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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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B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.69.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1259
D-31. The Koyuk Speedsters. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two children in parkas on sled]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.Logging.1.5.42
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1995.014.42.17
[view down ditch, possibly for hydraulic mining operation, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.1.77.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.2018.1.11.005
3-3; view from kitchen [structures; domiciles; fence; boardwalks; two people walking up wood plank ramp; possibly Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.41
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1994.022.393Z.2
(Airplanes)[airplane on tundra preparing to take off]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1990.014.5.Pol.16.204.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Pol
B2015.026.1241
Lake Louise, 3/00 [scenics of Glenn Highway, group with snowmachines outside Lake Louise Lodge. Have negs]
Keywords: Lake Louise, Lake, Lodge, Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, Mountain, Mountain range, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Snowmachine, Snowmachining, Recreation, Truck, Trailer
Collection: B2015.026
B2009.017.2004.02.28
Fellow Alaskans your legislature not only avoids mere appearance of conflict
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1983.091.S5451.1
Tribute to a Salmon by Wm Kimura for Anchorage Chamber of Comm. [front of Anchorage Museum] 9-1979
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.3599
(Anchorage, Mt View)[MountainView Store with lumber stacked to the side and two cars parked in front]
Keywords: groceries, commerce, hardware store, construction
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.5.ARR.2.207
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.32.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.31.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.99.104
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1989.016.2021.2
(Oblique of Fourth Avenue,1959)(8x10 cropped)(original 4x5 negative)(original 11x14 filed in overzies photo box)[A view of downtown Anchorage looking down 4th Ave towards the Chugach Mountains]
Keywords: urban, streets, street lights, street signs, water tower, apartment building
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.95
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1990.014.2018.1.29.001
11-2 Memorial Day parade May 30, 1939; with yellow filter [color guard marching near Hanson's store, Sunfreeze ice cream shop, children, boy on bicycle, men; Chief Johnson totem pole, structures, in background; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.McCroneyER.1
(McCroney ER Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.15.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.3.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle