Nostr notes by David Reamer

On April 1, 1974, Porky Bickar of Sitka faked the eruption of ...

2026-04-02T02:00:05Z

On April 1, 1974, Porky Bickar of Sitka faked the eruption of Mount Edgecumbe with burning tires, tricking residents & Coast Guard, the greatest Alaska Fools joke in Alaska history. I guess I can't let the day pass completely without a reminder!

Circa 1981 Alaskan scene painting by Bob Ross (1942-1995). This ...

2026-03-29T00:53:46Z

Circa 1981 Alaskan scene painting by Bob Ross (1942-1995). This was likely painted while he was still in the Air Force and stationed in Alaska. This one recently sold for $254,500 at Bonhams. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1920s Geographie Universelle series card of Alaska, notably ...

2026-03-25T20:01:01Z

Circa 1920s Geographie Universelle series card of Alaska, notably with Juneau relocated to the Yukon River. This set was a promotional item for La Belle Jardinière, a Parisian department store open 1824-1974. #alaska #alaskahistory

Early 1920s"Alaskan Cabin in the Woods" oil on canvas by ...

2026-03-22T16:39:55Z

Early 1920s"Alaskan Cabin in the Woods" oil on canvas by Sydney Laurence (1865-1940). My next article, posting later today, is the history of the term "cabin fever." Via Bonham's #alaskahistory #alaska

Most famous snowstorm in Anchorage history is probably the 2002 ...

2026-03-17T23:07:42Z

Most famous snowstorm in Anchorage history is probably the 2002 St. Patrick's Day storm--the Snow Massacre--with anecdotal reports of up to 30 inches of snow over March 16 to 17, around two inches of snow per hour for long stretches. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

1985 "Snow River Valley" oil on canvas by Byron Birdsall ...

2026-03-08T23:15:17Z

1985 "Snow River Valley" oil on canvas by Byron Birdsall (1937-2016). Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

February 20, 1974, Ray Bane and his team between Hughes and ...

2026-02-21T02:12:53Z

February 20, 1974, Ray Bane and his team between Hughes and Huslia. Via National Archives. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1917, Anchorage's 1st hospital. Built by the railroad, ...

2026-02-01T21:02:02Z

Circa 1917, Anchorage's 1st hospital. Built by the railroad, it was the only hospital until Providence opened in 1939. Note surrounding churned mud. Mud--the smells,mosquitoes, & splashes--were central part of life in non-winter early Anchorage. #alaska #anchoragehistory

NOAA bathmetric Arctic Ocean. My latest article covers the long ...

2026-01-25T23:45:42Z

NOAA bathmetric Arctic Ocean. My latest article covers the long history of the US desiring Greenland, including the influence of the Alaska purchase in 1867/68 to the brief 1946 offer to trade part of Alaska for parts of Greenland. Read to learn more: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2026/01/25/when-america-briefly-considered-trading-part-of-alaska-for-greenland/

June 16, 1908, a shipment of beer unloaded at Nome from ship to ...

2026-01-12T02:07:47Z

June 16, 1908, a shipment of beer unloaded at Nome from ship to barge. Lots and lots of beer. By this time, Nome was rapidly shrinking from its gold rush heyday, from as many as 20,000 residents to only 3,200 in 1910 and just 852 in 1920. #alaskahistory #alaska

1954 ice skating at Mendenhall Glacier. #alaskahistory #alaska ...

2026-01-11T02:00:02Z

1954 ice skating at Mendenhall Glacier. #alaskahistory #alaska

Winter 1955-1956, looking towards the intersection of Spenard ...

2025-12-26T18:00:24Z

Winter 1955-1956, looking towards the intersection of Spenard Road and Fireweed Lane. The Fireside Lounge at the right is where Chilkoots is now. In the distance, you can see the Inlet View Tower (aka L Street Apartments). #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

Circa 1970, silent footage of Santa arriving on Cushman Street in ...

2025-12-24T18:46:13Z

Circa 1970, silent footage of Santa arriving on Cushman Street in Fairbanks. Note the Woolworth, -3 degree temperature, and throwing candy at children. Via UAF's Alaska Film Archives. #alaskahistory #alaska

She was well traveled and well known in that circuit. She settled ...

2025-12-18T06:44:51Z

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She was well traveled and well known in that circuit. She settled down in Anchorage because she was here for a gig, met a young man, Fred Adkerson, who was covering the club scene for a local paper. And she stayed.

https://www.adn.com/our-alaska/article/mourners-recall-humanitarian-side-aposmiss-wiggles/2012/10/23/

Miss Wiggles (Velma Adkerson 1922-2012). One of world's most ...

2025-12-17T21:39:32Z

Miss Wiggles (Velma Adkerson 1922-2012). One of world's most highly paid exotic dancers during the 50s/60s, she was a contortionist who stripped while on her head. Moved to Anchorage in late 60s & kept performing, could do splits into her 80s. Buried at downtown cemetery #alaska

Undated "Hills Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska," oil on ...

2025-10-05T23:00:04Z

Undated "Hills Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska," oil on canvas by Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin (1895-1986). Via Bonhams. #alaskahistory #alaska

May 4, 1955 aerial view of Nome. Via National Archives. ...

2025-09-25T17:00:38Z

May 4, 1955 aerial view of Nome. Via National Archives. #alaskahistory #alaska

July 1983 Nome street scenes, including the Board of Trade. ...

2025-09-15T01:00:02Z

July 1983 Nome street scenes, including the Board of Trade. Photos by news photographer Joseph Rychetnik (1927-2003). Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

Who among you is as stylish as Earl Ohmer (1882-1955), game ...

2025-09-03T00:24:38Z

Who among you is as stylish as Earl Ohmer (1882-1955), game commissioner, multi-term mayor of Petersburg, & shrimp king of Alaska? I recently wrote a little about Petersburg, especially its most crooked deputy marshal (https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/08/31/the-tale-of-the-crooked-marshal-why-did-crime-especially-vice-flourish-in-territorial-alaska/). #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1900 Tlingit beaded collar, via Portland Art Museum. ...

2025-08-23T20:01:01Z

Circa 1900 Tlingit beaded collar, via Portland Art Museum. #alaskahistory #Alaska

Early 20th century Dena'ina dress, a k'anyagi in ...

2025-08-19T16:47:33Z

Early 20th century Dena'ina dress, a k'anyagi in Dena'ina. It is made of cotton & decorated with dentalium shells, beads, & fur. The second photo shows the same dress worn in the 1930s by Rose Hedlund (1917–2004). #alaskahistory #Alaska

1956 Wasilla, such as it was then. #alaskahistory #alaska ...

2025-06-25T01:20:08Z

1956 Wasilla, such as it was then. #alaskahistory #alaska

An Anchorage leather goods store ad from the Alaska Pipeline ...

2025-06-11T21:54:57Z

An Anchorage leather goods store ad from the Alaska Pipeline Workers Handbook, an unofficial if high quality one-shot magazine that targeted new Alaskans. The whole thing is a pipeline-era Alaska time capsule, & I'll be posting more throughout the day. #alaskahistory #alaska

My periodic reminder that the oldest surviving Dena'ina ...

2025-05-24T00:54:14Z

My periodic reminder that the oldest surviving Dena'ina artifacts are not even in the US, but at the British Museum, including this bone dagger and mountain sheep horn spoon. They were obtained in 1778 by Captain Cook's expedition. #alaskahistory #alaska

April 30, 1924 [Juneau] Alaska Daily Empire, with William Paul ...

2025-04-30T17:58:35Z

April 30, 1924 [Juneau] Alaska Daily Empire, with William Paul becoming the 1st Alaska Native legislator. His campaign prompted a backlash to Alaska Native political power, leading to an English literacy voting requirement passed the next year. #alaskahistory #alaska

1939 oil on board painting of Denali by Sydney Laurence (1865 – ...

2025-04-19T17:00:19Z

1939 oil on board painting of Denali by Sydney Laurence (1865 – 1940). Via Coeur d'Alene Art Auction. #alaskahistory #alaska

June 1990, Adrian Crane atop Denali. #alaskahistory #alaska ...

2025-04-19T01:00:02Z

June 1990, Adrian Crane atop Denali. #alaskahistory #alaska #denali

April 13, 1906, U.S. mail dog sled team resting outside the Nome ...

2025-04-13T23:00:14Z

April 13, 1906, U.S. mail dog sled team resting outside the Nome post office. #alaskahistory #alaska

April 11, 1964, the former air traffic control tower at the ...

2025-04-11T16:42:35Z

April 11, 1964, the former air traffic control tower at the Anchorage International Airport after its collapse during the March 27 Good Friday Earthquake. Air traffic controller Bill Taylor died. Two others inside lived. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

April 1992, hundreds of UAF students protested school disrepair, ...

2025-03-31T20:33:03Z

April 1992, hundreds of UAF students protested school disrepair, budget cuts by legislature/Gov Wally Hickel, & tuition increases by UA Board of Regents. Students burned an effigy of Hickel & seized Butrovich Building for a sleep-in. Learn more (https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/03/30/burn-him-down-a-history-of-effigy-burning-protests-in-alaska/). #alaska

1920s stereograph of yaks at US agricultural experimental farm in ...

2025-03-22T17:00:48Z

1920s stereograph of yaks at US agricultural experimental farm in Fairbanks. They tried to breed yaks w/ Galloway cattle from Scotland to create hybrid--a Galloyak--that could winter outside. Project failed when hybrid meat proved extraordinarily tough. #alaskahistory #alaska

July 13, 1938, Howard Hughes landing and taking off from Weeks ...

2025-03-19T23:01:12Z

July 13, 1938, Howard Hughes landing and taking off from Weeks Field at Fairbanks. The eccentric millionaire was flying his Lockheed Super Electra during a record-setting round-the-world flight, which he completed in 91 hours. #alaskahistory #alaska

March 22, 1925, Nome Serum Run veteran Balto is given a ...

2025-03-17T02:00:02Z

March 22, 1925, Nome Serum Run veteran Balto is given a bone-shaped key to Seattle by Ben Ferguson of the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers. Via Seattle Mohai. #alaskahistory #alaska

An Arctic ground squirrel surveys his domain. By photographer ...

2025-03-10T23:03:33Z

An Arctic ground squirrel surveys his domain. By photographer Michio Hoshino (1952-1996). Undated but from the 2007 book, Hoshino's Alaska. #alaskahistory #alaska

2024 "Sunshine Kitty" painting by Austin Parkhill. Via ...

2025-03-09T17:19:22Z

2024 "Sunshine Kitty" painting by Austin Parkhill. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

In 1949, AK Rep (& future Gov) Bill Egan introduced bill to ...

2025-03-04T21:32:59Z

In 1949, AK Rep (& future Gov) Bill Egan introduced bill to tax single women $50 for "the privilege of being single" and to "further the institution of matrimony, relieve the housing shortage." Anchorage Times cartoon by Jane Hafling on the subject below. #alaskahistory #alaska

An Exxon Valdez oil spill reference in the 1991 movie Don't ...

2025-02-28T18:07:05Z

An Exxon Valdez oil spill reference in the 1991 movie Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. I've seen worse drawings of Alaska's outline. #alaskahistory #alaska

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2025-02-17T17:58:21Z

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Winter 1955-1956, looking towards the intersection of Spenard ...

2025-02-17T17:51:42Z

Balto with musher Gunnar Kaasen. On February 2, 1925, a hundred ...

2025-02-02T18:10:32Z

Balto with musher Gunnar Kaasen. On February 2, 1925, a hundred years ago today, Balto led Kaasen's team into Nome, completing the 53 mile last leg of the Nome serum run, delivering needed antitoxin, saving lives, & staving off a diphtheria epidemic. #alaskahistory #alaska

In 1913, Hudson Stuck and three others made the first ascent of ...

2025-01-21T19:00:14Z

In 1913, Hudson Stuck and three others made the first ascent of Denali. Stuck insisted that the mountain's name should be Denali. He even began the preface to the 1914 book about the climb (The Ascent of Denali) with a plea to rename the mountain. #alaskahistory #alaska #denali

From Jan 19, 1942 issue of Life magazine, some Alaskans dressed ...

2025-01-19T18:00:20Z

From Jan 19, 1942 issue of Life magazine, some Alaskans dressed up & flew to Lake Spenard to party at the Idle Hour Club on the lake shore. Plane is from Star Air Lines, which became Alaska Airlines in 1943. Possibly Bob Atwood at right. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

Undated Reeve Aleutian Airways matchbook. #alaskahistory #alaska ...

2025-01-18T00:00:08Z

Undated Reeve Aleutian Airways matchbook. #alaskahistory #alaska

1963 Riviera Boatel of Fairbanks illustration by Connie Silver. ...

2025-01-17T02:00:05Z

1963 Riviera Boatel of Fairbanks illustration by Connie Silver. Boatel originally was a former hospital boat--Yukon Health--converted into a motel c. 1960. Bar opened 1961, burned down in 1970, & was replaced with current non-boat building. #alaskahistory #alaska

"Call of the Wild" by Ronald Crowe from his 1981 book ...

2025-01-11T02:00:03Z

"Call of the Wild" by Ronald Crowe from his 1981 book Fireweeds, my favorite Alaska poem. Also the most acerbic, accurate poem about Anchorage ever, like the description of a "pioneer" taking a "grubstake job at JC Penney's." #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

Mid 19th-century Gwich'in moose skin tunic, a ch’adhah ik ...

2025-01-07T21:01:03Z

Mid 19th-century Gwich'in moose skin tunic, a ch’adhah ik (skin dress), and caribou skin pants, vadzaih ch’adhah thał (caribou skin pants). Via National Museum of Natural History. #alaskahistory #alaska

1979 "Arctic Sunrise" print by Joan Kimura, who also ...

2025-01-05T16:00:02Z

1979 "Arctic Sunrise" print by Joan Kimura, who also designed the Anchorage flag. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska

Dec 21, 1905, pier at Nome on the winter solstice. You can see ...

2024-12-22T00:01:06Z

Dec 21, 1905, pier at Nome on the winter solstice. You can see the damage caused by ice. #alaskahistory #WinterSolstice #alaska

Dec 21, 1917, the sun's low path on the winter solstice as ...

2024-12-21T20:47:33Z

Dec 21, 1917, the sun's low path on the winter solstice as seen from Government Hill looking south over Ship Creek and towards Anchorage proper. Photo by H.G. Kaiser. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #WinterSolstice

Circa 1903 map of proposed Alaska Central Railway, which began ...

2024-12-21T01:54:50Z

Circa 1903 map of proposed Alaska Central Railway, which began construction in 1903 and made it 50 miles out of Seward before bankruptcy in 1907. Reorganization as Alaska Northern Railroad Co in 1911 also failed. Bought by US government in 1914, for Alaska Railroad. #alaskahistory #alaska

"Under the Polar Star" poster for the 1896 play written ...

2024-12-15T01:59:07Z

"Under the Polar Star" poster for the 1896 play written by Clay M. Greene. Poster produced by Strobridge Lithographing Company. The play is a melodrama set amid an Arctic expedition with a love triangle between two explorers and the women who snuck aboard disguised as a cabin boy.

Dec 13, 1969, view west down Anchorage's Fourth Ave from the ...

2024-12-13T17:53:08Z

Dec 13, 1969, view west down Anchorage's Fourth Ave from the MacKay Bldg, now McKinley Tower Apartments. Westward and Captain Cook hotels in background, before the 2nd & 3rd Cook towers. Look for the "topless" signage. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

In 1959, Danny Liska rode his BMW R60 motorcycle from Nebraska to ...

2024-12-07T03:52:27Z

In 1959, Danny Liska rode his BMW R60 motorcycle from Nebraska to Alaska to Kansas to win award for longest trip to a meet. Modded his ride for gravel shielding & larger gas tanks. Only mechanical problem on trip was a flat. Mosquitoes were biggest issue. #alaskahistory #alaska

From a 1911 Fairbanks newspaper. Note to self: research ...

2024-12-07T02:53:42Z

From a 1911 Fairbanks newspaper. Note to self: research "One-Eyed Shaw Creek Tony." Was he sane?

Mar 23, 1906, Fairbanks the day after a massive fire destroyed 70 ...

2024-12-04T01:54:39Z

Mar 23, 1906, Fairbanks the day after a massive fire destroyed 70 buildings. This was a key fire in FBX history; the extent of the disaster prompted several reforms & higher wages for firefighters. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #Alaska

Legend of first Fairbanks Thanksgiving as recalled in December 3, ...

2024-11-28T20:53:23Z

Legend of first Fairbanks Thanksgiving as recalled in December 3, 1940 Alaska Miner. "Bird had been brought North alive before the close of navigation a few months previously." Having not been fattened, it was scrawny & awful eating. #alaskahistory #alaska #thanksgiving📷

From the December 1979 Popular Mechanics, concept for "Peace ...

2024-11-20T16:48:11Z

From the December 1979 Popular Mechanics, concept for "Peace Bridge" across Bering Sea from Alaska to Siberia. Designer said, "if we stopped the armament race w/ Russia we'd be able to build a hundred of these bridges between our hemispheres every year." #alaskahistory #alaska

2020 route for proposed Alaska to Alberta (A2A) Railway that ...

2024-11-20T00:11:00Z

2020 route for proposed Alaska to Alberta (A2A) Railway that would have linked the Alaska Railroad to the North American rail grid. Planned for 2030 completion, the entire plan imploded in 2021 due to massive financial shortfalls & irregularities. #alaskahistory #alaska

June 1973, flight attendant--for Wien perhaps--checking out the ...

2024-11-17T22:05:56Z

June 1973, flight attendant--for Wien perhaps--checking out the animal displays in the Anchorage International Airport. Via Anchorage Museum.

Nov 12, 1910 wreck of the SS Portland near Katalla, the "ton ...

2024-11-12T21:38:56Z

Nov 12, 1910 wreck of the SS Portland near Katalla, the "ton of gold" ship that helped kickstart the Klondike Gold Rush. Learn more here (https://adn.com/alaska-life/2021/05/09/whatever-happened-to-the-ton-of-gold-ship-that-kickstarted-the-klondike-gold-rush/). #alaskahistory #alaska

Nov 10, 1916, the end of track-laying progress for the Alaska ...

2024-11-10T18:18:57Z

Nov 10, 1916, the end of track-laying progress for the Alaska Railroad south of Anchorage, 108 years ago today. They had not yet reached Potter Creek. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

Schools were closed for two days during that big freeze. ...

2024-11-04T07:07:27Z

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Schools were closed for two days during that big freeze.

Not sure, I'm looking at all winter closures, which would ...

2024-11-04T04:06:09Z

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Not sure, I'm looking at all winter closures, which would include all the cold/ice fog days. FNSBSD had the cold rule in at least the 60s.

If there's a start for snowdays in "modern" ...

2024-11-04T03:40:32Z

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If there's a start for snowdays in "modern" Anchorage, it might be February 1978.

In early February 1979, Matanuska Valley schools were closed for ...

2024-11-03T23:22:04Z

In early February 1979, Matanuska Valley schools were closed for at least 5 straight days due to high winds. I've grown tired of people who say AK schools never used to close in winter so I'm just starting to research it. Already have examples from a century ago. #alaskahistory

1961 Matanuska Maid dairy advertisement: "Fresh milk is the ...

2024-11-03T04:52:21Z

1961 Matanuska Maid dairy advertisement: "Fresh milk is the favorite food of GI's." Pretty sure that's not true. Matanuska Maid closed in 2007. #alaska #alaskahistory

Circa 1930s cliff village on King Island (Ugiuvak/Ukivok). From ...

2024-10-17T19:47:52Z

Circa 1930s cliff village on King Island (Ugiuvak/Ukivok). From 208 residents in 1940 Census, island was abandoned after Bureau of Indian Affairs closed the school there in 1959. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

Oct 14, 1918, this cute little building on 3rd Ave was the ...

2024-10-14T17:19:25Z

Oct 14, 1918, this cute little building on 3rd Ave was the Anchorage jail, remained so into the 1950s. By the late 1940s, it was so decrepit, a prisoner kicked large part out of back wall, not to escape but to prove the point. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

In just a few hours (for today, Oct 12), I'll be giving my ...

2024-10-12T16:16:14Z

In just a few hours (for today, Oct 12), I'll be giving my free talk at the Bear Tooth theater on Alaska representation in comics. So many funny pictures. So much bad representation. Guess how many times igloos show up!

Alaska costume idea from history. In October 1915, Margaret Vale, ...

2024-10-11T17:10:47Z

Alaska costume idea from history. In October 1915, Margaret Vale, President Woodrow Wilson's niece, represented Alaska in a New York City suffrage march. About 40k women walked in a five-mile long line, shutting down much of city. Largest march/parade in NYC history to that point. #alaskahistory #alaska

What were feminist credit unions and why did Anchorage have one ...

2024-10-06T22:56:45Z

What were feminist credit unions and why did Anchorage have one from 1977 to 1985? That and more on gendered financial discrimination in my latest Anchorage Daily News article. https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2024/10/06/what-were-feminist-credit-unions-and-why-did-anchorage-have-one-in-the-1970s/

Undated photograph of ravens in snow by Arctic photographer ...

2024-10-05T23:10:18Z

Undated photograph of ravens in snow by Arctic photographer Michio Hoshino (1952-1996). He was killed by a bear while on assignment in the Kamchatka region of Russia. Via UAF's Museum of the North. #alaskahistory #alaska

In 1965, French automaker Renault had four Parisian women drove ...

2024-10-05T00:51:19Z

In 1965, French automaker Renault had four Parisian women drove two Renault 4’s from Ushuaia, Argentina to Anchorage. The women were allowed to share one suitcase. The rest of the room went for supplies, gas, parts, film, ammunition & guns. #alaskahistory #alaska

Oct 4, 1971 Anchorage Daily Times front page 53 years ago today. ...

2024-10-04T16:54:25Z

Oct 4, 1971 Anchorage Daily Times front page 53 years ago today. 1st snow of season. Big news is dockworker strike that closed every West Coast port, which led to major shortages in AK stores. Nixon invoked Taft-Hartley to open ports 2 days later. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory

1899 footage of the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway between ...

2024-09-18T15:09:01Z

1899 footage of the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway between Skagway and Whitehorse shot by members of Thomas Edison's studio. #alaskahistory #alaska

In 1911, Borisa Rakocevich killed a man in Fairbanks over a ...

2024-09-15T22:30:20Z

In 1911, Borisa Rakocevich killed a man in Fairbanks over a gambling dispute.His story is better documented than most killers of his era in Alaska, illuminating the context of the town, the victim's family, and the lengthy coda for the perpetrator himself. Learn more in my latest Anchorage Daily News article. https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2024/09/15/how-a-poker-game-turned-deadly-became-one-of-alaskas-best-documented-early-true-crime-cases/

Circa 1924, guide Roy Gilley leading a group through the Katmai ...

2024-09-13T20:22:46Z

Circa 1924, guide Roy Gilley leading a group through the Katmai region, in forests killed by the massive 1912 Novarupta eruption that created the Katmai caldera. If it's the right trip, this group including crew making a movie. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1953-1958, an Anchorage man was very upset with a car he ...

2024-09-13T01:08:27Z

Circa 1953-1958, an Anchorage man was very upset with a car he bought at Anchorage Buick Center, which closed in 1958. Photo by Ward Wells, via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1938 King Island residents posing with Mageik the dog. Mageik ...

2024-09-07T21:25:46Z

1938 King Island residents posing with Mageik the dog. Mageik belonged to Father Bernard Hubbard, the Jesuit priest, filmmaker, & geologist. Hubbard named his many dogs after Alaska peaks/volcanoes. Via Santa Clara U Archives & Special Collections. #alaskahistory #alaska

September 25, 1958, Portage Glacier and Lake. The Dutch angle ...

2024-09-06T19:47:57Z

September 25, 1958, Portage Glacier and Lake. The Dutch angle plays up the tension of knowing what will happen to the glacier. Photo by Steve McCutcheon, via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

September 1964, visitors at Worthington Glacier near Valdez. Via ...

2024-09-05T17:44:49Z

September 1964, visitors at Worthington Glacier near Valdez. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

Per photographer, January 1970 O'Malley Road in Anchorage. ...

2024-09-03T23:25:08Z

Per photographer, January 1970 O'Malley Road in Anchorage. Via Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/9gyGma). #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

The chilling prison photographs of Anchorage's earliest ...

2024-09-01T20:54:01Z

The chilling prison photographs of Anchorage's earliest criminals, including the first murder here in my latest Anchorage Daily News article. Find out where that murder happened, 1910s era sentencing standards, & sodomy laws. #alaskahistory #alaska https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2024/09/01/an-up-close-look-at-anchorages-earliest-criminals-including-its-first-murderer/

Sounds a little heavy.

2024-08-29T23:12:00Z

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Sounds a little heavy.

2017 "Neqeniighta" acrylic on wood by James Temte, a ...

2024-08-29T17:13:06Z

2017 "Neqeniighta" acrylic on wood by James Temte, a portrait of 16 y/o Chris Agragiiq Appassingok of Gambell who, in 2017, received hate mail & death threats after harpooning a whale for his village. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

April 3, 1898 Palm Sunday Avalanche on the Chilkoot trail killed ...

2024-08-26T17:51:00Z

April 3, 1898 Palm Sunday Avalanche on the Chilkoot trail killed more than sixty gold rush stampeders. Avalanche covered ten acres & up to 50ft deep. Many dead could not be identified. Only around ten people were recovered alive, though some of them died from exposure. #alaska

Feb 20, 1934 statue of Balto in new York City's Central Park. ...

2024-08-25T00:39:02Z

Feb 20, 1934 statue of Balto in new York City's Central Park. The statue was dedicated on Dec 17, 1925, honoring his role in the 1925 Nome serum run. While Balto was no Togo, he was still a good dog. #alaskahistory #alaska

Early 1980s, Dena'ina elder Emma Alexie of Lime Village with ...

2024-08-23T00:51:28Z

Early 1980s, Dena'ina elder Emma Alexie of Lime Village with a harvest of blueberries. #alaskahistory #Alaska

Legendary earworm jingle for Anchorage's Dish Sushi Bar (639 ...

2024-08-19T16:12:53Z

Legendary earworm jingle for Anchorage's Dish Sushi Bar (639 W International Airport Rd) that was open from 2008 to 2016. Owners went with the first take for the jingle and made no edits. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

A 1919 murderer in Juneau and the telltale suitcase of sex worker ...

2024-08-18T21:47:21Z

A 1919 murderer in Juneau and the telltale suitcase of sex worker underwear that did him in, that and more in my latest Anchorage Daily News article. #alaskahistory #alaska https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2024/08/18/stolen-suitcase-and-quarantined-steamship-led-to-arrest-in-juneau-womans-1919-murder/

Frances Ella "Fizzy" Fitz was a stenographer in New York ...

2024-08-17T17:19:18Z

Frances Ella "Fizzy" Fitz was a stenographer in New York lured to Alaska by the Nome gold rush. Her American water spaniel, Faust, accompanied and guarded her. She was one of the relatively few prospectors who found a fortune here. The 1998 Disney made for TV movie Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure is based on her story, with Alyssa Milano playing Fitz (https://youtu.be/A3mHoYJXya0).#alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1944 unidentified Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) in a ...

2024-08-16T20:06:46Z

Circa 1944 unidentified Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) in a Bell P-63 Kingcobra she was flying to Alaska to hand off to Soviet pilots, part of the Lend-Lease Program. More on WASPs here (https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/women-take-wing-wartime). Via National Air and Space Museum. #alaska #alaskahistory

1887 ad for the original Franklin Hotel, the first hotel in ...

2024-08-14T20:12:05Z

1887 ad for the original Franklin Hotel, the first hotel in Juneau. Note the "White Laborers Only Employed." This type of advertising was present across the country then, as many businesses centered their reputation on not employing non-white labor. #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau

1954 & 1959 aerial views of Anchorage roughly centered on ...

2024-08-13T17:03:49Z

1954 & 1959 aerial views of Anchorage roughly centered on Goose Lake. City bought the lake from Army in 1956, built a road there in 1957, & opened beach to the public in 1958. And you can see the difference clearly here. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1963 aerial view of Lake Spenard and Lake Hood in Anchorage. The ...

2024-08-12T16:54:37Z

1963 aerial view of Lake Spenard and Lake Hood in Anchorage. The runway canal connecting them was completed in 1940. Also note the Cordova Airlines hangar. They merged into Alaska Airlines in 1968. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

After the Matanuska Colony was established to much fanfare in ...

2024-08-10T16:13:28Z

After the Matanuska Colony was established to much fanfare in 1935 Alaska, a Black doctor petitioned US gov't for similar support for Black settlers on Kenai Peninsula & at Iliamna Bay. His efforts were repeatedly blocked & ignored. From 1971 issue of Alaska Journal (vol 1, no. 4). #alaskahistory #alaska

Aug 7, 1987, American swimmer Lynne Cox arrives at Big Diomede ...

2024-08-07T19:43:16Z

Aug 7, 1987, American swimmer Lynne Cox arrives at Big Diomede Island after swimming from Little Diomede, crossing from US to Soviet Union. Her swim was celebrated by both American & Soviet leaders amid thawing of the Cold War. #alaskahistory #alaska

1880s Koyukon Athabascan beaded hat from Nulato, a ts’eh (hat) ...

2024-08-06T16:51:19Z

1880s Koyukon Athabascan beaded hat from Nulato, a ts’eh (hat) or ts’eh nedenaałt’onee (beaded hat) in Koyukon (Denaakk'e). Made of velvet w/ bark sewn in to keep the shape. Possibly imitating Victorian-era smoking caps worn by traders. Via Smithsonian #alaskahistory #alaska

Late 19th century Yup'ik hunting hat, an ugtarcuun in Central ...

2024-08-06T00:27:33Z

Late 19th century Yup'ik hunting hat, an ugtarcuun in Central Yup'ik. This wooden hat, painted white with clay would have been worn during spring seal hunting. The white meant to hide the hunter amongst the sea & ice. Via National Museum of Natural History. #alaskahistory #alaska

The origins of many Alaska placenames, from an Italian racing ...

2024-08-04T23:31:06Z

The origins of many Alaska placenames, from an Italian racing yacht to the Earl of Sandwich--yes, that sandwich guy--in my latest Anchorage Daily News article. There's quite a subtle theme in this one. #alaskahistory #alaska
https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2024/08/04/from-an-italian-racing-yacht-to-the-earl-of-sandwich-origins-of-alaska-placenames-and-the-tenuous-ties-of-their-namesakes-to-the-state/