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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.
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The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
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B2009.037.008
.8 – Flier [exterior shot of soldier in flight jacket in field]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.70
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.4633.jpg
[Joe Redington Sr. with sled dog and sled]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.5.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1998.014.1.11122
Attu Campaign, 5-15, 4-956-43. Organization. Soldiers of the 4th returning from battle at Chichagof Bay along road leading from Massacre to Chichagof Bay.[distant view of soldiers walking along muddy road across tundra, vehicle at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.5681.jpg
Mushers Hall of Fame Jr. Centennial Trophies. Trohy cases. Knik Hall, Knik.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.39.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2021.010.218
[1926. Inupiaq territory, Nutchirviq / Nasirvik (White Mountain)]
Keywords: Inupiaq territory, Inupiat, Nutchirviq, Nasirvik, White Mountain, Indigenous, BIPOC
Collection: B2021.010 Burlingame Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.117.004
41-6 Ketchy (the cow) at the ranch [cow being fed by hand; trees and stumps in background; March 3, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.827a
From moving train, ice 2 or 3 miles away [view across river to glacier terminus]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.317
R15-8. D. L. Reaburn [view of rocky river bed, river at left, view to low bluff in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.5.P.28.7.28.9.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B1990.014.5.People.14.94
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2016.024.047
Annette, CAA, Apr. 53 [on print:] Our “town” – school, chapel, and CAA [view across clearing to buildings, church at right]
Keywords: Annette Island
Collection: B2016.024
B1990.014.004.42559
Thermal reduction of permafrost, hydraulic pressure has forced meltwater and silt to surface. Photographer's number 42559
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.366
(B83) McKinley Bldg, Anchorage, Alaska [street, automoviles, bus?, streetlights, houses]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1973
Kenai Lake Bell's Landing, Hewitts Drug Store (Kenai Lake at Bell's Landing)[cache on the shores of Kenai Lake with Chugach mountains in the back ground.
Keywords: mountains, cache, lake
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.033.1
Anchorage winter vista [overlooking Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.037.002
.2a – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, man in military vehicle] .2b – [copy negative, Japanese on Attu, some type of artillery shell or other weapon]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
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
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.1.98
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19