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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B2023.010.1
Hugh Brown and Chris Fields, Anchorage, Alaska [Hugh Brown, left, in plaid shirt standing in front of wood paneled wall with Chris Fields who is wearing a blue cap]
Keywords: Hugh R. Brown III, Hugh Brown, Alaska Black Caucus, HIV Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS
Collection: B2023.010 Hugh Brown
B1983.091.S1281.003
(stock 1281-003)(08/04/52)(4negs)(Little League, McKinley liions Club0 (003,4,Youngsters at bat)[Umpire, catcher and batter engaged with a pitch. View is from home plate towards third base with crowd watching on from side lines]
Keywords: baseball, recreation, batter, referee, umpire
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1993.020.1217
{Togiak aerial views and school with teachers and community buildings}
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1989.016.FultonTom.2
[Fulton Tom Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2021.002.056
Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, Alaska, early 1950s [Mr. Fleming has lined off his sidewalk with a string at his first home in Fairbanks, Alaska.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2016.024.024
Totems [Sea Monster pole by John Wallace, Totem Bight State Historical Park]
Keywords: Totems
Collection: B2016.024
B1998.014.1.479
D8 Leonard Seppla [sic: Seppala] and his famous team of Siberians. "Seppala dog team on the run"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.28
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: cars, building exterior, street signs, construction, crane
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.14.5.People.12.011
People-Parades-Anchorage 7/47; 4th of July 47; 10 of 18 [Red Cross float in field, nurses, man dressed as soldier in wheelchair, blanket, doll, tractor, spectators]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B2014.012.43
Str. Nushagak, Nushagak, Alaska [fishing boat and sailing ships on bay, low bluff at left]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1998.014.1.753
PM3 This peaceful scene is in the beautiful Butte section of the Valley. "L3 Sheep on the Butte" [Matanuska Valley; same as .751, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1965.018.600
"The Lightning Strikers" Winners of the Ladies Baseball League Trophy, Nome, Alaska, 1914
Keywords: baseball, women, recreation
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1989.016.2055.42
42 (July 4, 1938, parade) [automobile with sign "Fun Fellowship & Service" on roof and wings with "8/40" on front hood, American flags and streamers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.891
Palmer, Alaska, 1936. School, Dormitory, Officials' Homes, Hospital. P-133, Hewitt's Photo Shop (Folio 97)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.003.002
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Cattle barn [man and three young women standing next to barn, scaffolding on sides of barn] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet (Eklutna).]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, School, Education, U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Barn, Cattle barn, Livestock, Scaffolding
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1477.1
(Mountain Goat) [copy neg of painting signed by Robert Lindneux, 1929]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.2.006
Geraldine [child resting on pillows, under blanket, likely on sofa; rug; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.19.7
[portrait of dog wearing pack, river in background, possibly Yukon River]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1146.68
(Building Federal Building, P.O. Annex, Oct. 23, 1941) [view of construction site of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, finishing walls in hallway of postal annex]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.194
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.74
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1993.020.1223
{Togiak aerial views and school with teachers and community buildings}
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2006.023.4884
Joe Redington Sr with young boy holding sign reading "Go Joe!" and standing on back of dog truck with Chuck Wagon sponsorship.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.15.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1989.016.2584
Elks bowling teams, 1937, Anchorage - Juneau.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer