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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.
B2022.005.143
[Three women in uniforms (likely Civil Air Patrol) holding belongings outside buildings]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Uniform, Clothing, CAP, C.A.P., Civil Air Patrol, Holding, Carrying, Belongings, Books, Garment bag, Purse, Handbag, Outside, Buildings
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2006.023.6866.jpg
[Dog races, Fourth Avenue, Amchorage]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2017.007.076b
[closer view of men wearing hard hats surveying damage to 4th Avenue businesses]
Collection: B2017.007
B1990.014.004.38091
ARR Portage rail depot was wrecked earthquake of '64, sank 4 ft., loaded cars in ice. 05-10-64. Photographer's number 38091 [Alaska Railroad cars, aerial]
Keywords: transportation, earthquake, railroads
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.1127.2
[Friedman's Jewelers, exterior, night, window display, Anchorage?]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.3637
"Campbell section house, July 23, 1952; 109.3; Neg. 109-4" [railroad tracks, structure, tall grass, sign; 4x5 neg]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1983.091.S4393.420
April 20-29, 1966 (428 negs) Gambell, St. Lawrence Island (Cutting baleen.)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.004.38006
A small creek struggles to break the bonds of winter. Photographer's number: 38006 [print date Mar 92]
Keywords: ice, snow, rivers
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1983.091.C7525.13
Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long 4th Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C7525.14
Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long 4th Avenue Theater 11-21-67
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1983.091.C7525.15
(Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long; 4th Avenue Theater 9-27-67) ["refreshments," interior view of concession stand, popcorn popper, ice cream case, candy, soda fountains, cash register, Coca-Cola sign, possibly ashtrash at left, waste basket at right, stairway in right background; mirrors on far wall]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1989.016.1771.2
(Portage Glacier) [lake in foreground with snow-covered mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.785.1
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [airplane in flight, takeoff/landing]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.004.31.2
Alaska General Depot, Elmendorf Field. 2.5 x 3.5 negative
Collection: B1996.004 Merchant
B1998.014.1.1647
T37 Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage Hotel at corner of 4th Avenue and E Street; puddles on gravel streets, people, automobiles, Coca Cola delivery truck, Rexall Drugs, Beauty Salon, Kinik Arm and Kink in background, awnings, utility poles, suspended window cleaning platform]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2001
T221 Anchorage, Alaska "Air views" [aerial view looking north from Park Strip over downtown, Ship Creek, Government Hill, port, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.020.007
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.008
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.011
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.012
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.013
[Anchorage Alaska 1985; 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork, Denali, mountains, landscape]
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.014
[Anchorage Alaska 1985; 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork of flora and fauna in stairwell, bannister, floor coverings]
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.015
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.016
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.020
{Anchorage Alaska 1988}{4th Avenue Theater interior and details}
Keywords: theater, 4th Avenue, interior, Anchorage
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.021
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior taken from back of balcony; stage, curtain, artwork, lighting]
Collection: B2009.020
B2009.020.022
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork panel left of stage, relief depicting airplane, communications, dredge, logging, ship, railroad locamotive, landscapes]
Collection: B2009.020