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B2016.002.173
{Young girl seated at a small table engaged in a pretend tea party with stuffed animals and toys}
Keywords: toys, children, play
Collection: B2016.002
B1990.014.2018.1.200.003
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
B1990.014.2018.1.200.006
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
B1990.014.2018.1.200.001
64-4 Fritzie & Bonnie [Two toddlers look at a flower 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
B1998.014.1.2432
"Moon men, table top" [toy sized moon landing scene with landing module, astronauts; sand]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2439
"Moon men, table top" [toy sized moon landing scene with landing module, astronaut; sand]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.1806
Native boy, Kotz [toddler standing outdoors holding toy truck; print date Aug 80]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.1840
[three children, one holding toy badge, one holding money; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B1998.014.1.2435
"Moon men, table top" [toy landing scene, landing craft, astronaut, creatures; moon in distance, sand]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.029.1843
[young boy sitting on swing outdoors in winter, holding toy, buildings in background; print date Mar 79]
Collection: B2017.029
B1998.014.1.2430
"Moon men, table top" [toy sized moon landing scene with landing module, creatures; sand; earth in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2445
"Moon men, table top" [toy sized moon landing scene with landing module, astronaut; sand; double exposure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.201.002
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler sits on a grass lawn; holding toy gun; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.201.004
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler sits on a grass lawn; holding toy gun; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.201.005
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler sits on a grass lawn; holding toy gun; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.202.004
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler on sidewalk next to structure holding a toy gun; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2182
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; 2 toddlers" [children with toy fire truck; boy with hearing devices]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.202.003
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler walking on sidewalk; holding a toy; fence and structure in background; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.226.006
70-4 Boy on rocks [boy wearing waders holding piece of lumber; toy boat in water below; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.200.002
64-4 Bonnie [Toddler holding toy with feet and hands on grass lawn; woman's leg and dress at right; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.202.001
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler walking on a grass lawn; holding a toy; fence and structure in background; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.202.002
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler walking on a grass lawn; holding a toy; fence and structure in background; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
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
B1990.014.2018.1.200.005
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
B1990.014.2018.1.89.003
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.003
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.005
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with cigarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.005
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with cigarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.006
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with ciagarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.006
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with ciagarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.209.006
66-2; Farm on Snoqualimie River [girl pushing toy wheelbarrow filled with possibly pine cones(?), appears to be holding a necktie; structure in background; Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2475
"Bicycle w/arranged setting in woods" [actually, this is a cemetery; boy's cruiser-style bicycle and toy truck mounted in concrete; flowers; likely a grave; additional graves in background; person walking in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.89.004
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with cigarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; artwork on wall at upper right; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.89.004
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with cigarette and polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; artwork on wall at upper right; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2161
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 children and adults" [woman holds child's hand; toy jacks on table, Easter baskets; chart displaying geometric shapes in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.004
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.66.005
25-1; Aug. 1939; Pan X - 32-20; Dev. in DK 20-28 min @ 65 percent; Midge's baby - Carol Gale Marsh [infant wearing diaper and holding ring toy laying on blanket]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.024.1120
Aug61P Barrow [exterior view of man holding briefcase talking with woman holding paper and wearing mukluks; fish or meat hanging on drying rack; structures in background; possibly a cargo sled and boat at left, toys on ground, shovel; steel drums (containers) lining road]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Fish, Meat, Drying racks
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.1158
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in winter, 1986 [image likely taken between 1961-1971; actually, a group of Inupiat adults and children standing outside wearing parkas; one child holding back of a toy sled; structures in background; possible storage structure in foreground; snow]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Sled
Collection: B2017.024
B2018.023.041a
041 J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Caption on image: “Goetze, Koliutschit Siberia”; [label] “82” Caption on slide: “Eskimos and their igloo Koliutschit, Siberia” [man, women, and child pose outside domicile wearing parkas, mukluks; child holds what is possibly a toy; domicile appears to be made of animal hides, affixed with ropes weighted by stones; possibly water in distance; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.041b
041 J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Caption on image: “Goetze, Koliutschit Siberia”; [label] “82” Caption on slide: “Eskimos and their igloo Koliutschit, Siberia” [verso of slide: man, women, and child pose outside domicile wearing parkas, mukluks; child holds what is possibly a toy; domicile appears to be made of animal hides, affixed with ropes weighted by stones; possibly water in distance; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023