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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.
B1984.077.18.002
Wharf (people walking on wharf, dock, automobile in background, ship, water, shore.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1970.022.039
Sitka, Alaska. Wharf and harbor, as seen looking about south from elevated platform in Russian cemetery. S.S. Cityof Topeka is at wharf.
Collection: B1970.022 Fridley
B1970.073.034
Canneries. Wharf, warehouses, cannery and store at Metlakatla, Alaska.
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1984.077.18.004
[Wharf, crane, lumber, man and woman at dock, ship to right.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1973.079.90
[St Micahel dock and building in winter]
Keywords: wharf
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1998.014.1.1615
T24 Juneau, Alaska, Brickley [view of shoreline and structures at low tide, wharfs, jetty, pilings, AJ mine [copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1658
T42, photo by Frank Morgan; Ketchikan, Alaska (1949 postcards, 200) [copy neg; scenic view of shoreline, Tongass Narrows, wharf, pilings, structures, boats, harbor, Deer Mountain in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1998.014.1.1611
T22 The "AJ" gold mine at Juneau, Alaska, pub. by Brickley (1 print, 2 negs) [view of shoreline, wharfs, structures, possibly fuel storage tanks, power plant; adjacent to image .1608; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1973.079.46
[Skagway docks 1906 as seen from the water]
Keywords: wharf, port, shipping
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.99
[dock scene with people and docks engaged in daily routines]
Keywords: wharf, docks, dogs, shipping, transportation
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B2014.003.11
(Skagway)[docks and a steamship in the harbor of Skagway]
Keywords: wharf, ships, fishing, transportation, port, southeast
Collection: B2014.003
B1998.014.1.1608
T20 Juneau, Alaska, pub by Brickley (1 print, 2 negs) [scenic view of shore looking over Gastineau Channel, wharf, pilings, boats, structures, possible power generating plant on right, utility poles, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.688
F17 Ketchikan, - Fishing center of Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan. "1949 postcard" [copy neg, fishing boats at wharf, piers, men, fishermen, New Washington, Nan B, Vashon, homes, houses in distance, possibly First Lutheran Church in center background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.697
F21 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan [Men at wharf, dumping fish into hopper, hand cart, slickers, rain gear, aprons, shovel, man observing from building window possibly tallying fish, water in background, possibly a cat under hopper, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.704
F24 Anchorage, Alaska "Fish Dock" [Emard Cannery, piers, fishing vessels, boats, Smith, Gian(name partially obstructed), men at pier, wharf, structures, clothes line in background, "Cab 699" sign on structure, water, pilings, possibly Point McKenzie in distance across Cook Inlet, Knik Arm]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley