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David Reamer<p>Circa 1985 Alaska Sausage and Seafood commercial. <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>Circa 1985 Great Land Plumbing of Anchorage commercial. <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>May 11, 1921, a masked man robbed the Bank of Alaska on 4th Ave, the first bank robbery in Anchorage history. He took $2514 ($45k in 2025 money) &amp; was never captured, in a time when the only ways out of town were train, boat, or long walk. <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>Circa 1960s lighter for the Bar-B-Q Pit postcard, which was on Old Seward in Anchorage. It opened in 1961. Site was later Cloudy's Bar-B-Q &amp; (briefly) Luigi's Pizzeria. Today the location is Moose's Tooth. <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>April 23, 1946, Anchorage High School students protesting downtown. Note the "Down with the dictator" sign. This was the beginning of a three day strike--that they won. Learn more in my latest article (<a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/13/the-outrageous-and-effective-1946-anchorage-high-school-student-strike/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/alaska-life/2025/04/13</span><span class="invisible">/the-outrageous-and-effective-1946-anchorage-high-school-student-strike/</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>The July 1953, Anchorage hotel and restaurant workers strike closed 54 of 77 eateries in town. The rest agreed to raises. Visitors struggled to find food. I wrote about it in 2021 (<a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/03/14/in-1953-anchorage-restaurant-workers-were-unionized-and-had-the-power-to-shut-down-almost-every-restaurant-in-town/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/alaska-life/2021/03/14</span><span class="invisible">/in-1953-anchorage-restaurant-workers-were-unionized-and-had-the-power-to-shut-down-almost-every-restaurant-in-town/</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/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/laborday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laborday</span></a></p>
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>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 &amp; 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&amp;mkevt=1&amp;mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&amp;ssspo=KbDVyn3sREq&amp;sssrc=2047675&amp;ssuid=laaBxFPgS0G&amp;widget_ver=artemis&amp;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&amp;mkevt=1&amp;mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&amp;ssspo=KbDVyn3sREq&amp;sssrc=2047675&amp;ssuid=laaBxFPgS0G&amp;widget_ver=artemis&amp;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 &amp; 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>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) &amp; 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>
David Reamer<p>1976 downtown Anchorage, looking west down 7th Avenue. Via Thomas Hawk on Flickr. <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>April 30, 1964, downtown Anchorage looking east on 4th Ave from F St. A month after the Good Friday Earthquake with visible damage but also people carrying on with their lives. Some quake accounts make it seem like Anchorage was levelled. <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>Mid 1950s and 2024 Carrs grocery store on Gambell Street in Anchorage. After years without reinvestment or remodels, Safeway is closing this location soon. This is the oldest Carrs and site of the original store (<a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2025/04/02/carrs-safeway-is-closing-its-historic-gambell-street-store-near-downtown-anchorage/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/</span><span class="invisible">2025/04/02/carrs-safeway-is-closing-its-historic-gambell-street-store-near-downtown-anchorage/</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>In 1987, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek visited Anchorage for some public appearances and a contestant search. Photo by longtime Anchorage Times photographer Alice Puster. <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>August 1991 Spin magazine article. They sent a reporter to Anchorage to see if he could find the "soul of rock'n'roll." The best part is when he falls for a tourist prank at the Birdhouse bar. <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>Alaska Army National Guardsman patrols Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, with bayonet affixed, in the aftermath of the March 27, 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. <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>British Pathé newsreel about the March 27, 1964 Good Friday Earthquake aftermath in Anchorage. The earthquake occurred sixty-one years ago today. <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>
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