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B2015.008.379
The new truck hauling away potatoes in crates, Sept. 1920 [view down field row filled with potatoes to truck]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.89.4
[winter scenic with frozen creek, trees, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.90.4
[soldier driving snowmachine with tracks and skis on frozen lake or river, Susitna Flats?]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.173
[Two Indigenous Alaskan kids at a picnic reading comics; boy with pompadour hairstyle covering his face with an Archie comic]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Kids, Young man, Boy, Girl, Comics, Comic, Archie, Picnic, Pompadour, Hairstyle, Reading, Recreation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.195
[Three men in uniform (likely U.S. Air Force) leaning against a car; USAF bus at right]
Keywords: BIPOC, African American, Black man, Black people, Uniform, U.S. Air Force, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Car, Bus, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.62
[Valdez 1906 street scene, with the signage for "Alaska Prospector"]
Keywords: frontier, town
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2022.005.23
[Three Indigenous Alaskan young boys in overalls outside]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Child, Boys, Toddler, Overalls, Clothing, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.89.3
[soldiers outside log cabin in wooded area in winter, snowmachine parked at right]
Keywords: mining, residences, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.031
236.6. 9.17.14, 1:30 P.M. [similar to .27. Cf. .702] [glacier terminus]
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.029.1857
[man and children sitting next to drummers, children with cans of Crush soda pop; print date Mar 79. Cf. .1836a]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.002.04
(Left to right) Eddie Williams and his mother, Lillor Culpepper, Cal Williams and his paternal grandmother Lillor Culpepper, Cal Williams and Lillor Culpepper on camping trip with the Bedoit Family, also pictured are Eugene Bedoit and Nancy Bedoit [Cal Williams and paternal grandmother with Bedoit children standing in front of camper with canopy]
Keywords: Eddie Williams, Lillor Culpepper, Eugene Bedoit, Nancy Bedoit
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.005.163
[Two Indigenous Alaskan men working outside with wire and large piece of seal blubber midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Outside, Midwinter, Snow, Wire, Seal Blubber, Seal Fat, Fat, Blubber, Food
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.011
(Going Prospecting Lake Kenai in home made boats){3 men and 2 dogs in 2 small boats rowing Kenai Lake}
Keywords: rowing, Kenai, Kenai Lake, dog, prospectors, boat, skiff, mountains, lake
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.185
[Being Sea][faded photo of sea scape]
Keywords: waves, ocean
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.014.78.4
[log cabin partially buried in snow drift, mountains in distance]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.307
A match for each other [man wearing hat, possibly George, holding cow calf, second cow in background]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.019.IC1-30
Dances [Barrow/Utqiaġvik], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Dancing, People, Barrow, Utqiaġvik, Utqiagvik, Inupiaq
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2022.001.094
Mayfield Evans, far right, and two others at Governor’s Family Picnic, 1997 [Note on front: “Thanks for your help, Tony Knowles”] [E&S Diversified Services employee to left of woman in red. Photo received in card from Governor's Office, see B2022.001.094B]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Alaska, Governor's Family Picnic, Picnic, Governor, Governor Tony Knowles, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Politician, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Employee, Crew, Team, Volunteer, Signature
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1971.014.014
[from verso] Native girls own idea of posing [young woman wrapped in striped blanket and headband stands in mud on shore; river in background; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.195.003
63-1 Feb. 1941 Plus X 40-24 12 min @ 68°; views of SS Alaska at Nefco [New England Fish Company; ship; seagulls; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.89.16
[Alaska Native women sitting on log pile near Yukon River, small boat up on barrels in background]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.374
Ice blocks, sawed and lifted, waiting to be hauled to ice house [blocks of ice on river, ice saws and shovel in foreground]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.90.2
[climbers stopped in snowstorm, McKinley rescue squad operation?]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.412
Certified seed potatoes, by the carload. Brick house field [Dora standing in field of flowering potato plants]
Keywords: farming, farmer, vermont, agriculture, woman
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.01
Cal Williams in first grade, Little Flower Catholic School, Monroe, Louisiana, 1946 [school portrait, Cal Williams as a child in denim overalls and sweatshirt]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Catholic School
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.37
Cal Williams with godson, Joseph Snyder, 2005
Keywords: Cal Williams, Joseph Snyder
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1995.014.90.16
[group of soldiers preparing for hike in mountainous area in winter, snowshoes and backpacks on ground, Willow Creek area?]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.007.049a
April 26, 1964 [construction workers making repairs between buildings across street from Alaska Sales & Service, 3rd Avenue and E Street]
Collection: B2017.007
B1962.001A.150
Copper Center, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E110 [Men and horses along row of buildings. Tl'aticae'e (Copper Center), Ahtna region]
Keywords: Tl'aticae'e, Copper Center, Ahtna region, Ahtna, Territory, Men, Horse, Animals, Transportation, Log Building, Log cabin, Building, Cabin, Landscape, Mountain, Range, Community
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.938
P-548-B. Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man at flagpole addressing crowd, including two boys on bicycles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2065.3
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [man writing on pad at front of room filled with session attendees, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2065.6
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [woman and man in office, with desks and filing cabinets, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.225.2
Colonists Hospital, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, P-263B.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2012.030.2305
Siberian Eskimo dancers from Gambell, St. Lawrence Is., Anchorage, Alaska, 2/24/63
Collection: B2012.030
B2022.002.05
Cal Williams (first man in second row) with fellow soldiers in Personal Equipment Specialist training for Titan 2 missiles, Chanute Air Force Base, 1964 [Cal and eight other soldiers holding helmets, first row squatting, second row standing, note on bottom right of photograph: Personal 05063A Equip 27 Aug 63. Stamped on back: Instructor’s Copy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Chanute Air Force Base
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1979.002.4899
"5/7/1919 seeding going north, Canadian oats, tractor, drill, pulverizer" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 30, man driving tractor, planter, disc, field, dust, agriculture, trees in background.]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.2037.5
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [drivers standing next to trucks with logo for Walt's Transfer Company parked outside Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Anchorage]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2065.4
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [woman and man in office, with desks and filing cabinets, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2065.5
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [women and man in office, with desks, telephones, office equipment, and filing cabinets, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: computers
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2144.25
#75 A "wash up" from 14 & 15 Eldorado consisting of 1/4 million.1900. Larss & Duclos Photos, Dawson (Old Klondike) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.76.003
28-4; Henry Booth [portrait of man; poles, rooftops; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.76.003
28-4; Henry Booth [portrait of man; poles, rooftops; Ketchikan; September 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018