Circa 1960s postcard of an older couple on the Mt. Alyeska chairlift at Girdwood. The chairlift opened in 1960. #alaskahistory #alaska

1979 "Russian Lakes, Alaska" by photographer John McWilliams, via the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Some late night history for you. #alaskahistory #alaska

1996 Today's Pizza of Anchorage commercial. Don't forget that I also have a Youtube channel mostly to collect these old ads, currently with over 500 Alaska and Arctic related commercials (www.youtube.com/@anc...). #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

"I'm prepared to offer your family free tickets to anywhere in the United States, excluding Alaska & Hawaii, the freak states." From Simpsons episode "Fear of Flying" (1994). #alaskahistory #alaska

In the 1962 "Goof Gas Attack" episode of the Bullwinkle Show (aka Rocky & Bullwinkle), Senator Fussmussen says, "I'm against all foreign aid, especially to places like Hawaii and Alaska." #alaskahistory #Alaska

A flooded Anchorage as depicted in the 1966 "Top of the World" episode of the King Kong Show. The villainous Dr. Who--not kidding--is melting the North Pole for nebulous evil purposes. King Kong smashes his device, and everyone goes home happy. #alaskahistory #alaska

Anchorage as depicted in the March 11, 1995 "Deja Vu" episode of Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? It's just a little bit off in its depiction. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

Scooby Doo #116 (2007) The gang travels to Alaska & rides the railroad, notably not the Alaska Railroad. They get stuck in an avalanche, solve a mystery, & worry about food supplies. Thankfully Velma brought flavored syrups for snow cones, so they survive. #alaskahistory #alaska

5/5 The episode ends with Scrappy declaring, “Wow oh wow Uncle Scooby, isn’t Alaska fun!” while Scooby and Shaggy shiver in the cold. #alaskahistory #alaska

From the 1993 Captain Planet episode "A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II," Captain Planet's evil opposite Captain Pollution travels to Alaska and tries to sink an oil tanker before being stopped. He says Alaska is too clean for him. #alaskahistory #alaska

September 16, 1916 Alaska Engineering Commission tents and buildings in beautiful downtown Talkeetna, which was a district headquarters for the AEC during construction of the Alaska Railroad. #alaskahistory #alaska

Sep 1942, the first truck to drive the entirety of the Alaska Highway (Alcan). It drove from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse. From there, it drove on to Fairbanks, at some point gaining the extra sign. #alaskahistory #alaska #cdnhist

Footage of the Alaska Highway from the 1948 educational film Alaska: A Modern Frontier. Features a quick look at the Alaska/Canada border and what the Mile Zero marker at Dawson Creek looked like then. #alaskahistory #cdnhist #alaska

Circa 1943 Alaska Highway sign, via University of Alberta. #alaskahistory #alaska

Sep 15, 1971 Anchorage Daily Times on a marijuana bust at the airport. A pound here was valued at $250, about $2000 in 2026 money. Evidence later ruled inadmissible and case dismissed. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

September 15, 1955 aerial view of Lakes Hood and Spenard. Via National Archives. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

On September 12, 1966, the Lane Hotel in Anchorage was torched by serial arsonist Charles Thessen. Fourteen people died, the deadliest fire in Anchorage history, the deadliest mass homicide in Alaska history. Thessen was killed in prison. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1996 Gold's Gym of Anchorage, Alaska commercial. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

December 10, 1962, Anchorage police officer Roger Knapp using a speed gun attached to the patrol car, via Anchorage Museum. My next article posting later today is about Anchorage's debacle of an experiment with traffic cameras to catch speeders. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 1979 "Hooking the Seal" watercolor and ink by Ken Lisbourne. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska