Map: Alaska 49th

ALASKA

CAPITAL: Juneau. AREA: 586,400 sq. mi. POPULATION: 400,000. FLOWER: Forget-Me-Not. BIRD: Willow Ptarmigan. SONG: Alaska's Flag. Admission: 49th State

Alaska Highway Marker

Alaska Hiway Marker — Fairbanks, Alaska

Welcome to Circle City

161 miles north of Fairbanks on the mighty Yukon River is the farthest point north on the North American Continent you can reach by car. Over Eagle Summit, through beautiful valleys and wild wilderness country we are at the end of the line.

Map: Greetings from Alaska

ALASKA

1960 — Population — 182,000

Area in Sq. Miles — 586,400

Entered the Union — 1959

 

Portage Glacier

PORTAGE GLACIER

near ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

Actual photo of a "Maid in Alaska" ice-berg (we mean the ice-floe — not the pulchritudinous young lady decorating this famous glacier 55 miles from Anchorage.

postmarked 1969

 

Santa Claus House

SANTA CLAUS HOUSE

511 Santa Claus Lane

North Pole, Alaska

postmarked 1964

Alaska Airlines Golden Nugger

YOU'RE IN ALASKA THE MOMENT YOU STEP ABOARD!

Alaska Airlines Golden Nugget Fan-Jets feature unique Gold Rush-gay Nineties service and decor. this is the most Alaska airline of all . .  . and the most fun. Daily flights between Seattle-Anchorage-Fairbanks and to the Arctic.

Alaska Bush Pilot

Alaska's famed bush pilots have earned the respect of the Territory and the world.

ALASKA      THE FIRST . . . THE FINEST SERVICE TO ALL ALASKA
AIRLINES 

Eskimos Blanket Tossing

BLANKET TOSSING . . . the number one sport of Alaska Eskimos, may be seen on all Wien Air Alaska Arctic tours visiting Kotzebue or Point Barrow, Alaska, The blanket is made from walrus skins. The jumper may reach a height of 25 feet or more

WIEN AIR ALASKA — FIRST IN ALASKA
©1967

Welcome to Santa Claus House

The world's largest Santa Claus, over 40 feet in height, is located at Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska.

postmarked 1975

Alaska Centennial Exposition

 

ALASKA 67 CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. May 27-Sept. 10, 1967. the lusty brawling Alaska boom town days come to life again in a GOLD RUSH TOWN, reproduced in authentic detail as a major exposition attraction. Visitors here find themselves at the turn of the century, in the world of the sourdough and "the lady that's known as Lou!"

Howdy from Alaska

Top: Alaska iceberg afloat in the Pacific Ocean
Bottom: Icebergs and the famous Portage Glacier

Alaska 49th State Map

Thermometer at Fairbanks, Alaska

 

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA

The ice-fog obscures the famous thermometer at 2nd Ave. and Cushman — as the temperature reaches 54° below 0.

Johnson Totem Pole

Johnson Totem Pole in Ketchikan, Alaska, the last of the original Potlatch Poles, erected by Chief Johnson in the year1901.

Matanuska Cabbage

This fantastic head of cabbage weighs 40 pounds about 30 days after planting. The midnight sun in Alaska provides about 64 days of nearly continuous sunshine each year.