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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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B1990.014.5.Pol.01.60.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Pol
B1995.014.33.6
Joe Secora, Eugene Tetinek's partner for the rescue [three men on snowshoes, roped up for traverse, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1970.019.435
W.R. Nelson and I at Fire Lake, May 12/23 [men sitting with stringers of fish]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.201.001
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [Two toddlers sit on a grass lawn; one holding toy gun, the other holding a toy ram sheep; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.107.11
[log cabin in winter, with small sign reading "Office"]
Keywords: residences, businesses
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.027.2.407
Andrew & Saturday Evening Post ads [close-up of magazine advertisements on wall]
Collection: B1998.027 Watrous / B1998_027 Watrous Nitrate negs
B1989.016.1933.1
(Winter windy streets, school guard, 1952) [school crossing guard with flag standing in blowing snow, buildings and utility poles in background, Chugach Mountains in distance. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1990.014.5.TV.094.331.11B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.P.26.3.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P26
B1990.014.5.AKNative.45.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.1.25
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.60
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ANC.5.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1989.016.2259.5
(Lions Club members with brooms, April 28, 1953) [group portrait of men standing in street next to street sweeper, one man handing another a dollar bill, Anchorage]
Keywords: maintenance, Municipality, roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.025.020
[Sydney Laurence painting of cache, name “Cann-Loussac, Fairbanks, Alaska” added to negative]
Collection: B2018.025
B1989.016.1914.2
(Anchorage from Government Hill, Nov. 6, 1952) [view looking southeast to Chugach Mountains with Alaska Railroad yards in foreground, Alaska Native Service Hospital and McKinley Apartments in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1712
T65 Kodiak, Alaska [street scene, two women and boy walk in middle of street with baby carriage, automobiles parked in street, boardwalks, businesses: Ships Tavern, bars, possibly movie theater poster, Woodlinger Drugs, Northland Photo Shop, Victory Cafe, Cub Cab, Kodiak Jewelry Co, ice cream; two sailors walk down boardwalk,; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3416
Black Start 12-70 4321 Alaska Eskimo [Kotzebue, three people butchering beluga whales on jumble ice; boat and water in background]
Collection: B2017.024