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B1998.014.1.944
L103 Nearing Gakona - Mt Drum (Mt Drum in background) [scene from roadway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1242
Mt. Drum. Hewitt's [road in foreground]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4827.126
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [men drumming]
Keywords: dancers, dancing
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1824
Mt. Drum, Glen Highway [view down unpaved Glenn Highway to Mount Drum in distance. copy neg]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4827.23
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids dancing, men drumming]
Keywords: dancers
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1997.003.249
[airplane on landing strip; steel drums strewn about the area; tundra]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.945
L103 Nearing Gakona - Mt Drum [copy neg; same as .944]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1984.077.20.031
[bear on chain, man in hat petting bear, oil drums, building in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.079.1
Drum Mt. from Copper River near Happy's camp. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.079.2
Drum Mt. from Copper River near Happy's camp. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.079.3
Drum Mt. from Copper River near Happy's camp. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2055.26
26 (July 4, 1938, parade) [drum majorette and color guard with flags]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.547
Newtok school house; duplicate [corner of structure; steel drums (containers); ladder]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2014.002.1501
JH1261. Arctic Alaska. Skin drum, Alaska Airlines. Pana-Vue Slide
Collection: B2014.002
B2017.029.2351
[boy wearing headdress and beaded vest drumming; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2987
[men drumming in front of paintings, Anchorage Museum; print date Feb 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B1997.003.003
[man reclined on rocky ground, leaning against metal drum, man standing at left]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.946
L104 Chistochina Roadhouse - Mt Drum (on Tok/Slana Road [structure, trucks, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.947
L104 Chistochina Roadhouse - Mt. Drum (on Tok/Slana Road) [copy neg; same as .946]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.2349
[young man wearing headdress and beaded vest drumming; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.024.1047
Jan71P7 #16031 Barrow [Inupiat men and women wearing fur trimmed parkas, mukluks play drums, sing; painting of polar bear, seal, person, dogs; drum and whale baleen on wall]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka, Baleen
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.011.144
"Eek, 1949" [woman in winter parka and mukluks poses in front of oil drums with river in bakcground]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1995.010.4920
[five men sitting with drums, women and children behind them, Kotzebue; print date Jul 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B2019.007.259
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994 [Two boys with bicycles; structure, logs, and steel drums (containers) in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.2055.24
24 (July 4, 1938, parade) [drum majorette and color guard with flags, houses visible in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2290
(Glenn Highway near Glennallen, Mt. Drum in distance?) [view down dirt highway in winter, with mountains]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2001.036.1361
Quinhagak 11-82 [structure with steel drums (containers) stacked alongside; gravel road at lower right]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B1970.028.018
Eskimo dance, Lomen Bros. Nome #3, This Eskimo is acting out a story in a dance. Notice the queer flat drums [Men with skin drums are seated against a boat while another man in furs is dancing. Man and children are watching]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B2003.013.34
Crane booms lift fuel drums from the beach for loading on vehicles for transportation to storage sites while army stevedores roll the drums out the open forward doors of the USS Harris County (LST-822) at Barter Island. Official U.S. Navy
Collection: B2003.013 John Kelsey Collection
B1983.091.S1450.080
8/13/53 NCL Trip: Village of Quinhakak (Quinhagak) general views [structures, clotheslines, laundry, steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.340
Eskimo Rooting Section. 45. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Natives on hillside, one with skin drum]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.397
"Tanunak; braiding herring, 1958, southwest Alaska" [woman braids herring with grass for drying; steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1996.009.07full
Even the boys dance while their elders accompany them with drums & songs, telling of previous wonderfully successful whale hunts.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1998.014.1.1433
S27 "Home" in the Aleutians [dog sitting atop sandbags in front of structure, steel drums, barrels; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1054
Jan71P7 #16039 Barrow [side view of Inupiat men holding drums; Inupiat women in background; parkas, fur]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2289
Kotzebue, June 1967 [two children stand on a dirt road; boats, structures, clotheslines, metal drums in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.197
[Three Indigenous Alaskans standing outside next to oil drum; woman standing in house doorway in background; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Group, Man, Women, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Mukluks, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Oil drum, Fuel, House, Home, Building, Doorway
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.011.596
Newtok; Sept. 1957 [man, woman, children near structure identified as temporary school; tundra; steel drum (container)]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1997.003.087
[automobiles, people, at river, lumber piles, steel drums, fence posts (?); bridge and buildings in distance. possibly Fairbanks?]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.019.05full
The hole in the floor the only entrance. Even the boys dance to the accompaniment of drums and songs telling of great feats of daring and endurance by their forefathers.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1998.014.1.1416
S21 (Only tree on Attu) [tree in front of quonset with sign "Tree, only one on Attu" steel drum (container), copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.4647
(Barter Island Brooks Range 1963)[ shoreside view of skiffs pulled up on beach and several structures with oil drums]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.832
(L49 Copper Center Road house, 1946 postcard) [Trading post; log structures, automobile, Mount Drum in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B2022.005.214
[Two Indigenous Alaskan Elder women in parkas and fur mukluks standing outside house midwinter; oil drums nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Winter, Snow, Oil drum, House, Home, Building, Residence
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1997.003.248
[building, possibly being moved into position by track vehicle and drag line; tall grass in foreground; steel drums in right midground]
Collection: B1997.003
B1999.014.2052a
(Snowmobiles_Barrow "Roaring Boring Alice")[man in a white parka, standing in front of a snow machine and numerous oil drums on the tundra, no snow visible]
Keywords: snow machine, snow mobile, tundra, Barrow
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1999.014.2052b
(Snowmobiles_Barrow "Roaring Boring Alice")[man in a white parka, standing in front of a snow machine and numerous oil drums on the tundra, no snow visible]
Keywords: snow machine, snow mobile, tundra, house, parka
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher