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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.
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B1994.022.936
(sailing ships)[large 4 masted sailing ship at anchor]
Keywords: transportation, shipping
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1970.028.304
[Whaling boats sailing on the horizon]
Keywords: transportation, hunting, subsistence
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1989.016.791.1
[Fishing boats with sails, Bristol Bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.791.2
[Fishing boats with sails, Bristol Bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.023.242
(sailing ship)(from envelope River w large bridge)[4 master sailing ship moored at dock]
Keywords: ship, sailing, transportation, shipping, port
Collection: B2014.023
B2014.012.56
[dory with sails unfurled. original negative damaged]
Keywords: boats, fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B1989.016.791.6
[Fishing boats with sails, approaching barges, Bristol Bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.791.3
[Fishing boats with sails, grouped near barge, Bristol Bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.791.4
[Fishing boats with sails, grouped near barge, Bristol Bay]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.012.58
[fisherman in boat, holding sail line. original image blurry]
Keywords: boats, fishing
Collection: B2014.012
B2014.012.88
[fisherman in boat, holding sail line. original image blurry]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2014.012
B2015.007.145
[sailing ship Good Hope at anchor, American flag on stern]
Keywords: transportation, boats
Collection: B2015.007
B1973.079.142
[unknown mountainous coastline as seen from the rail of another vessel sailing offshore]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.143
[unknown mountainous coastline as seen from the rail of another vessel sailing offshore]
Keywords: ships, shipping, port, sailing, transportation
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.105.002
38-3 [Ketchikan; February 1940; sailing ship reflection on water]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.105.002
38-3 [Ketchikan; February 1940; sailing ship reflection on water]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1973.079.140
[unknown mountainous and rocky coastline as seen from the rail of a vessel sailing offshore][negative cracked]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.141
[unknown mountainous and rocky coastline as seen from the rail of a vessel sailing offshore][negative cracked]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2013.059.008
Canneries. Bering Sea. [Diamond M boat under sail, with bluff in distance]
Collection: B2013.059
B2014.012.38
Str. Nushagak, Nushagak, Alaska, 1910 [fishing boat and sailing ships on bay]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.2018.1.105.001
38-3 [Ketchikan; February 1940; sailing ship reflection on water, bird in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.105.001
38-3 [Ketchikan; February 1940; sailing ship reflection on water, bird in flight]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.260
[two white men on a makeshift raft with a sail floating on water. Trees and mountains in the background]
Keywords: Alaska, raft, mountains
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1983.091.S4393.192
Gambell, St. Lawrence Island trip: the whale hunt....(Umiak with sail.) April 20-29, 1966
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2014.012.43
Str. Nushagak, Nushagak, Alaska [fishing boat and sailing ships on bay, low bluff at left]
Keywords: boats, transportation
Collection: B2014.012
B1989.016.2182.10
[woman in fur bikini and mukluks standing near sail on U.S. Air Force boat A-1-31]
Keywords: military, clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2182.8
[woman in fur bikini standing near sail on U.S. Air Force boat marked A-1-31]
Keywords: military, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2182.9
[woman in fur bikini and mukluks standing near sail on U.S. Air Force boat A-1-31]
Keywords: military, clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2182.11
[woman in fur bikini and mukluks seated near sail on U.S. Air Force boat marked A-1-31]
Keywords: military, clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2197.16
Among the ice floes, Bering Sea. c. Lomen Bros. Nome #1004 [umiak under sail. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2199.2
The Storm. Lomen Bros. Nome, Alaska. #73 [Small sail boat, caught in waves breaking along the shore. copy neg]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2199.4
[Small sail boat, caught in waves breaking along the shore. Possibly same vessel as in Lomen Bros. #73. copy neg]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.1984.09.22
©1984 Saturday Sept. 22, 1984 [USSR/US border on map of Bering Sea, with sailing ship on American side, dragon on Soviet side]
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.2058.42
Alaska, Season's Greetings (Christmas Cards 1939) [Christmas card mat with sketch of mountains and pinecones, with painting of boat under sail at sea. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2144.12
#38, 2153. Fifty Mile River. Copyright 1898 (Old Klondike) [several boats of various types sailing on river. copy neg printed backwards]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.236
Knik, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1822 [two-masted sailing ship docked at Knik pier, with four men on dock, barrel at left, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.2058.1
Holiday Greetings (Christmas Cards 1936-37) [Christmas card mat with sketch of skier under Northern Lights, with painting of Native boat under sail in sea. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2058.39
Alaska, Holiday Greetings (Christmas Cards 1939) [Christmas card mat with sketch of Alaska Native mother carrying baby, with painting of boat under sail at sea. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.191
S. S. Alameda and S. S. Dora at wharf, Cordova, Alaska. P. S. Hunt J1892 [two sailing ships and one smaller vessel at Cordova docks, buildings at right, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, ships
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.112a
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [men in boat with white flag and red crescent sail near shore; oars; men at shore with motorboat; beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.112b
W.C. Ives; 200 E. 23rd St; New York City [verso of slide: men in boat with white flag and red crescent sail near shore; oars; men at shore with motorboat; beach; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.627
E46 Diomede Island kitchen, Frank Morgan photo, [woman wearing floral dress working, plates, cooking pans, wood shelves, tea kettle, Hills Brothers can, Carnation can, mixing bowls, bucket, picture of sailing ship on wall, copy neg is deteriorating]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.014.49
[white man wearing denim jeans, plaid shirt and knife in holster on belt standing on gravel beach, young Alaska Native boys standing on bow of sailing ship at right, other Alaska Natives standing and sitting on beach, several erecting tent next to umiak in background, dogs lying at left]
Keywords: boats, transportation, residences, camps
Collection: B2015.014
B1990.014.2018.1.189.002
62-1 Feb. 1941; Plus X 14 min @ 70° grainy as hell [street scene with man on sidewalk; Sail Makers, Dr G.E. Dickinson, Physician and Surgeon; Fresh Fish all year around; 10 Minute Parking on this Block; Stop sign on street; wood stairway at right; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018