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B2015.008.712
255.9 [view across water to cemetery with spirit houses and Russian Orthodox crosses,
brush and wild flowers in foreground]
Keywords: cemetery
Collection: B2015.008
b2012.006.735
[village cemetery in winter; no date]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B2012.006
B1995.010.342
[Dena’ina spirit houses in cemetery, Eklutna]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
b2012.006.780
April 14, 1956 [cemetery in village in winter]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B2012.006
B1995.010.748
Russian crosses in cemetery, Chugach Range in background [Anchorage Cemetery, with Dena’ina spirit houses, mountains in background. Cf. .361]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.361
[Dena’ina spirit houses in cemetery, buildings in distance, Anchorage]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1515
S82 Fort Richardson (cemetery) [entrance gate and sign for Post Cemetery, plaque set in stone, concrete, road; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.010.106
Tutchoni cemetery 1904 [Tutchone Indian graveyard, sign in foreground, “This cemetery is not a tourist attraction”, spirit houses behind wooden fencing, Champagne]
Keywords: funerary customs, indigenous peoples
Collection: B2016.010
B1970.019.174
"Decoration Day" May 30, 1918. Anchorage, Alaska. Ceremony at the Cemetery
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
AEC.G873
"Decoration Day" May 30, 1918. Anchorage, Alaska. Ceremony at the Cemetery
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.110
Native cemetery at Eklutna, summer of 1946. Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.5.027
[cemetery, wooden crosses on grass, monuments in distance, truck in left background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.241
D-27. Ice covered crosses in the White Mountain cemetery. [George Dale?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2630
[lupine, grave markers, and crosses, mountains in distance, Anchorage cemetery. Cf. .2626]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6
293-3. Cemetery wonderland [gravestones and spirit house in hoar frost, Anchorage]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.2000
"T221 Anchorage air views" [aerial view looking northwest from Anchorage Cemetery]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.024.017
Janie, Metlakatla, Apr. ’53 [young girl walking among grave markers in cemetery]
Keywords: Metlakatla, children
Collection: B2016.024
B1995.010.6115
[Dena’ina spirit houses and Russian Orthodox cross in cemetery in summer, probably Eklutna, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1998
T220 Anchorage, Alaska "air views" [aerial view looking northwest from Anchorage Cemetery]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.030.10
[view down riverbank to cemetery on bluff, dog yard on beach in middle ground, Nulato?]
Collection: B2017.030
B1989.016.594.2
40. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [Caucasian man standing near graves in Eklutna cemetery]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.017.194
[view of village, possibly school and playground in foreground, bell on frame in front of building, cemetery in background]
Collection: B2017.017
B1995.010.736
[field of lupine at Anchorage Cemetery, with grave markers and Dena’ina spirit house, houses in background. Cf. .361]
Collection: B1995.010
B2008.013.45
[Ada Blackjack Johnson, Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery gravemarker,circa 2000. Possibly taken by John Bagoy]
Collection: B2008.013
B2017.011.160
Alaska ’48 – Nulato, Russian graveyard along Yukon [American flag flying over cemetery]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.1148
(O23 Spirit house built over Indian graves; 1946 postcard) [cemetery, Russian Orthodox crosses, structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1298
O85 Spirit houses, Alaskan Native graves at Eklutna [orthodox crosses, people visiting cemetery at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.1647
[group of children posed on beach, some holding balloons, cemetery on bluff above left; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B1970.022.039
Sitka, Alaska. Wharf and harbor, as seen looking about south from elevated platform in Russian cemetery. S.S. Cityof Topeka is at wharf.
Collection: B1970.022 Fridley
B2001.036.1362
Quinhagak 10-82 [rusting boat in grass next to boardwalk; cemetery crosses in background; steel drums (containers) in foreground]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2015.008.711
255.8 [cemetery along shore of lake or river, spirit houses and Russian Orthodox
crosses at left, rowboat at anchor at right]
Keywords: boat, Prince William Sound, cemetery
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.020.51
1958 February 15, McTavish, Ben A. [casket and flowers at grave at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery in winter, buildings in background]
Collection: B2017.020
B1995.010.5503
[Alaska Marine Highway ferry, possibly Taku, at dock, Russian Orthodox cross in cemetery in foreground; print date Dec 75]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1411
S118 Native Alaskan Cemetery {1946 postcard (Eklutna)} [two service men look at gravesites, spirit houses, orthdox crosses]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2003
"T222 Anchorage Aerial" [view looking northwest over downtown; Anchorage Cemetery, port, airlroad, Government Hill, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3491
Northern Alaska [winter scene with possibly road or landing strip in foreground; cemetery; village in background; hangar at far left; undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B1996.035.1.245
[men dressed in civilian clothing climbing hillside carrying crosses, possibly Adak natives moving cemetery? Adak, World War II]
Keywords: funerary customs, military
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1998.014.1.1951
T189 South Anchorage {Anchorage, south (cemetery)} [bird's eye view looking south, likely from McKinley Building at 4th Avenue and Denali Street over 5th and 6th Avenues toward Anchorage Cemetery; man crossing street; structures, automobiles; Body Shop; service station at right; Chugach Mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1582.8
(Air Views of Anchorage) [aerial looking east with cemetery and 9th Avenue on right, 13th Avenue at left, Chester Creek?, circa early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2626
[lupine and dandelions gone to seed in cemetery, with wooden Russian Orthodox crosses, Dena’ina spirit house, and other graves, mountains in background, Anchorage. Cf. .2630]
Keywords: funerary customs
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1299
O85 Eklutna church and graves with spirit houses [people stand near gate at entrance to cemetery, Old Saint Nicholas Church, graves at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1387
40. Indian grave, Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Aleut, Russian) [spirit house in Russian Orthodox cemetery along Alaska Railroad route]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1297
O86 Native Alaskan graves, Eklutna, near Anchorage. [family walks in cemetery near spirit houses, orthodox crosses; Old Saint Nicholas Church in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1128
O18 Native Indian Graves (1946 postcard 1 neg & 1 print) [cemetery, spirit houses, man holding hat, trees, Russian orthodox crosses]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2475
"Bicycle w/arranged setting in woods" [actually, this is a cemetery; boy's cruiser-style bicycle and toy truck mounted in concrete; flowers; likely a grave; additional graves in background; person walking in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.003.003
Ninilchik Territorial School on the hill, also Russian Church & cemetery Alyce E. Anderson's store etc. Alyce E. Anderson's residence Nov. 1911 to 1913 x Warner's Cabin
Collection: B1990.003 Alyce E_ Anderson Collection
B2016.004.31.001
Alaska Sign & Lighting, 1974 Winter. The Sheraton is built on the site of the shop now [Willow Park Apartments and Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery; Chugach Mountains in distance, snow, automobiles]
Collection: B2016.004
B2019.003.017
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Native graveyard [spirit houses in cemetery in spring] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet. Graveyard part of Eklutna Historical Park]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Eklutna graveyard, Graveyard, Eklutna cemetery, Cemetery, Burials, Grave site, Spirit House, Spirit Houses, Eklutna Historical Park
Collection: B2019.003