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B1995.014.47.10
[razor wire on a hillside in the snow, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.47.12
[razor wire on a hillside in the snow, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.47.9
[razor wire on a hillside in the snow, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.091.S1502.001
(statehood telegrams; wires for statehood)(two people, interior nonstandard flag)
Keywords: office interior
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S1502.002
(statehood telegrams; wires for statehood)(two people, interior nonstandard flag)
Keywords: office interior
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1577.3
[bear cub climbing over wire fence, Curry Hotel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1614
(Dr. Walkowski Home) [Anchorage residence, with wire fence, sidewalk]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.218.003
[birds perched on utility wires and in trees; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.218.004
[birds perched on utility wires and in trees; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.People.10.7
"Festivals 1944 - tight wire man - City Hall lawn, Anchorage" [man walking on wire, holding what appears to be a jumprope, large crowd gathered]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1984.077.1.003
[Dog in dog lot behind chicken wire with front paws on a stone.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.1.007
[Dog in yard behind chicken wire, doghouse in background. Neg. is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.46.15
[sunrise or sunset over military installation on Adak, with razor wire in foreground]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.46.16
[sunrise or sunset over military installation on Adak, with razor wire in foreground]
Collection: B1995.014
B1984.077.1.002
[Dog sitting in dog yard, fence made of chicken wire, doghouses in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.1.004
[Dog leaning into chicken wire in dog yard. Pan on ground behind dog.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.45.17
[view down coastline, razor wire in foreground, military base at left, Adak]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.47.11
[bird's eye view of bay, razor wire in foreground, road in distance, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.97.3
[barbed wire in foreground, military installation in middle ground, mountains in distance, Adak]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1484
Alaska mink. 43, Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [mink on bar in wire enclosure]
Keywords: fur farming
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.45.16
[bird's eye view of coastline, razor wire in foreground, military base at left, Adak]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.57.17
[man wearing mosquito netting washing clothes in tub outdoors beneath utility wires]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1034
Eaton’s Ranch, Sept. 1926 [view across field to buildings in distance, wire fence in
foreground]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.008.13
[three minks climbing chicken wire in cage at the Northern Lights Fur Farm in Anchorage]
Keywords: Mink, Fur Farm, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1989.016.1383
No. 72. The Kenai Salute. Hewitt's Photo Shop [young moose in wire enclosure. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.163
[Two Indigenous Alaskan men working outside with wire and large piece of seal blubber midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Outside, Midwinter, Snow, Wire, Seal Blubber, Seal Fat, Fat, Blubber, Food
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.1.006
[Dogs laying inside wood and chicken wire enclosures. Spruce trees in background. Neg. has deterioration in center.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.087
Frost on telephone wires, taken at F and 2nd Street in Anchorage, Nov. 1946. Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.163.004
54-2; Pigeons in Indian Town [birds atop wires and on wood structure; Indiantown Ketchikan; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.45.14
[bunker surrounded by razor wire, sandbags, and wooden fence with No Smoking sign, structures visible behind barricades, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.353
Nancy Lee of the Fells, litter of 9 March 1919 [large pig nursing her litter in wire-fenced enclosure]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.990
March mud at our door [view along driveway and wire fencing, house and barns in
distance. Excised from photo album]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2013.007.068
[four young children in a chicken-wire enclosure with two bear cubs on chains, with buildings and large pile of logs in background]
Collection: B2013.007
B2015.008.481
After skidding on light snow, held by one strand of a barb wire fence, Nov. 1928 [automobile on side of road overlooking valley]
Collection: B2015.008
B1970.019.472
Mrs. Porter & Anna Mans in cache at Simonsons' ranch near Campbell Creek, 10/25/25 [women sitting in elevated wire cage]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.41.005
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men between structures; smoke; stairways; ladders; utility wires]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.41.005
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men between structures; smoke; stairways; ladders; utility wires]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1997.003.072
[Louis Moncher, Furs & General Mdse, Bethel, building with ladders against wall and on roof; firewood, chicken wire enclosure in foreground]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.2477
"Sticking shutter shots; town near river" [waterway with stones and concrete reinforcing banks; wire fencing; structures; bridges; laundry hanging on clothesline]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1483.1
49. Fox ranch, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [three foxes eating out of metal bowls in wire enclosure, building visible behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1483.2
49. Fox ranch, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four foxes eating out of metal bowls in wire enclosure, building visible behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.173.004
58-1; Dec 1940; Pan X DK 20; channel from wire works dock [view of Tongass Narrows; boats in harbor and structures at left; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.173.005
58-1; Dec 1940; Pan X DK 20; channel from wire works dock [view of Tongass Narrows; boats in harbor and structures at left; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018