2002 "Caribou Migration I" by photographer Subhankar Banerjee. Taken in Alaska. Via Dartmouth's Hood Museum of Art. #alaskahistory #alaska

Circa 2007 Korea Air airlines commercial selling Alaska as a destination. The music is "Flight Song" by Tabitha. #alaskahistory #alaska

1948 "A Resident of Skagway, Alaska," gelatin silver print by photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984). #alaskahistory #anseladams #alaska

Oct 8, 1920 [Juneau] Daily Alaska Empire ad for First National Bank of Juneau. And the advice is timely, "Don't carry large amounts of cash around with you," looking like Mr. Monopoly's nepo failson with his bankroll on his shoulder. #alaskahistory #alaska

Oct 9, 1909, the schooner Olga pushed ashore & wrecked by a strong storm at Nome. Until the seawall there was built in 1951, Nome was repeatedly wrecked by storms and fires, the peril of building on the golden beaches, as seen in second picture. #alaskahistory #alaska

During the 1964 earthquake the Denali Theatre in Anchorage on 4th dropped down, its marquee touching sidewalk. But disasters are capricious. The box office glass didn't break. Theater was demolished, with a new one built in Spenard, now the Bear Tooth. #alaskahistory #alaska

World War II, the first movie theater at Fort Richardson, later called the Chugach Theater. As with most base buildings during the war, note it was camouflage painted. And we know this was successful because no buildings were bombed there. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

Site Summit overlooking Anchorage, one of eight Cold War-era Nike-Hercules nuclear missile installations built in Alaska. Site Summit was operational 1959-1979. From the 1960 "Alaska: The New Frontier" series on the National Educational Television network. #alaskahistory #alaska

Hattie Jessup playing ragtime at the Red Dog Saloon in Juneau, from the 1960 "Alaska: The New Frontier" series that aired on the National Educational Television network, a PBS predecessor. From other details, this was probably filmed in 1959. #alaskahistory #alaska

Oct 8, 1915 4th Avenue Anchorage and the first snow since the town was built that year. Famed painter Sydney Laurence took this picture. He ran a photography studio in Anchorage through 1922, when he was able to focus on painting. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

Hat game check, via the Anchorage Women's Club in 1920. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

A full history of bunny boots, the military cold weather gear turned civilian Alaskan icon, in a completely free article with Alaska Gear, the company that brought bunny boots back to life. Please check it out alaskagearcompany.co... #alaskahistory #alaska

In 1971, the Anchorage city council passed an ordinance banning "bottomless" performers. As the sassy, anonymous Daily News reported noted, "Bottomless dancers aren't really. Only their costumes are." A lot of legal battles followed. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

More scenes of daily military life in the Aleutians during World War II, in 1943 and by photographer Dmitri Kessel for Life magazine. #alaskahistory #alaska

Daily military life in the Aleutians during World War II, by photographer Dmitri Kessel for Life magazine. Many if not most soldiers hated the Aleutians, the monotony and weather. The women are nurses at Dutch Harbor. #alaskahistory #alaska

How soldiers bathed during the Aleutian Campaign in World War II. Both images are from 1943. The photograph was taken by Dmitri Kessel for Life magazine. #alaskahistory #alaska

1954, Jewel Lake in Anchorage. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1955 Anchorage, blanket toss fun at North Star Elementary, part of the Fur Rondy activities. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1954, children's fishing derby at Lake Hideaway in what is now the Anchorage Hillside. I wonder if any of you reading have ever seen this local lake in person, since it is now surrounded by homes. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

Circa mid 1950s Nunaka Valley subdivision in Anchorage. Ground was broken on April 8, 1953, and the subdivision was completed by that October. Photo via Anchorage Museum, ad from 1954. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory