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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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B1995.014.109.6
[amphibious vehicle in water tied to shore near birch trees, military floatplane landing on water in background]
Keywords: transportation, boats, aviation
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.39.5.20
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.010.5596
[woman and young children on boardwalk, woman sitting at left, children playing near volleyball net at right, Kaltag]
Collection: B1995.010
B1997.003.185
[bulldozer, track vehicle aboard ship, men standing, preparing to unload]
Collection: B1997.003
b1969.015.1.20
[Original cabin on Alexander Creek.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B2010.023.613a
(fig 103)(Elderly man wearing squirrel skin parka and sealskin pants 1937)
Keywords: alaska native
Collection: B2010.023
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.144
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.87.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.67.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1979.002.Album1.6
M-17. Willow Creek. W. F. Milliken [white tents in wooded area, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.145
Scn 8260; Portage Glacier; 25 September 1958. [two people walking near lake shore, icebergs, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.2037.4
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [two trucks parked outside Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Anchorage]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ANC.4.58
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
B1989.016.1393
Hood's Canal. Hewitt's Photo [float plane with number NC43065 landing, Star Airlines float plane at dock at right, other airplanes on shore]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.684
228.8. 24. 9.14.14, 5:30 A.M., clear, 128S 2 sec. 3 Kodak [view across glacier valley to
valley glacier. Proof print]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2006.023.4005.jpg
Roger Legaard. Photo copyright Jeff Schultz.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B90.14.5.ARR.2.47
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1990.014.2018.1.228.004
71-2 Ellis Island [wood structure near rocky shore with sign reading "Ellis Island," bicycle in right foreground; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.CannonW.1
Cannon, W., Passport Photos, 1935-36
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.90.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.26.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1995.014.51.9
[four men wearing ranger hats seated around camp fire in wooded area, Willow?]
Keywords: hiking, military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.ConConv.02.30
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1983.091.S4178.22
General views of Business District, L and K streets.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock