Happy Alaska Day!
• October 18, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in Artists, book art, children's books, colonialism, FAP, FDR, Federal One, forestry, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Great Depression, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Philippines, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: "pay streak attractions", Alaska, Alaska Art Project, Alaska drawings (booklet), Alaska Territory, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909: Seattle Washington), Carl R. Saxild, Eskimos, Federal Art Projects, Forestry building, Glaciers, gold rush, gold strikes, human zoos, Igorrotes, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, international expositions, Inuit, Jerome Roth, Midways, Paintings, polar bears, postcards, President Andrew Johnson, prospectors, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Russia, Seattle (Washington), Secretary of State William Henry Steward, totem poles, totems, U.S. Court House (Anchorage), Wilderness (1920), Works Progress Administration
Eureka! Gold Strike Made in the Yukon Territory on this Date in History
• August 16, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in book art, children's books, Francis Xavier Luca, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: "Klondike Fever", "Yukon outfits", Alaska, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle: 1909), Canada, First Nations, George Carmack, gold, gold panning, gold prospectors, gold rushes, gold strikes, Jack London, Klondike River, Native Americans, riverbeds, salmon, Skookum Jim, souvenir medallions, Tagish Charlie, Yukon Territory
