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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
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.
Anchorage Museum Archive Image Search
The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1989.016.1587
Palmer Motor Service, Palmer, Alaska. A sight-seeing Valley tour specially conducted in parties of five. $1.50 per passenger. A scenic trip of 21 miles [three men stand in front of three automobiles with a truck parked alongside, next to a wood frame building. circa late 1930s?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.88.43
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.786.7
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [home, Anchorage, winter, night]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2011.014.240
Man with fishing pole on stream bank. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.5.44
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 5
B1990.014.5.P.4.37.4A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P4
B1990.014.2018.1.203.001
65-1 March 1941; Grandma Hendee [likely Seattle area]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.009.95
[girls posed with dahlias outside house, Mountain View, 1920-1930s]
Keywords: gardens
Collection: B2009.009
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.2.16
(Alaska Universities)(AK Methodist )(AMU)(aerial)(9 Aug 1962)(10065)(Alaska Methodist University)
Keywords: university, Alaska Pacific University
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B2016.005.060
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B2009.037.020
.20a – [closer view of just the steam shovel picking up soil] .20b – [similar to .20a, appears to be taken a few moments after the previous photo]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2006.023.1779
Joe Redington with lead dog Feets taking a break. Copyright Bill Devine.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.AKNative.4.89
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.1202
O49 An Alaskan totem; photo by Frank Morgan (1949 postcard) [copy neg; same as .1200]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.x.015.002
Pioneer Rd. – This photo shows the 1st rough pioneer road on the Alcan Highway during its
construction days in World War II. Later this rough road was to become a smoothly graveled
highway traveled by thousands of tourists. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1990.014.5.AKNative.45.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.91.50
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.287
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.534
"D31 Eskimo dog team on Kotzebue Sound, Arctic Alaska" [same as .533, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.5.ARR.2.73
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.2018.1.41.005
17-2 Ketchikan Spruce Mill fire, June 27th [1939; men between structures; smoke; stairways; ladders; utility wires]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.829
L48 Matanuska Valley Farm (1946 postcard) [wood gate with antlers, agriculture, structures, barn, log cabin, house, fields, lumber in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.3312
Vi Redington in front of the Redington's Knik Kennel dog truck.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington