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The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1995.014.105.3
[man sitting on dilapidated wooden structure next to abandoned section of railroad track near lake or river in wooded area, Russian Mission to Kuskokwim tracks?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.P.2.25E.3A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1993.020.1212
{Togiak aerial views and school with teachers and community buildings}
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2014.005.82
[aerial of damage to Alaska Railroad tracks, Potter Hill area, 1964 earthquake]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2014.005
B2015.008.075
2412(92014)(10am)(Blueberries at Golden){close up of someones hand holding a blueberry bush branch}
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2006.023.4714.jpg
[Construction site next to Teeland's Moonshine Shop/Teeland's Country Store on Parks Highway]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2015.008.705
237.8 [Smith Glacier terminus. Cf. .44]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008
B1983.091.S1628.2
Native ceremonial mask from Nunivak Island 12/23/54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2281.4.12
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 5) [National Alpine Ski Championship]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.02b.04907.34
Electrical workers [Alaskan Workers - Electrical], 1985
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaskan Workers, Electricians
Collection: B2016.019
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.7.26
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 7
B1990.014.5.P.4.37.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P4
B1989.016.495
Tap room, McKinley Nat. Park Hotel [copy neg, original .470.10]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S0171.R01
Stock 0171 - R01; no date; Eskimos, close ups (women and man ice fishing; negs marked R-71) [woman kneeling on a pad fishing; small fish in pile on right; sunglases on snow left of woman]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1793
T103 Government hospital at Kotzebue, Alaska [wood structure with cross on rooftop, flagpole with American flag; chairs to right of Arctic entry and stairs; chimneys, stovepipe; structures to right of hospital including possibly an enclosed porch, steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley