David Reamer<p>Who remembers Tub-N-Sun, the 1980s-90s Anchorage public hot tub "health spa," where you rented a private room with a hot tub? And where everything was surely cleaned carefully afterwards. In 1996, a woman drowned in one of the tubs. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
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David Reamer<p>March 1963, protestors picket opening of the new J.C. Penney in Anchorage for not hiring union staff. Signs include: "J.C. Penney has no contract with Retail Clerks Union Local 1496 AFL-CIO" & "Please do not patronize J.C. Penney." <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/LaborDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborDay</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Description of labor conditions in early Anchorage from the April 1917 International Socialist Review. Poor food and freezing cabins for workers while local railroad brass practiced their sharpshooting skills, an open threat. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1957 Anchorage Labor Day parade with a car topped by a lioness & two women. Lioness is possibly Princess, later owned by Leon Brown who kept her & male lion named Timbo in a cage by his Mountain View A&W burger stand. Via Anchorage Museum <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Aug 28, 1967 aerial view of downtown Anchorage, Ship Creek flats, & Government Hill. Vertical streets are F & G. Bottom horizontal street is 6th. The original Loussac Library, now site of Egan Center, is at F & 5th. Via Anchorage Museum. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1963 ad for first of several Penneys from Heaven promotions for Bob Penney's Spenard trailer home business. On Aug 25, 1963, he dropped $1000 (about $10,500 today) in $1s from a helicopter. Locals waited below with nets & baseball gloves. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1983 commercial for the Anchorage House of Bars & Stools. They ask the big question: "How many times have you searched for the bars and stools to fit your decor only to find that most furniture stores have very limited selection?" <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>September 12, 1966, arson at the Lane Hotel in downtown Anchorage (4th and C) killed 14 people, the deadliest mass homicide in Alaska history. My article posting later today is about another deadly Anchorage arson. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>August 22, 2005, firefighters douse a small plane that crashed by the Northway Mall in Anchorage on approach to Merrill Field. No one was injured. Photo by Jim Lavrakas, from his 2012 book Snap Decisions. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>One of you surely needs this circa 1995 Binky "Catch and Release Club" sweatshirt, after Binky took a shoe from a tourist. Via ebay, not my listing (<a href="https://ebay.us/m/B4arXd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ebay.us/m/B4arXd</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Foo Fighters concert poster for their August 17 and 19, 2021 shows at Anchorage's Dena'ina Center. Poster by GIGART (Gregg Gordon). See more of his work here: <a href="https://gigart.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gigart.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>2009 Yen King delivery trucks in Anchorage, via Google streetview. This Chinese restaurant was on Old Seward, at what is now Sushi Ya. That location has also been Sushi Yako and a Rax. The advertisement is from the 1997/1998 Yellowpages. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1986 T-shirt commemorating the USS Constellation's visit to Anchorage. As the aircraft carrier traversed the Gulf of Alaska, a Soviet trawler picked up its garbage hoping for an intelligence coup. Via Anchorage Museum. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>One of my rarest finds, a 1970s Grizzly Burger of Anchorage radio commercial, "Grizzly Burger vs McDonalds." Grizzly Burger was cofounded by Tony Knowles in 1969, closed in 1979. First McDonalds in town opened in 1970. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/mcdonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcdonalds</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>"Man in snowstorm, Anchorage, 2015" by photographer Clark James Mishler, part of a 12-year portrait-a-day project. See more of his Anchorage work here: <a href="https://clarkjamesmishler.com/anchorage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">clarkjamesmishler.com/anchorag</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>"Whaling Captain with umbrella, Anchorage, 2013" by photographer Clark James Mishler, part of a 12-year portrait-a-day project. See more of his Anchorage work here: <a href="https://clarkjamesmishler.com/anchorage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">clarkjamesmishler.com/anchorag</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>"Small Trees, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 1989" by photographer Michael Kenna. Via PDNB Gallery of Dallas. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Star Wars opened in Anchorage on Aug 3, 1977 after opening nationally on May 25, 1977. Movie releases were different back then. It played at the Polar Twin Theatre, converted into the Polaris magnet school in the 90s. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>1997 China Garden menu, from the 1997-98 Anchorage Yellowpages. China Garden was on Fireweed and closed in 2017, then building burned a couple of times and was torn down. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
David Reamer<p>Happy Binky Day! On July 29, 1994, Binky the polar bear grabbed a foolish tourist at the Alaska Zoo, broke her leg, and famously kept a shoe. That shoe is displayed at the zoo gift shop. Binky died in 1995 from a parasitic disease. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaskahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaskahistory</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/anchoragehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anchoragehistory</span></a></p>
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