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B2006.023.6590.jpg
[skinning bear]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2019.003.069
A bear hunt [two men holding rifles posed with black bear carcass]
Keywords: Bear, Black bear, Hunt, Hunting, Hunters, Men, Indigenous, Rifles
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.009
"Animals: Bears, 1970 Polar Bear, C.U. Head, 22277" [Polar bear head, face]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.022
"Animals: Bears, Polar Bear, 23944" [aerial view of polar bear on jumbled ice, snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1989.016.1880.36
Brown bear. Hewitt's Photo [two grizzly bears on tundra]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.002
"Polar bear. Thalarctus maritimus." [two polar bears on snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2009.009.676
Alaska black bear [two bear cubs on chain. postcard]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B2009.009
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.012.5
"Animals: Bears, Polar Bear, 16mm enlargement" [Polar bear tracks in snow; pressure ridge in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1989.016.2152.3
Alaska Brown Bear / Alaska Brown Bear. Bragaw's. [bear on beach. double caption. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.115
A46 Black bear cub at an Aleutian base (bears in cage) [man]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.010.28
Grizley bear [brown bear on tundra, Denali National Park and Preserve]
Collection: B2016.010
B2017.024.1986.tagging01
Polar bear survey -- tagging team works on drugged bears - Chukchi.
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1986.tagging02
Polar bear survey -- tagging team works on drugged bears - Chukchi.
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.polarbear1986.tagging01
Polar bear survey -- tagging team works on drugged bears - Chukchi.
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.polarbear1986.tagging02
Polar bear survey -- tagging team works on drugged bears - Chukchi.
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.006
"Animals: Bears, 1970, Polar Bear, Transp. 3 May 1973, 22274"[Polar bear on snow, heaved sea ice in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.008
"Animals: Bears, 1970 Polar Bear, 22276" Polar bear in snow, level area surrounded by jumbled sea ice]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals