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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.
B1995.014.67.4
[portrait of soldier in uniform standing outdoors, sergeant chevrons and 11th Air Force patch on sleeve, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.59.9
Mrs. Joe Jean, Mountain Village, 1935 [Native woman in fancy fur parka standing outdoors in winter. original image blurry]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.478
Dr. Ching at her favorite sport [woman standing in river, fishing]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1644.3
(Cook Inlet) [men in boat pulling dory near shore in foreground, snow-capped mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.animals.24.36470
Reindeer, rangifer tarandus [reindeer on slope]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1995.014.6.6
Sam Applebaum, trader at Russian Mission. Behind him was the new Russian Mission church, constructed from the remains of the old church, which was torn down in 1941
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.317
Clearing our driveway of snow [two-horse team pulling man on wood-blade snow plow]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.336
Winter again. Snow from roof [view across yard, snow pile against house at left]
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.67.2
[portrait of soldier in uniform standing outdoors on base, buildings in background, sergeant chevrons and 11th Air Force patch on sleeve, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.67.3
[portrait of soldier in uniform standing outdoors on base, buildings in background, sergeant chevrons and 11th Air Force patch on sleeve, Eugene Tetinek?]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.6374.jpg
[aerial view of Anchorage looking east]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1989.016.2321.7
(Boats and cabin near shore) [dory pulled onto grassy shore next to building, docks and bluff in background]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.76.6
[soldier seated at camp fire in wooded area, small tent at right]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.77.16
[scenic with tracks in snow through wooded area, mountain peak in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.008.339
Brood sows thriving with only a shed all winter [two large pigs in pen in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.111
[Indigenous Alaskan man with glasses carrying toddler on shoulders; outside midwinter; child wearing fur parka]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Glasses, Coat, Boots, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Toddler, Child, Outside, Winter, Snow, Landscape, Road
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.168
[Blurry image of young Indigenous Alaskan child waving at the viewer; buildings in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Toddler, Waving, Wave, Buildings, Structures, Church, Community, Village
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.187
[Indigenous Alaskan young people smiling and hanging out in doorway; wearing uniforms with "CAP" pins on lapel, possibly Civil Air Patrol, civilian auxiliary of U.S. Air Force. Woman in middle possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Smile, Smiling, Group, Friends, Friend, Friendship, Hanging out, Door, Entrance, Uniform, CAP, Civil Air Patrol, C.A.P., Civilian auxiliary, U.S., Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1645
Yale and Harvard Gla's, P.W. Photo D.E. Hewitt [aerial of glaciers in College Fjord, Prince William Sound]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1646
[Loussac-Sogn Building, with signs for [?] Renfrew Attorneys-at-Law, Barbera & Co. Public Accountaints, Lee L. McK[?] Orthodontist]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.105
[Two men walking near pickup truck; tall man has hand on head of shorter man who is carrying a rifle and bucket; mining equipment to right]
Collection: B1997.003
B1997.003.106
[two men standing in front of pickup truck, one man lighting cigarette for man with rifle and bucket in his hands and basket on his back; snow on ground]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.988
L126 Thompson's Pass, Richardson Hiway [Thompson Pass, view of mountains from roadway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.316
Clearing the village sidewalk, Jan. 1918 [horse pulling man on sled or snow plow down street in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.913
[Athapascan men and women on beach, tent at left, man cutting wood in foreground,
log cabin in background at right, two skillets on stacked boxes at right]
Keywords: native alaskan, cabin, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.185
[Indigenous Alaskan boy in parka standing outside house midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boy, Young man, Parka, Fur ruff, Gloves, Boots, Outerwear, Clothing, Glasses, Winter, Snow, House, Building, Oil drums, Landscape
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1826.1
(Seward Highway, winter scenes) [trees and mountains with snow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.85.10
[bird's eye view of military installation at Adak, with buildings, Quonset huts, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.85.11
[distant view of military installation at Adak, with buildings, Quonset huts, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1328
{P7 Blue fox pelts (McLean)} [man inspects pelts hanging outside beneath windows, possibly Prince William Sound (based on faded or erased notes written on neg; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.310
Potato digger at work, 1917 Sept. [distant view of farm machinery in field]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.2139.30
Sunset on Cook Inlet (Neg for cards #40)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.51.1
[military truck parked outside large log roadhouse, construction on addition at right, antlers mounted over entrance, water tower in distance, Adak?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2001.036.606
Huslia, AK, 11-82 [woman standing outside with log shed in background]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2014.012.53
[Nushagak Hospital and other buildings]
Keywords: medicine, health
Collection: B2014.012
B2022.005.112
[Indigenous Alaskan woman and child standing outside midwinter, woman with arm around boy; white truck in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Mother, Child, Boy, Son, Family, Outside, Winter, Snow, Landscape, Horizon, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Hug, Truck, Vehicle, Transportation, Road
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1361
Deserted cabin, Alaska [abandoned cabin in wooded area. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1918.12
From Anchorage, Alaska, comes a hearty Merry Christmas [Christmas card mat with sketch of Cook Inlet and photograph of person standing on mud flats of Turnagain Arm, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2084.5
(Pauline Reed wedding) [bride and groom kissing]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2092.4
Easter Greetings Alaska [greeting card mat with sketch of totem pole and photograph of roses]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1018b
[view past house to barns behind trees. Original image blurry. 3 copies]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.3443
December 1981 [Winter scene of village, with mountain and alpenglow in distance, likely on coast; Northern Alaska]
Collection: B2017.024
B1970.019.704
[Man in mountainous landscape.] 1.75 x 2.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection