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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.
B2015.008.574
George & Dora, with pet lambs [George and Dora sitting in pasture with sheep]
Collection: B2015.008
B1970.019.634
Anchorage, Fur Rendezvous, 1949. 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2001.027.013
Canneries. Seward, Alaska - U.S. T. Henderson - Destroyers - President Harding - Party Aboard Aug. 1923.
Collection: B2001.027 Arlene Mitchell Collection
B2019.019.IB10-7
Barrow [Utqiaġvik], 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Barrow, Utqiaġvik, Utqiagvik
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B1964.001.634
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Green, Broad Pass.[Mr. and Mrs. William Greene standing in front of telegraph office at Broad Pass. Mrs. Greene was the only female telegraph operator in Alaska at the time. Photo was taken just after President Harding's death (note the flag at half mast). Signson building read: "American Railway Express" and "Telegraph -Telephone." 1923.]
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1973.079.57b
[Chilkoot Barracks at Fort Seward, Haines, Alaska 1906]
Keywords: military, fort
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.61
[view from water of military post Fort Liscum at Valdez]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.290.12
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [cache]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.290.13
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [cache]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.290.2
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [roadhouse]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.195
Scn, Portage Glacier. [icebergs, lake, mountains]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1990.014.5.Scn.1.196
Scn; Glacial lake, Portage. [icebergs, mountain]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.1844
{T129 Fairbanks (at 2nd & Cushman)} [actually 4th & Cushman; similar to .1822]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.290.1
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [cabin and cache]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.290.10
Valdez Highway scenes, log buildings [church, flagpole, buildings]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.185
B9 Palmer church "Church in Matanuska Valley" [1946 log structure]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1850
(T131 Valdez) [structure with bell tower and flat roof, possible concrete foundation, stairway with railing; flag pole at left; small structure at right with peaked roof, stairway; imaged taken from gravel road; foliage includes garsses, cow parsnip]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1851
(T132 Valdez, Dock Street) [Street scene, gravel, puddles, businesses: Valdez Drug Co. Curios, Gilson’s Canteen Bar, Pinzon Bar, Burch’s Fountain Postcards Magazines; automobiles, trucks, men on boardwalks, woman walking, dog at right on boardwalk]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1852
(T132 Valdez, Dock Street) [Street scene; semitruck turning at intersection next to Pinzon’s Bar; gravel; automobiles, trucks, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2000.012.007
Ellen on decorated bike 1st prize Marshal's office & Jail where P O was Chief of Police Municipal Bldg 4th of July Anchorage Alaska
Collection: B2000.012
B2016.019.1.06b.05617.16
Faith Baptist Church exteriors [Chruches - General], 2007
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Churches, Faith Baptist Church
Collection: B2016.019
B1973.079.58
[Ft Liscom 1906 across from Valdez a busy dock scene with people engaged in daily activities amongst packing crates, cartes and horses]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1987.056.226
Klondikers crossing Lake Bennett, scene from the M.G.M. picture "The Trail of '98". H.W. Steward
Keywords: Hollywood, movies, tourism
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1989.016.562
A-60. Wrangel, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [waterfront of Wrangell]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.135
A53 reindeer roundup, 1948 [corral] "photo by Gyuriak"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.186
B10 Fairbanks, U-A Adm Bldg. "Administration buliding University of Alaska"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.844b
[bird’s eye view of climbers descending ridge, two men at left, one climber further
down ridge, dogs waiting at right, glacier valley below]
Keywords: mountaineering, mountains, glacier, crevasse, climbing, climbers, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.905b
[bird’s eye view of town along railroad, tracks in foreground, water tank and railroad
station at left, with wood-sided buildings, walled tents and log cabins, Chitina? 3 copies]
Keywords: railroad, cabins, mountain, town
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001.2279
Midnight Ball Game at Valdez. Along old railroad grade
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1973.079.6
[Woman dressed in fur parkas walking past Russian Orthodox church at St. Michael in winter 1907-1908]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection