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B1995.014.10.6
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men and dog teams on ice next to holes, net on snow at left, snowshoes at right]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.13
[man working gold pan, Willow Creek mining operation, Eugene Tetinek?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.15
[man with shovel standing in water, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.5
[two men in canoe with outboard motor next to fish trap on Yukon River]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.026.6
Al-lek-sie [young Alaska Native boy wearing fur parka and snowshoes]
Collection: B2009.026
B2014.016.2009
Upper Talarik. Pete, Aleut Native who lives alone [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, and driving cap, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B2021.008.21
An Alaska Bachelor’s Gals Home – Mine [house with a dog standing inside entryway behind a screen door. Likely Myrtle Everett Bragaw’s house]
Keywords: House, Dog, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1989.016.328
39. Alaska bear tracks. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [damaged negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.69.7
[dogs and kennels in dog yard along river, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2007.005.6.B10
[native woman dressed in a gut parka tends to fishing nets]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2010.023.345
(Barter Island school house and village water supply from DEW line)(From N Chance 4-148)[Barter Island community houses with fishing boat and ocean in the background]
Collection: B2010.023
B1998.014.1.690
F18 Southeastern Alaska, the world's favorite fishing grounds. Photo by Frank Morgan. "& print" [copy neg; same as .688]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.008.3
[group of six Indigenous men and one Indigenous youth standing in front of tents. Man at center may be holding a tin of food. Man second from the right may be holding a box camera. Possibly in Tyonek or Eklutna]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1995.014.106.3
[amphibious vehicle in wooded area in summer]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.013
A7 Caribou migrating near Arctic Circle (Ed Suponch), (3 negs - 2 prints)
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1344
PF1 Seining for herring in mid-winter on the Southeastern coast of Alaska. Frank Morgan photo. [Seiner Rio Grande with seine et, birds, gulls, water, winter, structures in the left distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.14.5
[dog team pulling sled across frozen water, mountains in distance, near Russian Mission on the Yukon River?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.64.2
[man standing near twin-prop taildragger airplane on landing strip, mountains in background, Merrill Field or Elmendorf Air Base?]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.5
Adak [bird's eye view of Quonset huts and boardwalk, water in distance]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.6
[two soldiers setting up base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.12.16
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men removing traps from ice and piling up fish, hills in distance]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.011.151
Alaska ’47 – Unalakleet, Eskimos helping with mail and freight [passengers next to Alaska Airlines DC-3 tail number NC91007. Cf. B2013.006.4.8, B2014.016.2006]
Collection: B2017.011
B1979.002.4857
{a man sitting on the hood of car and woman standing drivers side with large barn or cabin in background during winter}
Keywords: automobile, car, winter, family
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.322.6
[Ships at Anchorage docks, automobiles on barge, Cook Inlet Knik Arm in background. Possibly the boat Discoverer coming in to dock]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.248.001
76-1 February 1942; Pan X; 122 min @68°; old dock at Wards Creek [likely Ward Creek near Ward Cove; dock, cabin; trees and mountain in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.248.002
76-1 February 1942; Pan X; 122 min @68°; traps at Mud Bay [fish traps off shore near Ward Cove; cabins; trees]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.11.3
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men setting up net on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.4
Adak [bird's eye view of Quonset huts and boardwalk, water in distance]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.1
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men emptying fish trap, pile of fish on ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.10
[scenic with water in foreground, snow on banks, mountain in distance, near Russian Mission?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.10.10
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men on ice next to holes, net on snow at left]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.13.7
[musher and dog team leaving village in winter, buildings in background, weather vane on tower in center distance, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: transportation, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.091.S0171.R08
Stock 0171 - R01; no date; Eskimos, close ups (women and man ice fishing; negs marked R-71) [woman sits on straw while fishing; small fish lays against bag]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1995.014.110.16
[two men, one working gold pan, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014