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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.
B1979.002.5557
(River Boat Nenana)(machinery)( boiler engines of the Steamer Nenana 1957)
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.5558
(River Boat Nenana)(machinery)( boiler engines of the Steamer Nenana 1957)
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2019.003.091
River steamer at Nenana [view across Alaska Railroad dock to paddle steamer and barge, man sitting on dock in foreground]
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.004.10644
Old River Steamer Alice near Ruby 1943 Yukon River Upstream Barge of Freight
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.04829
1943 Steamer Alice upstream Yukon River at mining camp Ruby. Historical
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2017.030.38
[rear view of paddle steamer under way on river, settlement in background left]
Collection: B2017.030
B1979.002.1307
(Cronin #11 Steamer Matanuska from Susitna operating on Tanana River during construction of Tanana River bridge at Nenana)(1922)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.1269
(O74 Whitehorse, River boat Keno) [sternwheel paddle steamer at dock, likely on Yukon River, supplies, people at lower right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.35352
Steamer Yukon at Tanana Village on Yukon River in 1943. Is now decommissioned and on display at Fairbanks Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2000.014.249
(249)( Louden from Steamer Sarah, July 2 1914)[ small community along a the banks of a river]
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
AEC.G644
Steamer Omineca and a smaller river boat tied up to a barge at Kroto Landing on the Susitna River. Several walled tents and sand bags are visible in the photograph as well.
Keywords: river, tents, barge, boat, river steamer, sandbags, american flag
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.4885
(Cronin #13 White Pass steamer "Reliance" tied up on skids where Tanana River Bridge is now)(1920)
Keywords: shipping, steamer, winter, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
AEC.G642
Photograph taken from the deck of an unknown river steamer of AEC's Kroto Landing on the Susitna River. The landing is a small spit of land which has a collection of 6 walled tents and a barge which also has a walled tent set up on it's deck.
Keywords: river, tents, barge, outpost
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1964.001.64
Steamer “Casca.” B.N. Co. No. 10 [Photographic postcard. Passengers lining decks of steamboat Casca on Yukon River]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1995.014.114.4
Steamer Nenana [three people sitting on boardwalk near Yukon River watching passing sternwheeler and barge, Russian Mission]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
AEC.G640
A photograph made from the upper deck of an unknown river steam boat [possibly Steamer Omineca based on image plate AEC_G644] looking downstream towards the outpost town of Susitna Station.
Keywords: river, boat, buildings
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2013.007.048
[bicycle race in river town; steamer visible at anchor on left, viewing stands for spectators set up between two buildings]
Collection: B2013.007
B1995.014.56.3
The Yukon at Fort Yukon. Steamer Yukon, owned by the White Pass Railroad, went from Dawson to Nenana [sternwheeler on Yukon River, buildings on shore
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1965.018.046
Indian boys at Circle City, Alaska, catching crackers and cakes tossed to them by passengers on steamer JP Light. "4x5 copy neg" [children, man, dogs near river bank, buildings in background]
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1965.018.026
Indian at Circle City Alaska June 1901, "Yukon River pilot Sam on our steamer JP Light between Circle City and Ft Yukon, 6/21/01" [from verso]. {man wearing hat, smoking pipe, carrying bucket, unknown objects; fence and structure in background]
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton