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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
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B2014.030.21
1335 Ingra [automobile parked next to log cabin on unpaved road, with birch trees]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B2014.030
B1990.014.5.P.2.15.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.42
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.6866.jpg
[Dog races, Fourth Avenue, Amchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1989.016.1684.3
[scenic with gravel bar and river in foreground, trees, snow-capped mountains in distance, probably Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.SyvensonPete.1
(Syvenson Pete Passport Photos 1934-35)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.947
P-557. Matanuska Valley, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop [aerial]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.51
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.590.3
30. Healy River Coal Mines. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Alaska Railroad train with engine No. 614, with banners including one for "Frank Reed's National [?]"]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1386.2
35. Alaska totems. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [totem poles in Sitka National Historical Park]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.286
D. L. Reaburn's camp, Chulitna. D. L. Reaburn [view from above of large group of men eating on a small hillside next to two white tents in a valley, dog near carcass hung on small tripod, patches of snow on mountains in distance, railroad exploration party, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2006.023.6617.jpg
[Burled arch, Front Street, Nome, finish line of the Iditarod Race]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1995.014.63.5
[soldiers with snowmachine pulling sleds of gear, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.135.006
45-4; Mose - Hall's dog [two dogs play in grass; 1940, likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.TV.083.73.2.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.861
P-13. Hewitt's (Farming machinery) [pile of equipment next to building, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.2.81
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.5.AKNative.21.6.41
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1979.002.Album1.138
R22-2. Controller Bay [view across water to mountains, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.People.14.384
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.6.52
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 6
B1989.016.2065.2
(IBM offices, "Talk It Up, IBM6400") [man writing on pad at front of room filled with session attendees, early computing. circa 1962]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.26.38.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P26
B1990.014.2018.1.88.003
32-1; Plus X - 40-24; Dev in DK20 - 18 min @ 65°; Thanksgiving, Nov 23 [1939; Thanksgiving table [two place settings with labels for Basha and Ken; doily placemats; fruit centerpiece with oranges, grapes, bananas; butter on dish; possibly beef fork; glass salt and pepper shakers]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.P.4.36.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P4