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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.
Anchorage Museum Archive Image Search
The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
on Alaska and the Circumpolar North, with 94,942 items scanned and searchable online.
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B1995.014.81.14
[soldier wearing snowshoes and carrying backpack crossy snowy clearing in wooded area, mountain peak in distance]
Keywords: military, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
b1969.015.1.81
[Four men sitting on porch, drinking, with dog. Buildings in background.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1989.016.134.2
Sydney Laurence painting, Rock Mt. McKinley.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.40.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.095.127.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.1593.3
[bird's eye view of residential area in northwest Anchorage with Ship Creek, Anchorage docks, ship in Cook Inlet in distance; S.S. Sackett's Harbor at dock?]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.268.003
83; Sept. 4, 1942; Aerial view of HIdden Inlet fire [wood structures at waterfront; boardwalks; possible water storage tanks in right background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.374.3
Bristol Bay Air Service, Lake Spenard. [float planes including three men on floats of NC16585]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.91.44
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.P.28.5.16c
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B1989.016.2079.14
[Merrill Field in foreground, Anchorage buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.762.10
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Group portrait of men and women standing outside building with signs "Mr. Irwin," "Mr. Cronin," "Finance Office. Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2550
"Army Corps of Engineers" [man standing within scaffold or tower structure that is covered in ice. Adjoining building with door]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1165.2
P-345. 8/7/36. Hewitt's [Palmer School with mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.8258.jpg
[Fishing boats Glacier Bear, Arctic Wolf, Miss Unalakleet, Big Kyak]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1989.016.1050.2
P-20-0, 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Palmer School and other buildings, with mountains behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.268.036
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Aerial view of Steward, BC]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1799
T108 The historical shrine of Sitka, St. Michael's, Frank Morgan photo (Cathedral) [composite image of cathedral; copy neg; same as .1798]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.14.121
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1997.003.151
[ship, possibly a ferry, approaching pier; smaller boat in distance]
Collection: B1997.003
B1990.014.5.TV.083.144.6.5B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.2144.31
#120. Bonanza Creek Mining Operation (Old Klondike) [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.41.18
[man skiing down slope, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: sports, transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014