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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.
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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.32.21b
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.ConConv.16.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1989.016.2144.36
Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, 1898 (Old Klondike) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.34
[Alaska Native man seated outdoors holding guitar, large buildings in background, location non-Alaskan, possibly boarding school. cf. .6, .20]
Keywords: musical instruments
Collection: B2015.007
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.132.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B2013.063.2.16
"Dolly" and Lillian [Preston], Candy Factory, Las Vegas, 2-15-94
Collection: B2013.063
B1962.001A.345
Three legged race, Valdez, Alaska, July 4, ’07. P.S. Hunt, G1469 [same as B1976.014.33. Valdez – Festivals; McKinley Street; Copper Block; Gold Dust Exchange; Levy (A.L.) & Co.; Brooklyn; The Keystone Ladies Furnishings; Wolf (J.E.) Store]
Keywords: Celebrations, Street scenes, Holidays, Festivals, Fourth of July, 4th of July, Independence Day, Companies, Businesses, Markets, Shops, Stores, Contests, Races
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.5.People.14.144
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2005.013.421
[Alaska Native man piloting small boat, Health at anchor in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B90.14.5.ARR.1.226
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1995.010.6048
[Alaska Railroad steam shovel 102 in yard at Palmer, station at left, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.27
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1962.001.0771
“Mill at Bonanza Mine” [identified as early days at Kennicott by patron, 6/79; Bonanza Mine; Mines and mining; Sawmills; Copper mines and mining-Kennicott] [Likely Ahtna Territory]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Bonanza Mine, Mines and mining, Sawmills, Copper mines and mining, Kennicott, Buildings, Bridges
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1984.077.23.014
[railroad station, depot, trains, people, automobiles, flag at half staff, grain elevators? in far left]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1030.2
GZ-66 (Scenes in Golden Zone) [aerial of Golden Zone Mine camp in winter]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.048.193
[H.E. Auringer, probably atop Empire State Building circa 1934]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B1995.014.2.8
Willow and people [Alaska Native child in Western style clothing posed outdoors in summer, fish camp? Same child as in B95.14.2.6]
Collection: B1995.014
B2019.003.127
Native method of splitting logs [three men using hand tools to cut timber on rack in wooded area]
Collection: B2019.003
B1989.016.1880.8
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [musher and team passing Anchorage Hotel amd Hewitt's Drugs at corner of 4th and E Street]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection