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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
on Alaska and the Circumpolar North, with 95,683 items scanned and searchable online.
Enter your search in the box above, or simply click on the search icon to see a random selection of images from the archives.
Please note, we are actively reviewing and updating our records. There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today. We consent to input and recommendations from the public as we work on decolonizing our collections.
B1998.014.1.701
F23 Purse seining in Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan "with print"[copy neg, same as .699]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.1045
[view across field to bungalow at right, barn at left]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.464.6
Providence Hospital, interior. [with nurse]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.019.048
Dock at Anchorage. [View from 3rd and I St.?] 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.28.5
A number of concrete block bldgs of Anchorage to demonstrate that generally those buildings did not suffer serious damage in the March 27 earthquake of 1964. Views were made for Ken Sheppard President of the Alaska Concrete Products corp on Whitney Rd.
Keywords: buildings, street signs, house
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1990.014.2018.1.12.001
3-4 Billie Hall [woman standing in kitchen in front of sink; dishes on counter; clock; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.CarlsonBob.2
Carlson, Bob, Passport Photos, 1933
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.TV.095.127.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.114
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.20.1B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.33B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1994.022.715
(Callin Nash Motor Co.Garage Anchorage before 1939)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1989.016.438.1
B.P.O.E. Fourth of July float, 1938 [elk statue draped in streamers]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.112
2441(92514)(7am)(Reflection Mt Muir)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B1994.022.872
(Sea Wolf Tug)
Keywords: transportation, barge, tug boat
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B2006.023.3906.jpg
South fork of Kuskokwim.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B1983.146.103
Post Card Alaska Fur Bearing Trout (fish) {altered photo of a trout with fur}
Keywords: trout, fish, post card
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B2006.023.5176.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. Copyright Rob Stapleton.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1962.001A.237
Valdez, Alaska, after the fire of July 15, ’15. P.S. Hunt, G4320 [Valdez – Fires; People]
Keywords: Valdez, Fires, Disasters, Docks, Wharves, Piers, Buildings, Communities, Destruction
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2006.023.6427.jpg
End of the trail on south fork of Kuskokwim 1974
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.7.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 7
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.95
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20