Vintage alaska

Well, I just spent 90 minutes scanning most of my vintage travel postcards for a clever little project that I am working on. When I go to antique stores, I look for old postcards showing places that I have actually visited. I like the ones with the antique amber and blue colors (and they actually inspired the colors of my office). Here are a few of my favorites: Bacharach, Germany - the prettiest town on the Rhine Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska The Falls at Artist Point in Yellowstone…

Mt McKinley, Alaska National Geographic | January 1973

Concept for a stamp

Alaska

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Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. Critics called the transaction "Seward's Folly" after William Seward, the US secretary of state. Alaska was officially made the 49th state in January 1959.

If you were living in Anchorage during the 70s then some of these should be familiar to you! See if you can pinpoint these locations from around town...