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  1994 "Prudhoe Bay Hotel, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska" by photographer Robert Dawson. Via University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography #alaskahistory #alaska

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  1994 "Ranger Holding Blue Ice, Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska" by photographer Robert Dawson. Via University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography #alaskahistory #alaska

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  1994 "Clearcutting, Near Haines, Alaska" by photographer Robert Dawson. Via University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography #alaskahistory #alaska

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  Trick or treating didn't become big in Anchorage until 1930s (1942 article below). As across US, organized trick or treating was meant to curb existing traditions of Halloween night "pranks," like fires, assaults, egging, soaping windows, throwing flour, knocking over trash, etc.

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  Halloween costume ideas from history. This witch from 1977, an employee of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. She gets by with an upgraded broom that included handlebars, headlight, gauge, & taillight. #Halloween

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  Before trick or treating, Halloween was more of a time for lovers, when matchmaking spooky parlor games dominated the season. Learn all about the old magics in my latest article: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2026/10/25/when-halloween-was-for-lovers-and-the-forgotten-spooky-matchmaking-parlor-game/

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  In the 19th century and earliest years of the 20th, the most popular Halloween game involved a mirror and a scary ritual, meant to reveal your future partner. Learn how to party like the pioneers in my latest article: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2026/10/25/when-halloween-was-for-lovers-and-the-forgotten-spooky-matchmaking-parlor-game/

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  Halloween has gone so commercial. If you want to return to the old ways, check out my latest article and learn how to conduct spooky rituals to find yourself a mate. After all, that's how the pioneers did things. Read it here: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2026/10/25/when-halloween-was-for-lovers-and-the-forgotten-spooky-matchmaking-parlor-game/

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  May 1988 AT&T Alascom "FreeTime offer" commercial. Does anything--anything at all--in this commercial feel Alaskan? #alaskahistory #alaska

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  2004 Millennium Alaskan Hotel and Flying Machine Restaurant of Anchorage commercial, what is now the Lakefront Anchorage. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

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  May 1998 McDonald's Alaska commercial. #alaskahistory #alaska

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  Oct 26, 1954 Reuters silent newsreel of Roy Bergo trying to sail from Edmonds, WA to Alaska in a children's bathtub. Without charts/maps, he instead said "I will rely on my own judgement." He made it 12 miles before a very annoyed Coast Guard had to rescue him. #alaskahistory

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  Aftermath of an October 1980 windstorm at the Birchwood Airport, Chugiak. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska

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  Scenes from a seemingly legendary 1979 Halloween party at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, including rough trade and oil barrels. Via UAF archives #alaskahistory #alaska

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  May 1979, entrance to the Anchorage International Airport. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

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  Circa 1967/68, a hot air balloon at what is now Anchorage International Airport parking. The building at right is Igloo-Puk, a shortlived Alaska Native heritage center built for the 1967 Alaska purchase centennial. Via National Archives #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

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  Oct 28, 1975, section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline run through a pipe bending machine 51 years ago today. #alaskahistory #alaska

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  Christina Salmon and sister Alexanna Salmon pose for a Halloween photo while Mike Andrew Sr. looks on from the back. In Igiugiq but undated. Via Igiugiq Tribal Library. #alaskahistory #alaska #halloween

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  Halloween time for kids in 1982 Valdez. Via Valdez Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #halloween

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  Halloween costumes from the 1988 Anchorage West High yearbook, some. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

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  Circa 1920s/1930s, dog wearing sunglasses on a steamship. Photo likely taken by Jeanne Laurence, painter and wife to Sydney Laurence. She seemed to collect dog photos, for fun and as studies for artworks. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska

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  @tychotithonus@infosec.exchange After your period of interest, but I was intrigued to see this license plate #100, taken in 1965 per Museum description.

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  1943 Alaska Highway poster, via University of Alberta. #alaskahistory #alaska

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  This is Chick Lambert, a 1960s Long Beach car salesmen with his German shepherds. If you remember Cal Worthington and his "my dog Spot" commercials, they began as a parody of Lambert. The first "Spot" was an ape. Learn more in my latest article: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2026/07/26/5-facts-and-5-commercials-about-legendary-car-salesman-cal-worthington/

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  Cal Worthington dealership plate, reminding people of his "Go See Cal" jingle though no one needed the reminder. In my latest article, the first of a two-part series, I offer five facts and five commercials for Cal, check it out here: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2026/07/26/5-facts-and-5-commercials-about-legendary-car-salesman-cal-worthington/

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  Circa 1930-1940 cat in a heavy fog on Creek Street in Ketchikan. Photo by Alfred Milotte. Via Tongass Historical Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #Caturday

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  Undated matchbook for the Imperial Bar in Cordova with a nifty optical illusion. The bar was destroyed in a 1951 fire. Proprietor R.W. Korn was better known as Bob Korn, also the Cordova pool namesake. #alaskahistory #alaska

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  Oct 15, 1942, soldiers try to dump a load of gravel or dirt in the construction of the Alcan Highway, but the load is frozen in the truck. Via National Archives. #alaskahistory #cdnhist #alaska

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  Circa 1961, two MGs out and about in Alaska. Are they both MGA 1600s? Those who know more about cars can yell at me in the replies. Somewhat related, my next article is about early Porsches in Alaska. #alaskahistory #alaska

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  July 14, 1960, Bun Drive-In on Northern Lights Blvd in Anchorage. In the 1960s, The Bun was a center of teen culture: a place to eat, socialize, show off cars, & listen to rock 'n' roll. It opened in 1959 and moved a block east in 1964. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory