Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn
This is one of two postcards that arrived yesterday from Kris, featuring “World Famous Skinny Dick’s: Spirits, food and Skinny’s...
Category: Alaska
Wrangell, Alaska
The colorist for this Curt Teich card (number 7A-H115, published in 1937 for the C. F. Johnston Company of Seattle)...
Hunting Bear in Alaska
Two days ago, I posted some cards featuring the Jefferson Memorial, and a new Jefferson Memorial postcard arrived in the...
Tomcod Fishers Out on Bering Sea
Every time I mention to someone how few cards from Alaska I have, more appear in my mailbox. This postcard...
Alaskan Gold Digger
“Gold panning is a livelihood for many Alaskans. It’s not uncommon to pan for nuggets the size of raisins.” This...
Postcard Collecting is Apparently Genetic
Number two grandson Austin and I have been learning about the postal system. He frequently raids my stack of postcards...
Only in Alaska!
Thanks are owed to Kris for increasing the size of my Alaska postcard collection by 50%. A fellow collector, he...
Totem Pole of Thlinget Chief Kian
“One of the most noted of the Totem Poles of Ketchikan (Alaska) is the famous Totem Pole of Chief Kian....
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