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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.
Enter your search in the box above, or simply click on the search icon to see a random selection of images from the archives.
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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2015.025.115
Alaska Redi-Mix plant in Fairbanks [Kaiser Company tanks, pickup truck; structures]
Collection: B2015.025
B90.14.5.ARR.2.78.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.21.6.32B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2009.017.1983.08.27
Asbestos Hazard 3.5 Kilometers Toxic P.C.B.'s 2.8 Kilometers On the other hand, think what it'll do to discourage vandals Saturday Aug 27, 1983
Keywords: Anchorage Daily News, cartoons, comics, political
Collection: B2009.017
B2016.019.1.07a.06145.01
C.R. Lewis - Worker in Large Duct 8' elbow [Construction], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Construction, C.R. Lewis
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.MillerRobert.1
(Miller Robert Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.551.5
A-7. Mt. McKinley, elev. 20,300 ft. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [neg damaged]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.MililaMatt.1
(Milila Matt Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2015.008.778.dk569
– 569 [distant view of three climbers on snowshoes roped up for ascent up glacier, probably Dora in center, Harvard Glacier. With stamp of Dora Keen. has neg]
Keywords: climbers, climbing, glacier, tent, Harvard Glacier, mountaineering
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.004.259
Photographs from April 8, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr.
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr., History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2015.008.995
[view across fields in winter. Excised from photo album, with partial loss of image]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1975.175.665
Canneries. 165. Alaska - Indian. Metlakatla. Inspecting cans. Annette Islands Canning Company. 1938 Ray B. Dame. Left - Mary eleanor Hudson Haldane. Across from Mary Eleanor: Annie Ridley Perez, Matilda Booth (with white hat). Working at "patching table." Each can must weigh one pound. Scale to check weight in front of Mary Eleanor.
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1990.014.5.ConConv.10.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2006.023.3942
[Joe Redington, Sr., camp at Rohn River, Iditarod 1975. Photo by Bill Devine.]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2000.014.608
(608)(Same and Egbert Voight Laurence Valron Tanana Apr 5 1916)
Keywords: children, skis
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2006.023.6184.jpg
[Chilkoot Trail?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1995.014.27.11
F-E Co. 1942 [dredge at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.TV.020.27.2.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2021.006.42b
“Card gets Superior Court seat” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News, Fran Durner, photographer [Photograph of Judge Card holding child, Jamaica Renner. Handwritten note added: God-granddaughter]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Superior Court, Jamaica Renner, Granddaughter, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1979.002.Album1.293
R31-5. Blacksmith shop [man standing next to log building under construction, with tarp on roof, tall birch or cottonwood in background, near Ship Creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1962.4
(Hewitt's Drug Store, interior, 1953) [customers shopping inside store, with counters and displays]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection