To Search, simply enter a word or phrase in the search box and click on the Search button (or hit Enter).
In the search results, the search term is highlighted to indicate where the match was made.
Clicking on the thumbnail image opens a larger version of the image (zoomable), with that image being part of a slideshow of all of the images on the page.
The bookmark icon can be selected to flag the image to be included in a "bookmark" list.
The collection name is linked to a search of all of the images in that collection, and if a PDF finding aid for the collection exists, an icon is displayed that links to that file.
In the search results, the search term is highlighted to indicate where the match was made.
To view a list of collections click on the icon in the top-right of the screen:
You can search for a collection by entering text in the search field, or you can view a list of collections by year by clicking on item in the list:
Clicking on a collection name will display all of the images from that collection. The number of images in the collection is displayed in parentheses. Clicking on the icon will display the finding aid for the collection (if available):
To view a list of collections click on the icon in the top-right of the screen:
You can search for a collection by entering text in the search field, or you can view a list of collections by year by clicking on item in the list:
Images may be bookmarked to simplify finding them at a later time. To bookmark an image, click on the icon located next to the image number:
The bookmark icon will change to black to indicate that the image has been bookmarked, and the bookmark icon in the top-right of the screen will turn white, with the number of bookmarked images indicated to the left:
To view your bookmarked images, click on the white bookmark icon in the top-right of the screen with the number next to it.
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.
B1994.022.765
(Fairbanks Alaska Alaska Railroad Depot and International Hotel Builders Supplies)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.766
(Fairbanks Alaska Alaska Railroad Depot and International Hotel Builders Supplies)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.767
(Fairbanks, Alaska Railroad Depot International Hotel)[woman walking across bridge over the Chena River with biplane flying over]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.768
Winter Trucking out of Fairbanks Alaska (Fairbanks Alaska Winter Trucking)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.346
(Catastrophe)(October 12, 1971)(20055)(Young and Schmidt )(Legal){helicopter accident details including blood and bone documentation}
Keywords: accident scene
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1995.014.3.14
Carbonated spring on the road to Willow Creek [soldier standing next to natural spring]
Keywords: water, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.3.15
Axel Johnson on trail to McNeil Creek, 1937 [musher and dog team on winter trail]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.3.16
[waves and surf crashing on rocky beach, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
b2011.014.98.1
1920s automobile with Alaska 1926 license plate, being towed out of mud by closed-cab tractor. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2015.008.211
Kanatak Alaska_Tractor pulling Martin's plane out of shallow water
Keywords: plane, Kanatak, tractor
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.212
Martin's plane at Kanatak_ Plane of world flyers forced down by frozen{biplane on broken ice in river or lake}
Keywords: plane, Kanatak, ice
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.213
Kanatak, Alaska_the oil town of the SW houses displaced by annual winter flood
Keywords: Kanatak, flood
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.209
Kanatak Alaska_why it has no dock ships driven ashore during flood{ship pushed up against several buildings in Kanatak}
Keywords: flood, Kanatak, storm damage, ship
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.210
Kanatak Alaska_Road tractor with oil{tractor stuck in deep snow berm}
Keywords: tractor, Kanatak, snow, winter
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.63
(catastrophe)(March 6 1967)( fire at state low income housing )(6225)
Keywords: catastrophe, fire, policeman, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.64
(catastrophe)(March 6 1967)(kids watch fire)(6224)
Keywords: catastrophe, fire, children, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.68
(catastrophe)(August 9 1955 AIR Goat Creek air view when flooded old palmer road)
Keywords: catastrophe, flood
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2015.008.441
Columbia Glacier, Alaska, 1925 [view down fjord, with icebergs, ship rigging in foreground]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.65
(catastrophe)(March 6 1967)( Firemen tackle fire at low income ASHA Housing)(6223)
Keywords: catastrophe, fire, fire truck, fireman
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B2015.008.480
Dr. Sarah Mu Jin Ching, 1928 [portrait of woman physician standing in yard] .481 – After skidding on light snow, held by one strand of a barb wire fence, Nov. 1928
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.451
8. Main Street, after the flood. Bridge pier at left [view across swollen river]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.69
(catastrophe)(August 9 1955)(house with flood water around it. Old Palmer highway near the power plant)
(8 5526 55)
Keywords: catastrophe, flood
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
B1997.003.131
[man wearing overalls and billed cap squats at door on deck of excavator, steam shovel]
Collection: B1997.003
AEC.AN16
North Portal Tunnel No.2_ Mile 52 A.N.Ry
Keywords: transportation, trains, construction
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2015.008.440
Columbia Glacier, Alaska, 1925 [view down fjord to glacier terminus]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.459
16. Where West Hartford library once stood, even the land now gone [riverbank damaged by washout, road at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B2001.036.714
[print and original negative] Kipnuk, AK, 5-82 [street scene]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2015.008.447
All that remains of West Hartford Library is the gable of its attic, in centre [crowds of people gathered on riverbank, looking across river to damaged buildings opposite]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.466
George, Dec. 1927 [portrait of George wearing necktie, seated near window. Cf. .974]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1243
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson Totem) [Actually, images is of the lower portion of The Loon Tree from Saxman Totem Park; rocks around base]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1242
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson Totem) [actually, the lower portion of Sun & Raven totem. From image: "Figures reading down: Raven before flood; children of the sun; face of the sun; raven after flood; fish the raven saw; frog"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.3.175
Primary road construction several miles south of Franklin Bluffs camp. 12597 Aug 18,1975
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B2015.008.456
13. West Hartford ferry landings, Dec. 1, 1927 [view across river to church, sign posted on tree at left reads “Notice, all persons crossing on this ferry do so at their own risk”]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.975
George W. Handy, 1927 [George wearing coveralls and aviator goggles standing next to
biplane. Cf. .1008. Excised from photo album]
Keywords: farm, vermont, biplane
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.6323c
Wasilla, MP 159.8. Alaska Hardwood Co. near Wasilla, Nov. 1961. Photo by Tucker [Tauber?]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.445
Old covered bridge. Built after flood of 1865. Destroyed by flood ’27 [view through trees and across road to covered bridge]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1239
(O59 An Alaskan "Sourdough Jim") [same man as in .1227, posed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.449
1. Flood at West Hartford, Vt. 11 A.M. Nov. 4, 1927 [view across swollen river]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.364.3
164. Hay drier, Shonbeck Farm, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.005.304
[Alaska Railroad train crossing Hurricane Gulch in summer]
Keywords: railroads, transportation
Collection: B2014.005