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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.
B1990.014.2018.1.216.004
68-3 [kid goat on straw; April 1941; likely Washington]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2007.005.6.A20
[group of men gathered in a steam vent, naked with wads of grass or straw in their mouths]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B1998.014.1.2238
1041 "fox" [fox lying on dried grass or straw; appears to be smiling; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1382
S6 Alaska grown (soldier w/turnip; 1946 postcard.) [field, straw stacks, structure in backbround.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1383
(S7 Alaska grown; 1940 soldiers & Veg) {service man poses with various vegetables in fron of straw stacks]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.011.122
"Eek 1949" [winter scene; women and children gathered at a slope as two people walk toward structures; straw appears to be piled on the snow]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2018.023.091a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [group of foxes resting on straw; structure in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
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
B2018.023.091b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: group of foxes resting on straw; structure in background; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.4947
"8/22/1919 Ballaine homestead, grains, hay & spuds" [sleeve 83; agriculture, fields, straw stacks, potatoes, trees in distance; Fairbanks area; writing on neg]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2015.008.324
Tarring sheep’s noses. George & Norman Freeman [George wearing straw hat with young man holding sheep in yard, Dora’s nephew. Cf. .326]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1380
V5 Matanuska Vegetables (S5 Alaska Grown soldier w/turnip & cabbage; 1946 postcard) [serviceman poses in field holding vegetables; straw stacks, structure in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4948
"8/22/1919 J.D. McIntyre; R Building [?] & oats in shock" [sleeve 85; straw stacks in field; fence posts; barrn, agriculture structures in background; Fairbanks area]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4951
"8/22/1919 Dr C.C.G [Charles C. Georgeson] mixing with farmers" [sleeve 88; two men standing in grain field; agriculture, straw stack. Fairbanks vicinity; similar to .4688]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4946
"8/2/1919 Rotation plats & beginning harvest" [sleeve 82; agriculture, grain fields, possibly potatoes in foreground, farmers, grain cutter, straw stacks, trees in backgrouind; Fairbanks area]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4950
"8/22/1919 J.D. McIntyre field view & Tanana Valley" [sleeve 87; two men walking in cut field, oats on right, straw stacks in distance, trees, Fairbanks vicinity]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4931
"F. Issacson wheat & oats" [Sleeve 68. does not match description in book; is actually similar to .4680, men working at threshing machine, tractor, straw stack, grain sacks; fairbanks area]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1983.091.S0171.R08
Stock 0171 - R01; no date; Eskimos, close ups (women and man ice fishing; negs marked R-71) [woman sits on straw while fishing; small fish lays against bag]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.2018.1.118.002
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.002
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.003
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.118.003
42-1 March 3-10; Plus x 40-24; Dk 20-14 min @65°; calf [actually a cow laying in straw, likely inside a barn; likely in Washington State; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1983.091.S0171.R05
Stock 0171 - R01; no date; Eskimos, close ups (women and man ice fishing; negs marked R-71) woman sitting on straw ice fishing; parka, feathers, ruff; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2015.008.345
Horse barn, showing bridge to garage. Blowing straw through ensilage blower, for bedding [man standing in hay stack next to Beulah Farm barn, with pipe leading up to second story window]
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4688
[sleeve 27; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, two men standing in grain field; one wearing overalls with had raised; one in suit and necktie; straw shock made into animal shape in field, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4908
"7/17/1919, B. goat 'let me see'" [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, sleeve 42; billy goat on hind legs looks up toward man on platform, crate; agricultureal structures in background, straw stack, trees]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4680
"The garden Sept 1, 1918" [possibly the description for .4678; sleeve 13; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, threshing, agricultural equipment, machine, tractor, steel wheels, belt-drive, straw stack, grain sacks at left]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4671
"Strawstack, back field 5/1/1918" [sleeve 2; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, two horses; one man standing on sledge holding reins; one man standing in knee-deep snow, two dogs on sledge; straw in background]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.997
Li133 Farming near Anchorage, Alaska (Peeples Farm) [fields, straw stacks, Farmall tractor, hay rake, cabbage field in foreground; structures, houses, automobiles, airplane, landing strip, trees in background; possibly Palmer area, Matanuska Valley]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4682
"9/1 cutting Canadian oats for hay. N[orth] hillside" [sleeve 17, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, circa 1918; child wearing overalls, straw hat operates equipment, reins, two horses, harnesses, yoke, pull equipmnet, field, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.4926b
8/8/1919 C. Slater Ranch. GOA [unsure of abbreviation] wheat & grain hay under cultivation" [sleeve 63; farmer with two horses, bridle, harnesses, farm implement, hay, straw stacks, field, fence in background, agriculture; tress in distance, Fairbanks area]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2009.020.023
[Anchorage Alaska 1988 (possibly 1985); 4th Avenue Theatre interior, artwork panel right of stage, relief depicting airplane, mountains, city, mushing, dog team, spruce trees, cold panning, scenery, hydroelectric power station, river boat, straw stacks]
Collection: B2009.020
B1979.002.4685
"Exp. Sta. Romanow Spr [spring] wheat 1918 [sleeve 21, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, man wearing suitcoat, necktietie, straw hat, standing in field of wheat, barn, sign reading “U.S. Agricultural experiment station” at gate, man in distance to right of barn, fence]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC