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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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B1970.019.693
[View from 3d and I St.? circa 1950s] 2.75 x 4.5 negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1996.011.356a.neg
St. George village, 4:30 P.M. note fox [view of buildings along cliffs, Arctic fox near fencing in middle ground]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1990.014.2018.1.122.002
42-5 WEP(?) & Fritzie [Man squats next to boy in front of tree; structures in background; March 3-10, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.12.1
(timber)(road construction dump trucks etc.)(End spur on Rio Beaver near Ketchikan)(NP)
Keywords: logging, natural resources, lumber, construction, forestry
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B2022.005.198
[Indigenous Alaskan family outside home midwinter; sled in background, husky in foreground]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Family, Elder, Elders, Grandparents, Adults, Parents, Man, Woman, Child, House, Home, Building, Winter, Snow, Sled, Dogsled, Dog, Husky, Transportation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.740
"K11 McKinley Park, Horseback riding, Savage Camp" [military servicemen on horseback in meadow, river, tents in center distance, mountains, road in background, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1227.1
Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's, 134 [exterior, taken from southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street, with parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.H9
Trestle AcrossTide Flats Snowslides A.E.C. R.W. H-9-A.E.C. H.G. Kaiser
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1882.9
(Bristol Bay fishing) [fish on conveyor belt heading into cannery processing building]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.140.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1989.016.1775.2
Hewitt's Photo [view down Fourth Avenue at Cordova Street looking east with apartment building on left, automobiles and woman on bicycle in street. copy neg. same as .1775.1]
Keywords: residences, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.161.009
52-4 Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [Homatsu Ohashi poses in profile wearing kimono; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.95.004
35-2 McMillan children [three children posing; January 1940; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1118
O12 Winter fun in Alaska (1946 postcard) [appears to be a person ice skating on frozen lake, tree in foreground and background, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.180.003
60-2 views taken around Thomas Basin; Basha's [January 1941, Ketchikan; boats docked in Ketchikan; reflection in water; structures, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.061.80
View of the Cove and Shipyard from the old Russian Fort St. Michaels Alaska. Oct. 20th. 1912 "after all the Boats were hauled out" J.R.M.
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.598
{milllion Dollar Bridge over the Copper River with Miles Glacier in the background}
Keywords: Copper River, bridge, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.P.2.25D.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.TV.083.73.2.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1995.014.20.16
[portrait of dog wearing pack, river in background, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.164
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors holding guitar, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6, .20. Original image cropped into diamond shape. Same as .34]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B2012.030.2535
(Old Russian Greek Church Mission At Alexandrousk April 14, 1965)
Collection: B2012.030