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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.
B1995.014.16.6
[musher with dogs in harness on boardwalk, man wearing rubber boots and driving cap, putting booties on dogs' paws, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.6136a
[interior of bedroom, with bureau, chairs, mirror, and hurricane lamp, 1950s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.392.1
Pioneer Sheet metal Works, Anchorage [street scene with Pioneer Sheet Metal W'ks, Stoves & Ranges]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.91.15
Russian Mission Cemetery [winter, with church in background]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.101
Traders wife and baby [woman and infant on steps outdoors. Cf. .71]
Collection: B2019.003
B1984.077.20.005
[mine site, hydraulic mining equipment, pipe, nozzle, buildings, trees in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.9.012
[Men, ore cart, narrow guage track, logs, steel barrels, coal? tower (above cart)]
Collection: B1984.077
B1997.003.255
[five Native children standing outside wooden building; more structures in distance]
Collection: B1997.003
B1989.016.2295.3
(Scenes along Glenn Highway, March 19, 1946) [birch trees and mountains in winter]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.009
[exterior shot, Anchorage, Elks Lodge, Third Avenue, Mount Susitna in distance, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.8.011
[Bear on logs, road, mountains in distance. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.23.012
Seal of Minnesota Flour [railroad platform, barrel, pallet. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1721
(T68 cordova from back of town, 1948) [bird's eye view of Cordova; roads, structures, water, piers]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2068.10
(Cub Scouts, 9/19/??) [young boy in uniform walks over ceremonial bridge towards woman, young boys and scout master in uniforms, pull-down screen on wall behind, in large hall during ceremony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.56.3
The Yukon at Fort Yukon. Steamer Yukon, owned by the White Pass Railroad, went from Dawson to Nenana [sternwheeler on Yukon River, buildings on shore
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.56.003
22-3 Portraits of Pat Thomas [interior view of woman posing for portrait; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.56.003
22-3 Portraits of Pat Thomas [interior view of woman posing for portrait; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1724
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [dock scene, wooden dock, fishing nets hanging from dock railing, boat "Lomela" , structures, pilings, glaucous-winged gulls on rooftops]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2043
[exterior of Yes Sir! Anchorage Liquor Store with sign "Free! Trip to Peoria, tickets with each purchase," displays in window, sign next door for hotel, rooms for rent]
Keywords: alcohol, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1734
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [similar to .1733]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley