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Circa 1928 "Alaskan Halibut Fisher" oil on canvas by Sydney Laurence (1865-1940). Via Coeur d'Alene Art Auction. #alaskahistory
Circa 1910 Thanksgiving postcard of a human/turkey hybrid described as a "jolly feast." #Thanksgiving
1895 "Sitka, Alaska," oil on canvas by James Everett Stuart (1852-1941). #alaskahistory #sitkahistory
Sep 12, 1940 AK artist Sydney Laurence dies. On Sep 11 he announced that he was about to die. Had a shave/haircut, talked to friends, & sold a painting. Told buyer "Tomorrow will be too late." Admitted himself to hospital, then had fatal stroke next morning. #alaskahistory
Circa 1960s Texas postcard. "Alaska is bigger than we are, so there's only one thing to do . . . buy it!" When Alaska became a state, there was a cottage industry of Alaska/Texas jokes, most pointing out that Texas was no longer the largest state. #Alaskahistory #Alaska
Excerpts from the 2018 children's book, How Raven Got His Crooked Nose, a retelling of a traditional Dena'ina fable by Barbara & Ethan Atwater, & Mindy Dwyer. #alaskahistory
Panels from The Three Stooges comic book #1043 from Dell Comics, cover dated Oct-Dec 1949. The Three Stooges vs a gold mine & a mountain climbing contest.
Comic available to read here: https://t.co/wCWyLY8ZMh #alaskahistory
1947 "Achebak, the Seal Hunter" oil on masonite by Frederick Machetanz (1908-2002). #alaskahistory
1970 copy of an original Tlingit shaman mask. Original "collected" by George Emmons from a shaman at Point Lena in 1919 & currently at National Museum of the American Indian in DC. The copy, by the Cherokee-descended Lelooska (1933-1996), sold for $9,500 in 2006. #alaskahistory
1925 poster for North of Nome, an apparently quite dramatic silent movie set in Alaska. #alaskahistory #nomehistory