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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.
B1984.077.14.032
[Fairbanks street scene rooftops, automobiles, storefronts, houses, utility lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.14.034
[Fairbanks street scene rooftops, automobiles, storefronts, houses, utility lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.14.035
[Fairbanks street scene rooftops, automobiles, storefronts, houses, utility lines]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.11.017
Ketchikan? [Street scene, people, anutomobiles, storefronts, utility poles, clock, "Ryus Drugs & Jewelry"]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.1780
(T96 Cordova, Main St; 1948) [street scene, people walking on boardwalks, automobiles, storefronts; montains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1588.1
[Kennedy's storefront on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, possibly President's Day? Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington with flags and banners in store windows. circa 1930s]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1588.2
[Kennedy's storefront on Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, possibly President's Day? Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington with flags and banners in store windows. circa 1930s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.14.5.Animals.24.009
Animals: reindeer. [Reindeer tied to parking meter in downtown Anchorage, two men standing nearby, cars parked along curb, slush on sidewalk, storefronts.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1989.016.1509.1
(Anchorage Storefronts) [street view with automobile parked outside businesses including Perky Peggy Shop; shop with sign "Cleaning Pressing Repairing;" and Richmond's. circa 1930s-early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1509.3
(Anchorage Storefronts) [street view with automobiles, truck, and taxi parked outside businesses including [?] Tailor, Richmond's, McNally Paint Shop, Dr. Shore Physician-Surgeon, and Alaska Transfer. circa 1930s-early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1096
N7 Anchorage, Alaska (1946 postcard; 1 neg; 1 print) [downtown winter, night, street scene, structures, businesses, storefronts, automobiles, snow; Fourth Avenue, Hewitt's, Star Air Lines, Bendora Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1509.2
(Anchorage Storefronts) [street view with woman pushing baby carriage, automobile parked outside businesses including Anchorage Grocery, Club, Pioneer Steam Laundry, Merchant's Cafe. Photographer's shadow in foreground. circa 1930s-early 1940s]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1701
T60 Nome, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (1948 postcards & print [street scene with businsses, storefronts, automobiles, jeep, possibly other military vehicles, people, North Pole Bakery, possible airline office on left; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1099
N9 2nd and Cushman St; Fairbanks, Alaska (1946 postcard) [copy neg; nighttime view of intersection, lights strung across streets, automobiles, storefronts, some sgns legible: Curios and tourist information shop at left, dentist; Beauty Shoppe, Wien Alaska Airlines; stop sign above sreet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1102
(N11 America's northernmost corner drugstore; 1946 postcard) [night time winter street scene; storefronts; L.L. HUfman Dentist; J.G. Rivers, Atty at law; G. S. Jolund (illegible) Naturopathic physician offices; Pinska Mens wear, General Hardware stores; people walking on sidewak; snow]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1374
PT10 Palmer, Alaska, in the Matanuska Valley, is the trading center of a wide agricultural area. Gold mining, logging and trapping add to the activity of this prosperous community. [street scene with storefronts, automobiles, dirt road; Bert's Beer Wine Liquor, Palmer Cocktail Bar, Ron (illegible), Cafe: Home cooking; Rainier Beer; Bakery Fountain & Lunches; Koslosky's Stores delivery vehicle; Kosloskys Department Store: Clothing, hardware, Groceries, Drugs; Dancing; Home Lunch; man, children]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1738
T71 Main Street, Cordova, Alaska [street scene, gravel surface, wood boardwalks, storefronts, automobiles, bicycle, tricycle parked outside cafe at left near man and child; woman crossing street, men, children, Northwestern Hotel, Alaskan Hotel, Imperial Bar, Club, Dance, Liquor Store - card room - taxi - cafe, Rexall Drugs, Speed limit 15 miles, steel drums (containers); some double-exposure at far right of image; neg has damage at small spot near center of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley