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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.
B2007.005.6.B25
[native man tending to a cooking fire next to his kayak on a beach]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family
B2017.023.013
[Church of the Nativity, St Ann’s Hospital staff residence, Juneau, mountains in background]
Collection: B2017.023
B1970.019.711
L to R John Porter Frankie & Robert? Anchorage Alaska 10/17/26
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1995.014.71.6
[three soldiers sitting next to camp fire at night]
Keywords: military, camping
Collection: B1995.014
B2000.012.007
Ellen on decorated bike 1st prize Marshal's office & Jail where P O was Chief of Police Municipal Bldg 4th of July Anchorage Alaska
Collection: B2000.012
B1989.016.673
73. [Alaska Railroad train on The Loop, with Spencer Glacier in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.636
164.12. D.K. riding down gulch on top packs on snowshoe sled [Dora sitting on pack on
steep slope, rope visible on snow. Photo number lightly erased on verso]
Keywords: climbing, crevasses, mountaineering, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2577
"Kenai HIghway; snow scenes w/1937 Buick; Feb 1937" [two men stand next to automobile stopped on plowed road; snow berms; license plate number 2883(?)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1970.019.634
Anchorage, Fur Rendezvous, 1949. 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1973.079.035
[Two sled teams, one eight dog, one five dog with sleds and people.] [Tall central male looks like Lieut. A. C. Cron] [orig neg only]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.750.2
35. Spenard Lake, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop (1930) [rowboats, people on docks]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.022.933
(festivals)[people dressed in elephant costume standing infront of a building]
Keywords: costume
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.47.16
[geese on rocks along shore, logs in foreground, dock at left, mountains in distance, Adak]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.49.6
[man surveying in winter, buildings in background, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1999.014.1557
[Post Card of Trapper with furs standing in front of cabin along with his two dogs]
Keywords: dogs, cabin, camp, furs, winter, moose antlers, log cabin
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2013.070.10
Anchorage, 1953 [elephants parading down street past buildings including Union 76 gas station]
Collection: B2013.070
B1989.016.1647.12
(Merrill Field in winter) [airplane taking off from snowy runway, control tower at right]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1647.2
(Merrill Field in winter) [small airplane in snow, U.S. Civil Air Patrol tail number NC9511K, possibly Stinson Voyager]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1940.6
(Fur Rondy, 1951) [Fur Rendezvous parade float for the Northern Commercial Co., with "Malemute Emporium" with signs advertising the Trapper's Ball]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1578.3
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [man holding tray of vegetables, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.627c
154_1 resting on 70 degree slope at 10400 feet 430_12_7am 9th day [proof print 3 copies]
Keywords: glaciers, mountain climbing, mountaineer, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.16.14
[man wearing military uniform outdoors squatting behind chained dog, food bucket on ground, river in distance]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.16.15
[Alaska Native man wearing military cap and hip boots standing next to dog kennel holding chain of dog standing on top of kennel, animal pens in background]
Keywords: animals, clothing, footwear, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1132
O20 Backyard varieties of an Alaskan Sourdough (1946 postcard) [copy neg; winter scene; cache, drying salmon, bear cub on chain, dog sled; two people, parkas, fur ruff, snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1142
(O22 Snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard) [tree branches, possibly alders, covered in snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1328
{P7 Blue fox pelts (McLean)} [man inspects pelts hanging outside beneath windows, possibly Prince William Sound (based on faded or erased notes written on neg; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.332
Farmerettes harvesting corn, 1918 [George and three women standing in corn field]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.882
Solo Flats [pack train on trail in valley. Poor quality print]
Keywords: pack horse
Collection: B2015.008