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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.
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B1990.014.5.AKNative.14.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2117
Moose tracks, Pipple Farm [winter scene with snow on hay stacks in foreground, buildings in middle ground, Mt. Susitna in distance, Pippel homestead, Eagle River. copy neg]
Keywords: houses, residences, agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2011.014.220
Four men, one woman, standing in road with 1920s Oakland automobile. 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014
B2006.023.6171.jpg
[Chilkoot Trail?]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1990.014.2018.1.277.005
85-6; Bar in Officers' Club [Two men in seating area in officers' club; Ketchikan; 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.1040
E.D. 1. Cabin, bath in extension lately added. W. Hartford, Vt. [view across yard or
orchard to house]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.Rubio R.1
(Rubio R Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.2312.9
(Alaskan Merchandisers, exterior of office, May 9, 1951) [business with loading dock area next to Alaska Railroad tracks, garage area at right, automobiles parked outside, buildings on bluff above]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.647.1
An Alaskan Malamute. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [dog on chain. neg damaged]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.35.005
14-4; Marion Johnson [woman seated in chair; window curtains at right; 1939; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.8101.jpg
[Fishing boats Glacier Bear, Miss Unalakleet, Arctic Wolf, Big Kyak]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 8000-8999
B1989.016.2141.64
D-83 [woman wearing mittens and fur parka with geometric decoration standing outdoors in winter, back to camera. same parka as in .2141.63]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.9.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.1
(1881 2-2269_48 School house of Anchorage School District built summer 1947_Mountains in background)
Keywords: school, education, anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1989.016.2080.14
(Sportscar Race, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage, 1963) [cars passing Alaska Sales and Service]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.10
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.125.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1990.014.2018.1.12.005
3-4 Street scene; rainy night [automobiles parked on street near Stedman Hotel; person on sidewalk; Ketchikan; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.679.8
#9 (Lars Nelson and his flying reindeer) [Star Airways airplane and man with reindeer at Naknek, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.3269
Northern Alaska; June 1967 [view of coastal village during breakup; sea ice, pan ice; structures and boats on shore]
Collection: B2017.024
B90.14.5.Logging.1.2.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20