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B1989.016.MillerRobert.1
(Miller Robert Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1972.046.157
[three Native women standing outdoors with young boy, one woman wearing print parka with short fur ruff, one wearing caribou parka with large ruff and U-shaped hem, one wearing fur parka with walrus tusk-pattern and geometric design on bottom hem, boy wearing fur parka and pants, village buildings in background, Seward Peninsula?]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B2018.023.062a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “55” [caption:] “Union Mining Co. East Dump on Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska. May 3, ‘08” [two men and one horse at mining operation; ladders, structures, possible tailings pile, 1908 black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2198.12
(Gold mining, Nome) [hydraulic mining operation, with men working on large pile of earth. Probably Lomen Bros. photographers. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.062b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “55” [verso of slide] [caption:] “Union Mining Co. East Dump on Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska. May 3, ‘08” [two men and one horse at mining operation; ladders, structures, possible tailings pile, 1908 black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.014.28.11
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of wash plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.021.14
Pioneer Home buildings, Sitka, Alaska, 7/4/24. [bird’s eye view of Sitka, with tents and boats in foreground, large group of people on green in front of buildings, flagpole at left, St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral in background. Prior to 1949. Tinted. Image cropped with partial loss of original caption]
Collection: B2017.021
B1989.016.2144.19
Klondyke City, Y.T. #61, Hegg (Old Klondike) [bird's eye view of town. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.28.1
F-E Co. 1942 [wash plant at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.020.63
[view down road heading downhill in winter, buildings in middle ground possibly along Ship Creek, Chugach Mountains in distance, 1955-1959]
Collection: B2017.020
B1995.014.28.10
F-E Co. 1942 [crane scooping gravel at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.108.1
[water plant in gravel pit at mining operation, drag line bucket at left]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.108.10
[man working sluice box on mining plant, Willow Creek near Marshall]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.28.12
F-E Co. 1942 [view down wash plant sluice box at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.021.3
13. Juneau from deck of steamer. Property of the White Pass & Yukon Route. Chicago Transparency Co. [bird’s eye view of town. Tinted]
Collection: B2017.021
B1989.016.1034
GZ-100 (Scenes in Golden Zone) [man in parka behind snow pile]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2144.13
#39. Lake LeBarge. Copyright 1898. Larss & Duclos Pho., Dawson, Y.T. (Old Klondike) [boats of various types on lake. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2198.11
(Gold mining, Nome) [bird's eye view of mining operation, with several large piles of earth, buildings and supplies. Probably Lomen Bros. photographers. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1301
(O88 Alaska & Texas maps compared) [map of Texas and text from published book; touched up to create composite image in .1302]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2593
F12 Intake of Stetson Creek Ditch K.M & M Co; Seward, Alaska; L.N.G "Mining" [Kenai Mining & Milling Company; wooden water diversion structure at waterfall; tributary of Cooper Creek]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.75.9
[dog harnessed to sled laying on winter trail, dog wearing booties]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1300
Areas of Alaska and United States compared (O87, transparency) [Alaska silhouette superimposed over map of lower-48 states]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2144.10
#30, 2167. Wrecked at White Horse Rapids and sinking half mile below the rapids (Old Klondike) [copy neg printed backwards]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2195
[photograph of letter from the Assistant U.S. Attorney-General to U.S. Marshal E.R. Jordan in re U.S. Deputy Marshal Philip Holland and the loss of a two horse team in lagoon at Port Safety, Alaska, on October 28th, 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2198.4
Lomen Bros. Nome #921 [five men at hydraulic mining operation, Glacier Creek? Nome? copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.102.10
[young Alaska Native boy in hospital bed, Mountain Village?]
Keywords: medicine, health
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2200
Passenger and Freight Teams meeting the S.S. "Corwin."- Roadstead, Nome, Alaska, June lst 1914 11:00 P.M. Lomen Bros. Nome #1001 [dogs in harness and several sled frames on ice next to ship. copy neg]
Keywords: ships, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.146
[Indigenous Alaskan woman standing with young man outside; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Glasses, Parka, Young man, Child, Teen, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, Community, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.050.3
Eskimo in kiack, St. Michael. Drane [Alaska Native man wearing gut parka using oar in Yup'ik style kayak in harbor, buildings of St. Michael in background, circa 1903]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1991.050
B2016.021.100
["Battery Control Building cross section" sketch; print date Sep 58]
Collection: B2016.021
B1989.016.2197.5
(Nome coast with ice and snow) [chunks of ice heaved onto shore, large buildings visible in distance. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.058a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “29” “Freighting with Reindeer, Nome, Alaska” [snow scene; people wearing parkas, surrounding sledge filled with supplies, furs, reindeer, handler, snow, harness, structure in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1123
O14 Seward sea shore cabin (1946 postcard) [cabin built on rock outcropping, steel storage drums; structures in distance, water, rocky beach in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.021.195
Joan, ?, ?, Wally, Piper PA 20, Chickaloon flats, ’54 [Wellenstein and Joan Wellenstein Fuglestad sitting on ground next to airplane N7080K, unidentified men standing between them] [Ahtna, Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax]
Keywords: Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax, Chickaloon, Flats, Joan Wellenstein, Wally Wellenstein, Wallace Wellenstein, Wallace J. Wellenstein, Wally J. Wellenstein, Wellenstein, Cliff Fuglestad, Plane, Piper PA-20, Piper PA 20, N7080K, Bush, Flying
Collection: B2018.021
B1990.014.5.People.19.036
People - Rondy, 1948, Feb; Rondy Display [Sun equipment; banner "scientific carbureter [sic: carburetor] diagnosis and scientific engine diagnosis, ...tific service that sati..." Motor Tester; possibly distributor tester; GE equipment in center]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 19
B2018.023.058b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “29” verso of slide: “Freighting with Reindeer, Nome, Alaska” [snow scene; people wearing parkas, surrounding sledge filled with supplies, furs, reindeer, handler, snow, harness, structure in background; black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.005.136
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man standing on doorstep midwinter; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Residence, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Doorstep, Hat, Fur hate, Mukluks, Jacket, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1824
(T125 Fairbanks, Downtown) [street scene, men, women, children, military servicemen, dog at left; automobiles, businesses: Arthur S. Brown, Jeweler & Optometrist; EP. McCarron Lawyer, Griffin’s photos, music, Gifts, Model Café, Carr’s, Kuppenheimer Clothes, Fairbanks Bar, Drugs, Riverside Bar, (?) Photo, Liquor, Pantorium Lacey St, Miner, Lavery’s, optometrist, Quality Liquors, Anderson’s, Mecca Bar, Waechter Meats, Empress, Travel, Co-op drugs, Café, Bayes (?); flags hung over street stoplight]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley