April 1961.) [Man moving boxes, hat, sunglasses, garbage cans, not Al Campbell]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
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
B2014.027.33
#1-78. Iditarod musher, Iditarod 1978, Nancy Lake, Alaska [portrait of man with red beard wearing sunglasses and blue knitted wool cap]
Keywords: recreation, clothing
Collection: B2014.027
B2015.019.58
Misha & Tony [Alaska Native man and young boy sitting on snowmachine, man wearing sunglasses and fur-lined hat with earflaps; print date May 79]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.019
B1979.002.4.287.1b
(Al Campbell, Stores Dept., hauling away records to be destroyed. April 1961.) [man standing with boxes, hat, sunglasses, gloves, records on shelves, fliling cabinet; not Al Campbell]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.212.004
67-2 Along the Columbia River above Lake Chelan [woman holding sunglasses standing next to road looking at view; automobile at far right; March 1941; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.90
[four children posed standing against wall of wood-plank building, two holding puppies, one wearing sunglasses, all wearing Western style clothing, log building in background]
Keywords: animals, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.011.91
Alaska ’47 – Lower Tal, Marnie & Bud Branham [Marnie Branham wearing sunglasses and holding fishing rod, both standing on bank of Lower Talarik Creek]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1498
(Elliott and Folkenstein) [two men standing near Star Airways airplane, one in tall boots holding aviator sunglasses, the other in fur parka and fur hat, with metal can and possibly small heaters in snow at their feet]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.25
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [man wearing fur hat, fur trimmed parka, and sunglasses driving automobile with snowshoes tied to fenders, rifle mounted near door, and furs dangling from windscreen, buildings in background]
Keywords: businesses, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.118.15
Jacob Askoak, father of three priests [Alaska Native man wearing driving cap and mukluks seated on log holding small child, second man wearing sunglasses crouched at right, buildings and wood pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2005.013.160
Eskimos, Mekoryuk, 6/21/51, kayaks in background [Alaska Native woman wearing print parka, headscarf and sunglasses standing with three young girls on beach, one girl wearing print parka, one wearing fur parka, and one wearing Western-style clothing, kayaks, Quonset hut, and drying rack in background. Girl at left Lizzie Viola Amos, cf. .161]
Collection: B2005.013
B2014.027.189
[two women standing outside business, woman at left wearing sunglasses, knitted cap and parka with fur ruff, Alaska Native woman at right wearing eyeglasses, print parka with fur ruff, and headscarf, holding purse; print date Aug 75. At AFN 2015, identified as Helen Fagerstrom of Nome (left) and possibly Hannah Hawley (right)] [Sitnasuaq (Nome). At AFN 2022, woman on left confirned Helen Fagerstrom.]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Indigenous, BIPOC, Inupiat, Women, Building, Business, Sunglasses, Cap, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Eyeglasses, Glasses, Headscarf, Purse, Helen Fagerstrom, Hannah Hawley, Sitnasuaq, Nome
Collection: B2014.027