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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.
B2015.008.196
H8 81525 Fording Kejulik River Fording 20 times in one day
Keywords: river
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.FordMA.1
[Ford MA Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.1874
13. Caribou fording river. Hewitt's Photo Shop
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.019.292
Lilian Ford Geo. Dickens Anna Mans. Anchorage, Alaska June 1926
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2015.008.645
173.10. Horse fording White River [distant view of horse crossing river]
Keywords: horses
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.054.025
Canneries. Deep Sea Salmon Company. This co. was at Ford Inlet and Port Althorp in S.E.
Collection: B1973.054
B2015.008.749
334.1. Crossing the Nizina. 8.25.10 [man on horseback fording broad river. Proof print]
Keywords: Nizina River, horses, pack horse, man
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.716.1
[Ptarmigan Airlines Ford Tri-Motor NC 8403 airplane, first Ford Tri-Motor in Alaska, crashed at Flat airport near Willow Creek on Oct. 26, 1934, being hoisted by crane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.716.2
[Ptarmigan Airlines Ford Tri-Motor NC 8403 airplane, first Ford Tri-Motor in Alaska, crashed at Flat airport near Willow Creek on Oct. 26, 1934, being hoisted by crane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.32
M-29. Montana Creek. W. F. Milliken [men on horseback fording creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.26
M-26. Fording Montana River. W. F. Milliken [men on horseback crossing creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2340
Fording Martin Creek, Katmai Nat'l Monument. c. Roy Gilley, Guide, Kodiak, Alaska [deteriorated and cracked nitrate negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.1
[1929 Ford Trimotor, Star Airways, NC8410, in winter with skis, at Seversen's Roadhouse at Iliamna circa 1937-1940. Loading plane, with man and dogs]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.019.481
Canyon Campbell Cr. 10/17/26 Tom Beners (Sp.?) J.J.D. Bess Cassman, Florence Kolb, Mary Mellville, Lilian Ford Harold Smith picture
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1979.002.Album1.27
M-28. Fording Little Susitna River. W. F. Milliken [pack train of loaded horses crossing creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.39
M-24. Fording Sheep Creek. W. F. Milliken [man on horseback leading two pack horses across creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2017.001.180
[street view down Sterling Highway in Soldotna with pedestrian, automobiles, and businesses including Williams gas station, Ford dealership, and Bucket’s; print date 3/10/2003]
Collection: B2017.001
B1989.016.679.2
[1929 Ford Trimotor, Star Airways, NC8410, in winter with skis, at Seversen's Roadhouse at Iliamna circa 1937-1940. Loading plane, with men. May have been taken by Art Lee]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.028.15
(first trip of the year to Headwaters of Savage Jim Galen stuck in Savage River attempting to ford it)( June 19 1932 Savage Camp McKinley Park Alaska)
Collection: B2015.028
b2011.014.223
Woman with mosquito net leaning on 1920s Ford automobile, canvas wall tents in background, and water ditch or railroad grade (?) in distant background. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B1994.003.6
Pioneer Freighting. Jake Lane built this barge in 1918 6 miles from Ship Creek. He ran the sternwheeler with Ford car and delivered spuds etc etc with the same car in town. [Nellie Brown]
Keywords: transportation, automobiles
Collection: B1994.003
B2015.008.903
Hunting in Alaska means fording icy streams, bogs, alders & fallen logs to butt one’s
way through [Dora being carried piggy-back across stream in wooded area by man holding
rifle]
Keywords: rifle, hunting, stream, woman, piggy back
Collection: B2015.008
B2023.011.29
Homer [Red Tillion standing in a boat and holding a king crab by a leg]
Keywords: Alaska, Homer, King Crab, Dock, Red Tillion, Live tank, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1979.002.4910
"7/26/1919, Rev Lumpkin, Canadian oats, auto & visitors" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 45; Reverend Hope Henry Lumpkin, Episcopal, minister, four boys near automobile, Ford, Model T, touring car, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4911
"7/26/1919, Rev Lumpkin, Canadian oats, auto & visitors" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 46; Reverend Hope Henry Lumpkin, Episcopal minister, four boys, children, automobile, Ford, Model T, touring car, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1963.019.08
City Express, Joe Spenard at the wheel, 1916, jail house in the back on 4th Ave. Anchorage [automobile with individual identified as Joe Spenard driving a 1915 Model T Ford. A sign on the hood reads, “Northwestern due about 2 p.m.” Spectators standing on boardwalk in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, 4th Avenue, Automobile, Vehicle, Car, Ford, Model T, City Express, Joe Spenard, Veterans, Spanish War, Flag, United States, American, Crowd, Spectators
Collection: B1963.019 CIHS Barnet
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.120
(catastrophe)(January 1 1964)(Shonbeck or Hawyer Gldg fire, 4th and F street. Southeast corner. At this time it was called the Hawyer bldg and was apts with a flower shop, the Jade room bar and restaurant on the main floor. Bldg was in 1918 the Anchorage Labor Temple; in the 20's Art Shonbeckbought the building and it had apts upstairs and a garage on the main floor, and I think he was the Ford dealer at the time . It burned Juan 1 1964 only a couple of months ahead of the disasterous earthquake.{firemen on scene of burning building}
Keywords: fire, fireman, fire truck
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1998.014.1.1770
(T91 Dawson Creek, British Columbia; milepost in street) [street scene with sign in middle of street "Dawson Creek; Ft. St. John 49; Ft. Nelson 300; Whitehorse 918; Fairbanks 1523; Mile '0' Alaska Hi-way" businesses: Pharmacy; Royal Cafe, Ice cream, smokes, confections; Lawrence Meat Market; Wings Cafe; Spittals Meat Market; Groceries; Theatre; Monarch Ford; The Bank of Toronto; Philco; Geo Bissett Hardware; Sporting Goods; automobiles; steel drums (containers), lumber, material piled in street; City Bus Stop
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley