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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.
Anchorage Museum Archive Image Search
The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.63
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.7.59
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.004.00529
Sundya band concert on Municipal government premise, Anchorage, Alaska, June 1959. Photographer's number 00529
Keywords: music, businesses, roads
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1681
(Fireweed) [scenic with gravel road in foreground, mountains in distance, probably Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.40.004
17-1 June 1939; Plus X - 64-40 Dev 21 mins @ 68 degrees F in DK20; Bob & Evelyn Hooper blowing bubbles at our home, June 24th [Ketchikan; man and woman sitting on sofa]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.1.97.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.2018.1.206.006
65-5 Duvall [view from inside automobile; entering town; "School Caution" sign; Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2001.041.040
Sutton: Burksik Mining Dumps on the Halla track. Third Beach Line, Nome Alaska 08.
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2001.041 Goetze
B1990.014.5.ConConv.11.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.2018.1.91.005
34-1; Dec. 1939; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK 20-14 min @ 70°F; Beach view [scene with logs near water, possible dock; structure in center distance; likely near Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.2538.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. team.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B1990.014.5.AKNative.41.8.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.6.006
2-1 March 1939 Panatonic x 24-16; Ethel [view of top of woman's head; curls; seated in chair]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
AEC.G1885
A.E.C. G1885 Hurricane Gulch Bridge August 8-1921
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC