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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.
b1969.015.1.69
[Two men shaking hands, dog.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
b1969.015.1.80
[Two men shaking hands, dog.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B2019.007.443
Nondalton, March 23, 1993 [girls basketball; girls shake hands with one-another; gymnasium; spectators; table at left]
Collection: B2019.007
B1979.002.1806
(Holing-through ceremonies on Nov. 20, 1942. Col. Otto F. Ohlson, left, shakes hands with Maj. Gen. S.B. Buckner)
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.025.323
Greeting military leaders at Elmendorf A.F.B. 1955 [Ken Hinchey standing with two men in military uniform, shaking hands with three men debarking from airplane]
Collection: B2015.025
B2022.001.038
Mayfield Evans, left, General Daniel “Chappie” James American Legion Post 34 [Mayfield Evans holding photograph and shaking hands with man at American Legion Post]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, General Daniel "Chappie" James, General Daniel James, American Legion, Post 34, Handshake, Shaking hands, Building, Room, Interior, Function, Event
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.1591.2
#5. Fairbanks-Anchorage hockey captians [sic]. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Ice hockey team captains posing, shaking hands at outdoor rink, Anchorage Aces and Fairbanks team]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1971.056.007
(From verso: "President Nixon shaking hand of Emperor Hiro Hito [Hirohito], Mrs. Nixon behind Pres., Empress on steps of plane") [Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Nagako, at Elmendorf Air Force Base]
Collection: B1971.056
B2017.029.1895
[Alaska Native man and young girl on all-terrain vehicle, girl eating apple, man shaking hands with tourist, tourists carrying cameras, Matson intermodal container and buildings in background; print date Jun 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2071.3
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [two men shaking hands in front of cartoon with text bubble "Jim, you're welcome to anything that's left," early computing]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2071.4
(IBM, 4/19/?? - appears to be celebration of arrival of first IBM salesman in the area, Jim, banquet in Anchorage Westward) [two men shaking hands in front of cartoon with text bubble "Jim, you're welcome to anything that's left," early computing]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection