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B1989.016.724.1
Mr. Lee, teacher of ivory carving [man in workshop, Eklutna Vocational School?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.106
[Indigenous Alaskan girl with braids holding seal skin; second seal carcass on ground nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Girl, Young woman, Child, Braids, Hairstyle, Mukluks, Footwear, Seal, Seal skin, Harvest, Winter, Outside, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
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
b2012.006.850
[boats at docks in foreground, storage tank farm in middle ground, mountains in distance, Valdez? no date]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B2012.006
B2014.019.476
Native potlatch costume, Wrangell, Alaska. Schallerer’s Photo Shop, Ketchikan [Alaska Native man wearing robe and headdress standing indoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B2015.007.81
[Alaska Native women posed next to log cabin. Original image blurry. Same as .65]
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.1047
Jan71P7 #16031 Barrow [Inupiat men and women wearing fur trimmed parkas, mukluks play drums, sing; painting of polar bear, seal, person, dogs; drum and whale baleen on wall]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka, Baleen
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.007.85
[Alaska Native family next to wood-plank building, all wearing cloth parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.1045
Jan71P7 #16030 Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with rose-pattern fabric and gloves dances in front of drummers, singers, men, who are also wearing parkas, fur trim]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.007.175
[Alaska Native man on crutches posed outdoors in spring, cut timber at right, snow under pine trees at left, tent in background]
Keywords: camps, logging, health, medicine
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1870.1a
(Eskimo man and seal, made from 35mm color slide) [man in hat with ear flaps, fur-trimmed parka and mukluks holding rope attached hook embedded in seal carcass, sled visible in foreground. color neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1870.1b
(Eskimo man and seal, made from 35mm color slide) [man in hat with ear flaps, fur-trimmed parka and mukluks holding rope attached hook embedded in seal carcass, sled visible in foreground. copy neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2139.7
(Neg for cards #17) [winter scene with creek]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2959
[three Alaska Native children standing in Eagle Village, houses in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B2000.017.30
[women sitting on tundra near whale meat in foreground, others sitting behind plastic windbreak in background, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B1998.014.1.573
E12 Eskimo Summer "Natives in boats" [same as .572, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1310.t33
T33 [view across glacier to nunatak, pack resting on ice near crevasse in foreground]
Keywords: crevasse, glacier, climbing, mountaineering
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1310.t33crop
T33 [view across glacier to nunatak, pack resting on ice near crevasse in foreground]
Keywords: crevasse, glacier, climbing, mountaineering
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2210.54
E-63 (Mr. King) [portrait of man standing outdoors, wearing suit and tie; Robert King, Superintendent at Eklutna?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.55
E-59 (Mrs. Bjornson) [portrait of woman standing outdoors, wearing knitted cap with reindeer design, light jacket; Mrs. Bjornson owned a farm in Eklutna]
Keywords: agriculture, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.45
[four white men posed outdoors holding infants]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.74
[young Alaska Native man seated on step next to large wooden building, wearing brimmed hat and necktie, puppy at his feet]
Keywords: animals, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.93
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed outdoors, man wearing suspenders, possibly river in background. Original print damaged]
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.1620
[two children posed outdoors, one wearing headscarf, Anaktuvuk Pass; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.42
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young men in parka carrying harvested fowl; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young men, Boys, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Fowl, Bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Hunter, Hunt, Hunting, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.186.1b
[Man helping two women walk out on boards to reach small fish wheel along river bank. Positive transparency]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.31
E-48 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women in fur parkas and mukluks, holding skin drum, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.570
E11 Blanket tossing, an Eskimo game [same as .569, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.017.307
Stewart’s Photo Shop [commercial slide. Three women wearing print parkas with fur trim posed outdoors, woman in center carrying baby; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2022.005.27
[Indigenous Alaskan man and woman outside midwinter wearing fur parkas, likely reindeer fur]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Geometric trim, Trim, Clothing, Outerwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1295
52. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [log cache in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1870.2a
(Eskimo girl) [woman in fur-trimmed parka standing outdoors holding dried salmon, snow on ground and house behind. color neg]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.58
D-76 [four umiaks on boat racks in winter, building in background]
Keywords: transportation, hunting, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.017.305
Hewitt’s Drug [commercial slide. two young children wearing mukluks and parkas with fur trim standing outdoors; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2015.007.47
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim holding infant, standing outdoors in winter in front of house, church tower in background]
Keywords: residences, clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.80
[large group of men, women, and children on steps of church building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing. Cf. .76]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.926
[three men standing next to log cabin in wooded area, log outbuilding at right, snow on
pine trees, mountains in distance]
.926 – [similar to .925]
Keywords: cabin, prospector
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.002.84
Our home [man, young girl, and dog posed with sweet peas outside doorway]
Keywords: animals, firearms, families
Collection: B2016.002
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
B2022.005.46
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka with geometric trim near bottom hem standing outside midwinter; parka likely reindeer fur]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Parka, Fur, Elaborate, Reindeer, Hide, Pelt, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Outside, Winter, Snow, Outerwear, Clothing, Mukluks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.010.4882
[three men standing next to fish drying racks on Kotzebue beach; print date Aug 70]
Collection: B1995.010