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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.
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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1989.016.2073.16
(Anchorage Houses, Nov. 1964, 12th and S Street) [single level home, winter, with fence along street, street signs]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.27.002
x [night scene of ship at dock; lights; Ketchikan, 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.HaglonaHarold.1
[Haglona Harold Passport Photos 1934-35]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B90.14.5.ARR.1.94.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1998.014.1.1760
(T79 Ketchikan, Alaska; steamship "Alaska") [ship at dock, crates, log posts on dock; woman and man (possibly captian) stand on dock, gangplank, passengers, men, women; crane loading or unloading cargo in right background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.007.252
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994 [children: one sitting on BMX bicycle, one sitting on wooden steps with puppy on his lap; bicycle and possibly motorcycle in background; water in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1990.014.5.P.4.37.19B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P4
B1989.016.895
P-501. Palmer Hospital Display. Hewitt's Photo Shop [still life with skull, x-rays]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.16.004
[city scene, Anchorage, Ship Creek, Government Hill, dock, pier, houses, garden, road.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.TV.083.72.4.3B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.2018.1.235.001
72-4 [Sitka, August 1941; harbor scene; wood structures built on pilings; boats in right background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.36.7
[scenic, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation. original negative damaged]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.1032
210.7 [side view of covered bridge in .1031, looking down partially frozen creek]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.70.15
[soldier squatting next to camp fire in wooded area, Eugene Tetinek? tent at right]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1994.022.392I
(Aeronautics_Disasters)(Owen Meals crash at Gakona 1928)
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.1795
T104 Old Russian Block House, Sitka, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo [log structure wih peaked roof, totem poles nearby]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1241
30e. Andes, near Puente del Fuca, Argentina [scenic. With stamp of Dora Keen]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.010.6103
[winter view through trees to hotel at Curry, pedestrian bridge at right, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B2006.023.6406
Tim Redington with beluga whale (shot be Joee at mouth of Susitna River) 1960. Flat Horn Lake.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1983.091.S3017.021
Arctic trip 1959: St. Lawrence Island. Shooting walrus.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.96.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1979.002.1454
[Similar to Kaiser's H Series photos of drege "Sperm" in Anchorage Harbor, circa 1918.] 8 x 10 nitrate negative
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.57.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1979.002.1310
(Cronin#21 Placing passenger coach onto Tanana River ice for service on the North Nenana run)(Winter 1920)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation, cargo, shipping
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.Home.2.033
14241; Home; A frame; Trappers; April, 1963 [structure under construction; broom; lumber; snow]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Home
B2014.016.1743
Juneau, Auke Lake [same man and woman as in .1742, man bending over to pick flower from lily pad in lake]
Collection: B2014.016