April 27, 1917, 109 years ago today, Alaska Railroad workers using dynamite at mile 95 along the Turnagain Arm, between Girdwood and Potter Creek. Photos of before, during, and after explosion. #alaskahistory #alaska

August 15, 1915, downtown Anchorage. The building to parking ratio seems off. The mob in the middle seems to be for a lot auction. My article posting later today is about a railroad surveyor's photos of earliest Anchorage and its context. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

July 1915, main street in the Anchorage tent city. The downtown townsite auctions began July 10. Whoever wrote the inscription was being funny with the "old town" part. My article posting later today is more rare 1915 views of Anchorage with the context. #alaskahistory #alaska

July 1984 "Abandoned Freighter, Homer, Alaska" by photographer Joel Sternfeld, who specializes in roadside America. This is the Cape Lynch before it was moved and turned into a home. #alaskahistory #alaska

1992 "Awesome God of Ice. Alaska" by photographer Sheila Metzner. Via the Getty. #alaskahistory #alaska

1984 "Barnyard, Kenai, Alaska" by photographer Joel Sternfeld, who specializes in roadside America. #alaskahistory #alaska

Introduced to Anchorage in 1975, locals were slow to adopt ATMs and PIN numbers. In 1982, First National Bank of Anchorage added ATMs throughout southcentral Alaska, but I'm not sure about their "Now Anyone Can Have A Key To The Bank" slogan. #alaskahistory #alaska

1974 Jay Hammond for Governor of Alaska commercial featuring footage of Anchorage. He defeated incumbent Bill Egan in the election. #alaskahistory #alaska

Barbara Brubaker before and after trying to herringbone uphill in Alaska. From the Jan 3, 1944 issue of Life magazine, a feature about the McKinley Park Hotel, which the Army took over during WWII for rest & relaxation furloughs. #alaskahistory #alaska

A very rare Alaska pennant. Fort Raymond was a short-lived Army base in Seward, active from 1942 to 1945. After that it became a tuberculosis sanitarium. Its airfield eventually became the Seward airport. Via Ebay, not my listing (https://ebay.us/m/WQfmik). #alaskahistory #alaska