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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.
B2016.019.6.29.02541.23
Matanuska Glacier, taken September 1981, [Matanuska Glacier], 1981
Keywords: matanuska valley, matanuska, glacier, alaska, autumn, fall, southcentral, Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Matanuska Glacier
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.HillAJ.1
(Hill AJ Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.HillLeo.1
(Hill Leo Passport Photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.Smith Alwyon.1
(Smith Alwyon Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2017.007.049b
April 26, 1964 [construction workers making repairs between buildings across street from Alaska Sales & S ervice, 3rd Avenue and E Street]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.22
So 4th Ave City Hotel West, Year of the earthquake
Keywords: cars, streets, buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B2013.074.898
2-3. Miss Top of the World Queen Contest Winner. Native Alaska Set No. 2. Arctic Circle Enterprises.
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2013.074
B1979.002.Album1.220
Looking up Turnagain Arm from near Rainbow Creek. P. S. Hunt J1832 [railroad exploration circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.006.6
[White Pass & Yukon Route locomotive and car on track in yard, possibly locomotive#7]
Collection: B2018.006
B2018.007.1
[Alaska Railroad train at Nenana depot, passenger car 1332 at left, men on platform at right]
Collection: B2018.007
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.70
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.2018.1.79.006
29-3; Ken looking at view [man, Kenneth Britt standing on hiking trail near Saxman; spruce trees; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.79.006
29-3; Ken looking at view [man, Kenneth Britt standing on hiking trail near Saxman; spruce trees; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1996.035.2.1082to1083
*.1082—[servicemen in Quonset hut decorated for Christmas; calendar shows January 1947] .1083—This was taken Christmas night at Lt. Carmon’s house. Woodall, me & Cheaney in the back row. 12/25/46 [service men pose in front of Christmas tree with baby]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2017.007.053a
[view down row of damaged houses, with fissure in ground, downed picket fence, communications tower in distance, automobile at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.2018.1.79.005
29-3; view [scenic view looking through spruce at mountains, water, forest; near Saxman; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.79.005
29-3; view [scenic view looking through spruce at mountains, water, forest; near Saxman; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.61
4th West destruction
Keywords: damaged streets, damaged buildings, collapsed buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.64
McKinley Bldg. Earthquake Fracture
Keywords: damaged building
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1989.031.9
[woman and dog standing on the porch of a cabin]
Keywords: cabin, home, woman, dog
Collection: B1989.031
B1989.016.1046.4
[Palmer School, exterior, construction, termination dust on mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.005.146
[Indigenous Alaskan woman standing with young man outside; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Glasses, Parka, Young man, Child, Teen, Clothing, Outerwear, Building, Community, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2013.074.211
Sep 75p5 [Woodside Village Apts.; view of apartment buildings, field and road in foreground]
Collection: B2013.074
B1989.016.1046.5
[Palmer School, exterior, construction, termination dust on mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.4979
[Anaktuvuk Pass village scene in autumn, woman and two children walking near log cabin in foreground; print date Dec 71]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.885
[two hunters with caribou carcass in flat. Poor quality print]
Keywords: hunters, hunting, caribou
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.136
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder man standing on doorstep midwinter; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Man, Outside, Winter, Snow, House, Home, Building, Buildings, Community, Residence, Door, Doorway, Entrance, Doorstep, Hat, Fur hate, Mukluks, Jacket, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1097
N8 Ice Carnival time - Fairbanks, Alaska (Arctic wonderland) [copy neg; Chena River Bridge, lights, trail through snow in foreground; power plant, Model Cafe, possibly Polar Bar?]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.257
R8-9. Ship Creek [view of Cook Inlet, near mouth of Ship Creek? Railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.012.10
"Animals: Bears, Polar Bear, 16mm enlargement" [Hunter with rifle wearing fur parka takes aim at polar bear in pressure ridge]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.014
"Animals: Bears AIR, 2 Polar Bear, not very sharp, 9013, May 24, 1969 5"
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1989.016.2177.14
#18 (Parade) [night, clown in pony-drawn chariot with sign "Pioneer" passing businesses including The Hub, Bill's Electric Supply and McVicker's, Fourth Avenue, 1950 Fur Rendezvous? Photographer’s number written on emulsion side of neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.006.lee.pyong.8331.8
Pyong Lee, Tea Leaf. Invoice 8331, 1984 [group portrait of owners of Tea Leaf Chinese Restaurant, standing in office, Anchorage visible out window in background]
Collection: B2017.006
B1979.002.Album1.54
Trail Creek, Mile 41. Eugene Underwood [view from railroad tracks of river bed and trees, mountains in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.14.5.Animals.19.012.5
"Animals: Bears, Polar Bear, 16mm enlargement" [Polar bear tracks in snow; pressure ridge in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B2018.023.090a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “90” “Arctic Owls; A-340 [?]” [three owls on perches, likely taxidermy with fabric background; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1969.026.2
1916, Panoramic view of Alaska Range, Mt Foraker and Mt McKinley
Keywords: 1916, Panoramic photograph; Alaska Range; Mt Foraker; Mt McKinley
Collection: B1969.026_Gill