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B1995.014.108.3
[man standing next to cabin under construction in wooded area]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.135
2446 2475 8 (92914)(9am)(Columbia Glacier from Station G)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.108.2
[wash plant in gravel pit at mining operation, drag line bucket at left]
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.091.S5122.351
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [students in classroom]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.023.239
[group shot of men and women, reflection, man holding lamp in back]
Collection: B2017.023
B1995.014.108.16
[three men working sluice box on mining plant, Willow Creek near Marshall]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.6
[portrait of soldier wearing knit cap, sheepskin vest, and bib overalls, Quonset hut in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.075.27
Port Graham, 1966 [man and woman standing outside house]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B1995.014.48.8
[sunrise or sunset over town or camp, with log cabins, cache or dog kennel, unidentified location]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.76.005
28-4; Henry Booth [portrait of man wearing cap; docks; sign reading "This side of ? for row boats on(ly?); Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.76.005
28-4; Henry Booth [portrait of man wearing cap; docks; sign reading "This side of ? for row boats on(ly?); Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.35
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1995.014.108.13
Jim Douglas's grave, he died in 1947, alone, he was a miner [white picket fenced grave with marker for James A. Douglas]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.091.S1564.B16
(Nunivak Island Trip native people)(Mekoryuk residents)[native children]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1073
School bldgs. & athletic field, Palmer. P-267, Hewitt's Photo Shop [includes water tower at left, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.27.11
F-E Co. 1942 [dredge at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.27.6
F-E Co. 1942 [view down long sluice box at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.28.13
F-E Co. 1942 [miner panning, supplies on ground at right, Fairbanks Exploration Co.]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.31.4
F-E Co. 1942 [bird's eye view of mining operation, with crane, drag line, sluice box, and wash plant amid tailings piles]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.31.5
F-E Co. 1942 [Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.57.13
Hospital, Mountain Village, Dr. Corsell, 1935 [surgeon wearing scrubs operating on patient, nurse at left]
Keywords: health, medicine
Collection: B1995.014
B1984.077.4.003
[Windmill, water tank? pipes in foreground, fence, outbuildings]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.4.024
[two-story cabin, external staircase, telegraph poles? small caings in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.323.1
Fox furs, blue fox, wolverine [man holding string of pelts]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.002.86
Cleary Creek women in traveling costume [two women with baby in sled, one pulling and one pushing]
Keywords: transportation, clothing
Collection: B2016.002
B1987.071.019
Canneries. Beach gang. Saltery in the background.
Collection: B1987.071 Arnold Nelsen Collection
B1995.014.27.8
F-E Co. 1942 [dredge at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.10.3.page.7e
Adak Tribune newspaper, February 23, 1946, page 5 of 6 pages. Lead article about a Russian ship, the Donbass, which broke in two and was found 400 miles south of Adak. “Navy search parties have been hampered by bad weather. . .” and Kirby has penciled: “That is me.”
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2016.006.2331
[white buildings, possibly schoolhouse, with playground equipment at left, Tanana; print date Jul 62]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2016.006
B2022.005.176
[View of flamingos and pelicans in wetlands]
Keywords: Flamingo, Pelican, Birds, Wetland
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.76.006
28-4; Henry Booth; chopping pole [man using axe to chop pole at dock; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.76.006
28-4; Henry Booth; chopping pole [man using axe to chop pole at dock; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.135
[two Alaska Native women posed next to wood-plank building in winter, one woman wearing cloth parka with fur ruff and headscarf, one woman wearing print kuspuk]
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.27.9
F-E Co. 1942 [dredge at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.59.8
Mountain Village, 1935 [portrait of Native man standing outdoors in winter wearing mukluks and canvas parka, drying rack in background]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1601.4
(Early Palmer Home) [Matanuska Colony homestead, with log structures, hay field in foreground, termination dust on mountains in distance]
Keywords: houses, residences, agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.430
Dora Keen Handy, 1924. Lake Champlain [Dora sitting under tree roots along shoreline]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2140.4
(D series) [child in fur parka and mittens]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.393Z.8
(Airplanes)[airplane flying above wintery tundra]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1972.046.60
Jacobs Dream in the Streets of Dawson {man sleeping amongst a wood pile with his head resting on a wood block}{cabins and structures in background}
Keywords: mining, miner, Dawson, gold
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1990.014.2018.1.157.005
51-4 Billy goat [goat in field seems to pose; second goat in background; likely Saxman or Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.157.006
51-4; Billy goat [goat in field seems to pose; likely near Saxman or Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2144.21
#64. Dawson city. (Old Klondike) [men standing in front of the Eldorado House. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.31.19
F-E Co. 1942 [view down dirt road to gravel pile, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014