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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.
B1995.014.102.14
[two miners, one wearing mosquito netting, working to load rocks onto drag line, wooden dam in background, mining plant or buildings on bluff above, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.73.6
[two men wearing snowshoes pulling loaded sled through wooded area]
Keywords: transportation, footwear, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.090
[Anchorage street scene, two people crossing street, automobiles, Palmer bus, gravel, businesses]
Collection: B2017.023
B2015.008.1153
Returning from Potsdam. From Potsdam to Berlin [view from ship to low stone bridge in distance]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.010.465
[woman showing fur parka to passengers on riverboat; print date Sep 78]
Keywords: tourism
Collection: B2016.010
B2017.019.529
[heavy equipment, possibly for mining, next to barracks building on sea coast; print date Apr 58]
Collection: B2017.019
B2016.019.06458.036.04.04
Reflection of Mt. McKinley on Wonder Lake in Denali National Park, Alaska. c.1988
Collection: B2016.019
B2015.008.1157
Schloss, Berlin [fountains and equestrian statue outside the Stadtschloss]
Collection: B2015.008
B2008.013.8
Indian Book at Tyonek, May 1898, note necktie [young Alaska Native man standing near tents]
Collection: B2008.013
B2022.002.25
Cal Williams dressed for Democratic Convention ball, downtown Anchorage, 2008 [Cal in black suit, bow tie, fedora, holding wooden cane]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Democratic Convention
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1989.016.2054.39
39-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [color guard and men wearing lapel ribbons passing J. Vic Brown and Sons, Lois Beauty Salon, and Rexall Drugs on Fourth Avenue near E Street, V.F.W.?]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2053.26
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [man driving automobile with American flags and banner with slogan "Not a lazy drop in a drum full!!" with barrel and pump [?] in back of truck, other automobiles in background]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1929.2
(Fur Rondy 1950) [crowd of spectators watching drummers and dancers preparing to perform, baseball field on C Street in Anchorage, advertising signs and houses behind park, Chugach Mountains in distance, Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.34
34-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Army marching band wearing crossed white belts and white spats passing Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street]
Keywords: military, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1838
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [similar to .1832; street scene, Jeep men, women, automobiles, flags, clock]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2053.24
(Fourth of July float, 1932) [woman driving automobile festooned with floral decorations and banner "Emard Salmon Especial," two dark-skinned cannery workers in rubber boots, one wearing rain gear, standing next to automobile, building with sign for Hotel in background]
Keywords: businesses, fishing, canneries
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.27
27-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [truck with Paddock Paints logo on door festooned with flags and banners, boy, dog, and dollhouse in back of truck]
Keywords: bu
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.28
28-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young women on back of flat bed truck with banner "Rainbow Girls," each girl wearing sash with single word, e.g. Patriotism, Service, Love, Religion, woman dressed as clown standing next to float]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.17
17-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [Anchorage Girl Scouts float passing Rexall Drugs and Hewitt's Drug Store on Fourth Avenue at E Street, truck festooned with foliage, girls in uniforms following]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1927.1
(Trudy Fritz, Fur Rondy Lions Queen, 1952) [studio portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2177.3
5 (Parade) [night, woman riding on Lions International float, Fourth Avenue, Fur Rendezvous?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection