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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.
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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1995.014.65.16
[soldiers wearing snowshoes and backpacks on traverse, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1011.3
GZ-191 (Snowbound, Golden Zone) [cabin covered in snow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.20
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.13.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air
B90.14.5.AncAir.22.2.2.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
B2015.008.826
Miles Glacier, 100 m. long at least. Copper River Ry. At left is its moraine overgrown
with alders [view across river to glacier terminus]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.4882
[three men standing next to fish drying racks on Kotzebue beach; print date Aug 70]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1112.4
P-99. Hewitt's (Palmer Buildings from Air) [smokestack in foreground, buildingsin middle ground, mountains beyond]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.184.005
60-6; reflections [January 1940, reflection of boats Reliance and Sentinel; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.73
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1983.091.S3017.78
Arctic trip 1959 : St. Lawrence Island. (Gus Krutzsch of the San Diego Zoo.) 1959 (154 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2022.001.138.exterior
Invitation from Governor and Mrs. Tony Knowles to dinner at the Governor’s House on Monday, December 5, 1994 [Dinner invitation to Mayfield Evans from Governor and Mrs. Tony Knowles with menu, Note on invitation: “To Mayfield, Thanks for everything Tony Knowles”]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Invitation, Governor, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Governor's House, Dinner Invitation
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2197.3
Lomen Bros. #874 [Overview of Ruby along riverbank, showing buildings, docks, mill, and riverboats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.5486
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Matanuska Lake near Palmer. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1979.002.Album1.16
M-50. Talkeetna River. W. F. Milliken [wood-frame building, log cabin, cache and tent on banks of river, birch bark canoe hauled onto bank in foreground, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, residences, houses, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.66
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B90.14.5.ANC.5.154
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1989.016.444.2
Seppalla's Racing Team. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [Leonhard Seppala. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.88.99
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1881.6
(Fur Rendezvous, clowns in snow) [two male clowns on Fourth Avenue in front of City Hall, one sitting on a dogsled, the other being pulled through snow on big shoes, spectators, truck, and trailer lining street, 1952?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.9.14
[men riding in tracked vehicle in winter]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2011.3
(Knik River Bridge 1955)
Keywords: river, transportation, bridge
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.118.001
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; Ranch house [wood structure viewed from road or driveway; fence; sign above gate reads "Clover Crest(?); likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.296.002
1; March 1943; Spool, thread & thimble [still life with fabric]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.27.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_27
B1989.016.2197.3
Lomen Bros. #874 [Overview of Ruby along riverbank, showing buildings, docks, mill, and riverboats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.014.Soldotna
Jul 65P; Soldotna, Alaska [aerial view of community, Kenai River, bridge]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format