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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.
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 95,683 items scanned and searchable online.
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B1989.016.784.11
[Star Air Service CH-300 Pacemaker NC259M "Aquila" with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.2.189
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B2015.008.103
24212(92414)(130pm)(Serpentine Glacier and Mt Gilbert from F)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.71
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. The views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: school, bus
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.85
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.024.2119
King Island, copyright 1986 [two men examine a rifle; possibly walrus at right; possibly bookshelf in background; snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B2018.023.126a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [label] “17” [scenic view of outcropping above canyon; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1990.014.2018.1.13.004
3-5 Kitchen; tables and windowsill; clock, candle, pussywillows in ceramic vase, electrical outlets; likely Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.15.003
4-2; Portraits - Sylvia Olsen [1939?; portrait of woman laying on bench with shoulders exposed, backlit by lamp placed on floor; carpet]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.72.15
Cabin the mailman used to own [man standing outside log cabin, two large tents at left]
Keywords: military, camping, residences
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.4461
Martins Seafoods. Carousel labeled: Buying fish Pitkas Point. Joe Sr. fish buying.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.P.2.20.5B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B1995.010.6097
5/27/46 [man standing next to rotary snowplow in yard, possibly at Tunnel]
Collection: B1995.010
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.30.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1990.014.5.People.14.140.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1986.096.portpeople01
Port, people. Port Commission October 1965
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1990.014.5.Anc.12.4
Northern Lights Blvd under construction, 7-25-56 [aerial of road, Anchorage]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.70
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.268.039
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Aerial view of likely Stewart, BC, with water, estuary, river]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2016.019.1.06d.09768.26
Russian church in Ninilchik on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska [Churches - Ninilchik], 1993
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Churches, Ninilchik, Russian Orthodox
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.5.P.23.76.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P23
B1990.014.5.ConConv.19.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1998.014.1.720.color
H4 Season's greetings from Alaska, "(vertical - trees)" [scenic view of lake and mountains through trees, greeting card template, see .720_bw for image detail]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.001A.447
Teikhell telegraph station. P.S. Hunt, G697 [Tiekel; WAMCATS Washington-Alaska Military Cable & Telegraph System] [Ahtna Territory]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Tiekel, Telegraph stations, WAMCATS, Washington-Alaska Military Cable & Telegraph System, Telecommunications, Communications, Winter, Forests, Log cabins, Log buildings
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.5.P.28.6.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B1995.014.29.11
[boardwalk along river, with skiffs and riverboats tied along shore, Russian Mission circa 1947?]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.004.558
[men riding in fire truck with chains on tires, children standing at right, Saint Paul; print date Nov 83]
Collection: B2016.004
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.74.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative