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Alaska postcard album, ca. 1915

Arctic & Northern History

This is an album of 14 Alaska postcards, unfortunately all thoroughly glued in but with a gorgeous hand-painted leather cover. The album dates to about 1915. We bought it on eBay in 2001.
This is an album of 14 Alaska postcards, unfortunately all thoroughly glued in but with a gorgeous hand-painted leather cover.

Alaska's Flag, by Marie Drake. The Territorial Legislature adopted it as Alaska's official song in 1955.

The 4 autograph pages in this album are all unused.

Left: C130, "Mickaninie's Kow Kow".
Right: 15343, Totem Poile of Thlinget Chief Kian, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Upper: C122, Soapy Smith Skull, Skagway, Alaska.
Lower: C137, "The Loop," Alaska Railroad, near Seward.

Upper: C138, Taku Glacier, Alaska.
Lower: Steamer "Humboldt," Juneau, Alaska.

Upper: C138, Muir Glacier, Alaska.
Lower: C125, Sitka, Alaska

Upper: C112, The Water Front, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Lower: C100, Mt. McKinley, Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska.

Upper: 2009, Birdseye View of Nome, Alaska.
Water Falls on Burro Creek, Alaska.

Upper: Canadian Bank of Commerce, Dawson.
Lower: Municipal Building (Foreground) and U.S. Court House, Juneau, Alaska.