Posted in Alaska
October 23, 2015
9 Rare Photos From Alaska That Will Take You Straight To The Past
For nostalgia’s sake, we’ve gathered together a bunch of old photos of Alaska to throw you into the past. Some you might remember, others were before your time, but these pictures depict Alaska in times of glory and in times of wreckage and deserve a good looking over.
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This parlor car is from the late 1800's and has that classy, vintage look!
Two brave soldiers on Adak Island during WWII.
The S.S. Yukon became stranded on the reefs extending from the northwestern side of Sannak Island in 1946.
The 1964 earthquake caused wreckage all over Alaska. Here are the remains of a ship in Seward.
A house after the earthquake of 1964 in Seward.
This sign is roughly 5 miles NE of the current Valdez, Alaska. The original town was lost in the 1964 earthquake when a majority of the site slid into the Prince William Sound.
Here is a snapshot with a before and after of Broadway in the early 1900's. Whoa!
70 years ago in Ketchikan the Canadian Steamship S.S. Prince George burned into the water. She caught fire at the dock but was towed into the waters when the fire was recognized as uncontrollable. Sadly, she burned in front of the many witnesses on the shores and docks of Ketchikan.
Not everyone was around in 1970, but if you remember where these totem poles stood in Juneau let us know! This is a great throwback for Alaska's capital.
Share with us any vintage photos you have from around the state, we would love to sink into nostalgia and see even more of these blasts from the past.
