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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.
B2016.010.382
[Alaska Native elder sitting on wooden bench with young boy and young girl, Nome or Kotzebue? print date Sep 78]
Collection: B2016.010
B1995.010.2247
[dock or other structure collapsing into water, mountains in background. Cf. .2245]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.4878
(Cronin#4 Tanana River breakup at Nenana note fish traps in ice)
Keywords: winter, river, ice
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.304.5
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [two men stand on dirt road next to cabins, possibly in McKinley Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.13a
(Eklutna Industrial School) [rear view of three-story building, clothesline at right, small boy playing in yard]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.015.1
JUL 65P [View of railroad tracks with two people standing in front of the Hurricane Station House next to the tracks. Two railroad cars on second set of tracks to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B2019.015.10
JUL 65P [View of Susitna River and trees to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Susitna River
Collection: B2019.015
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.4.4
(catastrophe)(wreck of the SS Yukon near Seward)
Keywords: ship, shipping, ship wreck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1981.020.022
The Dam, Ocean Falls, B.C. No. 2923 [hydro power dam erected by Bella Coola Pulp and Paper Company to power mill, town buildings in background]
Collection: B1981.020 Hotchkiss
B1989.016.2227.13b
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two story building with mountains in background, wood pile at left]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1081
#210. Norton Ave., Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop [street scene with Koslosky's General Store, Sally's Cafe, Valley City Cafe, parked automobile, gas pump, pedestrian]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2023.003.1
N1271, 1, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [street view of a town, likely Nome]
Keywords: Alaska, Nome, Street, Cars, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
B1979.002.1311
(Cronin #23 Cond. Tom Hogan of North Nenana run on Tanana River ice)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation, cargo, shipping
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1082
#212. Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop [walled tent housing Matanuska Valley Pioneer, Jack Allman Publisher & Editor, with ad for Hills Bros Coffee and flyer for Bible lecture on post at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.26
49. H'dqrs Medical Division, A.R.R.C., Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [utility poles and wood-frame building near dirt road in foreground, walled tents in background, flag pole at left, Matanuska Colony, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation]
Keywords: medicine
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.10
17. Warton, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [exterior of building with sign "Post Office and Gen. Merchandise" in town later known as Palmer; Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.11
P-240. Palmer, July 3, 1936. Hewitt's [passengers on platform at Palmer depot next to Alaska Railroad train, one man wearing clerical collar, Rev. Bingle?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.11
18. Matanuska, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [street view with signs for General Merchandise, Post Office, O.O. Krogh, and Hotel Allen; Palmer. emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1972.046.153
1434. Eskimos EA Hegg {Native woman with her three children in a photographers studio posing for a portrait}
Keywords: children, mother
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1989.016.2143.17
25. Ready for S.E.R.A. at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [bird's eye view of staff filling coffee cups on tables on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot, automobiles parked at left, State Emergency Relief Agency]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.2
6. R.R. station, Matanuska, gateway to colonist project. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [automobiles parked outside of Alaska Railroad station at Palmer. emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2011.014.33
Three women, two men in front of tar-paper building. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014