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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.
B1995.014.18.8
[dog team on frozen river in storm]
Keywords: weather, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.18.7
[musher and dog team on frozen river in storm]
Keywords: transportation, weather
Collection: B1995.014
B1962.001A.212
McKinley St., Valdez, Alaska, after the storm [Houses and buildings]
Keywords: McKinley Street, Valdez, Street scenes, Stores, Shops, Buildings, Businesses, Houses, Winter, Snowbanks, Snow berms, Dogs
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1989.016.124
Sydney Laurence painting, cloud cache (storm cache).
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.035.2.Kirby.Stanton.3
[from verso] our mascot "Gismo " as a pup; Storm Kirby (owner)
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1990.014.5.Animals.22.2
(Animals 22.2 Moose and Calf in Winter Storm at Portage)[damaged nitrate negative]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1990.014.5.Animals.22.8
(Animals 22.2 Moose and Calf in Winter Storm at Portage)[damaged nitrate negative]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1996.011.359.neg
Shore scene, storm in cove [breakers crashing on beach, dock area in foreground]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1996.035.2.Kirby.Stanton.4
[from verso] Gismo 2-1/2 months old 1/17/47; owner Storm Kirby
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1996.035.2.Kirby.Stanton.5
[from verso] Gismo, 5/4/47; owner Storm Kirby [dog walking on tarmac with aircraft in background]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1998.014.1.1331
(PA6 snow rolling) [windblown snow chunks atop snowy surface in storm, flurries]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1996.011.353.neg
Shore scenes & storm in cove [bird's eye view of St. George, sea in distance]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1989.016.629
29. After the storm on Cooks Inlet, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [boat beached on Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.33496
A photographer worries about a rising storm on the ice of the Arctic seas. Photographer's number: 33496. Print date Nov 86.
Keywords: winter, weather, clothing, photography
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2015.007.48
[Alaska Native woman wearing Western style clothing and shoes standing outside storm-damaged or dilapidated building]
Keywords: residences, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.004.32773
Drifted closed during big wind storm hiway has not yet been reopened, Valdez. Photographer's number: 32773. Feb 13, 1979
Keywords: transportation, roads, winter, snow
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1965.004.53
Picture of an Alaska Blizzard as it really looks to a man in it. These Chinamen are trying to move a dog sled which the dogs refused to haul and face the storm.
Collection: B1965.004 Whittington
B1983.091.S3246.strip2.3
Anchorage snow storm, Fourth Avenue, 12-60 [automobiles parked in front of Hofbrau on 4th Ave with falling snow at night]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2199.2
The Storm. Lomen Bros. Nome, Alaska. #73 [Small sail boat, caught in waves breaking along the shore. copy neg]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S2060.11
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [automobiles moving through snowy intersection in downtown Anchorage, Kimball's in background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2060.13
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [Galion road grader plowing snow from city street, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2060.14
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [Galion road grader plowing snow from city street, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2013.070.020
[Fifth Avenue street scene, with snow, pedestrians, automobiles, and signs for businesses including Kimball’s, Independent Lumber, and Book Cache, “Anchorage snow storm of 1954”]
Collection: B2013.070
B1983.091.S2060.15
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [automobile waiting for Galion road grader plowing snow from city street, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2013.070.021
[street scene, E Street at Fourth Avenue, with snow, automobiles, and signs for businesses including Book Cache, Rexall Drugs, and 515 Club, “Anchorage snow storm of 1954”]
Collection: B2013.070
B2023.011.36
July 1960, Homer Spit [one individual standing in a white boat pulled up on shore with two individuals standing on shore to the right. Tika Kaq' (Kachemak Bay) visible in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, Homer, Homer Spit, Beach, Shoreline, Boat, Skiff, Fish, Fishing, Water, People, Tika Kaq', Kachemak Bay, Mountains, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1983.091.S2060.3
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [small bulldozer next to Union 76 gas tanks at tank farm, tank at right toppled due to snow]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1996.035.2.Kirby.Stanton.1
[from verso] "Gismo." This is the pup in our hut. He is 6 weeks old and mean as the devil. He sure is cute and everybody loves him to death. We all call him the "Baby Dog." 11/1/46" [owner Storm Kirby; puppy sitting on chair]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B2023.011.38
2 Sep 60 [view of trees and mountains in the background, September 1960]
Keywords: Alaska, 1960, September, Mountains, Trees, Scenery, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1983.091.S2060.12
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [man with paper bag and camera struggling across snowy intersection at Fourth Avenue and E Street, with automobiles and businesses including Pacific Northern Airlines]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2023.011.37
3 Sep 60 [one automobile on dirt road with mountains in the background, September 1960]
Keywords: Alaska, 1960, September, Car, Automobile, Vehicle, Dirt road, Mountains, Trees, Scenery, 35mm, Film
Collection: B2023.011 Patricia A. Volkman
B1989.016.1311
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Railroad Yards) [bird's eye view of buildings, railroad tracks, utility poles, possibly Fairbanks? One building painted "Pacific Grocery Co Wholesale." smoke or storm clouds on horizon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S3246.strip2.1
Anchorage snow storm, Fourth Avenue, 12-60 [automobiles and businesses looking west at 4th Avenue and E Street at night in winter with falling snow, The Hub Clothing, National Bank of Alaska, Hewitt's Drugs, Rexall Drugs]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S2060.16
Anchorage storm, 1-59 (Wreckage, planes, tanks, signs, etc.) [two small airplanes on skis at Merrill Field, one with tail number N8725D upside down, control tower and hangar with signs for Piper, Safeway, and Union 76 in background, Chugach Mountains in distance, winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2015.008.215
Kanatak, Alaska_houses afloat_ what wind can do_annual winter flood
Keywords: storm damage, flood
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.216
Kanatak, Alaska_houses afloat_ what wind can do_annual winter flood
Keywords: storm damage, flood
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.217
Kanatak, Alaska_houses afloat_ what wind can do_annual winter flood
Keywords: storm damage, flood
Collection: B2015.008
B1983.091.S1239.1
Anchorage street scene in snow storm, 1952 (Fourth Avenue from F Street) [looking east with snow falling, pedestrian crossing street, automobiles in front of businesses including Smart Shop, Anchorage Jewelers, Lee's Menswear, Ship Creek Market, 515 Club, with Anchorage Fur Rendezvous banners on street lights]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.022.42
Storm building over house & sign condemning Antiquities Act, Eagle [house with sign on porch reading “National Park Service employees and anyone else advocating a dictatorship (including those locally who support National Park Service activities under the Antiquities Act) are not welcome here!”; print date Aug 82]
Collection: B2017.022
B2016.004.1138
.1134 - 1138 – Winds raked Anchorage. Official Entry, Best Photo Series, Alaska Press Club Competition 1980 [Trifold mount. Five images from photo feature on November 1979 windstorm. Entry blank and original clipping adhered to back of mount.] Street signs without street sign poles were a common sight in the wake of Thursday’s storm. This one is in Muldoon, where the worst damage is.
Collection: B2016.004
B2015.008.836
9th day, 7 P.M. Crumbling rocks, ice slides & heavy packs on this ridge all afternoon, &
now to sleep on these rocks, no room for my tent, & 2 men’s bedding left behind an hr. back
to lighten loads. And after all to be driven down by storm next morning! 17 [view along rocky
ridge to climber standing at edge of snow line, second climber coming back down with three
dogs]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains, climbing, climbers
Collection: B2015.008
B1978.111.26
1. TOm Haines 2. Bob Bloomer 3.? 4. ? 5. Carl Lottsfeldt 6. Clarence Fay 7. ? 8. Leonard Peck 9. Art Marsh 10. Art Frodenberg 11. Tom Bevers 12. ? 13. Chief Ray T. Larson 14. Milt Rice? 15. Berry Bay 16. Jess Storm 17. Martine 18. Ray Matherson 19. John Weiss
Collection: B1978.111
B2015.008.837
10th day, 10:20 A.M. Descending Keen Ridge (4 men at left) because of snow, changed
wind for 3-day storm & provisions nearly gone. Kennicott Glacier in perspective, down which
we must return, & below McClellan Glacier, on which we had failed to get up. 18 [bird’s eye
view of four climbers on steep rocky slope below snow line, glacier valley in distance]
.838a – 10th day, 5:15 P.M. Down off ridge and back on foot of McClellan Glacier. A 12 ft.
crevasse & Kennicott Glacier seen through it. 19 [large crevasse in foreground, glacier valley in
distance]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains, glacier
Collection: B2015.008