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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.
B2017.007.092
[looking east up possibly 8th Avenue near O Street past houses, with downed tower of Four Seasons Apartments at right, hospital in background]
Collection: B2017.007
B1984.077.22.013
NCCO, post office, W.A. Coghill General outfitters, Nenana Liquor, Fowlers [Nenana street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, boardwalks]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.2143.24
37. Corner monument, Palmer townsite. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [four-legged tripod of logs set up over hole in ground]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2026
[scenic of village in winter, small pile of wood in foreground, Unalakleet?]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.2018.1.228.003
71-2 Ellis Island [wood structure near rocky shore with sign reading "Ellis Island," bicycle in right foreground; near Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2307.5
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street at night, looking southwest, with signs for businesses including Rexall Drugs and 4th Avenue Theater]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.5
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane in flight]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1108.2
P-3. Hewitt's (Buildings in early Palmer) [automobiles and buildings with mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.836
P-391. 8/31/36. Hewitt's Photo Shop [homestead with hay field in foreground, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.22.032
California Bar Beer Wine, Curios [street scene, buildings, automobiles, bridge in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1087.1
M-17. The Matanuska Valley Fair. Hewitt's Photo Shop (1937) [floral display, with wall signs reading No Smoking Allowed and Children Must Be Quiet and Remain Seated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.98
52. Bear Creek flats [flats at base of mountain, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.1084.8
P-237. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [men carrying American flag and wearing pith helmets marked "Palmer CVFD" in procession down street]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.358
B79 Public School, Valdez, Alaska [structure with bell tower in back, folliage, roadside]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.084b
[pile of debris from demolished building, single story building at right]
Collection: B2017.007
B1979.002.Album1.249
Mr. Wm. C. Edes, chairman Alaskan Eng. Com., [transferring?] from S. S. Mariposa to U. S. Explorer. P. S. Hunt J1891 [three men climbing rope ladder from small boat to larger boat, April 1914?]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.25
R32-3. Headquarters Office [two- and one-story buildings, man sitting on stump in foreground, tent at far left, Ship Creek? railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Anchorage
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.107
Native food cache, summer 1946. Photo by Eve Hamilton.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1578.3
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [man holding tray of vegetables, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1881
Whitehorse, YT, Canada (T145 aerial) [copy neg, view looking south; Yukon River at left, landing strip, airport at right, structures, AlCan Highway beyone landing strip; winter, mounains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1576.1
F.S. [bird's eye view of Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot from across Susitna River, showing pedestrian bridge, Curry buildings, and walled tents]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1741
Mt. McKinley, el. 20,300 ft., from Anchorage, Alaska, 152 miles. Bragaw's [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.823.1
P-330. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [men working on floor joists for large structure]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.924
P-536. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading & Sorting Potatoes) [two men sorting potatoes on conveyor belt next to barn]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.991
M-13. Matanuska Valley Fair, 1937. Hewitt's Photo Shop [visitors browsing arts and crafts displays]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.50.6
[soldier carrying pack and rifle standing in field, mountains in distance, Adak]
Keywords: arms, clothing, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.788
L28 Along an Alaskan highway "1946 postcard" [actually this is not a highway; Chugach Mountains east of Anchorage including Near Point, Wolverine Peak in background; birch and spruce in midground; automobile tire tracks in snow, in East Anchorage or possibly Fort Richardson army base; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1108.18
P-87. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [log and wood frame home under construction, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.929
P-542. Queen of Palmer Day, Palmer, Alaska, 5/15/37. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Queen and court on patio area with other children, outside school building?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.823.2
P-331. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [large wood frame building under construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.823.3
P-332. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [large wood frame building under construction, with pickup truck and crewmen]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.923
P-535. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Grading & Sorting Potatoes) [four men next to building with sacks and crates]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.27
50. Express Office, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Alaska [repurposed rail car set next to Alaska Railroad tracks at Palmer, with sign "Railway Express Agency"]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1687
T53 Artic [sic, Arctic] beach at Kotzebue, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcard) [copy neg, same as .1686]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1828
Wasila Lake. Hewitt's [small boat on Wasilla Lake, foliage in foreground. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2142.10
P-538C, 9/22/36 (Mr. Jacobs) [portrait of man, Matanuska Colony?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.25
47. Beginning construction trading center, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [view of building construction site with foundation frame and stacked lumber, Alaska Railroad tracks at left, mountains in distance, Matanuska Colony]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection