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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.
B1989.016.2402
Mush On. Bragaw [sled dog team]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1973.079.86
[dog team mushing in white out conditions]
Keywords: dogs, winter, mushing, musher
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2006.023.6403.jpg
Mushing the Iditarod Trail out of Knik. Vi Redington 1953
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6403
Mushing the Iditarod Trail out of Knik. Vi Redington 1953
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2017.024.3258
[Nome, mushing, two men working with sled dog team, spectators]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3258
[Nome, mushing, two men working with sled dog team, spectators]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.644
"Mushing" along. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [dog team on trail with two sleds]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.3256
[Nome, mushing, two men hold sled dog team, "Welcome mushers" banner hung across street, spectators]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.499
"D16 First copy; Alaskan park ranger on patrol? 2 negs" [sled dog team, mushing, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.011.146
Eek on a winter day, 1949" [people on river bank , mushing teams, sled dogs on riiver in bckground; structures in left background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2015.008.747
333.10. Fred Reynolds on Nizina River. Mushing to Dawson. 8.25.16 [man carrying
backpack and rifle standing with pack dogs in riverbed, second person at far left. Original
image blurry. Proof print]
Keywords: Nizina River, rifle, dog
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2309
"Dog mushing under bridge" [Winter scene of musher with sled and six dogs posed near trestle bridge, likely Cushman Street bridge over Chena River, Fairbanks; onlookers in background; utility pole at upper left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1981.1
(Dog Races on Golf Course 1948)[Musher and dog team racing past large group of people]
Keywords: mushing, dogs, winter
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1981.2
(Dog Races on Golf Course 1948) [dogs resting on the line]
Keywords: dogs, mushing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1992
(Dog Team on the Trail) [copy print of sled dogs hitched to a sled waiting for a command]
Keywords: dogs, mushing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.003.3
13815 [dog team pulling sled up away from a cabin situated on a bay or sound with large mountains in the background]
Keywords: mushing, dogs, transportaion, winter, mountains
Collection: B2014.003
B2014.003.4
13805 (Victor Animatograph Co.)(dog and sled) [colored lantern slide showing dog team with musher and passenger in basket team stopped on trail ice flow and mountains in the background]
Keywords: mushing, dogs
Collection: B2014.003
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
B1998.014.1.722.bw
H6 Greetings from Seward, Alaska "Dog team & Seward Street" [greeting card design, photograph and artwork with dog sled team, mushing, aurora borealis, trees, street scene, automobiles, Alaska Shop, Harding's Cafe, Northern Taxi, Bobbie's Bar and Pool, Legion Taxi Cab, O'Brient's Gifts, Watsjold Market]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.001.354
{Anchorage Fur Rondezvous 4 th Ave downtown Anchorage}
Keywords: mushing, dogs, theater, tourism, anchorage, fur rondy
Collection: B2014.001
B1998.014.1.1910
T165 Winter: on 4th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska (Fur Rendezvous; Dog musher on 4th Ave) [copy neg; circa 1953; street scene: musher wearing bib 18 mushes dog team on stret; snow, water, businesses: 515 Club; Bakery; Lois Salon, Hewitt’s Drugs, Cheechako Tavern and Café; Anchorage Grill; D & D Bar & Café; Denali Theater; spectators, men, women, children watch from sidewalks; cameras, photographers along sidewalk; banner: Anchorage Fur Rendezvous All for fun; Fun for all”]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley