To Search, simply enter a word or phrase in the search box and click on the Search button (or hit Enter).
In the search results, the search term is highlighted to indicate where the match was made.
Clicking on the thumbnail image opens a larger version of the image (zoomable), with that image being part of a slideshow of all of the images on the page.
The bookmark icon can be selected to flag the image to be included in a "bookmark" list.
The collection name is linked to a search of all of the images in that collection, and if a PDF finding aid for the collection exists, an icon is displayed that links to that file.
In the search results, the search term is highlighted to indicate where the match was made.
To view a list of collections click on the icon in the top-right of the screen:
You can search for a collection by entering text in the search field, or you can view a list of collections by year by clicking on item in the list:
Clicking on a collection name will display all of the images from that collection. The number of images in the collection is displayed in parentheses. Clicking on the icon will display the finding aid for the collection (if available):
To view a list of collections click on the icon in the top-right of the screen:
You can search for a collection by entering text in the search field, or you can view a list of collections by year by clicking on item in the list:
Images may be bookmarked to simplify finding them at a later time. To bookmark an image, click on the icon located next to the image number:
The bookmark icon will change to black to indicate that the image has been bookmarked, and the bookmark icon in the top-right of the screen will turn white, with the number of bookmarked images indicated to the left:
To view your bookmarked images, click on the white bookmark icon in the top-right of the screen with the number next to it.
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.
B1990.014.5.EQ.17.14
Anchorage Cold Storage cleanup
Keywords: damaged buildings, demolition, trucks, crane, construction
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_17
B1989.016.1986
(Anchorage Cold Storage, April 22, 1954)
Keywords: buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1128.1
[Anchorage Cold Storage Co. trucks in parking lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.697b
234.10. A cold proposition. © Dora Keen [with stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: swimming, ice berg, glacier, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.687
F16 Alaskan tuna fish in cold storage, phto by Frank Morgan "halibut in cold storage, 1949 postcard" [same as .685 except for caption, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.004.17504
River is freezing gradually solid in the cold of late November. Photographer's number: 17504
Keywords: winter, rivers
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.350.2
84. Beautiful Cold. Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [tree with hoar frost]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.07004
Trucks roll north over ice road to pipeline camps: Cold was no hinder 07004
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1998.014.1.1352
PF8 Frozen halibut in cold storage at Ketchikan, Alaska. [fish stacked from floor to ceiling.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.305
Mar. 12, ’17. “The cold weather is all over now,” we were told that day [house in snow]
Collection: B2015.008
B2019.003.110
Man on snowshoes [man wearing cold weather gear and carrying backpack stopped on winter trail]
Collection: B2019.003
B1990.014.004.08326
Eskimos dig rooms down into permafrost to make natural cold storage vaults. Photographer's number 08326
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.permafrosttunnel.large
A permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. Cold weather engineers study ice lenses.[medium format slide]
Keywords: science, research
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1983.091.S4077.168a
1963, Anuaktuvuk Pass (cold storage in permafrost?) [Robert Paneak, ice cellar, probably cleaning up for the spring]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4077.169a
1963, Anuaktuvuk Pass (cold storage in permafrost?) [Robert Paneak, ice cellar, probably cleaning up for the spring]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1984.077.15.037
The Alaska Line, Juneau Cold Storage Co. Inc. [ shoreside, pilings, ship, buildings, housees, mountains.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1128.2
[Group of six men and one women posed in front of Anchorage Cold Storage Co. trucks in parking lot]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.685
F16 Halibut in cold storage - S.E. Alaska "1949 postcard and prints" [fish stacked inside structure, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.686
F16 Alaskan Halibut in cold storage, photo by Frank Morgan "1949 postcard & print" [same as .685, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2029
T245 Spenard, Alaska [street scene with stoplight; automobiles; Piggly Wiggly store, LIquors Cold Beer; Gordon's Family Shoe Store]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2066.1
(Gottstein warehouse) [man on pallet lift amidst rows of shelving holding goods including Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Cold Water All, and Tide]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2066.4
(Gottstein warehouse) [man on pallet lift amidst rows of shelving holding goods including Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Cold Water All, and Tide]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.013
(an ice raft)(water 40 degrees air 50 degrees)(a cold proposition){ a woman and man sitting on an ice berg just offshore amongst small icebergs and glaciers in the background}
Keywords: swimming, ice bergs, mountains, glaciers, recreation
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.2018.1.162.001
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.162.002
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.162.003
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.162.004
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.162.005
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.30.003
12-2 Man with fish [man holding fish next to open door of possibly Ketchikan Cold Storage(?); person on bicycle riding away; structures; Ketchikan, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.30.003
12-2 Man with fish [man holding fish next to open door of possibly Ketchikan Cold Storage(?); person on bicycle riding away; structures; Ketchikan, likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.162.006
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut; broom(for scale); likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.225.006
70-3; Cold storage dock [barrels on dock next to wood structure; men standing in doorway and along railing; trestle bridge above dock; Sitka; August 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.015.06
This isn’t so good of me, but is of Frank & Robert. A cold wind was blowing & I show it. Just thot you could see how Robert has grown [Frank, Leada, and Robert posed outdoors next to building, early 1940s?]
Collection: B2015.015
B1998.014.1.1332
PA9 Mt Pavlov, an active volcano near Cold Bay. Puffs of smoke can be seen day or night at intervals of about five minutes. [volcano surrounded by clouds, steam; snow, mountains, water, shore in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.069b
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking northwest. Close-up of Port of Anchorage in center, Kaiser Permanente Cement tanks at left, Cold Storage and Ketchikan Spruce Mills in foreground. Has print]
Collection: B2017.007
B2018.021.421
Repairing tail wheel, Piper PA 20 N7080K, Pt. Hope, 4-1-53 [two men wearing cold weather gear fixing airplane, tail propped up on metal barrel]
Collection: B2018.021
B2022.001.148
Poster, “Wanted Wet & Cold,” undated [poster promoting Mayfield Evans participating in Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center’s fundraising dunk tank at Family Fun Fitness Fair, Fairview Lion’s Park]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Poster, Wanted Poster, Wanted Wet & Cold, Dunk tank, Promotion, Promoting, Anchorage, Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Family Fun Fitness Fair, Fariview Lion's Park
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.3.1332
From verso: Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline in process of construction; cold cuts men's efficiency by 50 - 60 per cent - this near Squirrel Creek Chugach Mts Alaska, USA; 1974/75 [palettes, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.3
B1998.014.1.869
(L69 Matanuska Valley; caption: The experimental Farm, established in 1917, is staffed by experts who work closely with world authorities in other countries on cold weather farming. PM-5) [agriculture, Palmer, view of fields, structures, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.023.411
The Cold Storage Gang: Mr. Ben Snowden, Seattle; Wally, Minn.; Tom Tucker, Kentucky; William Litzinger, Ohio; Harry Calkins, Minn. [group portrait of four soldiers posed with man in civilian clothing on beach]
Collection: B2017.023
B1998.014.1.1932
T176 Spenard road near Dead-man's Curve (Anchorage) [street scene, woman walking alongside road; snow, automobiles, businesses: Cold Beer, Millie's Pit Bar-B-Q, spenard Fuel, Grocery, Trailer Court, Dari Delite]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1286
(O85 Anchorage circus; July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus, exterior views of aerialists, trapeze artists performing; circus rings to left; bleachers, automobiles and structures in background with signs for liquor store, cold beer, possibly D & D Lounge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1296
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; human cannonball; net; musicians in right background; circus ring in foreground, business signs in background: Cold beer, Liquor store, D & D Lounge, McAllister Signs; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1998.014.1.1759
(T79 Ketchikan, alaska, steamship "Alaska" at Ketchikan) [ship at dock; men wearing caps at rail near bow, automobiles on deck, cargo gear, waterfront structures including Hotel Ingersoll, Ketchikan cold Storage, men in foreground, likely on another ship; structures, including homes, in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.025.054
[from verso] Post Card; Terminal yard Anchorage alaska, Feb. 1st, 1917; #1-2-3-4-5 Bunk houses #6 mess hall #7 stores #8 cold storage 1917 [winter scene of wood strcutures; train in center right; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1995.025
B1998.014.1.1295
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; women, elephants, and horses perform in three rings, spectators, businesses in distance: Ball Bearings Roller, The National Cash Register Co., Bigler's Vacuum Sales & Service, City Fuel; cold Beer, Liquor Store, D & D Lounge, McAllister Signs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1994.009a.35
Official photograph USAFH 4420. 3/7/62. W.A. site signs. 35R 173-03 [White Alice sign]
Keywords: Cold War, communications
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B1994.009.1428
The White Alice System. RCA. Official photograph USAFH 4420 [map]
Keywords: Cold War, communications
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1994.009.397
Aniak site #9, 9-24-56, equipment & dormitory building from Ant #3
Keywords: communications, Cold War
Collection: B1994.009 Ray