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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.
Enter your search in the box above, or simply click on the search icon to see a random selection of images from the archives.
Please note, we are actively reviewing and updating our records. There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today. We consent to input and recommendations from the public as we work on decolonizing our collections.
B1973.079.152
[Four people with suit cases seated on the front steps of house]
Keywords: luggage, travel
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.1457
46. Eating whale blubber. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [small boy eating muktuk. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.011.162
Alaska ’48 – Anchorage, stowing rods aboard Electra [three men stowing baggage on Northern Consolidated Airlines Lockheed Electra airplane]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.2246.3
(Parade, 1950) [people in open automobile parading down Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, passing businesses including Dykes Building, Symposium, The Hub, Bill's Electric, McVicker's]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.22.30
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
B2017.029.1819
Natives, Kotz [woman and young man with seal oil lamp; print date Aug 80]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1558.4
[three McGee Airways airplanes on skis in winter at Lake Spenard]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.TV.094.331.7A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.688.3
Native ivory carver, Eklutna [student at Eklutna Vocational School]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.47
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim holding infant, standing outdoors in winter in front of house, church tower in background]
Keywords: residences, clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.5.People.12.10
"4th of July, 7/47" [parade, bicycles, soldiers, marching, shoe store, liquor stores, Anchorage Photo Supply" sign]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1990.014.2018.1.226.003
70-4 View of Russian church from beach [St. Michael Cathedral, Russian Orthodox church partially obscured by trees; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.4867.jpg
Post Office at Skwentna
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.18.17
(timber)(July 1966)(KP. Co. Thorne Bay. Portable Steel SPAR)(N.P.)(very good)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1998.014.1.1256
O66 Totem honoring boy trapped by high tide, Saxman Park, Ketchikan (drowned) [human figure with hand caught in mouth of totem figure; copy neg; emulsion separating from base; moved to freezer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2281.1.29
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 1)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.005.099
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.13.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV