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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.
B1989.016.1597
[bird's eye view of Alaska Railroad headquarters and depot under construction at Anchorage, with rail yards and Government Hill in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1598.1
[airplanes on the ground in winter at Merrill Field, including Al Jones Airways and Lavery Airways, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.156.001
51-3; ramshakle house at Saxman; yellow filter [view of wood structure with collapsing porch and roof; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1596.2
4th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [Anchorage street scene, Fourth Avenue looking east, with automobiles and businesses including Carol's, Sunshine Market, Alaskan Publishing Co. Printers, Rose Florist's Shop, Piggly Wiggly, The Club, Tom's Radio Service, OK Cleaners, New Method Cleaners, South Seas Club, Alaskan Surplus, 4th Avenue Theater. circa 1930s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1598.2
[Merrill Field, with Pacific Airmotive hangar and numerous airplanes on the ground, including General Air Cargo NC41748 and airplane with tail number NC224]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.012.17
[dog team stopped in front of buildings, three men sitting on sled, man standing in doorway above, under sign reading "General Merchandise, Furs, A.H. Mittendorff"]
Keywords: transportation, animals, businesses
Collection: B2014.012
B1998.014.1.696
F20 Processing halibut in S.E. Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan "fish" [copy neg, same as .695]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2154.2
Mountain sheep, McKinley Pk. Alaska. Fritschen [sheep on hillside in Mount McKinley National Park]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1662
(Merrill Field) [distant view of airfield with control tower, airplanes parked outside hangars including Pacific Northern Airlines, Jack Carr Service, and Alaska Airlines, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1345
PF2 A Bristol Bay fisherman enroute to his fishing grounds. H.H. Hilscher photo. [sailboat, "29 A&P"on hull of boat]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.012.23
APPA Cannery, Aug. 10, 1910, Snag Point, Alaska, [view down dock to building complex]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B1989.016.1882.10
(Bristol Bay fishing) [men lowering Libby, McNeill, & Libby boat 72 from dock into bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.684
F15 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan, "Unloading herring, 1949 postcard" [same as .681, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley