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B1990.014.5.Cat.1.64
(catastrophe)(March 6 1967)(kids watch fire)(6224)
Keywords: catastrophe, fire, children, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1989.016.1126.1
(Vic Brown's store, watch) [gold watch with initials E.C.F. on band, J. Vic Brown and Sons Jewelers, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1126.2
(Vic Brown's store, watch) [gold watch with initials E.C.F. on band, J. Vic Brown and Sons Jewelers, Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.89
[dogs pulling sled over snow with several men in background watching on]
Keywords: dogs, sled, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.055.258
Three women watching George Sullivan sign proclamation in Mayor’s Office
Collection: B1984.055
B1990.014.004.03194
Watch sea for whale. Point Hope. Photographer's number: 03[194]. May '68
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2016.004.280
Whale watching on the Arctic Ocean, Barrow, Alaska [man leaning on umiak]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.029.1836b
[women and children sitting on mats watching dancers; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B2021.008.72
We’ll watch baby [Two dogs and one child on a beach with water in the background]
Keywords: Child, Dog, Beach
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1984.077.21.001
[waitress, carrying coffee, covering face with hand, burners, woman watching. Neg is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2022.005.159
[Indigenous Alaskan men carrying load of wood while people watch nearby; building in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Carry, Carrying, Wood, Load, People, Watching, Building, Structure, Landscape, Winter, Snow, Peace, Peace sign, Clothing, Coat, Denim
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.117
(catastrophe)(February 20, 1957)(7193)(Fireman watching small cabin burn C street at 11 th ave)
Keywords: fireman, fire, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1997.003.007
[man standing on platform of Bucyrus Erie mining equipment, shovel, watch on fob, building in distance]
Collection: B1997.003
B2017.024.3562
May 1969 [woman butchering seal as child watches; boardwalk, snow; possibly Savoonga] slide #6494
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3562
May 1969 [woman butchering seal as child watches; boardwalk, snow; possibly Savoonga] slide #6494
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.029.2007
Native dancing enjoyed by all, Bethel [spectators watching dances in gymnasium; print date Feb 77]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.145
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; People dancing, seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.182
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.183
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Woman dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.211
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.212
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2019.003.077
“Anvik, Christ Church Mission" Rev. Chapman’s house in back, natives watching first aeroplane [people gathered on frozen river, watching for airplane, riverboat Happy Home in snow in middle ground, buildings in background]
Collection: B2019.003
B1972.088.36
A stranger from the south (Anchorage 1910_1919) {boat underway through the ice of Cook Inlet with people on shore watching}
Keywords: ship creek, Cook Inlet, winter, ice, boat
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1999.014.1346
(US Army Airforces official photograph)(Ladd Field Alaska)[Skier jumping off a jump infront of small group of people watching]
Keywords: winter, skis, snow, skiing, recreation
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2017.024.2316
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman and children watch as beluga whale is butchered on shore ice; open water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1983.146.079
.79 – Fans. Laurence. [spectators seated on bleachers at base of small rise, possibly watching baseball game]
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.2246.12
(Parade, 1950) [spectators watching military trucks parading down Fourth Avenuein Anchorage, passing City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1138.1
(Ski Jump, Feb. 28, 1949) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1138.2
(Ski Jump, Feb. 28, 1949) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1138.3
(Ski Jump, Feb. 28, 1949) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1138.4
(Ski Jump, Feb. 28, 1949) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1138.8
(Ski Jump, Feb. 28, 1949) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.1
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.2
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.3
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.4
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.5
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.6
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.7
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.8
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.9
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2074.2
(Opening Day, Fur Rendezvous, 1954, 2A) [crowd gathered to watch blanket toss, man jumping with seal poke]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6049
Anchorage [parade on Fourth Avenue, with spectators watching vehicles and floats passing businesses including Kennedy Hardware and KFQD, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.114.4
Steamer Nenana [three people sitting on boardwalk near Yukon River watching passing sternwheeler and barge, Russian Mission]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.098
[steam shovel loads large rock onto railroad car at quarry while man stands on other rocks; group of men watch]
Collection: B1997.003
B2017.002.19
[children and adults sitting in auditorium waiting to watch a movie, man standing at film projector in background, Barrow, 1956-1957]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B2017.002
B2022.005.154
[Group of men in uniform (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) smiling and watching man running; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Uniform, Clothing, USAF, U.S.A.F., U.S., Air Force, Running, Runner, Smile, Smiling, Entertainment, Buildings, Structures, Housing, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.11.002
[Men working on boat deck, deck chair, man and woman watching, woman leaning on deck chair, "Juneau" landing boat?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1489
B-44 (Blanket toss) [crowd of spectators watching blanket toss, possibly Anchorage; two photographers with backs to camera in foreground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.51
"18469 - Education; Fort Yukon; 4 July races 4 July 1964; schools" [two children sit watching activities]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed