David Reamerさんのイラストまとめ

1/2 1980 Anchorage as envisioned in a 1961 Anchorage metropolitan general plan. Very different transportation design than what we ended up with. Especially note the parkways (Coastal & Foothills Pkws) surrounding the city & a more intact Fairview. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory

1958 "Pictorial Map of Alaska"by Ernest Dudley Chase, full map followed by details. Bonus points for including the western Aleutians in full scale. Via Harvard. Higher quality scan available here: https://t.co/pEYRqRlR2p #alaskahistory

Just came across this 1906 Chicago Tribune cartoon, "When the Sunday Paper Arrives at the Resort." This long ago generation really should have pulled their faces out of their newspapers, unplugged from the printed word, and gone outside.

Still from 1960 Soviet propaganda film "In the Year 2017," named for the centenary of the October Revolution. Film suggested a future where Alaska has been "liberated" from capitalism and connected to Siberia by a combination dam/railroad & nuclear-powered trains. #alaskahistory

1920 postcard showing a dog team at St. Michael pulling a bit of timber. Back message is funny. The visitor took a "hasty dip" in the Bering Sea. "Once was enough. It's not like Delaware." #alaskahistory

"Wonder Why My Parents Didn't Give Me Salk Shots?," referring to polio vaccine. From Jan 12, 1956 Nashville Tennessean by Pulitzer-winning Tom Little. Though often brushed over in the eventual win over polio, there was opposition to polio vaccine, most notably from chiropractors.

1928 "White Swans Over the Tundra," oil on canvas by Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969). Via University of Minnesota Libraries. #alaskahistory

1937 "Rain, Ketchikan, Alaska," watercolor, oil, & pencil on paper by Tony Mattei (1900-1956). Via Smithsonian American Art Museum. #alaskahistory #ketchikanhistory

May 20, 1976 Anchorage Times Pay'n'Save skateboard ad. Board prices of $19.43-$29.86 is about $100-$150 now after accounting for inflation. Ad notes that skateboarding pioneers Gary Kocot & Desiree Von Essen were in town performing demonstrations. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory

Dec 9, 1910 San Francisco Call w/ the latest news of the Iditarod gold rush. High prices & shortages. Sugar at 20 cents a pound then is $6 today. $5/hour to rent team of horses, $150 today. $100 for "first class dog" is $2,900 today. #alaskahistory #iditarodhistory