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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.
B2016.019.1.03a.03757
Anchorage aerials - mostly from inlet [Anchorage - Buildings - General], c. 1983
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Buildings, Skyline
Collection: B2016.019
B1989.016.1624.17
22. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand as soldiers look on, Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1982.L.St
As for all this irresponsible talk about earthquake hazard on L street let me reassure you that we have taken the most exhaustive safety precautions (1982)
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.1923
Mt. McKinley National Park and Its Relation to the Alaska Railroad, 1924 [map. 5 x 7 nitrate negative. Cracked. Discarded after scanning]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1215
Summer Sunset. Hewitt's 31 / 13. Anchorage Summer Sunset. Hewitt's Photo Shop [midnight sun over waterway with dock. Double caption. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.46
E-68 (Queen Ruthie Johnson) [woman in evening dress, cape, and tiara, holding wand, Eklutna? 1937?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2076.1
23 (Fur Rendezvous, First Day of Big Races, 1954) [musher with bib #1 driving team down Fourth Avenue past spectators and businesses including Ship Creek Market, L. W. Hines Optometrist, J. Vic Brown & Sons Jewelers, Reed's, 515 Club, Lois Beauty Salon, Pacific Northern Airlines]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1283
O82 Sourdough Express wagon spending old age growing flowers. E.L. Senft home, Seward. [wagon labeled: "Alaska Transfer; tel. main 17; coal, wood, ice" in meadow used as planter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1287
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, parade scene looking west down Fourth Avenue; automobiles; elephants walking down Fourth Avenue past businesses, spectators along street and on rooftops; signs for Fourth Ave Bldg; Piggly Wiggly grocery; Rose Florists Shop; Theresa, Alaskan Printing; Carol's Dress Shop; Alaska Fur Factory; Chevron gas station; White House; Columbia Lumber; Milke Way; Paddock Paint; Paddock Furniture; Dutch Boy Paints; B & B Liquor Store; Club 25; Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley