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B2006.023.4580.jpg
[swimming moose]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.6912.jpg
[swimming moose]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2015.008.014
(just a stunt){man swimming amongst icebergs in tidal waters of Harvard Arm in College Fiord}
Keywords: swimming, ice bergs, mountains, glaciers, recreation
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1163
(O31 Outdoor swimming near the Arctic Circle) [swimming pool, Fairbanks, diving boards, trapeze, slide, ladder, summer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1987.1
(Swimming Pool, "Spa", April 22, 1954)(8x10 print2)
Keywords: buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.530
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [moose swimming. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1161
O30 Outdoor swimming in Alaska (1946 postcard) [similar to .1160]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2018
"T233 Fairbanks swimming pool" [copy neg; same as .2017]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1162
O31 Outdoor swimming, Fairbanks, Alaska (near the Arctic Circle) [swimming pool, people diving, trapeze, umbrella, diving boards, ladder, summer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1312
O93 Out-door swimming at Seward, Alaska [adults and children at pond or lake; automobile; bicycles; inner tubes; logs; swimming platform; dog; structure at right; road.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.023.052
(People Swimming)(two woman and a man standing in a lake with swimming suits on posing for the camera)
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.1917.4b
Northland Greeting [Christmas card mat with sketch of caribou, with photograph of bull moose swimming]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1987.2
"Spa" Swimming Pool Anchorage, Alaska (Swimimng Pool "spa", April 22, 1954)
Keywords: recreation, pool, building exterior
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.023.051
(People Swimming)(a woman and two men standing in a lake with swimming suits on posing for the camera)
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.023.053
(People Swimming)(a woman and two men standing in a lake with swimming suits on posing for the camera)
Collection: B2014.023
B1998.014.1.773
L15 Beaver on Horseshoe Lake - McKinley Park [beaver swimming, trees, mountain; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1917.4a
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland [Christmas card mat with sketch of log cache in winter, with photograph of bull moose swimming]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1279
O80 Lake Spanard [sic] - near Anchorage. (Lake Spenard swimming) [summer scene, people in water, children, adults, shore, floating swimming platform, inner tubes; log structure at left; bicycle, automobile; trash on beach; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2017
T233 Fairbanks, Alaska "Swimming pool" [copy neg; people using outdoor swimming pool with slide, diving boards, trapeze; umbrellas, bleachers, ping-pong; banner reading: "Northern Commercial Co., the store for everybody;"baseball field and players in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S3178.060
Unalakleet, kids swimming, 7-18-60 [child stands in shallow water, splashing at right; hills and antennas in distance]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.2018.1.293.002
88-9 March 43; Plus X; Trip back on ridge [dog wading or swimming in pond; near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1160
(O30 Outdoor swimming; 1946 postcard) [swimming pool, children, adults, slide, diving boards, trapeze, ladder, bleachers, umbrellas, sand, chairs, pingpong table, paddle; baseball field, players, houses in background; banner: "Northern Commercial Co; the store for everything"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1988.2
"Spa" Swimming Pool Anchorage, Alaska Hewitts Drug Store Photo (Swimimng Pool "spa", inside, April 22, 1954)
Keywords: recreation, pool, swimming, spa
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1278
(O80 Lake Spenard swimming) [scene of people at beach, shore, swimsuits, sunbathing, inner tube, looking east toward mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.089a
“Alaska 10, S.S.Co.” ‘Lassoed polar bear; Bering Sea, Alaska, 119” [polar bear swimming in open water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1907
T162 Homer Dock [copy neg; structure on pilings on Homer Spit; gulls swimming in water, small boat at left in water; Kachemak Bay]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2058.29
Alaska, Season's Greetings (Christmas Cards 1939) [Christmas card mat with sketch of moose and holly leaves, with photograph of bull moose swimming. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.862
L64 Green Lake Park, Fort Richardson, Alaska (1946 postcard) [copy neg; children swimming, diving from diving board, dock, platform, buoy)
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.089b
“Alaska 10, S.S.Co.” [verso of slide] "Lassoed polar bear; Bering Sea, Alaska, 119” [polar bear swimming in open water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2017.017.244
L to R: Dede Jimmie and trainees Linda Baker and Laverne Jimmie (all of Minto) enjoy a quiet canoe ride after swim lessons in Minto [three young women in boat]
Collection: B2017.017
B2009.017.1985.01.19
Campbell Creek Danger: Sewage Contamination NO Splashing Swimming Drinking Floating I guess contaminated oil and chemical solvents aren't the only hazardous wastes around Saturday Jan 19, 1985
Keywords: Anchorage Daily News, cartoons, comics, political
Collection: B2009.017
B1998.014.1.1177
O37 Green lake; Elmendorf Field (Fort Richardson/Elmendorf Field; Green Lake park; 1946 postcard) [service men, women at beach, uniforms, swimwear, pier, swimming platform, pennant banner]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1189
O44 Summer time in Alaska {1946 postcard (people at lake beach)} [similar to .1177, Green Lake Park, Fort Richardson/Elmendorf Field; service men, women, uniforms, bathing suits, swim platform, pennant style banner]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1065
Bathing in the Susquehanna near camp_Camp Geo G Meade PA USA 1898[ view from bluff along beach man on horseback on beach at left swimmers in water in distance]
Keywords: swimming, horse, river, beach
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.013
(an ice raft)(water 40 degrees air 50 degrees)(a cold proposition){ a woman and man sitting on an ice berg just offshore amongst small icebergs and glaciers in the background}
Keywords: swimming, ice bergs, mountains, glaciers, recreation
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.697a
234.10 [Dora and George on iceberg. Cf. .12]
Keywords: swimming, glacier, ice berg, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.697b
234.10. A cold proposition. © Dora Keen [with stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: swimming, ice berg, glacier, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008