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B1995.014.46.14
[bird's eye view of coastline, with gun emplacements, remnants of docks, small boats on beach, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.9856
Amchitka [soldiers loading cargo onto military airplane on runway, US Air Force airplane, after 1947]
Keywords: transportation, aviation, military
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.019.85
Gas cases at Naknek [cases piled at Naknek airport, tail of aircraft at right, fuel identified as Red Crown Gasoline by David Anderson, 2022]
Collection: B2014.019
B1983.146.103
Post Card Alaska Fur Bearing Trout (fish) {altered photo of a trout with fur}
Keywords: trout, fish, post card
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.1599.1
P-316. Hewitt's (Gill netters) [two fishermen posed at shoreline with net containing fish]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.990
L128 Spring in Alaska [copy neg, rowboat on snowy shore; pond or river]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.176
[baby sled infront of house with woman possibly Mrs Cron standing on top of a large snow berm]
Keywords: winter, sled, snow, baby, house
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.077.2.007
[Two men examining gun, rifle? in front of cabin, logs, canvas.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2056.23
Hewitt's 23 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army truck) [soldiers in truck pulling heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, passing spectators and Fourth Avenue businesses including New Method Cleaners and Richmond's Restaurant]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.89
[dogs pulling sled over snow with several men in background watching on]
Keywords: dogs, sled, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1994.022.877
(sno go)[snow plow blowing snow from road]
Keywords: winter, snow, transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2017.024.1194
May68P3 #01913 Bethel [three children stand on pallet outside doorway of possible arctic entry to log cabin; clothes hanging on clothesline; snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.1420b
S23 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians [copy neg, same as .1420a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3562
May 1969 [woman butchering seal as child watches; boardwalk, snow; possibly Savoonga] slide #6494
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.46.10
[three men surveying in winter, buildings, Quonset huts, and bay in background, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1421
S23 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians [copy neg, same as .1420a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1422
S23 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians [copy neg, same as .1420a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1423
(S23 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians) [copy neg, same as .1420a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2258
"Mink on rack, 1942 (under cache)" [similar to .2257; snowshoes, rope or cable coiled atop snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.9914
[U.S. Soldiers carry someone on stretcher, Battle of Attu]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.244
1 3 91825 Port Wells Alaska Harriman Glacier Harriman Fjord
Keywords: glacier, Prince William Sound, College fjord, mountains, Chugach, Port Wells
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.1187
May68P3 #01905 Bethel [children stand on porch of structure; fish strips drying on rooftop; dog sled in foreground; possibly a dipnet on roof]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2056.20
Hewitt's 20 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army band) [men in uniform marching with musical instruments on Fourth Avenue west of E Street, passing Dr. Hines Optmetrist, J. Vic Brown & Son, Sears Roebuck & Co., and Anchorage Hotel, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: businesses, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.22
Hewitt's 22 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, men in parkas) [soldiers in fur coats and hats standing next to gun, spectators and federal building in background, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2056.21
Hewitt's 21 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army marching) [men in uniform marching on Fourth Avenue passing federal building, lead soldier saluting, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1424
(S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians - anti aircraft gun) [two U.S. service men sit at controls of gun; 11th Air Corps insignia shows star with wing]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2323
Kotzebue, June 1967 [butchering beluga whale; shore ice; water. At AFN 2022, woman at center flensing beluga with an ulu identified as Mamie Reich and the woman to the right in headscarf identified as Norma Reich]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Indigenous, Ice, Beluga, Whale, Processing
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.4.16
Patsy Serguei [sic] from Marshall Landing [Alaska Native man wearing corduroy shirt and brimmed hat, river in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
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
B1998.014.1.1391
(S10 soldiers meet Matanuska Colonist) [service men and farmer; log structure, barn; cows; cowbell; pasture]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2079
King Island, copyright 1986 [women possibly in an umiak with supplies praying; man in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3548
Savoonga; St Lawrence Island [man wearing parka, gloves, sunglasses; winter; undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B1996.009.12full
Before embarking, a piece of cooked whale skin is partaken of by each from a charm spoon and wooden pail after a fast of 24 hours, then with a piece of native graphite the tribal mark is drawn on the forehead of each.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2017.024.2063
King Island, copyright 1986 [two women sit on snow processing meat]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3345
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [Savoonga; spring breakup scene; children on boardwalk; men next to skiff; structures in background; sea ice]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.200.004
64-4 Fritzie & Bonnie [Two toddlers playing on grass lawn; one holding a toy ram sheep; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.200.006
64-4 Fritzie & Bonnie [Two toddlers playing on grass lawn; one holding toy gun, the other holding a toy ram sheep; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.201.001
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [Two toddlers sit on a grass lawn; one holding toy gun, the other holding a toy ram sheep; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.201.006
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler sits on a grass lawn; picking dandelion; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2213
Fred Henton - Alaska guide, 1700 lbs Kodiak Bear "huge Kodiak bear" [man poses with gun behind bear; boat on shore; two boats in water; mountains in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2056.27
Hewitt's 27 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army gun) [soldiers gathered around heavy gun in Fur Rendezvous parade, spectators and federal building in background]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2203
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter party; group photo" [toddlers and women pose]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.188
[Indigenous Alaskan child in fur parka looking at snow; man seated on small platform in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young boy, Child, Boy, Parka, Fur parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Snow, Winter, Man, Seated, Sitting, Platform, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon