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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.
B1962.001A.138007
(E283)(dupe) Copper River Natives Alaska (Horse Creek Mary in the middle)
Keywords: native alaskan, portrait
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.897
[man and horse near creek, glacier in background at left, mountains in distance]
Keywords: glacier, horses
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.881
Solo Creek Flats, Alaska [man on horseback and pack horse in valley. Poor quality print]
Keywords: pack horse
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.746
333.5. Crossing Frederika Creek, Alaska. 8.24.16 [view across riverbed to men and pack
horses. Proof print]
Keywords: pack horse
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.759
338.4. Looking up Glacier Creek, tributary of Chitistone. 9.8.16 [view up riverbed, man
with horses in background, snow-covered mountains in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: creek, mountains, horses, pack horse
Collection: B2015.008
AEC.TT201
T201 Twelve Horses moving Dinky to Riley Creek Feb 17 21[horses hitched to a steam locatmotive and pulling it to Riley Creek]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2015.008.748
333.12. A Nizina River channel when [warm?] [man with horses in small creek in broad
riverbed in valley. Proof print]
Keywords: Nizina River, pack horse
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.1
M-2. Unloading horses, Ship Creek. W. F. Milliken [docks at mouth of Ship Creek, men watching horse in hoist, sailboat visible behind, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001A.138
Copper River Natives, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E283 [verso:] Horse Creek Mary (father was Russian) [studio portrait of two Ahtna men and one woman. Ahtena Indians] [Indigenous Alaskans, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Woman, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC, Russian, Horse Creek Mary, P.S. Hunt
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.39
M-24. Fording Sheep Creek. W. F. Milliken [man on horseback leading two pack horses across creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.739
331.7. Nutzotin Mts. from near Powell Creek, Alaska. 8.16.16 [three pack horses in field,
man seated at left, mountains in distance. Proof print]
Keywords: pack horse, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001A.139
Copper River Natives, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E284 [verso:] Horse Creek Mary. [studio portrait of two Ahtna men and one woman, same people as in B1962.001.138a. Ahtena Indians] [Mary's father was Russian. Indigenous Alaskans, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Woman, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Atna, BIPOC, Russian, Horse Creek Mary, P.S. Hunt
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.312
D.L.R. Camp on Hardage Creek. D. L. Reaburn [men with tents and horses in camp, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.2596
Slater's camp Fresno Creek; Hettel's [man stands outside canvas wall tent next to horse and bucket; stovepipe
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.2
M-3. Ship Creek. W. F. Milliken [docks at mouth of Ship Creek, men loading or unloading horses, small sailboat visible behind, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.761
338.7. Glacier Creek from Ericson Glacier, Chitistone R., Alaska. 9.9.16 [view down
glacial moraine to river valley, pack horse at right, man with pack horse in background at left.
Proof print]
Keywords: glacier, pack horse, river
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.275
R-33-4. Ship Creek [men and horses in yard next to log building, railroad exploration, circa 1914. cf. .280]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.269
R33-9. Chulitna and barge [riverboat pushing barge near mouth of Ship Creek, men, supplies, and horse on barge, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.27
M-28. Fording Little Susitna River. W. F. Milliken [pack train of loaded horses crossing creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.33
M-25. Pack train. W. F. Milliken [men on horseback leading group of pack horses down gravel bank of creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.37
M-30. Part of pack train. W. F. Milliken [man on horseback leading three pack horses down gravel bank of creek, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B89.11.88
1917 Panoramic Photograph of early downtown Anchorage. The photograph shows ship creek, the Chugach Mtns, homes, businesses, horse and cart, early model cars and pedestrians can be seen on the main dirt road centered in the photograph.
Keywords: Panoramic photograph; 1917; Anchorage; Chugach mountains, Ship Creek
Collection: B1989.011 Donald V_ Johnson Collection
B1990.14.7.2
1917 Panoramic Photograph of early downtown Anchorage. The photograph shows ship creek, the Chugach Mtns, homes, businesses, horse and cart, early model cars and pedestrians can be seen on the main dirt road centered in the photograph.
Keywords: panoramic; 1917, Anchorage
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.7
B1979.002.Album1.291
M-4. Ship Creek. W. F. Milliken [horses in yard next to log building and tarp-covered frames of two additional buildings, pile of timber in foreground, tall birch or cottonwood in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.280
R32-9. Party leaving Ship Creek [group of men posed in clearing, two carrying long poles, one carrying a tripod, man at left holding two horses by the reins, building frame in right background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.299
R33-3. Barnyard at Ship Creek [two men posed in center near horses tied to log fence, frame for walled tent at left, log building with tarped roof at right, tall birch or cottonwood in background, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.062a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “55” [caption:] “Union Mining Co. East Dump on Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska. May 3, ‘08” [two men and one horse at mining operation; ladders, structures, possible tailings pile, 1908 black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.062b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “55” [verso of slide] [caption:] “Union Mining Co. East Dump on Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska. May 3, ‘08” [two men and one horse at mining operation; ladders, structures, possible tailings pile, 1908 black and white image]
Collection: B2018.023