REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist

TITLE: Log Cabin Visit Anchorage Information Center Color Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2013.047

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1954

Extent: 4 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): unknown

Administrative/Biographical History:
The cabin that would become the Log Cabin Visit Anchorage Information Center was designed
by Edwin Crittenden; individual pieces were cut by Otis Russell and Bob Cole at the sawmill of
“Cap” King, a builder in Homer, Alaska; and the whole was then assembled in Anchorage at
the corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of four color photographs of the construction of the log cabin that
became the Log Cabin Visit Anchorage Information Center. Print date on verso is January 24,
1955.

Arrangement: Not applicable

CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in fair condition, with significant fading.


Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Anchorage
Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not necessarily hold
copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Log Cabin Visit Anchorage Information Center Color Photographs, Anchorage Museum,
B2013.047

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Items found in collection in April 2013, with envelope marked with the name Vega Pratt, who
may have been the donor.

RELATED MATERIALS
Anchorage Visitor Information Center, B2008.013.014
Log Cabin Visit Anchorage Information Center Photographs, Anchorage Museum, B2013.018

SUBJECTS
Log cabins—Alaska
Visitors' centers—Alaska—Anchorage
Anchorage (Alaska)


Guide written: April 23, 2013