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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.1A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B2017.024.3319
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [village scene during spring breakup; children walking on boardwalks, structure; Snojet snowmachine with wooden sled; frozen river in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B2018.023.125a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [scenic view over trees toward mountains; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2000.014.533
(533)(Gathering wood in the Freshet Fairbanks Sep 14 1915)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1989.016.094.1
Mt. Susitna and snow bank on 3rd Ave., 1945. Photo by Sidney Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.P.4.37.4A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P4
B2006.023.4800.jpg
[Wedding of Joe Jr. and Thela Redington?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.86
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1996.035.1.233
[Adak, World War II, gun emplacement in foreground, Quonset huts, tents, and buildings in background]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B2015.008.box1.page026
{photo album}
Keywords: photo album, Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1011b
(L144 Seward/Anchorage Highway) [similar to .1010; damage on right edge of neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.117.006
41-6 Ketchy (the cow) at the ranch [cow in pasture; fence and trees in background; March 3, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ANC.5.151b
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5.ANC.5
B1975.175.013
Alaska. Elephant Point. Lomen Elephant Point Plant. Store and Living Quarters. July, 1938.
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1989.016.765.1
P-486. Hewitt's (Sewing Exhibit, Matanuska Valley) [quilt display, Palmer fairgrounds?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2186.1
(Sid's Dog Racing, Feb. 28, 1967) [musher leading seven-dog team down Anchorage street past spectators, some people standing in trees along street, Fur Rendezvous sled dog races. Photo by Sidney Hamilton]
Keywords: winter sports, recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.7347.jpg
[Vi Redington at Iditarod Headquarters]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B1989.016.299.2
Fairbanks 4-H Club [group outside building with sign Dining Room]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.1.223
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1995.014.25.8
F-E Co. 1942 [view down long sluice box at Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.AKNative.15.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.789a
T17. Smith Glacier, Alaska, College Fjord [view across fjord, boat Babe out of Port
Liscum on beach in foreground]
.789b – T17
Keywords: glacier, boat, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.30.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.7.44
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 7
B1995.014.42.4
[two hikers placing logs to cross crevasse]
Keywords: hiking, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1994.022.584
(Richardson Highway Freight and freightage-tractors-wagons)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.8.002
Child on boat [near ship's rail wearing jacket, hat, scarf; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.7.109.4a
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative