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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
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
on Alaska and the Circumpolar North, with 94,942 items scanned and searchable online.
Enter your search in the box above, or simply click on the search icon to see a random selection of images from the archives.
Please note, we are actively reviewing and updating our records. There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today. We consent to input and recommendations from the public as we work on decolonizing our collections.
B1990.014.5.P.2.22.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1984.077.14.032
[Fairbanks street scene rooftops, automobiles, storefronts, houses, utility lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B2009.061.101
Phot By F.H. Nowell 6219(NC Co store Nulato)[group of men working around several Northern Commercial Co. with large stacks of lumber piled amongst the buildings]
Keywords: industrial, lumber, logging
Collection: B2009.061
B2015.008.202
I6 82225 Kanatak Alaska_Hotel and cabins at the oil town
Keywords: Kanatak, oil, town
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.173.001
58-1; Dec 1940; Pan X DK 20; Deer Mt. & city float from wire works dock [view looking across water at boats in harbor; structures; mountain; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.5.3.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_5
B1989.016.381.6
Ice hockey team, Anchorage, 1939 [Fairbanks-Dawson]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.14.1
(timber)(Air)(Booming hoist, pond, rafts, trucks with logs etc)(Thorne Bay Log Camp for Ketchikan Pulp)(NP){aerial view of Thorne Bay logging camp}
Keywords: forestry, natural resources, logging, lumber, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B90.14.5.ARR.1.228
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B2015.007.57
[Alaska Native man and woman posed next to large wood building, woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka with walrus tusk gussets over print dress, man wearing Western style clothing, including possibly military jacket, and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.5.People.14.202
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2015.008.639d
167.8. A snow bedstead at 8700 ft. 5.20.12, 3 P.M. [proof print. 3 copies]
Keywords: snow shoes, snow, mountaineering, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.682
228.3. Harvard, 1914 [view across rocky slope to glacier, man bending over rocks in
foreground]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.43.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.743
332.7. White River from Russell Glacier, Alaska. 8.22. 16 [man with pack horses on
glacial moraine in foreground, river in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: pack horse, Russell Glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.61.15
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, hiking
Collection: B1995.014