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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.2018.1.112.004
41-1; March 1 - 3rd; Plus x 40-24; Dev in DK 20-13 min. @ 65°F; Mother holding Fritzie & "Baby Seuss" [1940, Seattle; children on woman's lap; woman holds book; side table with glassware and plant; built-in cabinets at left]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.165.003
54-5; street scene [two men in foreground; structures, fences, utilitiy poles; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.1716
T67 Cordova, Alaska (from hillside; Cordova telephoto lens [view of structures, streets, roads, automobiles, people walking on roads, water; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1028
[George holding pole, standing next to stream rapids, small waterfall in background]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.12.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1989.016.2404
[Sled dog team on Romig Hill?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.3.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2015.008.066
2388(91814)(4pm)(Wellesley Glacier and Bryn Mawr and Smith Glaciers from Station R)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B90.14.5.ARR.1.177
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1994.022.367
(Aeronautics_Russian)(CCCP 177 People)
Keywords: transportation, flying, airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.84
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1998.014.1.2158
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, group photo" [children and adults gather around a table with easter baskets; sign on wall reads "Pre-school deaf class" photos on wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.41.26
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.5.8.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 5
B1990.014.2018.1.129.004
43-6 Lee and Lyn [two children sit on bench with stuffed animal;, possibly hot water bottle, eating crackers or cookies; interior view with windows, table in background; March 10-17, 1940; likely Seattle]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.11.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1996.011.356a.neg
St. George village, 4:30 P.M. note fox [view of buildings along cliffs, Arctic fox near fencing in middle ground]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.65
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2266.6
(Air shots, Juneau to Anchorage, October 1, 1945) [clouds]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.005.40
Hall (people Alaska Anchorage 1910-1919)[Several women attending the Ladies Baseball League Refreshment Stand serving drinks to two men]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1983.005 A_L_ Harman
B1962.001A.125
Reflections, Prince William Sound, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, P172. By M. LaVoy
Keywords: Reflections, Prince William Sound, Scenic
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson