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B2015.005 .002
(Nikko Garden Japanese restaurant Anchorage, Alaska){owned by Kimura Family}
Keywords: japanese, restaurant, Kimura
Collection: B2015.005
B2015.005 .002
(Nikko Garden Japanese restaurant Anchorage, Alaska){owned by Kimura Family}
Keywords: japanese, restaurant, Kimura
Collection: B2015.005
B1984.055.34
George Sullivan and Japanese dignitaries, dedication of Japanese Garden, Sydney Laurence Auditorium, June 1978
Keywords: Anchorage
Collection: B1984.055
B1999.014.1112
(Eskimo ladies with Japanese Magazine)[native alaskan women dressed in traditional winter parkas and mitts look at a Japanese woman's magazine]
Keywords: winter, furs, native, magazine
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1976.014.40
U.S. Flag flies a top Japanese camouflaged position General Simon Bolivar Buckner on Attu Island after island is retaken from Japanese forces
Collection: B1976.014
B1984.055.32
Dedication of Japanese Garden, Sydney Laurence Auditorium, June 1978
Collection: B1984.055
B1984.055.50
Dedication of Japanese Garden, Sydney Laurence Auditorium, June 1978
Collection: B1984.055
B1984.055.51
Dedication of Japanese Garden, Sydney Laurence Auditorium, June 1978
Collection: B1984.055
B2009.037.001
.1a – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, men seated at table] .1b – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, three men posed in wintertime]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2009.037.002
.2a – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, man in military vehicle] .2b – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, some type of artillery shell or other weapon]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1998.014.1.1420b
S23 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians [copy neg, same as .1420a]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1998.014.1.1467
S43 An Aleutian Japanese soldier (1943) [copy neg, same as .1466]
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
B1998.014.1.10134
N R-10 American Troops fire on Japanese snipers on Attu May 11, 1943
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1430
S25 Aleutian cave dug by Japanese (1946 postcard) [same as .1429, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1425
S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians (anti aircraft gun) [copy neg; same as .1424]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1426
S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians (anti aircraft gun) [copy neg; same as .1424]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1427
S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians (anti aircraft gun) [copy neg; same as .1424]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1429
(S25 An Aleutian cave dug by Japanese; 1946 postcard) [entrance to cave, foliage, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1468
S44 A Japanese tank crew on Kiska [soldiers pose on and next to a tank, likely in summer; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2011.012.1.147
7 Sept. Japanese Lt. Cdr. Okuma pointing out anchorages and mine fields in harbor.
Collection: B2011.012
B1998.014.1.1428
S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians; anti aircraft gun) [mountains in background, muskeg, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.024.019
Mary & Janie, Annette, Ap. ’53 [on print:] Looking for driftwood and Japanese floats [woman and girl on beach]
Keywords: Annette Island, children
Collection: B2016.024
B1998.014.1.1419
S22 Jap landing barge on an Aleutian beach (Japanese landing boats; 1946 postcard) [copy neg, same as .1418]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2011.012.1.115
Sept. '45. Japanese prison camp for Allied POWs on Hokkaido. Plane is a torpedo bomber from a CVE in North Pacific Force.
Collection: B2011.012
B1998.014.1.1469
S45 Japanese Aleutian Commander & staff (1943) [Five men pose outdoors in militrary uniforms; sword, binoculars; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1488
S58 Japanese baloon [sic] bomb in Alaskan wilderness [Two service men handling fabric from balloon bomb in trees, spruce; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1418
S22 Japanese landing boats on an Aleutian beach (1946 postcard) [wooden structures, possibly a dock or pier in background, landing craft number 5361; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1466
S43 An Aleutian Japanese soldier (1943) [soldier poses in winter coat, belt, hat, gloves, gaitors, rifle; automobile appears to be partially covered in a tarp; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1990.014.2018.1.159.006
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose standing wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.159.005
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; curtain at right; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.159.002
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose seated wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; curtain at right; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.159.003
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose seated wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; curtain at right; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.159.004
52-2; Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [two women, Homatsu Obashi and daughter Hope, pose seated wearing Japanese kimonos and obis; curtain at right; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1333
PA10 At the time of the Japanese invation the population of the Aleutian Islands was mainly blue foxes. Trappers stocked the islands and as a rule returned once a year during trapping season. (Blue fox in the Aleutians) [snow, quonset in background, structure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1420a
(S23 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians) [tracked vehicle, Rising sun emblem on windshield; star above grill, metal on ground, bullet holes, steel drums mountains in background; negative damage iin upper left quadrant of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1975.090.010
From verso: BuAer 215400 6 June 1942 - Bombproof Smith, CMR was the sole survivor of a 20 MM gun crew of 5 men killed during Jap[anese] air attack of June 3-4, 1942 on Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Heavy smoke from Japanese bomb hit on end of dock at Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Collection: B1975.090
B1998.014.1.1330
PA3 Unalaska has the largest settlement in the Aleutian Chain and is one of the nearest links to the Alaskan mainland. Here, on June 3, 1942, Americans watched their homeland under Japanese attack. (1 print, 1 neg) [view of Unalaska with cemetery, gravesites with orthodox crosses in foreground, structures, quonsets, homes, church, pier, bay in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley