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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
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.
B1972.088.34
(Anchorage 1915 Tent City Auction)
Keywords: public auction, land sale, people, auctioneer
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1972.088.34
(Anchorage 1915 Tent City Auction)
Keywords: public auction, land sale, people, auctioneer
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1989.016.1229.2
An historic auction. Laurence [Anchorage town lot auction. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.19.182
(People Rondy Fur Auction Rondy)
Keywords: FurRondy
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1983.146.005
Auction Sale of lots in new townsite of Anchorage, Alaska 1915
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1990.014.5.People.10.1
"Festivals; 1944 Auction, City Hall lawn, Anchorage" [Federal building in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People
B1967.019.23I
Anchorage - 1915, Tent City - Auction The First Lot Sale in Anchorage, Alaska 1915 WLB
Collection: B1967.019 CIHS Isaacs
B1993.020.368
Fur auctions, Rendezvous, 1956 [pelts with handwritten sign: Guaranteed as Advertised, Swifty’s Club 13]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1989.016.1229.3
Anchorage, Aug. 14th, 1915. Laurence [bird's eye view of Anchorage town lot auction, with lumber pile, tents, and wood frame buildings]
Keywords: tent city
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.G7
AEC G7 P.S.Hunt Mr A Christensen Selling Town lots at Matanuska Junction,Alaska July 26,16 [large group of men standing around auction block in a field]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1995.014.54.11
Bill O'Brien, trapper, Fort Yukon, 1934 [portrait of man wearing broad-brimmed hat and suspenders, standing outside at town auction next to woman wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014