Tag: Alaska

Cutting wood for a sauna near Bristol Bay, Alaska (1929)

This photograph has an inscription on the back which is written mostly in Finnish: I was able to read enough of the Finnish words to guess that the men were cutting wood to heat a sauna.  After I published this post, readers in Finland confirmed that guess.  Luisella from Tra Italia e Finlandia helpfully typed... Continue Reading →

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S.S. Corwin in the Ice, June 1908

Within the image area of this postcard, the photographer inscribed the negative: "S.S. Corwin in the Ice June -08-".  He also signed it in the lower right corner: "By J.C. Wats".  Was his name Watson? Underneath the image, the sender wrote: "June 23/08  Well but Busy  C.H."   There's a lot of information online about... Continue Reading →

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