Historian with daily Alaska history posts & weekly column (https://www.adn.com/author/david-reamer/). Black Lives in Alaska (2022) co-author & 2023 co-Alaska Historian of the Year. Support at Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/davidreamer).
David Reamer
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1877 Inupiaq man on the Seward Peninsula. Via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. #alaskahistory #alaska
1885, Johnny Kit Elswa, a Haida man from Tanu, British Columbia, Canada. Among likely many other occupations, he was an artist and translator. Note the tattoos on his chest and arm. Via National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
July 1968, Miss Alaska Jane Haycraft (L) & skier Linda Chavis amidst fireweed near Portage Lake. Photo by Steve McCutcheon, via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska
Circa Feb 1980 chilling at Portage Lake. I'm perhaps alone in this, but if heading Portage way, I can't look at pictures like this beforehand. And I certainly would'nt enjoy looking at them while at the lake, not now and face the stark reality so directly. #alaskahistory #alaska
Undated views of children playing during recess at Fort Yukon. Photos by Steve McCutcheon, via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska
Circa 1820 Unangan (Aleut) waterproof gutskin cape/overcoat, an indalux (cape in Unangam Tunuu) or shaulong (adopted from Russian). Made of sea lion intestines. Via Peabody Essex Museum. Does it feel right for this to be in Massachusetts? #alaskahistory #alaska
April 1969, a bicycle rack outside Airport Heights Elementary in Anchorage. Airport Heights Elementary was dedicated on September 26, 1955. Photo by Steve McCutcheon, via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory
Oct 1964 aerial view of Anchorage, Cook Inlet, and Fire Island at sunset. By Steve McCutcheon. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska
July 1968, skier Linda Chavis and 1968 Miss Alaska Jane Haycraft (in red) photoshoot at Portage Lake. Photos by Steve McCutcheon, via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska
Yupik devilchaser from Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island). Made from antler & used to treat sick and nightmares. Also called bullroarers, as they are typically attached to a cord and swung in circles to make sound. Via Smithsonian. #alaskahistory #alaska
