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B2015.008.1070
Chapel Pond [scenic of lake, canoes pulled on shore at left]
Keywords: lake, canoes
Collection: B2015.008
B1980.108.10
Partridge Photo Indian Houses and Canoes Sitka Alaska U.S. 7810 opp the post office Portland Or(4x5 copy neg, 35mm slide 1,16) [row houses situated on the shore with canoes tied to posts and several people seated and standing looking at the photographer]
Keywords: canoes, sitka, tidal, house
Collection: B1980.108 Lockwood Collection
B1971.014.20
On Yukon River, Alaska Indian in Birch bark canoe [1909?]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1995.010.2256
[small cabin with eave covering stacks of fuel wood, canoe at right]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.030.44
[view of village from water, church in center, partially submerged canoe at left]
Collection: B2017.030
B1970.073.048
Indians landing at Great Slave Lake with birch bark canoes, coming to trade at Resolution. Photo by C.W. Mathers, Edmonton [Dene Indians with supplies and canoes on lake shore]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1989.016.2138.4
Alaska (Sydney Laurence painting, cache with canoe and antlers, neg for cards #5)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.110.5
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.6
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.7
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, fishing, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.8
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: ethnotechnology, fishing, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.011.375.neg
[two men, woman, and child in canoe, dog on shore at left, unidentified location]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1997.019.06full
The old walrus hide is removed from the canoe, a new one put on, the crew bid.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1971.014.004
[from verso] Squaw with birchbark canoe on Yukon River; [1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1989.016.2138.1
Seasons Greetings (Sydney Laurence painting, man with canoe and cache, neg for cards #2)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2273
[Alaska Native man holding snowshoe standing next to cache, canoe on rack at left]
Collection: B1995.010
B2014.012.72
[men on beach, more men on large canoe or umiak close in to shore. original image blurry]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2014.012
B1995.010.4409
[Clarissa and dog posed with cedar canoe under construction, canoe commissioned in the late 1960s by the Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, and carved by George Benson, Herman Kitka and Andrew Hope? print date Jul 67]
Collection: B1995.010
B1971.014.023
[from verso] two natives - rowing [two people paddling canoe; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1995.014.53.7
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldiers unloading fish from canoe into wooden box for slime line, Adak]
Keywords: boats, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1210
Ecuador, Nov. 1908. Fruit, dugout canoes. River Guayas above Guayaquil [distant view of boat on river]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.58.7
[man dip netting from bow of large canoe, with tarp spread over pole covering boat interior, Yukon River]
Keywords: boats, fishing, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.019.04full
The crew feast and dance then sweat and fast in their kozga or underground dance house, making paddles for their canoes for whaling - the women bringing their food.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1995.014.50.10
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldier loading fish into wooden box from canoe, box part of slime line set up, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.50.14
Army fishing, food for dogs [soldiers loading fish into wooden box from canoes, box part of slime line set up, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.77.12
[man dipnetting from river bank, canoe and small boat with tarp covering at right, bow of second boat in foreground, possibly Yukon River?]
Keywords: fishing, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1116
O11 Harding Lake - Alaska (Sailboats @ midnight; 1946 postcard) [two sailboats on water, possibly pier and canoe in left foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.664
F7 Net fishing on the Yukon River, "photo by [Eugene] Tetinek" [dipnetting from shore, boat, skiff, canopy, canoe, prow of boat in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.019.09full
...who makes a fire of the shavings, saved from the making of the canoe paddles, using the ashes to sprinkle over the path and also to throw into the sea to pacify the spirits of wind and waves.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1997.019.08full
The canoe is put on rollers of seal skins filled with air and taken to the open waters of Bering Straits, the path being made safe from evil influences by an old woman.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1989.016.2047.3.1
(US Air Force airplane down in Cook Inlet, January 30, 1957) men in canoe in water near site of airplane crash, Douglas C-124C Globemaster II]
Keywords: aviation, accidents, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.017.244
L to R: Dede Jimmie and trainees Linda Baker and Laverne Jimmie (all of Minto) enjoy a quiet canoe ride after swim lessons in Minto [three young women in boat]
Collection: B2017.017
B1995.010.3509
[village scene, with canoe propped against frame of structure under construction in foreground, buildings along riverbank in background, one with birdhouse, people and dog near fish wheel at right]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.Album1.319
Blakesley's party leaving for Turnagain Arm. R-33-8 [men in boat named Swan out of Knik, carrying small rowboat and canoe as well as supplies, bluff in distance. circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.266
R30-3. Ship Creek [view of mouth of river looking southeast, two men in canoe and man standing in water on mudflats next to piles of boxes, riverboat in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Anchorage, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.16
M-50. Talkeetna River. W. F. Milliken [wood-frame building, log cabin, cache and tent on banks of river, birch bark canoe hauled onto bank in foreground, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, residences, houses, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.67
S. N. Cappers out of Kearn Creek Road House taking photo outfit up Turnagain Arm to gasoline speeder. P. S. Hunt J1849 [man in canoe on Turnagain Arm near Kern Creek, circa 1915-1918]
Keywords: photography, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.301
R32-2. Chulitna at Ship Creek [several boats near shore or pulled onto banks for Ship Creek, including the sternwheeler Chulitna and a canoe in the foreground, men unloading supplies near a large walled tent next to a two-story building, Chugach Mountains in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.597
"E30 Nome, An Eskimo garage (sleds on racks)" [dog sled, canoes, poles, seal float(?), supported over snowy ground, fishing net, three sled dogs curled on ground, bucket, canvas wall tent and other structure in background, man standing to left of tent, person running along shore in center right of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley