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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.
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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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B1995.014.119.2
Adak, on Sunday the Army would take men fishing [soldiers on open boat deck, small boat on deck at left, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, boats, fishing
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.69
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.69.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.77.12
[man dipnetting from river bank, canoe and small boat with tarp covering at right, bow of second boat in foreground, possibly Yukon River?]
Keywords: fishing, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.007.010
[from verso] Earthquake, Anch[orage] Cent[tral] Bus[iness] District; Anchorage Hardware 4th and D
Collection: B1997.007 Opal Meyers Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.30
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.614
{two climbers approaching glacial berm}
Keywords: mountaineer, mountains, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.001.034
Jacqueline Evans, home of Mayfield Evans’ father, Murphy Evans, Bessamer, Alabama [Note on back: Jackie], Jacqueline Evans, Jackie Evans, Murphy Evans, Home, House, Residence, Bessamer, Alabama, Family, Girl, Child, Daughter
Keywords: BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1998.014.1.1980
T208 Kenai from Cook's Inlet [muddy road; structures near shore in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.096
Mayfield Evans, fourth from left in top row, with Rotary District 5010, Whitehorse, Yukon, c.2000
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Group, Rotary Club, Rotary District 5010, Canada, Canadian, Whitehorse, Yukon, Gathering
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.ConConv.17.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2015.007.2
[Alaska Native man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap posed outdoors next to building. Original image cropped]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.58.001
22-5 Pictures of deer at Ward Cove; 8:30 pm - Aug. 5th [1939; black-tailed deer; water in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1983.091.S1564.B58
(Nunivak Island Trip native people close-up children)[two men conversing]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2015.017.31
[six school girls posed outdoors in snow. Print date June 67]
Keywords: education, schools, children
Collection: B2015.017
B2015.025.521
Mining: Coal: Colorado: Tundra above Broad Pass; man standing in tundra]
Collection: B2015.025
B1998.014.1.1279
O80 Lake Spanard [sic] - near Anchorage. (Lake Spenard swimming) [summer scene, people in water, children, adults, shore, floating swimming platform, inner tubes; log structure at left; bicycle, automobile; trash on beach; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b1969.015.1.81
[Four men sitting on porch, drinking, with dog. Buildings in background.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B1989.016.ConklinMarie.1
[Conklin,Marie Passport Photos,1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2015.008.1294.dk338.9crop
338.9. Chitistone River tributary, Alaska. 1st trib. glacier on Glacier Creek. 9.9.16
[scenic of rock formations along river. Original image blurry]
Keywords: mountain, mountaineering, glacier, climbing, crevasse
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.TorkelsonOsmund.1
(Tokelson Osmund Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1991.037.001
Panoramic photograph of Elmendorf Airforce Base. Alaska 1962. National Photo and News Service image number 1426591
Keywords: panoramic, airforce, Elmendorf, Anchorage, military housing, Chugach, 1962
Collection: B1991.037_001
B1990.014.5.People.14.238
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14