New and vintage Alaska Postcards

Alaska Postcards

Alaska Postcards

Alaska Pipeline - Text on back: Oil was discovered on Alaska's North Slope at Prudhoe Bay in March 1968. Studies on a proposed pipeline started as early as August of the same year. In September, 1969 the State of Alaska held a Lease Sale of Purdoe Bay land, a record 900 million dollars was paid to the State by those winning these leases. There has been an unheralded number of engineering, ecological and permafrost studies along the pipeline route to assure safety of Alaska's wildlife and ecology. Temperatures along the pipeline route vary from as much as 100° F. in the summer to more than 75° F below zero in winter. The pipeline was three years in construction and cost over 8 billion dollars -- the largest and most costly project ever undertaken by private industry. Postcard is new and in excellent condition.

Skagway Courthouse/McCabe College - Text on back: McCabe College, Skagway, Alaska Methodist McCabe College, built of local granite in 1899, was Alaska’s first institution of higher education. The Building served as the federal U.S. Court House from 1901 to the 1950’s and since 1961 as the Skagway Museum and City Hall. Postcard is unused and in good condition.

Beautiful Granit Creek - Text on back: Beautiful Granit Creek as seen from the Glenn Highway. Postcard is unused and in good condition with scalloped edges.

Alaska Map - Text on back: Alaska, the Great Land. Postcard is new and in excellent condition.

Arctic Brotherhood Hall, Skagway - Text on back: Arctic Brotherhood Hall, Skagway, Alaska. Camp Skagway No. 1, built in 1899, was the first lodge hall of the Arctic Brotherhood, a fraternal order established in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. The AB Hall with its original driftwood facade is preserved by the City of Skagway. Postcard is new and in mint condition.

American Bald Eagle - No text on back. Postcard is unused and in good condition.

Folded Mountain, Alaska Highway - Text on back: Folded Mountain, Alaska Highway, mile 428. Few places in the world evidence the violent forces of upheaval so strikingly as the Folded Mountain. Postcard is unused and in very good condition.

Alaska Salmon - Text on back: Alaskan King Salmon. Colorful close-up view of one of the most majestic and famous of all fish the beautiful and delicious King Salmon for which Alaska is renowned. King Salmon can weigh in excess of 90 lbs. Postcard is unused and in very good condition.

Alaska Highway - Text on back: Beginning at Dawson Creek, British Columbia, the Alaska Highway, originally built during wartime in a hurculean effort, extends 1523 miles north and west to Fairbanks, Alaska. The highway continues to be a road to friendship providing travelers northern access to historic Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Alaska. Postcard is unused and in very good condition.

Alaska-Canada Border - Text on back: The Alaska-Canada Border markers. Gateway to the Yukon at Tok, Alaska. Postcard is unused and in good condition. Slight bend to upper left corner.

Kiskatinaw River Bridge, Alaska Highway - Text on back: New Kiskatinaw river Bridge. Alaska Highway, mile 21/33.8 km. An impressive view of this unique structure and the canyon it spans can be had from the parking and observation area at the north end of the bridge. Postcard is unused and in very good condition.

Mt. McKinley - Text on back: Mt. McKinley, Alaska. Majestic Mt. McKinley as viewed from the south side near Talkeetna. Postcard is new, unused and in mint condition.

Yukon Fish Trap in Alaska - Text on back: River currents power the big baskets which trap unsuspecting fish swimming up stream. Postcard is unused and in very good condition.

Mt. Augustine, Alaska - Text on back: Eruption of March, 1986 showing sulfurous ash as it cllimbs thousands of feet into the air and the pyroclastic as it travels down the slopes of this active Alaska volcano. The other major eruptions of Mt. Augustine were in 1812, 1883, 1935, and 1963-64. Postcard is unused and in very good condition.

Anchorage - Text on back: Anchorage skyline with the Park Strip in foreground and Sleeping Lady in the background. Postcard is unused and in very good condition.

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