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B1998.014.1.080
A32 Porcupine, 1946 "Trappers chicken" McKinley Park.
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1881.3
(Fur Rendezvous, trappers information) [wolf head trophy on display,1952?]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1881.4
(Fur Rendezvous, trappers information) [wolf head trophy on display,1952?]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1327
Bristor Bay trapper (P6 Alaskan trapper) [exterior image of man standing near sod structure holding up fur pelts; sled, dog at right; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Scn.6.22
20243 Mt McKinley reflected in Trapper Lake August 1959 McK south
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1999.014.1557
[Post Card of Trapper with furs standing in front of cabin along with his two dogs]
Keywords: dogs, cabin, camp, furs, winter, moose antlers, log cabin
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2006.023.5465.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Trappers cabin. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2006.023.5465
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Trappers cabin. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1881.2
(Fur Rendezvous, trappers information) [Fish and Wildlife Service display, with trophies, pelts, and sign "Trappers, Something New in Trapping Line, special design by Oscar E. Fredrickson," 1952?]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2405
Trappers Cabin. Hewitt's Photo Shop Anchorage [dog team and couple outside cabin]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1990.014.5.Home.2.034
14242; Home; A frame; Trappers; April, 1963 [structure under construction; supplies; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1990.014.5.Scn.6.6
15240 Mt McKinley from Trapper Lake 250mm Hassl Dx 22 September 1963
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
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
B1990.014.004.17499
June 1943 17499 O Johnson lived at the Reef, Yukon Ramparts since 1901 Trapper & Prospector.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
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
B1990.014.5.Home.2.035
14243; Home; A frame; Trappers; April, 1963 [view of snow-covered lake with structure under construction in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1995.014.52.1
Eagle Salverson, trapper at Fort Yukon [musher with three dog team pulling loaded sled on winter trail]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Home.2.036
14244; Home; A frame; Trappers; April, 1963 [view of snow-covered lake with structure under construction in foreground; broom]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B1990.014.5.Home.2.037a
14245; Home; A frame; Trappers; belongs to Steve McCutcheon; April, 1963 [man holding broom stands in doorway of structure; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
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
B1998.017.926
Joe Palmer [trapper holding rifle, standing next to tent with his dog, furs hanging from line, sled propped up against tent]
Keywords: hunting, trapping
Collection: B1998.017 Carl Tousley
B1989.016.1479
46. A trappers catch on the line. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [skins or meat hanging from line in camp in winter, canvas-covered boat at right]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.00212
212 June 1943 Sourdough living at the Reef Yukon's Rampart Rapids was talkative but interesting.Steve McCutcheon (L) released. Trapper died in 1945 no relatives.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.1220
"O56 Alaskan Cache, Tok Road" (Cache / A trappers on Tok Rd; 1948) [copy neg; structure in meadow, ladder, likely sod on roof and upper walls]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1221
"O56 Alaskan Cache, Tok Road" (Cache / A trappers on Tok Rd; 1948) [same as .1220; copy neg removed to freezer - emulsion separting from base]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1321
P3 An Alaskan trapper [copy neg; winter scene of man carrying pelts over his back and in his arm standing near log cabin, moose antlers, dogs, snow, cache]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.54.11
Bill O'Brien, trapper, Fort Yukon, 1934 [portrait of man wearing broad-brimmed hat and suspenders, standing outside at town auction next to woman wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.001.2
Earl Carlson, Mr. Fur Face 1982, being crowned at Miners & Trappers Ball (to be held on Sat. night) [hands placing fur crown on bearded man holding trophy, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B2015.001
B1998.014.1.1333
PA10 At the time of the Japanese invation the population of the Aleutian Islands was mainly blue foxes. Trappers stocked the islands and as a rule returned once a year during trapping season. (Blue fox in the Aleutians) [snow, quonset in background, structure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.047
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Moving day [trapper wearing snowshoes pulling sled through winter woods with three dogs in harness] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
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, Moving day, Moving, Winter, Transportation, Dogsled, Dogs, Sled, Team, Trapper, Indigenous, Snowshoes, Snowshoeing
Collection: B2019.003
B1995.014.54.12
Auction sale after a town member's death, Fort Yukon, 1934 [white and Athabascan men and women standing outdoors, trapper Bill O'Brien at right, woman in center wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt, Yukon River in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.041
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” A trappers cabin [log cabin in winter, snowshoes propped at right next to furs hanging from pole, possibly fox furs] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna)]
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, Cabin, Log cabin, Trapper, Trapping, Winter, Showshoes, Furs, Pelts
Collection: B2019.003
B2018.021.245
Rondy, ’54 [three men and woman sitting at table, one man wearing Fur Rendezvous pin, one man possibly Chinese American, cans of Hamm’s Beer and Pabst Blue Ribbon on table, probably Miners & Trappers Ball]
Keywords: Fur Rendezvous
Collection: B2018.021
B1990.014.5.People.19.162
People - Rondy - 1955 2-3922-55; Wes Heverling, Bill Bittner [two men wearing suits stand at microphone while audience seated at tables watch; cameras; icicle decoration overhead; possibly at Miners & Trappers Ball in Elks Club]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 19
B1980.041.074
Seward, Alaska, June 1st, 1905, Evans Photo. [handwriting on reverse]: Seward is a town of about three years growth. It is the coast terminous of the Alaska Central Ry. The Lowell family were the original white settlers, the have been trappers and traders for the last thirty years in the vicinity of Resurrection Bay on which Seward is located. Seward has one of the best harbors in Alaska. [aerial view of Seward, harbor, town, bay; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1980.041 Dorothy Stauter