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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.2018.1.85.003
30-3 Repacking scene [transfering salmon filet between barrel and shelf; likely Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.8111.jpg
[Fish processing plant]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1989.016.2145.6
6 (American Legion Banquet at the Idle Hour Country Club, Anchorage) [interior with people at tables, head table in front of fireplace]
Keywords: military, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.68
Inlet Hotel, 4th Ave at K St. Southwest corner. Owned by Chas R. "Red" Nelson and Wife Vera
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1998.014.1.839
(Mt McKinley from the ARR; 1946 postcard) [railroad track, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.5443.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Russian Orthodox Church Eklutna Village. Photo by Wayne Burkhart.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1984.077.16.014
[exterior shot, man on porch steps wearing parka, kuspuk, mukluks, holding plants, flowers, fireweed?]
Collection: B1984.077
B2006.023.4575a.jpg
[Vi Redington and ?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1984.077.6.010
[railroad tracks, rail cars, buildings, telegraph poles? Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2001.014.2.21
{Wonder Park Subdivision Properties and Residents}
Keywords: Wonder Park, subdivision, homes
Collection: B2001.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.31.45
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.14.6
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [musher and dog team pulling away from fish traps on ice with load of fish]
Keywords: transportation, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.004.35940
Heavy snows in Valdez often inhibit aviation. Photographer's number: 35940
Keywords: winter, aviation
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2014.019.91
Community hall on Yukon [view up from floatplane dock to group of adults and children gathered outside two-story wood-frame building]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.019
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.15
Tudor Road Volunteer Fire men on site.
Keywords: fire; firemen
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.16.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B1998.014.1.771
L13 Mt McKinley, highest mountain in the world from its base "1946 postcard" [scenic view with cache and ladder in foreground, river and foothills in middle ground; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.142.004
47-4; June; Nefco buying scows on west coast [fishing boats docked next to structure; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1578.2
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [man squatting near cabbages and potatoes, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.BassMT.1
Bass, M. T., Passport Photos, 1942
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B90.14.5.ARR.2.179
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1995.014.120.4
F-E Co., Fairbanks, 1942 [three men posed in field, building and barrels in background, man at left possibly Eugene Tetinek]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.TV.166.58.6.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV