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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.
B1984.077.4.003
[Windmill, water tank? pipes in foreground, fence, outbuildings]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.4.031
[windmill, water tank? fences, cabins, other buildings, dirt road]
Collection: B1984.077
B1979.002.0105B
12-8/47 To provide an adequate water supply for the settlement, the railroad erected this 100,000-gallon capacity water tank. Photo taken Dec. 8, 1947 shows the new water tank with the old tank alongside. New & Old Water Towers
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1984.077.21.022
[railroad tracks, water tank?, men on tracks, gravel? on tracks, train, buildings]
Collection: B1984.077
B1979.002.Album1.252
R30-1. Water tank, Ship Creek [two women standing next to rectangular water tank on wooden tower structure, with walled tents in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.253
R31-10. Water tank, Ship Creek [rectangular water tank on wooden tower structure, next to wood plank building with walled tents in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2017.002.08
Pumping water at Point Barrow, summer time [two men standing on trailer with water tank, one man kneeling next to river with hose]
Collection: B2017.002
B1998.014.1.1785
T98 Ketchikan, Alaska (harbor) [view of shoreline; structures, automobiles, road, fuel storage tanks, water]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.5686
Anchorage [exterior of house, possibly CAA housing, water tanks at left, electrical transformer at right, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.917.2
P-11. Hewitt's (Clearing Land) [men clearing field with axes and equipment, water tanks in background, Matanuska Valley?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.213.002
67-3 Farm in wheat country near Grand Coulee [windmill and water tank in pasture; fences; road; March 1941; Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.268.004
83; Sept. 4, 1942; Aerial view of HIdden Inlet fire [wood structures; boardwalks; forest; possible water tanks in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.016.316
[on verso:] 5923-8 [waterfront as seen from water, with storage tanks at left, church in center background, freighter at dock; same location as .315]
Collection: B2014.016
B1990.014.2018.1.291.006
88-7 March 1943; Super XX; Trip back on ridge [view through trees of tanks near shore; water; Ketchikan area]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2018.021.375
New HUD housing, Bethel [three children standing in snow in front of building, water tank and crane at left; print date April 69]
Collection: B2018.021
B1990.014.2018.1.102.002
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; view of fuel storage tanks; tree stumps; water and Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.102.002
37-5 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; view of fuel storage tanks; tree stumps; water and Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.268.003
83; Sept. 4, 1942; Aerial view of HIdden Inlet fire [wood structures at waterfront; boardwalks; possible water storage tanks in right background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.004
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view looking toward road leading to Standard Oil Company of California and water; fuel tank and tree stumps at right; ship in midground behind fuel tank; Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.101.004
37-4 Exteriors at 1055 Stedman St [Ketchikan; January 1940; street view looking toward road leading to Standard Oil Company of California and water; fuel tank and tree stumps at right; ship in midground behind fuel tank; Pannock Island in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1957.005.201
Matanuska water tank, April 14, 1919. AEC G1253 HGK Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska to Caswell. [Possibly H.G. Kaiser photo. Vehicle on left tracks]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Caswell, Junction, Water tank, Tank, Water, Tower, H.G. Kaiser, Vehicle, Tracks, Car
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B2015.008.905a
[bird’s eye view of town along railroad, tracks in foreground, water tank and railroad
station at left, with wood-sided buildings, walled tents and log cabins, Chitina? 3 copies]
Keywords: railroad, cabins, mountain, town
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.905b
[bird’s eye view of town along railroad, tracks in foreground, water tank and railroad
station at left, with wood-sided buildings, walled tents and log cabins, Chitina? 3 copies]
Keywords: railroad, cabins, mountain, town
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.905c
[bird’s eye view of town along railroad, tracks in foreground, water tank and railroad
station at left, with wood-sided buildings, walled tents and log cabins, Chitina? 3 copies]
Keywords: railroad, cabins, mountain, town
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2010
T227 Tip of the Homer Spit & Dock [aerial view of shore, water, driftwood, structures, storage tanks, automobiles, boats, road; copy neg; damaged: emulsion missing at upper left on image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1957.005.200
Matanuska Junction water tank. April 14, 1919. AEC G1252 H.G. Kaiser [on verso:] Track to left – Matanuska Branch Line. Track to right, main line to Fbks. Town of Matanuska. Alaska Railroad - Matanuska to Caswell.
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Caswell, Junction, Water tank, Tank, Water, Tower, H.G. Kaiser, Matanuska Branch Line, Line, Fairbanks, Town, Tracks, Men, Building
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd