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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.P.25.141.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P25
B1989.016.2270.4
(Road construction) [loading trucks with gravel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1999.014.2052a
(Snowmobiles_Barrow "Roaring Boring Alice")[man in a white parka, standing in front of a snow machine and numerous oil drums on the tundra, no snow visible]
Keywords: snow machine, snow mobile, tundra, Barrow
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1990.014.5.People.12.4
"4 July 1947; some Anchorage historical 4th of July negs." [Bicycles, possibly a race, on downtown street, Eckman's Furniture; 1st National Bank]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1984.077.12.014
[Ship deck scene, equipment, railing, water, man in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1990.014.5.EQ.24.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_24
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.19.6b
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.5480
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Autumn and the Matanuska Glacier. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.3.1305
South of Little Tonsina River crossing. May 1975 9280
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
TV.202.14
15508 Aug 20 1970 Wainwright Village
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2017.007.106
[leaning utility pole next to barricade with sign ‘Danger Area Enter At Your Own Risk’, Turnagain]
Collection: B2017.007
B2017.024.2738
Nome, July 1983 Street scenes [people, man carrying baby in back carrier, man carrying empty brown paper bag; structures, sidewalk]
Collection: B2017.024
b2015.027.124
Pie eating contest [white man wearing Navy cap, suit, and necktie overseeing Aleut boys competing in contest, wooden tables set up outdoors, buildings in background]
Keywords: food, Fourth of July celebrations, recreation
Collection: B2015.027
B1994.022.031
Muir Glacier, Alaska, copyrighted 1905 by Winter & Pond Co. 115 [colored postcard "from Ruth Miller" written on front; from verso: "45 miles from Juneau" and "March 1973 from Mrs Ruth Miller" 132 High Street; Mount Clemens, Mich 48043"
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2021.006.28
Judge Larry Card’s neighbors, Tom and Elayne Lawson, with Judge Larry Card and Larry II, son
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Tom Lawson, Elayne Lawson, Larry Card II
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1970.073.037
20. Hauling sled up first bench, March 15 [on verso:] Tazlina [stereograph. Men hauling loaded sleds up glacier. Probably Valdez Glacier]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.61
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.7.109.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ANC.4.69
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
B90.14.5.ARR.4.36.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 4
B1991.048.191
[group of Alaska Native family standing outdoors in grass]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B90.14.5.Logging.1.7.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1