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B1986.096.274.1
Elks Youth Day, May 2, 1973
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1986.096.274.5
Elks Youth Day, May 2, 1973
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B2024.001.534
“Jewel Lake 1959” [two youths in an inflatable raft on Jewel Lake, one holds a paddle. Another youth in the water holding the raft. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1959]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Jewel Lake, Raft, Paddle, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2022.003.36
B 66, Jesse Oscar’s [five Indigenous individuals, two adults and three youth, posed with buildings in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Family, Youth, Parka, Fur, Building, Jesse Oscar
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2022.003.62
G 105 90, Joseph Albrights [five Indigenous individuals, two adults and three youth, posed in front of a white house]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Family, Buildings, Telephone pole
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2022.003.70
O 114 121, Orphanage children on Dr’s truck [a group of youth standing in truck bed with people on the ground next to the truck]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Truck, Orphanage, Telephone pole
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1989.016.2151.3
Copyright 1904 by B.B. Dobbs, 192 (Nome) [portrait of Eskimo youth with braided hair, chin tattooing, beaded necklace and fur parka]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.003.38
C 86 56, Mary Lu and Malia [two Indigenous youth standing for a portrait wearing western style dresses and fur boots]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Youth, Boots, Fur, Portrait
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B2024.001.470
“Spenard Lake 1955” [many individuals and youth swim at Niłkidal'iy (Lake Hood and Lake Spenard). Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1955]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Niłkidal'iy, Lake Hood, Lake Spenard, Swimming, Boat, Platform, Chugach Mountains, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.129
“Birdcreek Sawdust Pile, Sawmill Jun 63” [four youths play on a large sawdust pile, pile is perhaps 20 feet high. One youth slides down the face of the pile and sawdust can be seen flying up around them. Clouds and hills in the background. Bird Creek, Dena’ina territory, June 1963]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Bird Creek' Sawdust, Mill, Sawmill, Clouds, Mountains, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2021.008.2
[group of seven people, five Indigenous youth and two white women, with a dog in bathing suits on a beach with trees in the background. Possibly Tyonek or Eklutna]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Swim
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B2024.001.195
“North Star Elem., Playing in the Snow” [group of four youths wrestle in the snow at North Star Elementary, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1950s?]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Youth, Snow, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.322
“Eklutna Bridge Jan 71” [Idluytnu (Eklutna River) bridge in the fall, one youth jumps on rocks in the river. Dena’ina territory, January 1971]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Idluytnu, Eklutna River, Brdige, Fall, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.756
“Lake Eklutna David Parker” [one youth, possibly identified as David Parker, on the shore of Idlu bena (Eklutna Lake), Dena’ina territory, 1950s]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Idlu bena, Eklutna Lake, Beach, Shore, Mountain, Snow, Branch, David Parker, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.224
“Anchorage Airport Feb 66” [adult and youth individuals walk in the parking lot at Anchorage International Airport. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, February 1966]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Airport, Anchorage International Airport, Airplane, Parking lot, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Winter, Snow, Chugach Mountains, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.471
“Spenard Lake 1955” [many individuals and youth swim at Niłkidal'iy (Lake Hood and Lake Spenard). Similar to .470. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1955]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Niłkidal'iy, Lake Hood, Lake Spenard, Swimming, Boat, Platform, Chugach Mountains, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.110
“Campbell Creek Flats 1962, Oct 62 P” [fourth youths stand in the middle of a flat meadow with trees in the distance. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1962]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Campbell Creek, Flats, Meadow, Trees, Mountains
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.409
“Spenard Rd. near Piggly Wiggly, Johnny Rides the Merry go Round, Aug 1956” [traditional horse carousel with one youth riding a black horse, and another youth, possibly identified as John Parker, standing with one foot in the stirrup of a pinto horse. Carousel also seen in photo .31. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, August 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Carousel, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.546
“Portage 1956” [two youths, possibly identified as Ken Parker’s children, standing on small ice chunks in Portage Lake. The children wear “Spenard, Alaska” sweatshirts, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Portage, Portage Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Ice, Iceberg, Glacier, Lake, Youth, Sweatshirt, Spenard, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B1989.016.2044.4
(Sydney Laurence pictures of Natives) [studio portrait of Alaska Native youth in fur parka and mukluks. double exposure with studio portrait of man. 5 x 7 nitrate negative]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2146.18
#18 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941, Youth Shop Float. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [young girl on parade float passing The Club and Merchants Cafe on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.004.275
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, Members, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Horseback, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2019.007.048
March 12, 1996 [village scene, 1996; child sitting on steps next to man with clipboard, paper, pen. At AFN 2022, youth sitting on the stairs identified as Jeffrey “Smurf” George]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Manokotak
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2146.1
#1 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941, Youth Shop Float. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [young girl on parade float passing Rexall Drugs at corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.008.3
[group of six Indigenous men and one Indigenous youth standing in front of tents. Man at center may be holding a tin of food. Man second from the right may be holding a box camera. Possibly in Tyonek or Eklutna]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B2021.004.272
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition [Children with winners banner. ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Children, Youth, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2024.001.135
“Rockslide Seward Hiway. Parker, John, 1956” [one youth, possibly identified as John Parker, standing on top of a large rockslide covering Seward Highway. See also .306-.308. Dena’ina territory, 1956]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Seward Highway, Rockslide, John Parker, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.183
“NS Carnival 1958” [three youths in dresses and star wands ice skate outdoors in front of an elementary school. Many more individuals skate in the background. North Star Elementary Carnival. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1958]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, North Star Elementary, School, Carnival, Ice skating, Costume, Youth, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2021.004.276
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banner: "Freedome Ain't Free Let's Support The NAACP" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banner, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2024.001.278
“Campbell Creek Flats—Pre Quake, Gary, Jim, John, Oct 62” [three youths, possibly identified as Gary, Jim, and John Parker, play on a seaside meadow. Forest and mountains in the background. Similar to .110. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1962]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Campbell Creek, Flats, Meadow, Trees, Mountains, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.778
“Fish Derby ’54 Lake Hideaway” [at least thirteen individuals, mostly youths, stand on a small dock with many individuals in small boats fishing in a small lake surrounded by forest during the Lake Hideaway Fish Derby. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1954]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Hideaway Lake, Dock, Fishing, Fish, Derby, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
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
B2021.004.274
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banners on mobile home: "Freedom Ain't Free Let's Support the NAACP" and "Denver Bound NAACP 1981 National Convention" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banners, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2024.001.3
“Alaska Spenard 1949, Parker’s Store, Corner of Spenard Rd and Fireweed” [long, corrugated metal, domed-roofed building with “Post Office Spenard Alaska” on the sign above the front door, two windows, one on each side of the door, and two youths stand in the doorway. Spenard, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1949]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Spenard, Parker's Store, United Stated Postal Office, Quonset hut, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.4
“1953, Corner of Spenard and Fireweed” [Storefront of Parker’s Store and “US Post Office Spenard Alaska” on the sign. The sides of the store front looks similar to the building in .3, but with a large flat-roofed middle section added. One adult individual and two youths stand in front of the door. Spenard, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, 1949]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Spenard, Parker's Store, United Stated Postal Office, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.87
“Caravan, Girdwood 1965, our blue and white ’57 Ford—after quake, Jun 65” [line of cars along a road with sandbags stacked along the roadside after the 1964 Earthquake. Two individuals sit on the sandbags, and one youth stands in front of them next to the line of cars. Similar to .83-.87. Seward Highway, Dena’ina territory, June 1965]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Girdwood, Seward Highway, Chugach Mountains, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ford, Road, Sandbags
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
B2024.001.401
“Anchorage Ind. Parade AK. Day Oct 70” [Alaska Day Parade featuring members of the National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI). Two youths sit on the roof of a automobile wearing beaded and woven headbands and clothing. They wave feather batons and wear beaded hair ties in their pigtails. Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage), Dena’ina territory, October 1970]
Keywords: Alaska, Dena'ina, Dgheyaytnu, Anchorage, Parade, Alaska Day Parade, National Congress of the American Indian, NCAI, Regalia, Spectators, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ken L. Parker, Photographer
Collection: B2024.001 Ken L. Parker Family Photographs
