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.
- White Pass & Yukon Route Parlor Car
Alaska Historical Collections This parlor car is from the late 1800’s and has that classy, vintage look!
- Soldiers on Adak
Archives and Special Collections at the UAA/APU Consortium Library Two brave soldiers on Adak Island during WWII.
- Wreck of the S.S. Yukon, 1946
Seward Community Library Association via Alaska’s Digital Archives The S.S. Yukon became stranded on the reefs extending from the northwestern side of Sannak Island in 1946.
- Destruction from the 1964 Earthquake
Seward Community Library Association via Alaska’s Digital Archives The 1964 earthquake caused wreckage all over Alaska. Here are the remains of a ship in Seward.
- Additional hurricane damage.
Seward Community Library Association via Alaska’s Digital Archives A house after the earthquake of 1964 in Seward.
- Original Valdez Town
Jimmy Emerson, DVM | Flickr 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.
- Skagway… Then and Now
Jasperdo | Flickr Here is a snapshot with a before and after of Broadway in the early 1900’s. Whoa!
- S.S. Prince George burns in Ketchikan
simpleinsomnia | Flickr 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.
- Juneau in 1970
Nathan Hughes Hamilton | Flickr 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.
Alaska Historical Collections
This parlor car is from the late 1800’s and has that classy, vintage look!
Archives and Special Collections at the UAA/APU Consortium Library
Two brave soldiers on Adak Island during WWII.
Seward Community Library Association via Alaska’s Digital Archives
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.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM | Flickr
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.
Jasperdo | Flickr
Here is a snapshot with a before and after of Broadway in the early 1900’s. Whoa!
simpleinsomnia | Flickr
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.
Nathan Hughes Hamilton | Flickr
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.
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