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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 94,934 items scanned and searchable online.
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B1989.016.2208.5
(Emard's House, interior, 3rd and E SE corner, taken for court trial, March 24, 1964) [mostly empty room with curtained window, small table]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.073.043
48. Taking goods across Tazelina [on verso:] Tazlina [stereograph. Men lined up shoulder-to-shoulder on bank of Tazlina River]
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1989.016.Isaacson.1
(Isaacson A Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2014.027.187
[Alaska Native man wearing green kuspuk and eyeglasses preparing to put on mittens, possibly for Wolf Dance; print date Mar 78]
Keywords: dancing
Collection: B2014.027
B1989.016.587.4
8. Nuka Bay Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [not same as .587.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.40.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.693
233.5. Where to now? 9.13.14 [view across glacier to valley glacier, climber in
foreground negotiating crevasses. H.L. Tucker. Cf. .888]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.AndersenOscar.1
Andersen, Oscar, Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.EQ.14.38.14
D
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_14
B2015.008.box1.page032
{photo album}
Keywords: photo album, Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.205.002
65-3, Lake Chelan, 6 a.m. [scenic view, Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.4432
Carousel labeled: Buying fish Pitkas Point. Joe Sr. fish buying.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1985.027.0520
Originally in B2 F33. Wien Airlines 1963 poster. 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B2006.023.4462
Carousel labeled: Buying fish Pitkas Point. Joe Sr. fish buying.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.AKNative.25.34.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1086.7
M-6. A first prize winner brown Swiss Alpine heifer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Matanuska Valley Fair, Prize Stock, 1937) [man holding cow with halter next to barn with "Matanuska Valley Fair" painted on it]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.31.5
F-E Co. 1942 [Fairbanks Exploration Co. hydraulic mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.104
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative