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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.
B2022.005.226
[Small group of people in uniforms (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) standing next to a vehicle; near a building and raised oil drums]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Group, People, Man, Women, Uniforms, Vehicle, Building, Oil drums, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P., USAF, U.S.A.F., US, Air Force, Clothing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1997.003.124
[two women sit on rear bumper of an automobile; one holding a bottle and wearing a novelty pattern skirt or dress; the other wearing a dress and saddle shoes; interior wall in background, possibly inside a shed with dirt floor]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.088
[man wearing cap, holding handgun in front of building, possibly hangar from image .91, looks at camera]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.127
[two women stand behind an automobile; hills and valley in background]
Collection: B1997.003
B2014.012.35
[cannery boat ramps as seen from water line, barge dry-docked at center, church on bluff above, Nushagak]
Keywords: churches, religion, fishing, boats
Collection: B2014.012
B1995.014.114.10
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.126
[view of ground taken from airplane; portion of plan appears in image]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.2051
"V3 Matanuska Valley; Harvest Time (haying) 1946 postcard" [copy neg; same as .2050]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2052
V4 Matanuska Valley "Northern grain; 1946 postcard" [man in grain field inspects the grain]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.215.002
68-2 [Cows on slope; pond in foreground; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.114.1
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.4.15
Patsy Serguei [sic] from Marshall Landing [Alaska Native man wearing corduroy shirt and brimmed hat holding money, river in background]
Keywords: clothing, economy
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.2
[soldier posed with snow gauge in field in summer, mountain in background, Adak?]
Keywords: military, winter
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.96.15
[trommel wash plant being assembled in gravel pit at mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.107.9
[two-story log cabin and outbuilding in winter, shoulder of road in foreground]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.115.6
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.51
Photo by C.P. Boyne, Unalaska, Alaska [young Alaska Native boy wearing striped parka with fir trim posed outdoors in winter, large wooden building in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1990.014.2018.1.103.005
38-1 Feb. 1940; plusx 40-24; Dev in Dk20 [detail of ice, likely on Lake; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.103.005
38-1 Feb. 1940; plusx 40-24; Dev in Dk20 [detail of ice, likely on Lake; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.007.80
[large group of men, women, and children on steps of church building, some wearing traditional clothing and some wearing Western style clothing. Cf. .76]
Keywords: religion
Collection: B2015.007
B2018.023.007b
verso of slide: Loman Bros. S.S. Corwin in the Arctic Ice Pack [label] “13”
Collection: B2018.023
B2022.001.149
Letter to Mayfield Evans from Richard B. Wells, President, Automated Laundry Systems & Supply, November 15, 1996
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Letter, RIchard B. Wells, Richard Wells, Automated Laundry Systems & Supply, Community, Gratitude, Thank you, Thanks, Award ceremony, Award
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1995.014.114.11
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.114.12
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2504
"Construction; April 1963 (new snow)" [earthmover; dragline excavator; possible pond in right foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.162
[Alaska Native man posed outdoors in winter with two wooden chairs, wood-sided building in background]
Collection: B2015.007
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
B2015.007.152
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background. Man on right same as man on right in.112]
Keywords: clothing, photography, cameras
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.005
A2 American Bauld [sic] eagle 1946 [man holding bald eagle spread wing; rope around leg, pier, water, mountain in backgound same as .004]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4684
"Tractor plowing, 1918 summer fallow" [sleeve 19, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, man driving tracgtor, child standing atop plow, child walking in field to right, headnets, hats, field, fence, possibly gas can in center foreground, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.2018.1.70.001
26-3; Doug [man posing wearing suit coat, tie, knit vest, and fedora; interior view; possibly Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.70.001
26-3; Doug [man posing wearing suit coat, tie, knit vest, and fedora; interior view; possibly Ketchikan 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.4.16
Patsy Serguei [sic] from Marshall Landing [Alaska Native man wearing corduroy shirt and brimmed hat, river in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
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
B1979.002.4949
"8/22/1919 J.D. McIntyre oat field, wheat & barley in backg." [Sleeve 86; agriculture, field, straw stacks, trees in distance, Fairbanks vicinity]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.706
237.10 [view down shoreline to Vassar and Bryn Mawr Glaciers, small pine tree and low
brush in foreground. Cf. .47]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord
Collection: B2015.008