#alaskahistory — Public Fediverse posts

Circa 1945, an Army team of sled dogs in front of a Douglas C-47 at Ladd Field, what is now Fort Wainwright. #alaskahistory #Alaska

Before Balto & Togo, Baldy (C. 1907-22) was the most famous Alaska dog. He was lead for champion musher Scotty Allan of Nome. This short comic from True Comics #48 (1948) accurately recounts the time he saved Allan before going on to win 1910 Solomon Derby. #alaska #alaskahistory

Circa 1916-1918 silent newsreel footage of Alaskan sled dogs ferrying wounded in the Vosges mountains of France during World War I. French authorities bought over a 100 Alaskan sled dogs from around Nome & used them to traverse difficult trails. #alaskahistory #alaska

Everything about this 1980s Northwest Airlines poster confounds me, from the angle to all the other choices. #alaskahistory #alaska

May 14, 1925 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Night previous, Fairbanks city council passes ordinance requiring driver licenses. Cost $1, roughly $20 in 2026 money. Drivers must "know the traffic regulations and be competent in the handling of a car." #alaskahistory #alaska

From Mar 1982 Popular Mechanics, a submarine natural gas tanker concept that would run from Alaska to Europe under the polar icecap. Tanker submarine concepts date back to at least the 1950s. #alaska #alaskahistory

May 13, 1926, the airship Norge lands at Teller, Alaska after a flight from Svalbard over the North Pole. The Norge was dismantled at Teller. Second picture is pilot Umberto Nobile & his dog Titina. The 2022 animated film Titina is loosely based on this. #alaskahistory #alaska

August 28, 1897 depiction of the Klondike Gold Rush from the English magazine Punch or the London Charivari. Gold rushers were widely mocked when they weren't being exploited, even across the world as you can see here. #alaskahistory #alaska

1900, steamer Cutch on rocks near Juneau. She was salvaged, rebuilt as Jessie Banning, & sold to the Columbian government, which turned her into the gunboat Bogota. She participated in the 1903 shelling of Panama City during the Panamanian secession. #alaskahistory #alaska

May 12, 1966, intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage, looking south, southeast-ish. Note the trailer park--La Honda--near the center. Anything else stand out? #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

May 11, 1921, a masked man robbed the Bank of Alaska on 4th Ave, the first bank robbery in Anchorage history. He took $2514 ($47k in 2026 money) & was never captured, in a time when the only ways out of town were train, boat, or long walk. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

December 2, 1971, an ice covered Coast Guard Cutter Citrus in Alaska, around False Pass. Taken by Paul Quesnell who was stationed on the Citrus from 1971-73. He said a common phrase aboard was FTG (fuck the Guard). Via PDQuesnell on Flickr #alaskahistory #alaska

1935 Anchorage, coffee set out at the railroad depot for Matanuska colonists, likely for the first batch to pass through on May 10, 1935. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

May 6, 1931, In his Mother's Day proclamation, Ketchikan Mayor Norman Walker says the day should be when people find ways to lessen risks for expectant mothers instead of useless "sentimental" displays with "no practical service." #alaskahistory #alaska #MothersDay

1977 "Sitka--1830" woodcut prints by Dale DeArmond (1914-2006). That's Baranof Castle on Castle Hill. It burned down in 1894. #alaskahistory #alaska #sitka

1985 "Fairbanks Rooftops" oil on canvas by David Mollett. He also happened to open the first comic book store in Alaska, the Comic Shop in 1972 Fairbanks. Painting via UAF's Museum of the North. #alaskahistory #alaska

"Space Bear" acrylic on canvas by Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit. Painting based on the travels of a Tlingit bear mask taken onto the International Space Station in 2000 by astronaut William Shepherd. Via Steinbrueck Native Gallery. #alaskahistory #alaska

"S'éet' Séew (Whale Rain)" woodblock print by Crystal Worl. Via Steinbrueck Native Gallery (https://steinbruecknativegallery.com/seet-seew-crystal-worl/). #alaskahistory #alaska

Lost track of time today looking through a collection of photos, primarily of 1945-1952 St. Paul. All via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory

Circa 1930s/40s Cosette with artist Jeanne Laurence in Anchorage. She adopted Cosette after the dog immediately jumped into her lap upon meeting. Cosette was known to be a Fur Rondy model representing the latest in canine fashions. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska

May 8, 1954, Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes on the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #Alaska

Circa 1920s/1930s dog shaking hands on a dock, likely in Alaska. Photo possibly by painter and Anchorage resident Jeanne Laurence, wife of painter Sydney Laurence. Jeanne seemed to collect interesting dog photos. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1920s/1930s, dog wearing sunglasses on a steamship. Photo likely taken by Jeanne Laurence, painter and wife to Sydney Laurence. She seemed to collect dog photos, for fun and as studies for artworks. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

1946 US Navy ID card issued on Adak Island for Gismo, a base pet. From an inscription on another photo, "This is the pup in our hut. He is 6 weeks old and mean as the devil. He sure is cute and everybody loves him to death." Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

1959 Anchorage area map w/ independent Spenard & Fairview (as public utility districts). Fairview was annexed into the city in 1960. Spenard became the core of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough in 1963. Unification into the Municipality in 1975. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory

1910 Sleem's Map of Central Alaska detail of Anchorage area five years before Anchorage was established. Here it is simply the Knik Harbor. The dotted red line is a proposed railroad path. Red circles are mining regions. Note trail routes. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

Early 1910s map of Susitna River to Knik Arm, including abandoned Knik town. Knik Harbor became Anchorage. Railroad path shown was just a dream, albeit a lasting one, as seen by modern Port MacKenzie rail extension boondoggle. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

1898 U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey map detail of Upper Cook Inlet 17 years before Anchorage was established. The "Trading Post" on west side of the Knik Arm became town of Knik. No Girdwood (or Glacier City as first known) yet. Many archaic spellings. #alaskahistory #alaska

1785 British map of of "Cooks River"--the Cook Inlet--based on James Cook's 1778 visit. The map also describes the Turnagain Arm as a river, which reflects Cook's hope that he had found a river system that would work as a Northwest Passage. #alaska #alaskahistory

1898 Alaska map with routes to the goldfields. It extols the virtues of San Francisco outfitters. It was coincidentally produced by a San Francisco outfitter and notably ignores the existence of Seattle. Every outfitter was offering maps like this. #alaskahistory #alaska

April 20, 1896, an especially picturesque view of the Juneau harbor from 130 years ago today. Via the University of Washington #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau

April 10, 1959, a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser undershot its landing at Juneau. It hit an embankment and caught fire. All ten occupants survived. #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau

Nov 12, 1960 Saturday Evening Post cover, "First Vote in the New States" by Constantin Alajalov, celebrating Hawaii and Alaska residents new ability to vote in a national election thanks to statehood. #alaskahistory #hawaiihistory #alaska #Hawaii

Circa 1950-1962 stunning Ellis Airlines bowling shirt. Alaska Airlines acquired Ellis in 1968. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

Circa 1950-1962 stunning Ellis Airlines bowling shirt. Alaska Airlines acquired Ellis in 1968. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

Circa 1950-1962 stunning Ellis Airlines bowling shirt. Alaska Airlines acquired Ellis in 1968. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

Circa 1950-1962 stunning Ellis Airlines bowling shirt. Alaska Airlines acquired Ellis in 1968. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

Circa 1950-1962 stunning Ellis Airlines bowling shirt. Alaska Airlines acquired Ellis in 1968. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

🇺🇸 In 1942, Juneau High School left an empty chair at graduation.
It wasn’t a mistake. It was for their missing valedictorian.
What happened next became one of Alaska’s most powerful stories of injustice, courage, and community.
Read the Tanaka family story 👉 https://tinyurl.com/2evzs2mc
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Circa 1991, looking out from the downtown Juneau Public Library. Via Library of Congress #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau

Undated view of the McDonalds in downtown Juneau, open from 1986 to 2010. This is where Heritage Coffee is today. #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau

Late 20th century "I'm a Husky Lover" buttons. Via the Anchorage Museum, which says they're related to the Iditarod, which you can believe if you want. #alaskahistory #alaska #iditarod

Late 20th century "I'm a Husky Lover" buttons. Via the Anchorage Museum, which says they're related to the Iditarod, which you can believe if you want. #alaskahistory #alaska #iditarod

Late 20th century "I'm a Husky Lover" buttons. Via the Anchorage Museum, which says they're related to the Iditarod, which you can believe if you want. #alaskahistory #alaska #iditarod

Late 20th century "I'm a Husky Lover" buttons. Via the Anchorage Museum, which says they're related to the Iditarod, which you can believe if you want. #alaskahistory #alaska #iditarod

Late 20th century "I'm a Husky Lover" buttons. Via the Anchorage Museum, which says they're related to the Iditarod, which you can believe if you want. #alaskahistory #alaska #iditarod

Circa 1978/1979 David Mayer and Katy Taylor at Skateland in the Mendenhall Mall, Juneau. #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau

November 6, 1953, roller skaters at the civic center in Ketchikan. This civic center was at what is now Harbor View Park. The center was demolished in 1980. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

November 6, 1953, roller skaters at the civic center in Ketchikan. This civic center was at what is now Harbor View Park. The center was demolished in 1980. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

November 6, 1953, roller skaters at the civic center in Ketchikan. This civic center was at what is now Harbor View Park. The center was demolished in 1980. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan