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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.
B1979.001.081
Photo by Sydney Laurence of a waterfront scene summer of 1915 {stern wheeler beached at dock during low tide}
Keywords: stern wheeler, dock, ship creek, Cook Inlet
Collection: B1979.001
B1981.145.82a
A-576 SSYukon Veteran River Sternwheeler, Nenana {Stern wheeler moored at the dock}
Keywords: transportation, shipping
Collection: B1981.145
B1973.079.128
[stern wheeler on dry dock with motor launch in water at St. Michael's several buildings on shore][negative in poor condition]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2018.023.078a
[steamships the Dawson and the White Horse docked on a river, likely the Yukon River; people on decks and moving freight; stern wheelers; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
AEC.L17
The Sydney Laurence C, Anchorage Alaska, Stern Wheeler "Matanuska", AEC Sept 28th no17( written on back of the photo "Matanuska" landing, Matanuska River 1915)[Stern wheeler offloading or loading horses and equipment on river bank]
Keywords: transportation, boat
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B2018.023.078b
[verso of slide: steamships the Dawson and the White Horse docked on a river, likely the Yukon River; people on decks and moving freight; stern wheelers; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.6501
(River Boat Nenana)(sternwheeler Yukon in the background in the silt at Nenana)(Barry K is in the foreground)(Oct 1 1949){two stern wheelers resting on dry rivers edge with bridge in foreground}
Keywords: shipping, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2018.023.082a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [stern wheeler steamboat Scotia, with people standing at the bow; mountains, glacier in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.082b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: stern wheeler steamboat Scotia, with people standing at the bow; mountains, glacier in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023