David Reamer<p>Never forget the 2008 Daily Show episode when correspondent Jason Jones visited Wasilla after comments by Sarah Palin. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
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David Reamer<p>April 11, 1964, the former air traffic control tower at the Anchorage International Airport after its collapse during the March 27 Good Friday Earthquake. Air traffic controller Bill Taylor died. Two others inside lived. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Incredibly awful looking book. Originally published 1966, cover says it's about an Alaska Native sex worker before introducing sexual slavery. And that's just the front. On the back: "She's instant sex--available to anyone with a few dollars or a drink." <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>In 1964, a team of drivers drove three unmodified 1965 Mercury Comet Calientes 16,247 miles from Ushuaia, Argentine to Fairbanks, Alaska, a publicity stunt for Mercury. The cars only needed routine maintenance, no real repairs. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>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. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/juneau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juneau</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>July 1975, playing pool in the Sheep Creek Lodge at Willow. Via Anchorage Museum. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Undated (circa 1970?) view of Front Street in Nome, including the Board of Trade Saloon. Photo by Steve McCuctcheon. Via Anchorage Museum. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>June 20, 1917, Wasilla, such as it was, on the day the railroad sold fifty lots to the public for $25 to $280 each, roughly $600 to $7000 in 2025 money. Via Anchorage Museum. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1946, the base exchange at Fort Richardson. Via Anchorage Museum. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1960, Tennessee Three backing band for Anne Young at the Alibi Club, open at 6th Ave & Ingra St from 1950 to circa 1963, becoming the Peppermint Lounge, then the Palomino Club. A new, shorter-lived Alibi Club opened on Spenard Rd in 1968. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Vintage Chuck E Cheese of Anchorage T-shirt. The Chuck E. Cheese on Northern Lights Blvd opened in 1982, in what had been Gary King's Sporting Goods. Via ebay, not my listing (<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/156873389747?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=KbDVyn3sREq&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=laaBxFPgS0G&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebay.com/itm/156873389747?mkci</span><span class="invisible">d=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=KbDVyn3sREq&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=laaBxFPgS0G&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY</span></a>). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Ground broken for Anchorage's Nunaka Valley subdivision on April 8, 1953. Completed by that October. Military personnel given priority. "Nunaka" is mangled version of Dena'ina word "nungge" meaning "upland." 1953 ad & 1954 Nunaka home below. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Circa 1960s Welcome to Anchorage pin featuring a billiken, a good luck charm. Billiken carvings were staples of Alaska gift shops in the 1950s and 1960s. And there were Billiken hotels, bars, and theaters across the state. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1989, a poignant protestor after the Exxon Valdez oilspill. Via Kodiak Maritime Museum. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1986 "Kicking Ash" t-shirt, commemorating the 1976 and 1986 Mt. Augustine eruptions. This is classier than the 1992 Mt. Spurr "I Got Blasted" shirt I have. Via ebay, not my listing (<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/396205331834?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=medjVHgHTQC&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=laaBxFPgS0G&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebay.com/itm/396205331834?mkci</span><span class="invisible">d=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=medjVHgHTQC&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=laaBxFPgS0G&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY</span></a>). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>University of Alaska Fairbanks yearbook cartoon mocking students who fell for the 2nd greatest volcano hoax in Alaska history, when some Fairbanks folk thought the world was going to end. Learn the whole story in my latest article (<a href="https://adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/06/the-second-greatest-volcano-hoax-in-alaska-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/06</span><span class="invisible">/the-second-greatest-volcano-hoax-in-alaska-history/</span></a>). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Cartoon mocking University of Alaska Fairbanks students who fell for the second greatest volcano hoax in Alaska history, when some Fairbanks folk thought the world was going to end. Learn the whole story in my latest article (<a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/06/the-second-greatest-volcano-hoax-in-alaska-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/06</span><span class="invisible">/the-second-greatest-volcano-hoax-in-alaska-history/</span></a>). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a><br>9m</p>
David Reamer<p>The culprits for the second greatest volcano hoax in Alaska history, UAF geology professor Harry Groom (L) and student Pete Russell. For one night, many Fairbanks folk thought the world was ending. Learn more in my latest article (<a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/06/the-second-greatest-volcano-hoax-in-alaska-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/06</span><span class="invisible">/the-second-greatest-volcano-hoax-in-alaska-history/</span></a>). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>June 6, 1912 Novarupta-Katmai volcanic eruption was the 20th century's largest. In Kodiak (pictured), drifts of ash reached four feet, polluting water and collapsing some roofs. Ash avalanches caused additional damage. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>April 6, 1926 some of Anchorage's civic leaders dressed in women's clothes, perhaps for a fundraiser or perhaps something else. Includes Emil Pfeil (2nd from L) & future mayor/Delaney Park namesake JJ Delaney (3rd). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
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