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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.
B2022.005.224
[Obscured image of person outside; building nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Outside, Building, Window, House, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.5.001
Fairbanks [street scene, Thrifty Market, pedestrian talking with person in pickup truck, person crossing street, telegraph? lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.10.021
[Steam boiler, buildings and person in background, sidewalk? in foreground.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2006.023.6602.jpg
[Person holding flyer for 1956 Nome to Hastings race]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6602
[Person holding flyer for 1956 Nome to Hastings race]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2015.008.784
T8 [person standing on large iceberg, possibly Dora]
Keywords: icebergs, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.017.189
[scenic of river, boat in foreground, person standing in background]
Collection: B2017.017
B2022.005.156
[Person in parka outside midwinter; people and buildings in background]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Winter, Snow, People, Outside, Buildings, Structures, Community
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.241
[Person riding bicycle on dirt road past buildings]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Bicycle, Bike, Riding, Transportation, Road, Dirt road, Buildings, Structures, Houses, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.17.019
[person dressing? long underwear, bed, window, blurry image.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2008.013.105
[person standing on beach in front of village. original image blurry]
Collection: B2008.013
B2015.008.285
[view across clearing to brick house, person standing on path at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.613
(1238){a single person walking on the glacier below Mt Blackburn}
Keywords: Mt Blackburn, mountains, glacier, mountaineer
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.67
[Person in parka at distance standing on broken up ice floes]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Parka, Outerwear, Clothing, Winter, Snow, Ice, Ice floes, Floes, Broken up, Break up, Distance, Landscape, Horizon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.100
[unidentified person standing on wrecked boat dock other structures in background][negative faded]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2022.005.11
[Indigenous person in elaborate fur parka with geometric trim, likely reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Geometric trim, Elaborate, Patterned, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.164
[Person in winter parka hanging (possibly seal) pelt over railing]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur ruff, Winter, Snow, Outside, Pelt, Seal, Pinniped, Rail, Railing
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.172
[Blurry partial image of Indigenous Alaskan woman; person and building in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Blurry, Person, Landscape, Horizon, Building, Structure
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.380
B94 Seward Police & fire hall [person walking, bell, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.410
B118 Buckner Building, Whittier, Alaska [person walking (blurred0, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.1376
Diomede, Feb 1962 [person wearing red parka with fur ruff, eyeglasses]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.029.2580
Snowmobile [person racing Arctic Cat snowmachine; print date Feb 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.155
[Person appears to be processing seal skin and meat; outboard motor and buckets nearby]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Processing, Food, Subsistence, Seal, Skin, Meat, Harvest, Outboard, Motor, Buckets, Knife, Boots, Coat, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Tools
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1984.077.20.026
[bear on chain, photographer in left of frame, person holds hand above bear's nose]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.715
F29 Flying fish in Alaskan waters [person holding fish, decking, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.013A.s10.020
[from verso] "Jimmy John" [baby is held up by person on edge of image; bookcases in background]
Collection: B2000.013A
B2017.029.2578
Snowmobile [person racing Mercury Trail Twister snowmachine; print date Feb 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B1984.077.18.010
[Man sitting in deck chair, hat on foot, partial person to left of image, also in deck chair.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.4.007
[fences, cabins, metal wash tub, forearms and hands of person, possibly holding small camera?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1985.027.2683
tourism - musk oxen [four musk oxen, one person on snowmachine, travel acress the snow]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.1274
Mission at Chevak, Alaska. Hewitt's, 44 [person outside mission building in winter. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2298.2
(Chitina, store, interior) [person standing inside general store, with counter and shelves full of goods]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.3.004
Fritzie [child standing near fireplace; bubbles in air; right foot of person at right; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.3.004
Fritzie [child standing near fireplace; bubbles in air; right foot of person at right; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.678a
226.12 [arrow] [view from grassy slope with wild flowers across glacier, person
walking on glacier in distance]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.678b
226.12 [arrow] [view from grassy slope with wild flowers across glacier, person
walking on glacier in distance]
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, glacier, mountaineering, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.96
[View from inside home looking through open doorway; person wearing parka at distance in snow]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Home, Interior, View, Outside, Winter, Snow, Person, Kuspuk
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1963.X.11.42
(people)(4x5 neg available copy provided Baker and Baker films 10/75)[A person painting the side of a cabin]
Keywords: postcard, cabin
Collection: B1963.x_011 CIHS Reeve
B1990.014.2018.1.60.001
23-2 Roofs of houses, 8/13 [1939, likely Ketchikan; person walking up stairs at far right]]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.60.001
23-2 Roofs of houses, 8/13 [1939, likely Ketchikan; person walking up stairs at far right]]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.378
Picking up potatoes, Sept. 1920 [person bending over rows in field. Original image blurry]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.401
Dumping a swarm into a new hive [person wearing beekeeper veil kneeling down to empty net into box]
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.023.116
[person laying in bottom of wooden boat, two people reclining on rock in midground, water, snow in distance]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.2288
Kotzebue, June 1967 person on shore looking through binoculars toward sea; ice and water in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1984.077.16.020
[Exterior, man in kuspuk standing amid tall plants, flowers, fireweed, building in background, person in left foreground]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.3032
[person wearing rain gear standing in front of log building with sign “Roadhouse Wines Liquors & Cigars”]
Collection: B1995.010