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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.
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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1962.001A.309
Valdez-Fairbanks Road, south side Thomson Pass [Valdez-Fairbanks Trail; Thompson Pass; Thompson Pass Roadhouse] [Kennedy's Roadhouse signage]
Keywords: Trails, Wagon roads, Thompson Pass, Kennedy's Roadhouse, Kennedys Roadhouse, Roadhouses, Signs and signage
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.40.30
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.1092
Granada, in the valley of the Darro, gipsy boy [young Roma boy posed with walking
stick next to river, building in background]
Keywords: boy, Granada
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.People.14.129
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.2018.1.213.005
67-3 Grand Coulee Dam [Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.721.3
Homes decorated for Christmas [Anchorage]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.594
(Copper River flooded 3 miles 3 feet deep)
Keywords: Copper River, rail road
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1985
"T212 Kenai, by the road" [roadside scene; Terminal Garage, Used Cars, Rainbow Cafe; automobiles, person on gravel road]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.017.1987.06.11
“How about some rubber bullets for this guy?” ©1987 June 11, 1987 [Senate bear with head stuck in oil barrel at Juneau Dump]
Collection: B2009.017
B2017.024.2594
Nome, September 1961 [man posing in front of structure with KICY 850 KC lettering; radio station]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.Const.31.10.6
(June 9, 1972; 4 negs. 2-1/4; Sewer; West intercept at Minnesota) [workers, concrete, equipment, trench, excavator, bulldozer, structures]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Const
B1996.011.360.neg
Islands on way up (in pass) [scenic from ship]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.66
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd. Inage of West High School
Keywords: school, mountains, power lines, parking
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B2017.024.2063
King Island, copyright 1986 [two women sit on snow processing meat]
Collection: B2017.024
AEC.G664
Main Street in the town of Talkeetna, Alaska A.E.C. G664
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1957.005.201
Matanuska water tank, April 14, 1919. AEC G1253 HGK Verso: Alaska Railroad - Matanuska to Caswell. [Possibly H.G. Kaiser photo. Vehicle on left tracks]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Caswell, Junction, Water tank, Tank, Water, Tower, H.G. Kaiser, Vehicle, Tracks, Car
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd