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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.ConConv.20.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.99.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1998.014.1.1245
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson Totem) [totem situated near dirt road; houses in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1349
Knik Bridge. Hewitt's Photo Shop [distant view of bridge, with Knik River and Palmer Road in foreground]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.12.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B2015.008.822
Blackburn above clouds. Nearing last camp, 5.23.12, 5 A.M. 29 [view looking up to
mountain, nunatak at right, climber harnessed to sled at left]
Keywords: mountaineering, Mt Blackburn, glacier, crevasse, camping
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2053.21
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932) [young man in open automobile flying American flag, with slogans "Peterson Open Air Taxi," "You drive," " and "You drive it system" written on exterior, carrying chalkboard advertising Peterson Open Air Taxi, building in background]
Keywords: businesses, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1948
(Seward Highway, winter) [scenery with snow, trees, mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.211.004
67-1; March 1941; Scene along Columbia River above Lake Chelan [likely a pipeline at shoreline; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.26.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.ConConv.02.3F
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.1.35
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B2015.008.609
(121_12 Panoramic with 122_1_ Mt Blackburn from base camp 6th day_ 122_1 Panoramic with 121_12 Mt Blackburn 6am and Mr Barrett wasing in glacial pool 6th day)
Keywords: glacier, Mt Blackburn, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2018.023.094a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [scenic view of mountain, trees, meadow; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.5.AKNative.22.80
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.007.121
[young Alaska Native girl wearing sailor shirt and hair bow posed next to wooden building in winter]
Keywords: children, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1525.1
(Construction of City Hall Building) [street scene of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with construction site on right, automobiles, pedestrians, and signs for businesses including Seidenverg's. circa 1936]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.2003.06.19
“So not only did we lose our revenue sharing and our VPSO, $250 million more in state cuts are coming next year. What are you doing? Digging for oil!” ©2003 6-19 [couple in rural village]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.1576.4
(Curry Bridge) [pedestrian bridge over Susitna River at Curry Hotel, in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2006.10
Russian Church "100 years old" Hewitts drug photo (Russian Church, Eklutna 100 years old, 1955)
Keywords: church, russian
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection