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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 94,942 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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1983.091.C10172.92
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)
Keywords: clam digger:
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.366.3
#150. Children of the valley, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [sitting on wooden rail next to Alaska Railroad car]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2054.10
10-1940 (Fourth of July Parade, 1940) [young person wearing colonial dress, powdered wig, and tricorn hat walking on Fourth Avenue past businesses including Lois Beauty Salon]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.5006
Knik Alaska(AEC J1823) {the town of Knik and The Railroad Kitchen restaurant}
Keywords: frontier town
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.ProbertMrsHS.1
(Probert Mrs HS Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.142
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.3047
Close-up of portion of Iditarod National Historic Trail marker sign.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.591.2
21. Silver frost, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [hoar frost. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.64.006
24-4; man at totems [man wearing suitcoat and fedora looks at two totem poles, possibly Sun and Raven pole, frog; likely at Saxman; August 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.2.182
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B2015.008.box1.page047
{photo album}
Keywords: photo albulm, Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2381
"Hand out of table, washer nuts" [similar to .2374; walnuts and hex nuts surrounding artificial hand]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.97.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1994.008.112.13
(advisory committee and public hearings for land use)(June 13 16 1976)
Keywords: public hearing, meeting
Collection: B1994.008
B1995.014.30.10
[barge, riverboats, cranes, and other machinery on banks of river, probably Yukon River]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2037.6
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [exterior of Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska with sign for Dutch Boy Paints, Anchorage]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.6.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1