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B1989.016.726
Native woman crimping soles [woman in fur-trimmed parka]
Keywords: footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.11
[Indigenous person in elaborate fur parka with geometric trim, likely reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Geometric trim, Elaborate, Patterned, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2014.027.175
[two men smoking cigarettes, wearing fur-trimmed parkas, sitting on snow bank]
Collection: B2014.027
B1998.014.1.1337
(PE3 Eskimo girls) [Six girls wearing parkas, fur trimmed, kuspuks pose for portrait]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2012.006.901
[man wearing fur-trimmed parka walking through village in winter, church in background; no date]
Collection: B2012.006
B2014.019.489
Photo by E. Wolf, Juneau [Alaska Native woman in fur-trimmed parka posed outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B2015.007.85
[Alaska Native family next to wood-plank building, all wearing cloth parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.1058
Jan71P7 #16043 Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur trim, white gloves dances]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.007.89
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, woman wearing mukluks and spotted reindeer fur parka with geometric trim including swastikas over print dress, man wearing cloth parka with fur trim and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.1053
Jan71P7 #16038 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing red fur trimmed parka, eyeglasses sings and gestures]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Singing
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.007.18
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors next to log cabin, man wearing fur parka with walrus-tusk gussets and geometric trim and lace-up boots, woman wearing reindeer fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks]
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1870.3a
(Eskimo mother and two children) [woman and two children, all in fur-trimmed parkas, in interior of house. color neg]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1870.3b
(Eskimo mother and two children) [woman and two children, all in fur-trimmed parkas, in interior of house. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2140.2
[child in parka with fur trim standing near fence or electric utility lines in winter, with two buildings visible]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.30
4. Tom cod fishing [Alaska Native woman wearing fur-trimmed print parka jigging for tomcod]
Keywords: subsistence, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.010
B2000.017.308
Griffin’s [commercial slide. Two young children wearing parkas with fur trim standing outdoors, Barrow? No date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2017.029.1910
[young girl wearing beaded mukluks and fur trimmed coveralls standing outdoors; print date Jun 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B1998.014.1.576
E14 Eskimo girls of King Island "1947 postcard" [six girls, kuspuks, fur trim, driftwood, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
b2012.006.954
[two Alaska Native children wearing fur-trimmed parkas standing next to Wien Airlines terminal building; no date]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2012.006
B2015.008.1312.t35
T35 [climber on glacier, man wearing fur-trimmed parka and snowshoes posed next to
ropes laid out in snow]
Keywords: climber, climbing, snow shoe, mountaineering, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1312.t35crop
T35 [climber on glacier, man wearing fur-trimmed parka and snowshoes posed next to
ropes laid out in snow]
Keywords: climber, climbing, snow shoe, mountaineering, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2210.58
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur-trimmed printed parka and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.59
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur-trimmed printed parka and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.49
[Alaska Native man wearing patched parka with fur trim, white gloves, and driving cap posed next to log cabin]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.78
[Alaska Native elder woman and young boy, both wearing parkas with fur trim, seated next to wood-plank building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.97
[elder woman and young Alaska Native woman, both wearing cloth parkas with fur trim, posed outside log cabin]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.029.1628
[woman wearing print parka with fur trim and knitted cap standing outdoors, Anaktuvuk Pass; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
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
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
B1989.016.1870.2b
(Eskimo girl) [woman in fur-trimmed parka standing outdoors holding dried salmon, snow on ground and house behind. copy neg]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.35
E-52 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur-trimmed parka and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.574
E13 Eskimo Girls, King Island "Hilcher's shot, 1941" [Hilscher, four girls wearing kuspuks with fur trim; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.017.310
541 [commercial slide. Woman wearing headscarf and print parka with fur trim standing indoors holding two dead birds; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2022.005.30
[Indigenous Alaskan man standing on doorstep wearing dark fur parka with geometric trim and fur mukluks, parka likely made from reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Doorway, Doorframe, Door, Building, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1299
D-61. Proud Eskimo mother. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [woman in floral print parka with fur trim and baby belt, with infant]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1870.4a
(Eskimo boy) [young boy 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
B1989.016.2141.61
D-80 [woman in printed parka with fur trim standing in doorway to traditional dwelling, with whale bones as supports, entrance mostly buried in snow]
Keywords: residences, houses, villages
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.017.306
1014 [commercial slide. Woman wearing print parka with fur trim working thread in her fingers, two pairs of completed moccasins in front of her; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2000.017.309
Griffin’s [commercial slide. Woman wearing eyeglasses, woman carrying baby, and young child posed outdoors, all wearing parkas with fur trim; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2015.007.1
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks posed outdoors with young child wearing parka, mukluks, and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, children, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
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
B2015.007.50
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, man wearing fur parka and mukluks, woman wearing print parka with fur trim and scarf]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.84
I. N. [Alaska Native family posed next to building, man wearing bib overalls, woman and children wearing cloth parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.929
[man seated on tree stump next to cabin in winter, holding hatchet, wearing canvas
parka with fur trim and fur hat with ear flaps]
Keywords: cabin, winter, prospector, hachet, fur hat
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.002.88
Indian woman lighting her pipe [Alaska Native woman wearing fur-trimmed kuspuk squatting in snow next to log cabin. Cf. .246]
Keywords: tobacco
Collection: B2016.002
B2018.021.431
Wally w/ kids, Kivalina, 4-3-53 [Wellenstein posed with four young boys wearing fur-trimmed parkas, buildings in background]
Collection: B2018.021
B2022.005.5
[Back view of person wearing long, fur parka and mukluks; decorative, light-tone trim along parka seams; building at right background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Trim, Decorative, Clothing, Outerwear, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.010.4894
[woman wearing eyeglasses, green corduroy fur-trimmed parka and purple fedora hat, carrying baby in parka, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010