Do you think Juneau residents "go with the flow" and that the weather there is "good enough to drink"? This is from a 1996 National Bank of Alaska commercial. #alaskahistory #alaska

September 27, 1956, Kodiak as seen from the old schoolhouse. #alaskahistory #alaska

I just learned that the Marine Bar burned down in Wrangell, which made me pick up the orange shirt below. It opened in 1953, and this is not the first time it burned down. #alaskahistory #alaska

1970s/80s "Ketchikan Lap Club" Shamrock Bar T-shirt. It was open 1934-1983 on Stedman St. Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jay Rabinowitz said Shamrock was "of the genre that constantly treads the fine line between mere poor taste and outright illegality." #alaskahistory #Alaska

Circa 1969-77 KFAR-TV footage of Fairbanks parking meters. During extreme cold, meters could malfunction, freezing up (free parking) or expiring early. In 1973, a ticketed Fairbanks woman asked a judge if she could sue a sluggish meter. He said no. #alaskahistory #alaska

In Sep 1947, the first parking meters were installed in downtown Anchorage, with enforcement beginning Sep 29. On the below token, the 1920 date is when city incorporated. Anchorage had parking meters four years before New York City. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

Sep 27/28, 1983 NHL's Vancouver Canucks & Winnipeg Jets played exhibitions at Anchorage's Sullivan Arena. Average attendance of 2383 in 6,000+ max building killed plans to host the Pittsburgh Penguin's 1984 training camp here. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

1951 graduates with polar bear cubs at the University of Alaska, now University of Alaska Fairbanks. #alaskahistory #alaska

December 18, 1915 issue of All-Story Weekly featuring a polar bear cover by P. J. Monahan. Via Heritage Auctions. #alaskahistory #alaska

Poster for the 1936 film Tundra. #alaskahistory #alaska

A polar bear trek by photographer Michio Hoshino (1952-1996). Undated but from the 2007 book, Hoshino's Alaska. This one was used for the cover. #alaskahistory #alaska

Jacket for the Rig Bar in Kenai. It was open from 1959 to 1987, when it was destroyed by arson. Via Ebay, not my listing (ebay.io/m/9VnGi0). #alaskahistory #alaska

Did you attend Whaley School or Ocean View Elementary in Anchorage? These are some recent estate sale pickups, fodder for my dream history project: a T-shirt exhibit. Ocean View shirt is circa early-mid 80s. Whaley shirts are 90s/00s. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

Cream Puff Auto of Anchorage jacket. Business dissolved in 2003. They're also remembered for their Great Alaska Shootout car giveaways. In 1996, Ron Zandman-Zeman won a 1986 Corvette. Jacket via ebay, not my listing (ebay.io/m/q1qsXx). #alaskahistory #alaska

The real Nome in 1900 and how it's been presented in movies, in North to Alaska (1960, actually Point Mugu, CA), Goldrush (1998, actually British Columbia), and Togo (2019, actually ?). #alaskahistory #alaska

1939 Tiekel Roadhouse on the Richardson Hwy featuring its women's outhouse, rated thanks to Alaska Toilet Rater on Instagram. Later torn down with salvaged lumber used for a new house. Since highway was straightened, it is no longer directly on the road. #alaskahistory #alaska

Have you seen an avalanche sneak up on someone like this? From the 1998 movie Goldrush, starring Alyssa Milano, whose character could clearly hear it approach. Also, this is supposed to take place near Nome. #alaskahistory #alaska

1979 "Hatcher Pass" by photographer John McWilliams. Via High Museum of Art (Atlanta). #alaskahistory #alaska

1931 USGS map of Girdwood area. Note that Girdwood was then on the water side of the railroad. Town was rebuilt inland after the 1964 earthquake. #alaskahistory #alaska

1979 "Crow Creek, Alaska" by photographer John McWilliams. Via High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. #alaskahistory #alaska