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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.
B1979.002.4912
"8/2/1919, Geo Koldee oats & wheat" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 47; two men standing in field, agriculture, structures in background and distance.]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2017.023.133
[Whitehorse, YT, Canada, barracks to right, river, mountains in background]
Collection: B2017.023
B2006.023.6915.jpg
Pana-Vue JH113G1. Eskimos of Alaska. Blanket toss.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1979.002.4914
"8/5/1919 Canadian Oats & visitors, N.C. bunch" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 48; four men standing in field, suits, neckties, hats, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2017.023.138
[Yukon River, buildings, pilings, hills, likely Whitehorse, YT, Canada]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.2018.1.4.006
Fritzie [nude child with newsppaer on floor; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1983.091.C8727.1
Kut Rate Kid Liquors; Various Wines & liquors 11-8-1971
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1979.002.4910
"7/26/1919, Rev Lumpkin, Canadian oats, auto & visitors" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 45; Reverend Hope Henry Lumpkin, Episcopal, minister, four boys near automobile, Ford, Model T, touring car, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.1754
(T76 Ellis air Lines, Ketchikan air taxi) [dock scene with automobiles, Northern Commercial Co. "Caterpillar sales, service, marine engines, electric sets, Packard gasoline marine engines," "Titan timber saws," structures]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4905
"7/11/1919, alfalfa & wheat" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 36; agricultural fields, trees in distance]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4892
(Cronin #25 )(Pete Smith vending water with steam boiler following day he picked up honey cans)( 1918){horse and carriage loaded with cargo}
Keywords: buisness, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4913
"8/2/1919, Geo Koldee oats & wheat" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 47-1/2; two men standing in field, agriculture, structures in background and distance; similar to .4912]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4906
"7/16/1919, windmill raising with tractor" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 38; agriculture, structures, ropes, clothesline in background]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4907
"7/17/1919, goats are ready for feed" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 41; man standing on platform feeding goats from square Red Crown Gasoline can, fence, fields, strawstack in distance; agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4678
[Sleeve 9; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, circa 1918; garden, vegetable, possibly cabbages, agriculture, structure, fences birch trees in background]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.2.15
Willow and people [musher and dog team stopped on trail next to two houses near beach]
Keywords: transportation, residences, houses
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.4689
"Snodgrass Kiddies & flowers 1918" [notation was struck through, however image fits caption; same caption appears for sleeve 51 which was empty; sleeve 27; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, five children posing for portrait outdoors; two boys, three girls, one posed in small wagon, flowers, farmhouse in background, family of M.D. Snodgrass]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1962.x.015.001
Cutting highway path – A wide path is cut through a grove of trees for the Alcan Highway
during the early construction days in 1942. Photo courtesy Canadian Army [same as .24]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.002
Pioneer Rd. – This photo shows the 1st rough pioneer road on the Alcan Highway during its
construction days in World War II. Later this rough road was to become a smoothly graveled
highway traveled by thousands of tourists. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.003
Engineer Construction troops couldn’t wait for bridges as they rushed work on the AK
Highway during WWII. Here trucks are shown crossing the Teslin River at Johnsons Crossing
using a pontoon ferry. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the completion of the AK Highway.
[US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.004
Mud was a major enemy during construction of the AK Highway in WWII by the U.S. Army
Engineers. Here a mired bulldozer winches itself out, as soldiers of Co. D 93rd Engineer
Regiment dig a culvert emplacement during the early construction days. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.005
Mired in the mud – Permanently frozen ground, which turned into a bottomless bog when
cleared of topsoil, presented 1 of the major problems during construction of the AK Highway
by the U.S. Army Engineers. Here one D-8 tractor is shown mired in the Alcan mud 67 miles
east of Teslin, Y.T., during the construction days. Nov. 20 is the 15th anniversary of the
completion of the 1,600 mi. long highway built by Corps of Engineers troops. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.006
Alcan bridge building – Hundreds of northern streams, many of which turned into raging
torrents in the spring, had to be crossed in building the AK Highway. Shown in the photo is a
rough-hewn bridge being put in over Goose Creek, 12 miles north of Teslin, Y.T. [US Army
photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District
B1962.x.015.008
Spring break up on the Alcan Highway during the early construction days of WWII. Mud
was one of the major enemies which had to be conquered in completing the 1,600 mile-long
highway to AK. [US Army photograph] [1942-1943]
Keywords: Alaska Highway, Canadian Army, United States Army
Collection: B1962.x_015 CIHS US Army Engineer District