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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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AEC.G1156
A.E.C. G-1156 March 4-1919 Mixed Train Arrives at Mile 227 End of Steel.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.132.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B2021.010.100
[1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.122.005
42-5 Me and Fritzie [man and boy examine grass on lawn; structure in background; March 3-10, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2148.13
#13B (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by William Dahms) [bird's eye view of military unit marching at Fourth Avenue and F Street in Anchorage passing businesses including M & M Lunch, Don's Beauty Shop, White Top Taxi, The Gitchell, Sunfreeze Ice Cream Shop, and Alaska Jewelry Co.]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.010.81
Native pack dogs (huskies). Mature dogs carry packs of 50 lbs each. Rose Flynn
Collection: B2013.010
B1990.014.5.TV.168.10.5.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.1125.11
Big Delta, Alaska (CAA Airfields Surveys, copied Apr. 7, 1941) [aerial, with markings. copy neg]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1139.8
(Ski Jump, March 24, 1945) [spectators watching a skier come off the ski jump, City Ski Bowl, Anchorage]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.704
F24 Anchorage, Alaska "Fish Dock" [Emard Cannery, piers, fishing vessels, boats, Smith, Gian(name partially obstructed), men at pier, wharf, structures, clothes line in background, "Cab 699" sign on structure, water, pilings, possibly Point McKenzie in distance across Cook Inlet, Knik Arm]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2146.4
#4 (Fourth of July Parade, 1941. Photo by D.C. Hewitt) [parade floats passing Richmond's Restaurant on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.025.140
Swamp buggys [tracked vehicle in yards or in fields, badly deteriorated]
Collection: B2015.025
B1962.001.1342
Looking west on the Main St. of Cordova, Alaska. Continuation of G1842. May 31, ’08. P.S. Hunt G1844 [Diggs, Joseph E., Gen’l Merchandise; Seattle Bar; Chase, Dr.; Pioneer Drug Store; Manard, Dr.; Brown, Dr., Dentist; Hood, Mrs., Ladies Furnishings (Store)]
Keywords: Cordova, Main Street, Joseph E. Diggs, Joseph Diggs, General Merchandise, Businesses, Shops, Stores, Seattle Bar, Dr. Chase, Doctor Chase, Pioneer Drug Store, Dr. Manard, Doctor Manard, Dr. Brown, Doctor Brown, Dentists, Mrs. Hood, Ladies Furnishings, Street view
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.2018.1.176.002
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; includes faucets; hood, chair]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.26.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.83.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.184
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.Logging.1.8.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B2006.023.5323.jpg
[Groundbreaking for Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B2021.010.045
[1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1970.019.380
Jack Isom (died 1925) "Tarantular Jack" & the bear he killed June 10/18. I was along with him at the time. My dog Dick lying down to left. [man holding rifle sitting with bear carcass and two dogs outside walled tent]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1989.016.2281.3.22
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 4)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.55
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative