This is the conclusion to Arctic Sense, a 1943 Navy training manual on flying in the far north. Such casually explicit Alaska Native racism is rife in mid-century military material. #alaskahistory #alaska

Cover and interior illustrations from Arctic Sense, a 1943 Navy training manual on flying in the far north. You can see the entire manual here via the Museum of Flight (https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/3003?keywords=anchorage+alaska&highlights=WyJhbmNob3JhZ2UiLCJhbGFza2EiXQ%3D%3D&lsk=5bfea54b07e6e6e6c53ff70d31d0235f#idx71758). #alaskahistory #alaska

Early 1970s Alaska Airlines flight attendant uniform minidress, from their Golden Samovar tea service era. The dress is made of unlined polyester. The timetable is from 1971. Via Museum of Flight (Seattle). #alaskahistory #alaska

March 18, 2002 satellite view of Alaska. For Anchorage, this was the day after the St. Patrick's Day Snow Massacre ended. Via NASA #alaskahistory #alaska

🇺🇸 In 1942, Juneau High School left an empty chair at graduation.
It wasn’t a mistake. It was for their missing valedictorian.
What happened next became one of Alaska’s most powerful stories of injustice, courage, and community.
Read the Tanaka family story 👉 https://tinyurl.com/2evzs2mc
#AlaskaHistory #Juneau #WWII #JapaneseAmericanHistory #NeverForget #Alaska #History

Circa late 1980s/early 1990s Irish Trucking cap. Via Ebay, not my listing (https://ebay.us/m/1y6uW8). #alaskahistory #alaska

Most famous snowstorm in Anchorage history is probably the 2002 St. Patrick's Day storm--the Snow Massacre--with anecdotal reports of up to 30 inches of snow over March 16 to 17, around two inches of snow per hour for long stretches. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

In Barrow (now Utqiaġvik), this renovated Quonset hut was St. Patrick's Catholic Church from 1954 to 1992. Via Library of Congress #alaskahistory #alaska

In 1988, the very-not-Irish pizza shop owner Michael "Mafia Mike" Von Gnatensky was the Anchorage St. Patrick's Day parade grand marshal, which pissed off local Irish, made several organizations drop out, & helped kill the the tradition. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

April 23, 1913 advertisement for a restaurant in Juneau, the Model. Even in 1913, advertising tended to be quite a bit more complicated than this. #alaskahistory #alaska