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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 95,683 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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1984.077.17.014
[gravel road, buildings, mountains and clouds in distance, snow on peaks. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.026.1254
Lake Louise and on way home, 3/00 [Patty asleep on snowmachine, scenics of Glenn Highway including Lion’s Head and Palmer area] [Driving through Palmer. Pioneer Peak Chugach Range in background.]
Keywords: Lake Louise, Lake, Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, Scenic, View, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Mountain, Mountain range, Palmer, Driving, Pioneer Peak, Peak, Chugach range
Collection: B2015.026
B1998.014.1.1147
(O22 Snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard) [similar to .1140]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.028.182
Y-74. [section of pipeline in forested area, Davidson Ditch; print date Sep 73]
Collection: B2014.028
B1989.016.2294.26
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of reception room?, August 1950)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.2.19.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B90.14.5.ARR.5.8.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B1989.016.2151.4
Lunch. Thomas Foto Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [woman breast-feeding two children. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.12
#17. Transporting reindeer by air. [Star Airways airplane with men loading reindeer into plane]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.23.76.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P23
B1990.014.5.AKNative.36.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.Logging.1.5.31
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.2018.1.68.002
25-3; Diver [person on dock or pier wearing diving suit and helmet; man with likely the breathing tube; spectators in foreground; wood box; Ketchikan, likely Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.16.8
[musher with dogs in harness on boardwalk, man wearing rubber boots and driving cap, putting booties on dogs' paws, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1971.014.014
[from verso] Native girls own idea of posing [young woman wrapped in striped blanket and headband stands in mud on shore; river in background; 1923 scrapbook or album; copy print]
Collection: B1971.014 CIHS Grube Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.48.002
20-1 July 1939; plus X - 64-40 Dev in DK 20-20 min @68 degrees F; Portraits of Pauline Wilson [woman seated on bench looking away]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.P.2.21.52
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.41.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2090
[two moose in winter near body of water. black-and-white interpositive with photographer's note "T50, ST P.9, faint sun, 12.4"]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection