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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.
B2015.008.345
Horse barn, showing bridge to garage. Blowing straw through ensilage blower, for bedding [man standing in hay stack next to Beulah Farm barn, with pipe leading up to second story window]
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.055.51
Dedication of Japanese Garden, Sydney Laurence Auditorium, June 1978
Collection: B1984.055
B1998.014.1.1516
S83 200 man barrack, Fort Richardson [four-strory structure with two windows removed at left, pickup with bed cover, military truck at right, 6X6 troop transport vehicle, fire hydrant, road, curbs, vehicles in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.350
Rival’s Branford Ruberta, 7th March, 1919 [large pig in yard next to house]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.570
3 days old, going to pasture [man with sheep and lamb along road]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.353
Nancy Lee of the Fells, litter of 9 March 1919 [large pig nursing her litter in wire-fenced enclosure]
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.20.026
[bear on chain, photographer in left of frame, person holds hand above bear's nose]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1506
S76 500man barrack, Fort Richardson [paved road with sidewalks, fire hydrant, person, automobile at far right; cloud in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.002.058
Samuel Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Fairbanks, Alaska, week of January 19, 1953 [newlyweds in their first home.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1994.009a.8
Lake Bennett, White Pass R.R. [White Pass & Yukon Route passenger train passing Bennett Lake]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B2015.026.734
6-4. Eskimo dancers. Native Alaska Set No. 6. Arctic Circle Enterprises, Anchorage [man wearing blue kuspuk and woman wearing yellow parka dancing next to building, drummers and spectators in background]
Collection: B2015.026
B1990.014.2018.1.39.007
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman likely on stage for performance of musical "Roberta"; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.39.007
16-1 June Plus X - 128 day Weston; DK 20-21 min @ 70 degrees; Pictures from "Roberta" taken c 1/8 c f2; others @ 128 Weston reading [woman likely on stage for performance of musical "Roberta"; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.14.5.Animals.24.005
Animals: reindeer, copy reindeer team. [Three reindeer attached to sleds, two people on one sled, two people standing, snow, winter, travel.]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1998.014.1.1477
(S47Parade on 4th Ave; Anchorage, 1951} [marching band, possibly military, spectators, City Hall, people on rooftaps and at windows]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.037.020
.20a – [closer view of just the steam shovel picking up soil] .20b – [similar to .20a, appears to be taken a few moments after the previous photo]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection