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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.
Anchorage Museum Archive Image Search
The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.4.10287
(Lobby of the famous Toyon Lodge on the Shores of Wasilla Lake Alaska USA){interior of lobby}
Keywords: Wasilla Alaska, lodge
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1983.091.S2023.13
(Statehood Celebration bonfire and crowds)( 12_ the large flag)(13_Fourth Avenue)
Keywords: statehood
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2015.008.595a
(116_10) {Childs glacier or Miles glacier and Copper River}
Keywords: glacier, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1880.13
(Fur Rendezvous Dog Teams on Fourth Avenue, 1952) [winter street scene looking west with spectators outside businesses including Oyster Loaf, 4th Avenue Theater, Crocker's, and federal building]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.170
[Mrs Cron and Alma standing on the boardwalk infront of a house]
Keywords: woman, child, toddler
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.98.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B2015.008.1254
Punta Arenas, S.S. Condor, escampavio of Chilean Navy. 44. Chile, Mar. 1909. In which 21 of us went on 11 day trip to Última Esperanza [ship at anchor]
Collection: B2015.008
AEC.G466
S.S. Turret Crown at Anchorage, Alaska. Unloading Freight from Panama Canal
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.1903.13
(Dairy herd) [cows in pasture in foreground and in fenced pen, with farm outbuildings and mountains in distance, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: animal husbandry, agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.4.108
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.024.3547
Savoonga. A Gambell - St Lawrence Island villager [portrait of man wearing skin parka; structures in distance; winter; undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B90.14.5.ARR.5.8.25
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B2006.023.6097.jpg
"Joee's first boat"
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1990.014.5.TV.094.331.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.HolmesMrs.1
(Holmes Mrs Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1998.014.1.682
F14 Unloading Alaskan herring, photo by Frank Morgan, "Brailing herring" [same as .681, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1146.33
(Building Federal Building, Inside Construction, May 25, 1940) [construction of new federal building on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, post office boxes in lobby area]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.5.2
Earthquake damaged JC Penny's building
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B1990.014.3.1349
Welding pipe near the Teikel River crossing 9254 Laying pipe near Worthington Glacier in the Chugach Mts
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1989.016.2080.18
(Sportscar Race, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage, 1963)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1986.096.343.4
Water and wastewater. Summer 1973
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office