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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.
B2009.017.1989.03.01
Its not where you stand on Elf its where you sit on it (March 1, 1989)
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.1649.2
(Alaska Railroad Yards, Anchorage) [view of yard looking northeast, with large building under construction at left, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.569
The last little lamb, “too far to walk” [man standing in driveway with lamb riding on sheep’s back]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.008
(A4 Dall sheep, McKinley Park, 1946 1 neg 2 prints) [one sheep looks through gap in ridge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.226
12-25-43 [Group photo, service men standing, sitting, holding drinks, civilian? in center record player in right corner]
Collection: B2017.023
B2022.005.192
[Indigenous Alaskan man scraping frost from truck windshield; puppy in foreground]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Winter, Snow, Frost, Scraping, Scrape, Windshield, Frozen, Truck, Transportation, Puppy, Dog
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2017.023.195
Three service men pose in front of building; Wally on right?; image is scratched]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.023.228
[musicians playing for audience guitar, banjo, mandolin, service men, woman, picnic tables, bottles, views through windows]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.304.6
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [passengers debarking from bus, Mt. McKinley Tourist & Transportation... at McKinley Park Hotel front entrance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.215.003
68-2 [Bird's eye view of cow next to fence; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.215.004
68-2 [Bird's eye view of cow next to fence; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.017.2002.05.21
Going Door to Door with the Alaska Legislature
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.2152.1
[two brown bears at garbage pile. copy neg]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1995.014.59.14
[portrait of dog in harness]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.382
Raspberries and strawberries to be picked each day [view across fields to house]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2057.26
Northland Greetings (Christmas Cards 1936-37) [Christmas card mat with sketch of caribou, with photograph captioned "An Eskimo ivory carver, Bragaw's 45." copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.23.001
5-7 Nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks, automobiels; structures; neon lights; Drug store sign; Model Cleaners; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.23.001
5-7 Nite view Ketch[ikan] [street scene with people on boardwalks, automobiels; structures; neon lights; Drug store sign; Model Cleaners; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2301
[view down tracks to Alaska Railroad train at Anchorage depot, photographer's shadow in foreground]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.310
R15-10. D. L. Reaburn [view of broad valley, mountains in far distance at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.1309
Alaskan Fur Fish (Hokomus non existus) Alaskan fur fish are a cinch to catch when using ice worms for bait. (O91 Furred fish) [composite image of salmon with fur for torso; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2141.5
D-5 [person in sunglasses and fur parka, hat, and mukluks standing next to wood coffin elevated off snow, with Christian cross]
Keywords: funerary practices
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2248
"moose mural (fighting)" [two bull moose fighting, as third stands in left background; copy neg of diorama painting made by Fred Scherer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.021.6
7. Wrangell. Property of the White Pass & Yukon Route. Chicago Transparency Co. [bird’s eye view of town. Tinted]
Collection: B2017.021
B1990.014.2018.1.176.001
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2208.1
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [small room with desk, three chairs, maps of Cook Inlet on wall, key rack, patterned wallpaper]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1442
S31 Fishing in the Aleutians (A favorite Aleutian sport; 1946 post card; fishing 4 on 1 & 1 other) [copy neg of four images, service men fishing on rivers, shore, rocks, waders; fishing poles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.742
"K13 McKinley Park Hotel Main Lobby" [Military servicemen lounge in chairs, sofas, reading, smoking, tile floors, uniforms, counter in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.129.001
43-6 Lee and Lyn [two children sit on bench with stuffed animal; interior view with window, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.129.001
43-6 Lee and Lyn [two children sit on bench with stuffed animal; interior view with window, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.129.002
43-6 Lee and Lyn [two children sit on bench with stuffed animal; interior view with window, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.129.002
43-6 Lee and Lyn [two children sit on bench with stuffed animal; interior view with window, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.129.003
43-6 Lee and Lyn [child, likely Lee stands in front of rocking chair holding cracker or cookies and possibly hot water bottle; interior view with window, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.129.003
43-6 Lee and Lyn [child, likely Lee stands in front of rocking chair holding cracker or cookies and possibly hot water bottle; interior view with window, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.628
E45 Seal hunter - Diomede Is.and, Frand Morgan photo, [man carrying boat on his shoulers, dragging seal by road attached to back, copy neg is deteriorating}
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1997.003.121
[bird's eye view of railroad tracks, locomotive engine, drag line, rail cars]
Collection: B1997.003