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B1994.022.393Z.6
(Airplanes)[airplane on tundra with woman standing infront of damaged prop and landing gear]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.63.5
[soldiers with snowmachine pulling sleds of gear, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.70.6
[soldiers pulling inflatable rafts loaded with gear across rushing river with ropes]
Keywords: military, hiking, transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.64
[Indigenous Alaskan young man in winter gear standing outside building midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young man, Boy, Coat, Boots, Outerwear, Clothing, Winter, Snow, Building, House, Structure, Doorway, Door, Entrance
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.72.7
[group of soldiers resting under trees during hike, backpacks, snowshoes, and other gear on snow]
Keywords: hiking, military, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1282.dk232.2
232.2. Brunonian Glacier. 9.12.14 [climber carrying backpack and gear stopped near
crevasses]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.1282.dk232.2crop
232.2. Brunonian Glacier. 9.12.14 [climber carrying backpack and gear stopped near
crevasses]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B1972.046.70
{wide assortment of men, gear, tents and horses preparing before going over Chilkoot Pass}
Keywords: mining, miners
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1995.014.124.10
Going out to McKinley [snowmachine pulling sled loaded with gear, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.124.9
Going out to McKinley [snowmachine pulling sleds loaded with gear, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, transportation, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.63.6
[partially obscured view of soldiers with snowmachine pulling sleds of gear, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.280
After a hard climb [Wellenstein wearing clod weather gear and skis, frost on scarf around face]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.029.2736
[infant wearing rain gear sitting on beach underneath umbrella; print date Jul 82]
Collection: B2017.029
B2019.003.110
Man on snowshoes [man wearing cold weather gear and carrying backpack stopped on winter trail]
Collection: B2019.003
B2017.011.120
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Pat sees him! [woman wearing rain gear, angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B1995.010.3032
[person wearing rain gear standing in front of log building with sign “Roadhouse Wines Liquors & Cigars”]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.72.6
[group of soldiers resting under trees during hike, backpacks, snowshoes, and other gear on snow, mountain peaks in distance]
Keywords: military, hiking, camping, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.674
F11 Unloading herring at Ketchikan, photo by Frank Morgan [men in rain gear work in a scow(?), copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.037.014
.14 – Flier [man in flight gear stands posed against a doorway, possibly the same man as .11]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2015.008.224
4 6 9225 Port Nellie Juan_ Our skiff and motor off to camp{ skiff loaded with gear tied to dock}
Keywords: Prince William Sound, Port Nellie Juan
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.121
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Pat realizes she has one on! [woman wearing rain gear, angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.122
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Pat hooks one! [woman wearing rain gear, angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B1995.014.124.11
Going out to McKinley [soldier riding on sled loaded with gear being pulled by snowmachine, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.010
(Going Prospecting Lake Kenai in home made boats){5 men with camping gear and boats staged on the shore of Kenai lake}
Keywords: boat, skiff, Kenai, Kenai Lake, camping, prospectors
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.011.117
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Edie at productive riffle [Edie Cole wearing rain gear, angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B2017.011.118
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, Edie at productive riffle [Edie Cole wearing rain gear, angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.1486
S56 Army Scouts in the Alaska Range [service men, backpacks, winter gear, ropes, backpacks, pickaxe mountains; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.004.21.22
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [Fran Durner sleeping on floor of room, with bunny boots, potato chips, and other gear visible]
Collection: B2016.004
B1979.002.3.1840
(No. 112. Looking for sheep on East Fork Toklat Range, Mt Mckinley Park){horses and gear breaking camp along dry river bed}
Keywords: horse, camp, mountains
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2009.037.013
.13 – Fliers [five men in wintertime pilot gear are posed on a grassy field, possibly tundra which could place this image in the Aleutian Islands]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2017.011.110
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim Creek, Bob who looked like a friar [man wearing rain gear and holding rod sitting on gravel beach]
Collection: B2017.011
B2009.037.027
.27a – [seven soldiers in winter gear stand near firing range targets] .27b – [line of men stand shooting at targets]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1998.014.1.1350
PF7 Unloading herring which is to be used later as bait for catching halibut and salmon. [men in hold with fish, shovels; rain gear; boat at far right; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.037.003
.3a – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, two men posed in wintertime] .3b – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, three men in winter gear stand by tent]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1996.009.05full
The captain of a boat opens the ceremonies by taking from his meat cellar pieces of the whale he last killed and while sitting in charmed state under his whole charmed whaling gear he serves tiny pieces to each caller.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B1998.014.1.1761
(T79 Ketchikan, Alaska, steamship "Alaska") [ship at dock, people at gangplank "Alaska SS Co (Alaska Steamship Company," automobiles on dock and on ship deck; cargo gear; town, structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.103
Alaska ’48 – Wattamoose, Ray, Hugh, Russ & Otto [Rto L: Ray Petersen, Hugh, Russ Sprague, and Otto wearing rain gear and holding fishing rods, Wattamuse Creek]
Collection: B2017.011
B2018.021.421
Repairing tail wheel, Piper PA 20 N7080K, Pt. Hope, 4-1-53 [two men wearing cold weather gear fixing airplane, tail propped up on metal barrel]
Collection: B2018.021
B2016.004.875
Tim Osmar, Clam Gulch, AK [man reading indoors, Coleman lantern hanging from ceiling, small stove at right, boom box on shelf along wall, pistol and other gear hanging from walls; print date Sep 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2053.24
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [woman driving automobile festooned with floral decorations and banner "Emard Salmon Especial," two dark-skinned cannery workers in rubber boots, one wearing rain gear, standing next to automobile, building with sign for Hotel in background]
Keywords: businesses, fishing, canneries
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.697
F21 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan [Men at wharf, dumping fish into hopper, hand cart, slickers, rain gear, aprons, shovel, man observing from building window possibly tallying fish, water in background, possibly a cat under hopper, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1759
(T79 Ketchikan, alaska, steamship "Alaska" at Ketchikan) [ship at dock; men wearing caps at rail near bow, automobiles on deck, cargo gear, waterfront structures including Hotel Ingersoll, Ketchikan cold Storage, men in foreground, likely on another ship; structures, including homes, in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2012
T229 Homer Airport [aircraft tied down at gravel strip; Chevron fuel truck parked next to Pacific Northern Airlines Douglas DC-3N37465; likely Stinson Sentinel number 534518; Piper PA-18 Super Cubs, one with number N7145K equipped with tractor landing gear; tundra tires; structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.710
247.3. A rubber bath tub, used by Alaska prospectors in a cabin far in the wilds, for
laundry as well as [three men seated in log cabin, man in center smoking pipe and leaning
over, man at right wearing bib overalls and cleaning duck, man in center reading newspaper
possibly George, Towle’s Log Cabin Syrup on table at left, ladder in background, gear hanging
on walls. Caption lightly erased. Print cropped with loss of caption]
Keywords: cabin interior
Collection: B2015.008