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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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Please note, we are actively reviewing and updating our records. There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today. We consent to input and recommendations from the public as we work on decolonizing our collections.
B2022.001.024
[11/4/2008 Election Day Celebration, Obama Presidency. American Legion Post #34 of Anchorage.]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, African Americans, Black Alaskans, BIPOC, Barack Obama, Obama, President, Election Day, Celebration, 11/4/08, American Legion, Post 34, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1995.014.114.15
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, two Alaska Native children wearing bib overalls playing at left, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.025.037
[eight images of dock pilings in water near Miller-Dalton Co. docks]
Collection: B2015.025
B1995.014.73.4
[soldier wearing parka with fur ruff and snowshoes snowshoeing on trail, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: military, clothing, footwear
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1030.6
GZ-95 (Scenes in Golden Zone) [heavy equipment constructing water intake for hydroelectric plant across valley of West Fork of Chulitna River. Probably 1938-1939]
Keywords: mining, power generation, electricity
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.SeedsCH.1
(Seeds CH Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.708.6
Cannery workers [At Emard's in Cook Inlet, Anchorage?]
Keywords: canneries, fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.72.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.2.63
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.2018.1.110.002
40-5; "Baby Seuss" [baby on blanket holding rattle; Feb 21-March 1, 1940; Seattle, Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.059.004
Canneries. Bering Sea. [crew men preparing Diamond M boats at dock, with cannery building in background]
Collection: B2013.059
B2022.005.142
[Blurry image of Indigenous Alaskan Elders in parkas standing on boardwalk outside building]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Parka, Fur, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Outside, Boardwalk, Building, Business
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.DiamondSteve.1
[Diamond, Steve Passport Photos 1933]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1998.014.1.788
L28 Along an Alaskan highway "1946 postcard" [actually this is not a highway; Chugach Mountains east of Anchorage including Near Point, Wolverine Peak in background; birch and spruce in midground; automobile tire tracks in snow, in East Anchorage or possibly Fort Richardson army base; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.14.33
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2015.008.1036 copy
Terrace and side view, E. Dover bungalow [view across field to house and low stone
wall]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1987.056.195
[Sitka sign, Community Grindstone used by the Russian Colony in 1830]
Keywords: Russian America
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.90
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B2016.019.5.26.11664.06
Fall scenic of Chugach mountains in Girdwood, Alaska, [Scenics - Fall], c. 1996
Keywords: fall, scenic, chugach, mountains, girdwood, anchorage, southcentral, Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Fall Scenics, Autumn, Autumn Scenics
Collection: B2016.019