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B2015.008.139
2479(92914)(9am)(Skiff being washed into rocks by wave)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1983.091.S5122.369
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [girl washing dishes]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1975.134.26e
Pavement wash-out after Lake George Breakup Dorothy Clifton
Collection: B1975.134 CIHS Collection
B1995.014.108.5
[small mining operation in creek, with sluice box and wash basin]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.95.1
[wash plant at hydraulic mining operation, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.075.387
Scammon Bay, 1966 [woman standing at counter washing clothes in basin, large box of Tide on counter, washing machine under wall calendar at left]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B1995.014.49.11
[man holding waterfowl covered in oil, wash basin at left, Adak]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.15
[trommel wash plant being assembled in gravel pit at mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.16
[man standing on trommel wash plant in gravel pit, probably assembling it]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.77.001
28-56; Frengle washing clothes [harbor scene with man sitting on dock with wash tub; boats, one numbered 3IA969; supplies; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.77.001
28-56; Frengle washing clothes [harbor scene with man sitting on dock with wash tub; boats, one numbered 3IA969; supplies; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.39
1950. Stan McCutcheon, Statehood trip at the Wordman Park Hotel, Wash, D.C.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1995.014.108.2
[wash plant in gravel pit at mining operation, drag line bucket at left]
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.025.165
Alaska [man bending down with cupped hands to wash face in small creek]
Collection: B2016.025
B1983.091.S1564.B21
(Nunivak Island Trip native people Nat Guard Interior boys washing dishes)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1076
P-281. Hewitt's (Tent in Woods, Palmer) [small tent with clothesline, wash basin]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.27.15
F-E Co. 1942 [wash plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.28.1
F-E Co. 1942 [wash plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.28.2
F-E Co. 1942 [wash plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.31.8
F-E Co. 1942 [wash plant, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.31.9
F-E Co. 1942 [wash plant, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.57.17
[man wearing mosquito netting washing clothes in tub outdoors beneath utility wires]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1984.077.4.007
[fences, cabins, metal wash tub, forearms and hands of person, possibly holding small camera?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.4.028
Nenana ice pool $85,000 [cabin, porch, wash tub, fence, telegraph poles? in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.323.5
Trapper's camp and furs [child standing near beavers, woman hanging wash next to tent]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.002.90
His first cake of soap [Alaska Native boy washing face in basin set on ground outside]
Collection: B2016.002
B1987.071.055
Canneries. Fair Weather Alaska Chum Salmon. Distributed by P.E. Harries & Co. Seattle, Wash.
Collection: B1987.071 Arnold Nelsen Collection
B1995.014.28.11
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of wash plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.2.1031to1033
.1031—M[otor] F[erry] Kalakala .1032—Bremerton Navy Yard—Bremerton, Wash. .1033—Air view of Bremerton with Mt. Rainier in the background
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2016.006.2338
[Alaska Native boy with puppy dogs outside log cabin, wash basins on wall, Hughes; 1967]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B2016.006
B2022.005.18
[Indigenous Alaskan mother holding child's hand and operating manual washing machine; outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Child, Toddler, Family, Holding hands, Operating, Manual, Manually, Washing machine, Washer, Barrel, Laundry, Clothing, Wash, Winter, Snow, Home, House, Building, Doorway, Door, Entrance
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.77.002
28-56; Frengle washing clothes [harbor scene with man sitting on dock with wash tub; man with camera standing in background; boats on either side of dock, one numbered 3IA969; person walking in distance; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.77.002
28-56; Frengle washing clothes [harbor scene with man sitting on dock with wash tub; man with camera standing in background; boats on either side of dock, one numbered 3IA969; person walking in distance; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.139
[young Alaska Native boy sitting on a small sled or toboggan outdoors, wash basin and drying rack at right]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2015.007
B1995.014.28.12
F-E Co. 1942 [view down wash plant sluice box at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.5.11
Bill Amowak, 1936, holding a hydraulic nozzle used for washing the dirt (mining). Was said to be the great grandfather of all the Fika family in Marshall.
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1601.8
123. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [women hanging wash on clotheslines between walled tents, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.434
West Hartford Library, Vt., 1925. Washed away by flood, Nov. 3, 1927 [West Hartford Town Library in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2140.8
[woman in fur parka and mukluks standing outside sod house, wash basin on ground, second dwelling or cache in background, mountains in distance]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.462
Komot and Pungi, Eskimo Village, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wash., 1909. Official Post Card [same image as B1994.022.461]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1972.067.020
1170 Muir Glacier, Alaska. from elevation of 1800 feet. LaRoche Photo, Seattle, Wash. [two man overlooking glaciers and bay; walking sticks]
Collection: B1972.067
B1990.014.2018.1.158.003
51-5; Native man at home at Saxman; man near board-and-batten structure with ladders, wash tub, axe; rocks in foreground; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.158.004
51-5; Native man at home at Saxman; man near board-and-batten structure with ladders, wash tub, axe; rocks in foreground; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2144.25
#75 A "wash up" from 14 & 15 Eldorado consisting of 1/4 million.1900. Larss & Duclos Photos, Dawson (Old Klondike) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2196.2
[group of men and dogs outside log cabin, with gold pan and possibly lanterns hanging from cabin wall, wash basins and other supplies in yard. copy neg]
Keywords: mining, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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