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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
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B90.14.5.ANC.4.49
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
B1989.016.Osborne.1
(Olson Pete Passport Photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.19.9a
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.P.12.183.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P12
B90.14.5.EQ.6.4.1
Anchorage sand and gravel back in biz after 27 March 1964, Quake damage. No Print
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_6
B1990.014.5.AKNative.21.6.34B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.91.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.54
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B2022.001.118
State of Alaska Certificate of Appreciation, presented to Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners, in recognition of outstanding volunteer contributions to 2001 Governor’s Anchorage Annual Family Picnic, signed by Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, 2001
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, State of Alaska, SOA, Certificate, Certificate of Appreciation, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Volunteer, Community, Governor's Anchorage Annual Family Picnic, Anchorage, Tony Knowles, Governor
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.32.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1983.091.S5122.369
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [girl washing dishes]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.4638
(Barter Island misc Vern's )[A native Alaskan family standing in the door way dressed in fur parkas with hooded ruff both parents are each holding a book possibly a bible or hymnal]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.416.23
13. Rendezvous Queen Mary Margaret Abercrombie, 1939 [throne on stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1006
(L140 Seward Highway) [neg removed due to deterioration - channeling and bubbling; scenic view of paved roadway, trees, water, mountains]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.4426
Carousel labeled: Buying fish Pitkas Point. Joe Sr. fish buying.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.2035.13
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [five women standing next to stone marker, with American flag, Alaska flag, and Daughters of the American Revolution flag. Women identified on envelope as Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. McCrosky, Mrs. Olson]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.035.2.1144
.1144—[road, Quonset huts], 8/18/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B90.14.5.ARR.3.32
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 3
B1995.014.44.5
[man on bulldozer pulling load of hoses next to wooden fence or building frame under construction]
Keywords: water
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2143.24
37. Corner monument, Palmer townsite. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four-legged tripod of logs set up over hole in ground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection