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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.2018.1.213.006
67-3 Grand Coulee Dam [community in foreground; Washington, March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.139.003
47-1 May 1940 Plus x Dk 20; Picture of Fish Exchange board [Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.137.001
46-3 Margaret Hall [infant zipped into blanket; crib; likely May 1940, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.124.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1998.014.1.2269a
"Loon on nest, Big Lake, June 1945, 2 negs & 1 print; Tetinik's permission on back of photograph"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.015
(Harvard Glacier view from shore){ a lone figure in a small row boat just off shore in Harvard Arm in College Fiord with glaciers and large mountains in background}
Keywords: rowing, boat, fiord, Prince William Sound, glaciers, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.081
2414(92314)(415)(Dirty Glacier from G){Glacier terminus into College Fiord}
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.5.10
Eugene Tetinek [man holding hydraulic hose at mine]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.People.18.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 18
B2009.020.021
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior taken from back of balcony; stage, curtain, artwork, lighting]
Collection: B2009.020
B1990.014.2018.1.196.005
63-2, Falls of Clyde [ship at dock; anchor; prow; figurehead; February 1941; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.93
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.74
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2019.007.270
Kokhanok, May 16, 1994 [child wearing pants with "Point Hope" on leg fishing from rocky shore; fishing rod and reel; structures, mountains in background]
Collection: B2019.007
B2002.019.933E
[from verso] pub 78 [man standing on steps at entrance to clan house; likely in Southeast; camera on tripod; totem; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019
B1990.014.5.AKNative.20.33
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.5.58
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2014.023.430
[Jeanne Laurence standing in front of lodge, moose and caribou antlers mounted on roofline, parrot sitting in antlers over doorway, neon sign for Grain Belt beer at left, mountains in background. Print date Aug. 67]
Collection: B2014.023
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.18.3
1964 Earthquake - General; Anchorage Earthquake Damage: Much very good stuff; March 27, 1964 [people looking at back of JC Penneys building from 6th Avenue; snow on ground; street barrier]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1990.014.5.TV.168.11.3.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1998.014.1.941
L101 Richardson Hiway (highway) [copy neg; same as .939]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley