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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.
B2022.005.174
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman in navy swimsuit and holding a book standing on pilings at waterfront]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Girl, Swimsuit, Swimming, Swim, Book, Paperback, Pilings, Dock, Waterfront, Recreation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.7.020
[Man squatting in center of gravel road, back to camera, looking down.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.8.019
[view out window, bear feeding on garbage, trash barrels, stove? at far left, road, trees in distance. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.8.021
[Bears feeding on garbage, trash berrels, view through window, Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2022.005.3
Butchering Reindeer, Tin City, 1923. [Inupiaq Territory. Indigenous man in parka and mukluks with harnessed reindeer; winter]
Keywords: Inupiaq, Territory, Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Parka, Mukluks, Reindeer, Harness, Winter, Snow, Tin City, Butchering, Butcher, Meat, Food
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.7.035
Alaska Road Commission [sign, log cabin, two men at doorway, one possibly Lo Pinto?, metal triangle, dinner bell? mountains, trees in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.8.016
[Three bears alongside road, trach barrel in foreground, mountain valley in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.017.282
Eek slide tray #1 [reproductions of artwork] [artwork signed by Marilyn]
Collection: B2017.017
B1995.014.55.10
Jim Douglas hauling supplies to Willow Creek [man with four dogs pulling two-wheeled trap filled with supplies through wooded area in summer]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1991.25.42
[schoolteacher at Wales, teacher Mrs. Bernardini or Bernardi, circa 1906?]
Collection: B1991.025 Burchett Collection
B1989.016.2298.10
(Chitina) [old store with faded signs for Post Office and "Curios Kodaks Drugs Stationery Magazines Candies and Cigars," truck parked outside building]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.33
"15822 - Education Palmer; D.R. Photos; Deano Larsen; Pied Piper preschool; Insh Holtz; January 1964" [child drawing at easel, one under easel]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B2016.006.2349
[two Alaska Native boys fishing with stick and line on gravel beach next to skiff, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B1983.146.112
(hunting_ alaska){hunter with gun standing outside of a wall tent}
Keywords: hunting, gun, tent, camping
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.390.5
The Canteen Bar, 10/28/1940 [interior of bar with patrons]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.391.1
Loading heavy machinery, Star Airlines, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.8.015
[Bears with trash, viewed through window, mountain in distance. Possible double exposure? Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.19.002
5-3 old boat on beach [hull partially in water; barnacles; 1939?; likely Saxman]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.19.002
5-3 old boat on beach [hull partially in water; barnacles; 1939?; likely Saxman]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.010.5599
[girl standing on boardwalk holding Mac’s Foto balloon, children in front of church in background, Kaltag]
Collection: B1995.010
B2017.024.2124
King Island, copyright 1986 [men tighten leather straps in umiak as boys look on; beach; structures in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.31
Mac's Foto new earthquake address
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1991.011.1206
Point Hope [four girls pose on rocky surface; possibly flowers in foreground]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1989.016.2208.4
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [kitchen with table, chairs, pantry shelves, doors to dumb waiter or chute]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.56.11
[Native man in boat on river, possibly Yukon River. original image grainy]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.74.10
[soldiers stopped on ridge overlooking valley]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.74.11
[soldiers wearing broad-brimmed hats and carrying backpacks stopped on ridge in cloud]
Keywords: hiking, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.21
Mac's Foto after quake
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2015.008.919
[scenic with snow-dusted mountain, woman standing in foreground. Poor quality print]
Keywords: mountain
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.2064
King Island. Copyright 1986. Photographer's number: 01403 [women using ulus to cut walrus meat on stone on ice, 1960s]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2075
King Island "prop. of Van Cleve Photograph, Evanston, Il" [likely 1986; men and child stand on ice; umiak is being roped to ice; water, mountain in distance]
Collection: B2017.024