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Images may be bookmarked to simplify finding them at a later time. To bookmark an image, click on the icon located next to the image number:
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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.
B2014.016.2009
Upper Talarik. Pete, Aleut Native who lives alone [portrait of Alaska Native man wearing plaid shirt, suspenders, and driving cap, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.016
B1989.016.2321.1
(Boats in water near cannery) [small vessels including the Putter at dock in small boat harbor, houses and town buildings on bluff in background]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2321.10
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Boats in water near cannery) [steamship at dock near building, two people walking on breakwater, bluff in background. modern copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2320
[bird's eye view of the Alaska Railroad Headquarters and depot at Anchorage, looking northwest to Chugach Mountains, automobiles parked in lot near station]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.232
Wild currants picked by Colonists in Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, P-294.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.073a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print: “Copper mine on Latouche Island, in Prince William Sound, where a mountain of low grade ore is being worked by the Guggenheims.” View of shoreline with piers, structures, skiff in foreground; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.073b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print: “Copper mine on Latouche Island, in Prince William Sound, where a mountain of low grade ore is being worked by the Guggenheims.” verso of slide: View of shoreline with piers, structures, skiff in foreground; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1368
(PT4 Ketchikan) [aerial view of Ketchikan looking northwest, harbor, sea wall, boats, ship, logs in water, structures, creek, canneries]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley