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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.
B1989.016.2103.3
(Clark Anderson & Co.) [Clark Andresen? two men standing outside store with window advertisement for Old Mr. Boston Sloe Gin]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1386
S8 Alaska grown (soldiers & cabbage, 1946 postcard) [soldier in field posing with cabbage]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2003.022.231
About 1946; Nome, from air, Nome jetties in center.
Collection: B2003.022 Von Der Heydt Collection
B1995.019.608
Preparing to skin a two ton polar bear [two men on either side of bear]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1989.016.1178
A.R.R. Depot, Anchorage [view of top of Alaska Railroad headquarters looking north to Government Hill. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1179.1
Alaska R.R. Depot, Anchorage. Hewitt's [view of Alaska Railroad headquarters in winter, looking north to Government Hill. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1179.2
ARR Depot & Cook Inlet, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Foto [bird's eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters looking northwest to Cook Inlet. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1625.1
7. (First ARR train) [Alaska Railroad locomotive #1 on tracks, with engineer leaning out to speak with uniformed man on platform]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1625.2
13. (First ARR train) [Alaska Railroad locomotive #1 steaming into Anchorage depot, with spectators on train platform]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1626.1
(Dog Show Winners, Nov. 28, 1948) [woman holding doberman while two men, one holding ribbon and one holding trophy, squat down next to sign "Best in Show," spectators on gymnasium seats in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.703
Federal Court House, Anchorage, Alaska. Bragaw's [original building on Fourth Avenue, circa 1920s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.704
16. Prospector crossing a glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop. Bragaw's [Bragaw name erased. Man and horse on bridge over glacier crevasse. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.705
27. Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.706
Planting potatoes, Palmer, May 28, 1948 [tractor in field with buildings and mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture, farming
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1346
PF3 Three different types of schooners used in Alaskan fishing. Frank Morgan photo. [boats at harbor; Westward, Trinity, Sandra L." dock, pier]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1356
PH4 The Glenn Highway is 140 miles in length and was built during the war years to connect Anchorage with the Richardson Highway. (with print) [scenic view from gravel road, river, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1725
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [double-exposure with dock scene looking toward piers, structures on pilings, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1730
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [scenic view of pier, structures on pilings, boats at left of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.198
Hewitt's Photo, P-385, 8/31/36 [Matanuska Farm]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1722
(T68 Cordova from back of town, 1948) [copy neg, same as .1720
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1728
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [scene of docks with water in foreground; similar to .1725, without double-exposure; boats, structures on pilings, mounains in distance, ]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1719
(T67 Cordova, Alaska, telephoto lens) [scenic view overlooking water toward Cordova; structures, pilings,Orca Bay, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.978
L120 Mount Eielson, Mt McKinley Nat'l Park (July 14, 1948) [copy neg; similar to .977]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1624.9
14. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band playing at Anchorage depot, with spectators crowded around Kiwanis Club grandstand, Government Hill in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1376
S1 "Sourdough boys" (gold panning) [copy neg; same as .1375]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1614
T23 Juneau, Alaska, Pub by Brickley [copy neg; same as .1613]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.164
A65 Bear, Toklat Grizzley only found at McKinley Park
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1731
(T69 Cordova , off city dock 1948) [similar to .1724]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1778
(T95 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the north begins) [scenic view of city looking over the North Saskatchewan River, bridge at far left; Alberta Legislature Building and possibly the Hotel Macdonald in skyline; agriculture, structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.9766
Adak Dashiel Hamitt w/print neg & print V.A. Wallace
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1626.3
(Dog Show Winners, Nov. 28, 1948) [woman with small dog and man holding trophy, with spectators in gymnasium seats in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1626.4
(Dog Show Winners, Nov. 28, 1948) [two men, one holding dog and ribbon, with spectators in gymnasium seats in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1626.5
(Dog Show Winners, Nov. 28, 1948) [woman handing trophy to man holding ribbon and small dog, with spectators in gymnasium seats in background, man with camera at left]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1674
T48 Nome, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcard & print) [aerial view of Nome looking toward shore, inland, harbor, jetty, boats, structures, roads, landing strip, hills in distance; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2108
"W14 Winter in Alaska 1948 postcard (log home)" [winter scene with cabin, trees, snow, hoarfrost]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.939
(L101 Richardson Highway) [roadway in center of image, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.977
(L120 McKinley Park, Mt Eielson; July 14, 1948) [view of mountains, river, tundra]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.982
L122 McKinley Park Hotel (July 11, 1948) [same as .981]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S1026.3
(Fish Traps, Chatham Strait)(trap with fishing boat HOONAH alongside)(Ward Wells Collection)
Keywords: fish, fishing, industry
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock