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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.
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B1998.014.1.1594
(T14 Fairbanks, Alaska, waterfront) [Pacific Alaska Airways Fairchild 71 NC 9709 floatplane and likely Stinson Reliant SR-5A, tail number NS-9 floatplane, modified in foreground, skiff on Chena River, people, businesses along river: Drugstore, Martin Pinska, Merchant’s Café, Hotel Northern, N.C.Co., gasoline pump, automobiles, tracked vehicle, trucks; bicycle power plant in background; copy neg; similar to .1591]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S1450.91.6
(NCL Trip: Village of Chevak, natives, plane, etc. 7 negs, along shore,-6 aerial view)[aerial view of coastal community]
Keywords: coastal alaska, village, native alaskan, community, fishing, aerial
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.22
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1240.11
[Anchorage High School, oblique view of front with street, parked automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.137b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “11” [verso of slide: scenic view of Grand Canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.58.002
22-5 Pictures of deer at Ward Cove; 8:30 pm - Aug. 5th [1939; black-tailed deer in meadow; water in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.106.001
40-1 Feb 21 - March 1st Plus X 40-24 Dev 13 min in Dk20 @65° Boundary marker between U.S. & Canada; Hyder, Alaska [Obelisk marker; structures on pilings in midground; mountain in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.27.3B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1995.014.4.14
[four people in skiff with outboard motor on river, Yukon River?]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
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
B2021.008.21
An Alaska Bachelor’s Gals Home – Mine [house with a dog standing inside entryway behind a screen door. Likely Myrtle Everett Bragaw’s house]
Keywords: House, Dog, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1990.014.5.Science.18.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Science
B1990.014.5.AKNative.20.43
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.010.5934
[unidentified man and woman sitting in field of shooting stars wildflowers, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.008.982
Sept. 1917. Manure shed, hog barn, heifer barn, silos, hay barn, corn barn. Rape for
cattle and hogs [small format panoramic photograph of Beulah Farm. Excised from photo
album]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2006.023.2427
Joe Redington Sr. sled. Sponsored by Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc. Bag of Purina High Protein Dog Meal next to sled.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.EQ.3.1.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 3
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.49
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1108.19
P-88. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [wood frame house, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.160.004
52-3 Mrs. Ohasi [sic: Ohashi] & Hope in native dress [Hope Ohashi poses wearing kimono and obi and holding paper umbrella; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018