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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.
B2016.019.3.20.08050.09
Summer scenic in 20 Mile Valley, Southcentral, Alaska, [Scenics - Summer], c. 1990
Keywords: summer, scenic, 20 mile valley, southcentral, alaska, Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Summer Scenics
Collection: B2016.019
B1983.091.S4176.94
Seward Highway at Portage, 20 mile river bridge?
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
AEC.G1094
A.E.C. G1094 Seward Div. Gov't Railroad View of Glacier From - Mile 46 - Oct. 20 -1918
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1970.019.329
Lester P Cooliss (sp.?) on top of mountain about 20 miles from Anchorage. June 8/24 Trip to foot hills
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
AEC.TT217
217 A.E.Com.Wagon Bridge Over Cantwell River mile 316 Feb 20-21{rail tracks in the mountains covered with snow}
Keywords: winter, rail, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.T126
T NO 126 June 27 20 Looking down stream rail crosses Nenana River mile 370.1 [rail trestle crossing the Nenana River]
Keywords: railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
AEC.G443
AEC G443 P.S.Hunt Dinkey Engine No 20 AEC RY At Potter Creek Mile 101 [Several rail workers standing next to Engine no 2 ]
Keywords: railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2019.003.118
School teacher with parka on, ready for a 20 mile trip by dog team [woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim standing with sled and dog team in harness]
Collection: B2019.003
B1970.019.546
"Fern mine is about 20 miles from Wasilla in Willow Creek district. Aug 14/25 Fern gold Mining Co. Cyanide plant on right; mill next, mine in upper left corner. Dull weather. 30 sec. 45 opening 7/18/25" [from verso] [mountains, valley, structures in center of image.]
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1962.x.015.005
Mired in the mud – Permanently frozen ground, which turned into a bottomless bog when
cleared of topsoil, presented 1 of the major problems during construction of the AK Highway
by the U.S. Army Engineers. Here one D-8 tractor is shown mired in the Alcan mud 67 miles
east of Teslin, Y.T., during the construction days. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the
completion of the 1,600 mi. long highway built by Corps of Engineers troops. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District