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B1999.014.240
(Alaska Territorial Guard)[Men shouldering rifles marching in formation]
Keywords: soldiers, military
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2017.023.167
[Wally posing in uniform on sidewalk, railing, woman in background, buildings, likely in a large city]
Collection: B2017.023
B1995.014.54.6
[three men with large dog team pulling sled on winter trail]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.5.15
[three young Alaska Native children standing outside near fish nets]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.65.10
[herd of pigs in yard, mountains in background]
Keywords: animal husbandry
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.223
[Woman in plaid pants with arms crossed standing on boardwalk outside of house]
Keywords: Woman, Crossed arms, Stance, Pants, Plaid, Clothing, Fashion, Boardwalk, House, Building, Fence
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2055.19
19 (July 4, 1938, parade) [General Motors flat bed truck festooned with crepe and flags, Northern Transfer painted on door, children on back of truck on swingset and seesaw, one boy holding basketball, banner reading "Bond Anchorage Youth Preferred J.C.C. Playground"]
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.019.83
Salmon [mother and daughter cleaning fish at table along river shore, boy hauling fish onto dock with pole, younger daughter carrying baby across plank boardwalk, wooden barrels in foreground, skiff pulled onto shore in background]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.019
B2019.003.093
– Native moving day on the Yukon [two riverboats docked alongside barge near beach, dogs next to tent on barge, young girl standing on beach]
Collection: B2019.003
B2019.003.094
Cutting fish [several young women, some wearing headscarves and aprons, standing around tables on beach at fish camp, drying rack in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.229
[Indigenous Alaskan baby in hat sitting on beach next to overturned boat; adults and child in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Baby, Infant, Hat, Sitting, Beach, Waterfront, Shore, Boat, Watercraft, Adults, Women, Parka, Child, Boy
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.286.005
88-2; Feb 1943; Plus X; snow scene [structures with snow-covered roofs, possibly on Creek Street; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1957.007.10.neg
Russel Hyde Merrill in uniform (Navy). 3.75 x 5.5 negative
Collection: B1959.x_001 Government Hill Housing Projects / B1957_007 Russel Hyde Merrill Papers
B1989.016.2037.8
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [two men and young boy posed next to General Motors truck parked outside Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Anchorage]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.54.9
[soldier posed on rock outcropping, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation, 1943-44]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.62.9
[two men wearing snowshoes holding moose head next to creek in winter]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1183
St. Petersburg, The Islands = Kammenoi Ostrov. D.K. Aug. ’99 [Kamenny Ostrov and other islands as seen from water]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.110
[Indigenous Alaskan group with boat in shore surf; three men standing in ankle-deep water at bow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Group, People, Men, Watercraft, Boat, Shore, Beach, Waterfront, Water, Mountain
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.286.006
88-2; Feb 1943; Plus X; snow scene [structures with snow-covered roofs, possibly on Creek Street; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2053.25
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [man wearing fur hat, fur trimmed parka, and sunglasses driving automobile with snowshoes tied to fenders, rifle mounted near door, and furs dangling from windscreen, buildings in background]
Keywords: businesses, hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.8
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #3, Visiting Teachers & Faculty) [group portrait, men and women standing outdoors near small garden near school buildings and utility poles, mountains in background]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.9
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two wood-frame buildings and boardwalk with mountains in background]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6047
[Clarissa posed in field, Willow Creek Stage bus on road in background, CAA site with communications towers and building in background, Eklutna Flats, 1940s. Cf. .5945]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.55.10
Jim Douglas hauling supplies to Willow Creek [man with four dogs pulling two-wheeled trap filled with supplies through wooded area in summer]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.037.008
.8 – Flier [exterior shot of soldier in flight jacket in field]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2019.003.096
– All the school children at Anvik [group portraits of students, most wearing uniforms, posed next to May pole in front of school]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.134
[Silhouette of woman near window]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Window, Silhouette
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.135
[Two young men in Civil Air Patrol (CAP, civilian auxiliary of US Air Force) uniforms standing in parking lot]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young men, Men, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P., Uniform, Clothing, Parking lot, Cars, Transportation, USAF, U.S.A.F., US, Air Force
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.14
Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm. Nome, Alaska. [Small Indigenous Alaskan boy in fur (likely reindeer) parka holding dead bird at side; midwinter. Image signed by Kathinka Waldhelm, wife of George Waldhelm, miner and proprietor of George's Gold Nugget Shoppe.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Child, Fur, Parka, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear, Bird, Dead bird, Harvest, Subsistence, Winter, Snow, Mrs. K. F. Waldhelm, Mrs. Waldhelm, Kathinka Waldhelm
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2053.3
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 3) [girl dressed as Statue of Liberty and boy dressed as Uncle Sam standing next to automobile parked in front of house]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2068.4
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [man and woman standing with young boy in Cub Scout uniform in front of man at microphone wearing Native American Indian-style dress, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2237
55. Ptarmigan. Hewitt's Photo Shop [two ptarmigan on top of a snow pile]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.38.2
1916 Panoramic photograph of soldiers on the parade grounds standing at attention
Keywords: 1916, Panoramic photograph, Fort Davis, soldiers
Collection: B1991.38
B1995.014.58.7
[man dip netting from bow of large canoe, with tarp spread over pole covering boat interior, Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, fishing, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.67.5
[several men with half-track vehicle hauling supplies outside smalll cabin]
Keywords: residences, transportation, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.72.8
[soldiers on snowshoes hiking in mountainous area]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.106
[large group of Alaska Native men in boat coming ashore, all raising boat oars, second boat behind at left]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.023.241
[group shot of men and women, man holding lamp in back; image has blemishes]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.005.191
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women in dresses smiling; boy wearing costume gun holster at right. Girl in white dress possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young women, Teenager, Teen, Dress, Smile, Smiling, Boy, Costume, Holster, Gun holster, House, Home, Interior, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.241
[Person riding bicycle on dirt road past buildings]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Bicycle, Bike, Riding, Transportation, Road, Dirt road, Buildings, Structures, Houses, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.249
[a group of people in western and Indigenous dress boarding a Wien Alaska Airlines airplane]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Wien Alaska Airlines, airplane
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2067.2
(Color Art Printing under construction, 1965, 430 W 7th Ave.) [man cutting lumber on construction site, with automobiles parked at left, RCA building visible in background]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.25
[U.S Army officer and woman sitting on front steps to row house at Fort St. Michael]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection