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B1998.014.1.076
A30 moose in water, McKinley National Park [possible beaver pond, dam]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1319
P2 Part of a winter's catch - north of the Arctic Circle (A story of Alaska) [wolf and fox pelts hanging from wing and propeller of ski plane (possibly a Stinson), tarp over airplane nose, engine, outdoors, snow, structure in background; copy neg.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1880.9
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher with bib #1 and team passing corner of 4th and E Street, with spectators and businesses including Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, Dr. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Sons, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs, Anchorage Hotel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1881.1
(Fur Rendezvous, clowns at train) [two men dressed as Keystone Kops, one man dressed as robber, and train engineer acting out scene next to the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, locomotive 1050, with onlookers, 1952?]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1323
(P4 Beaver pelts; 1946 postcard) [exterior scene: four men stand near beaver pelts hanging from ropes between log cache and birch tree; some pelts stretched on frames; ladder, likely springtime; logs in foreground; wood structure in right background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.5.011
11057 Scn AIR; Mt McKinley; 11,000 Tokachitna Glacier; 24 September 1968; Mts 8 [aerial view of Denali with glacier in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1999.014.1435
(From verso: "Nome from air; photo by Phil [?] 11-7-1956. Progress - cities of Alaska) [aeiral view including shoreline, structures, river, jetties]
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2006.023.5461.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Mail and passenger haul, Iditarod Trail. Photo by Joe Redington Sr.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5461
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Mail and passenger haul, Iditarod Trail. Photo by Joe Redington Sr.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1880.8
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher and team passing Anchorage Hotel amd Hewitt's Drugs at corner of 4th and E Street]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.51
"18469 - Education; Fort Yukon; 4 July races 4 July 1964; schools" [two children sit watching activities]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1990.014.5.Scn.5.019
13324 Scn AIR; McKinley; 7 October 1962 [aerial view of Denali and surrounding area; glaciers]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.49
Schoolhouse in the Aleutians, 1949 [building on hill with grasses in foreground, trees in back]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.44
'Education; Noatak; schools" [students in classroom]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1990.014.5.Home.2.031
14239; Home; A frame; Trappers; April, 1963 [man near top of a-frame raises his fist, likely is McCutcheon]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1995.014.51.6
500 lb. bombs, Adak [man sitting on wooden pallet with stacked bombs]
Keywords: arms, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Home.2.032
14240; Home; A frame; Trappers; April, 1963 [framing for structure, cross-cut saw in snow; overturned box at right; trees; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1990.014.5.Home.2.033
14241; Home; A frame; Trappers; April, 1963 [structure under construction; broom; lumber; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.45
"Education; Noatak; schools" [children in classroom, some facing camera]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B1989.016.1476.5
Sept. 1914 [Alaska Native man in fur parka smoking pipe and holding reins to reindeer, with Caucasian man in Western clothing and hat. black-and-white transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.42
(Athapascan Indians of FT Yukon Village Alaska)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1998.014.1.1217
"O55 A Native Alaskan Cache" (Native cache at Eklutna) [structure in meadow, ladder, antler; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1218
"O55 A Native Alaskan Cache" (Native cache at Eklutna) [same as .1217; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.53.8
Army vehicle for land and water [men on riverbank with birch trees, riverboat tied to bank]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.043
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cache or storehouse [log cache in winter, cabin at right] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna). Possibly wolverine pelt.]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Cache, Storehouse, Storage, Cabin, Winter, Pelt, Fur, Wolverine
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.53.9
[soldiers loading military truck, birch trees at left, water and mountains in background]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.037
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” [group of young men and women posed outdoors in summer, one student possibly digging in the dirt] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Indigenous, Young men, Young women, Group photo, Outdoors, Summer
Collection: B2019.003
B2018.021.195
Joan, ?, ?, Wally, Piper PA 20, Chickaloon flats, ’54 [Wellenstein and Joan Wellenstein Fuglestad sitting on ground next to airplane N7080K, unidentified men standing between them] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Flats, Joan Wellenstein, Wally Wellenstein, Wallace Wellenstein, Wallace J. Wellenstein, Wally J. Wellenstein, Wellenstein, Cliff Fuglestad, Plane, Piper PA-20, Piper PA 20, N7080K, Bush, Flying
Collection: B2018.021
B1990.014.5.People.19.036
People - Rondy, 1948, Feb; Rondy Display [Sun equipment; banner "scientific carbureter [sic: carburetor] diagnosis and scientific engine diagnosis, ...tific service that sati..." Motor Tester; possibly distributor tester; GE equipment in center]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 19