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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.
B1991.048.202
[man, child, dog, and two horses plowing field, buildings in background]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B2007.005.6.A20
[group of men gathered in a steam vent, naked with wads of grass or straw in their mouths]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2007.005.6.A11
[group of native childern and a dog gathered around the entrance to an underground house]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1984.077.1.013
Marino Roadhouse [Log and plank building with ladder, second floor balcony, mountain in background. Neg has deterioration.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.014.89.10
[three surveyors at work, Jeep parked at right, mountain in background, Adak]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.19
[Indigenous Alaskan mother with five children outside; all in parkas with fur ruffs]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Mother, Woman, Family, Children, Child, Girl, Boy, Son, Daughter, Toddler, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.77.19
[man standing outside log cabin mixing something in a fuel can, second man coming out of doorway holding a basin]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.153
[Smiling people with woman in undergarments on bed; woman at right wearing uniform with "CAP" pin on lapel, possibly Civil Air Patrol, civilian auxiliary of U.S. Air Force]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Women, People, Smile, Smiling, Undergarments, Bra, Underwear, Bed, Uniform, CAP, C.A.P., Pin, Civil Air Patrol, Civilian auxiliary, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.17.015
Pioneer bus terminal; round trip $3.50 Anchorage, Palmer [building, mud, automobile, planks, utility poles. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2151.6
[studio portrait of man in fur parka]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.12
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Pool Room and Olympia Beer, sign for "Chitina Townsite, Lots Sold on Easy Terms," truck with 1943 license plate parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.15.27
Steve gets lumber for earthquake repair and relocation of Mac's Foto.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_15
B2007.005.6.A10
[unknown native woman standing outside infront of entrance to an underground house ]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2015.007.156
[Alaska Native woman wearing print parka with fur trim sitting on ground holding infant, young boy wearing bib overalls standing at left, woman in doorway of log cabin in background]
Keywords: families, residences
Collection: B2015.007
B1984.077.1.015
[Scenic view of canyon, riverbed, trees and trestle bridge in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.341
42. An Eskimo Mother's Pride. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. Bragaw's [neg cracked]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.49.17
[portrait of man standing next to snow gauge on Adak, Eugene Tetinek?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2022.005.246
[three Indigenous women, two Indigenous men, and one child standing in front of a truck parked in front of a building with a sign that reads: "Morgan"]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S4501.273
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 4/67 [lunch on the trail]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1097.2
P-172. Hewitt's (Sewing craft, Matanuska Valley Fair) [afghan]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.025.463
[Ken Hinchey, gold mining at Willow, carrying load of logs on metal frame strapped to back]
Collection: B2015.025
B1989.016.1190.5
Mt. Susitna, Alaska. Bragaw's [view of Mt. Susitna and Cook Inlet in winter. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.110
Native cemetery at Eklutna, summer of 1946. Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.879.2
A Colonist's Cabin, Matanuska Valley. P-143, Hewitt's Photo Shop [log home in Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.G1094
A.E.C. G1094 Seward Div. Gov't Railroad View of Glacier From - Mile 46 - Oct. 20 -1918
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.2181.4
(Emard Property, Living room) [Anchorage home with couch and two portraits on wall. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.177
[View of (possibly government) buildings in city; row of American flags]
Keywords: View, Buildings, Architecture, Flags, American flag, City, Government
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.178
[Man with newborn posed crouching next to wood stove]
Keywords: Man, Newborn, Baby, Infant, Crouched, Crouching, Wood stove, Fire stove, Stove, Heat, Heating, Room, Interior
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2208.14
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [room with table, chairs, window with blinds, bags of Leslie Salt]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1100.2
P-131-b. Hewitt's (Palmer School auditorium) [empty hall, covered piano on stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.8
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Fourth of July float, 1932, 8) [three men in open automobile festooned with American flags and painted with slogans "B.I.," "Use other door," "Think of those you leave behind before you enter," "Safety last"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.636
164.12. D.K. riding down gulch on top packs on snowshoe sled [Dora sitting on pack on
steep slope, rope visible on snow. Photo number lightly erased on verso]
Keywords: climbing, crevasses, mountaineering, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2053.32
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [parade on Fourth Avenue, passing signs for businesses including The Gitchell, Seidenverg's, U. G. Crocker, Tent Factory, and Gordon's Cantilever Shoes]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.59.14
[portrait of dog in harness]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1991.011.537
"Playing cards - a favorite pastime Newtok; 11/66" [a woman plays solitaire while another woman holding a baby stands nearby; interior of dwelling; possibly bunks in background; identified in 2019 as Agnes Tommy (holding infant) and Josephine Asuluk]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2022.003.50
O 70, Moving to spring camp [three individuals with dog team and sled standing in the snow with boats and buildings in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Parka, Snow, Sled, Sled dog, Kayak
Collection: B2022.003 Temkin
B1989.016.2055.11
11 (July 4, 1938, parade) [young man driving automobile festooned with crepe and flags]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection