1954 Alaska Seas movie poster. Film features confrontations between fishermen and a gang of fishing trap thieves. Full movie available on Youtube (youtu.be/MKa8qScNbuU). #alaskahistory #alaska

1950s postcard of the Anchorage International Airport. Visible is a Scandinavian Airlines System DC-7 and a Pacific Northern Airlines Lockheed Constellation. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

2020 Anchorage "Rise Up" get out the vote poster by Annie Brace. This poster was part of Project 270, a national initiative to increase voter turnout spearheaded by the Mana Urban Arts Project. This poster was one of 65 created. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1970s Alyeska resort poster printed on reflective foil. #alaskahistory #alaska #alyeska

Circa mid/late 1950s Northland Navigation travel poster for their Alaska and British Columbia Cruises. Northland Navigation was in operation 1944-1976. #alaskahistory #alaska #cdnhist #bchist

Circa 1950s "High Adventure in Alaska's Arctic" Wien Air Alaska and Northwest Orient Airlines poster. Photo likely taken in Kotzebue. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1950s Alaska Airlines luggage labels. Via the SFO Museum, which has a large collection of Alaska Airlines ephemera (collection.sfomuseum.org/airlines/11592…). #alaskahistory #alaska

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Feb 1957 curling in downtown Anchorage on 4th Avenue, part of Fur Rendezvous festivities. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

June 6, 1955, crib houses on the Line in Fairbanks, 4th Ave between Barnette & Cushman. For decades, it was Fairbanks' redlight district until closed under federal pressure in 1952. Eventually razed for a Safeway, now site of downtown post office. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1955 Ellis Airlines PBY Catalina at a Ketchikan dock. Ellis, a Ketchikan-based regional carrier, merged with Alaska Coastal in 1962, which then acquired by Alaska Airlines in 1968. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #ketchikan

1955 aerial view of Lakes Spenard & Hood. The Dena'ina collectively call the lakes Niłkidal'iy (ones that are joined together). Before Joe Spenard entered the area, Lake Spenard was also called Jeter Lake for area homesteader Thomas Jeter. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

Guard on the Anchorage parkstrip, in front of the wood gathered for the bonfire to celebrate Alaska statehood, which was lit on June 30, 1958. Some people had tried to light it early, thus necessitating guards. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

July 29, 1954, interior of the Eastchester Hardware Store, on Gambell Street in a then independent Fairview, now part of Anchorage. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

Feb 19, 1956, Anchorage High School (now West High) teachers' lounge. School was dedicated on November 5, 1955. Mid-century modern furniture in an actual mid-century setting. Note the ashtrays. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

During the 1954 Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage, a young woman rides a one-dog sled. The "Rondavoo Coffee and Chili Parlor" is interesting. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

July 25, 1956, aerial view of Lake Otis Elementary in Anchorage. Goose Lake is at the top. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

November 14, 1957 Inlet View Elementary schoolroom in Anchorage. Inlet View opened on September 3, 1957 while only half completed. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1954 aerial view of Portage Lake and Glacier. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska #portageglacier

November 1950 aerial photographs of the Homer Spit. Via National Archives. #alaskahistory #homeralaska #alaska

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