REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Archivist

TITLE: Tom C. Sun Slides

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2017.020

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1950-1960

Extent: 1 box; 0.2 linear feet

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Tom C. Sun

Administrative/Biographical History:
Some of the slide boxes bore the name and Mountain View address of Tom C. Sun. Telephone
directories confirm that Tom Sun resided in Spenard in 1950, Roosevelt Park in 1951, and in
Mountain View from 1952-1958. One box bore a label from The Janan Co. Ltd. Camera Dept.,
Kowloon. Nothing else was known about Mr. Sun at the time of processing.

Scope and Content Description:

Arrangement: Slides sorted by print date or mount type, then arranged by subject.


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in fair to good condition.


Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials. A lightbox may be
used to view transparencies.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Tom C. Sun Slides; Anchorage Museum, B2017.020

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by a community member who found them in a house slated for demolition at 7923 E
11th
Court in October 2017.

Processing Note
25 reels of motion picture film found with the slides transferred to AMIPA.


SUBJECTS
Chinese Americans—Alaska—Anchorage
Hunting—Alaska
Anchorage (Alaska)
Fairbanks (Alaska)
Homer (Alaska)
Kenai (Alaska)
Seward (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection

[Anchorage, 1950-1955]
1 — [women and clowns riding in open automobile with Shriners logo in parade on Fifth Avenue, passing businesses including 76 station, Polar Hotel, Polar Café, Modern Beauty Shop]
2 — [two men smoking cigarettes walking with baby elephant in parade on Fifth Avenue, passing businesses including 76 station, Polar Hotel, Polar Café, Modern Beauty Shop]
3 — [Army tanks and other equipment in parade on Fifth Avenue, passing businesses including Pagoda Restaurant, 76 station, Polar Hotel, Polar Café]
4 — [Army tanks and other equipment in parade on Fifth Avenue, passing businesses including 76 station, Polar Hotel]
5 — [rear view of Elks float on parade on E Street, passing Anchorage Hotel, Shriners standing with other spectators at left]
 6 — [Elks float parked at curb with other automobiles outside Elks Club on Third Avenue, sidewalks under construction]
 7 — [man holding squirrel crouched next to building in winter, automobiles parked in front, possibly Ship Creek area at left]
8 — [man washing automobile in winter, holding can of powdered soap over bucket, houses in background, automobile with Alaska license plate and Fort Richardson tag]
 9 — [street scene in residential area, with automobiles parked along sidewalks]
10 — [view from City Hall of Log Cabin Visitors Center in summer, grass and wildflowers growing on roof, federal building at right, KENI in background]
11 — [view across Fourth Avenue to City Hall and Log Cabin Visitors Center in winter, pedestrians on sidewalk]
 12 — [newly constructed house being painted, concrete sidewalk in yard, sawhorses at left, Chugach Mountains in background]
 13 — [possibly foundation work or new concrete sidewalk going in at house]
 14 — [exterior of Anchorage High School, Jeep parked at left, circa 1953]
 15 — [man standing next to ladder against house under construction in winter]
 16 — [man, possibly Sun, standing next to ladder against house under construction in winter]
 17 — [exterior of house in winter, smaller building at right, Chugach Mountains in background, possibly Mountain View neighborhood]
 18 — [men working on road construction on C Street, laying cable or structural support down lane, sign in right background for Alaska Territorial Employment Service, sign at left for Board Room Meals, Ship Creek in distance]
19 — [men working on road construction on C Street, laying cable or structural support down lane, sign in right background for Alaska Territorial Employment Service, sign at left for Board Room Meals, Ship Creek in distance]
20 — [man standing outside passenger entrance at Anchorage International Airport]
21 — [passengers walking across tarmac to board Alaska Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplane tail number N91005]
 22 — [woman and two girls standing at Anchorage International Airport, young girl wearing leg braces, mobile ladders at left, terminal at right]
 23 — [family posed next to automobile at Anchorage International Airport, young girl wearing leg braces]
24 — [man, possibly Sun, posed with young girl wearing leg braces next to automobile at Anchorage International Airport]
 25 — [Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-4 airplane tail number N6404 on the tarmac at Anchorage International Airport]
 26 — [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad yards and shops in winter, Alaska Native Service Hospital and water tower in background, Chugach Mountains in distance]
 27 — [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad yards and shops in winter, Alaska Native Service Hospital and water tower in background left, McKinley Apartments background right, Chugach Mountains in distance]
 28 — [bird’s eye view of Alaska Railroad yards and shops in winter, headquarters building at left, Government Hill in background] [Anchorage, 1955-1959]
 29 — [exterior of house in winter]
 30 — [exterior of outbuilding in winter in deep snow]
 31 — [exterior of house and outbuilding in winter, Chugach Mountains in background, possibly Mountain View neighborhood. Cf. .40]
 32 — [exterior of three-story building in winter]
 33 — [two automobiles parked in driveway of house in winter, Chugach Mountains in background, possibly Mountain View neighborhood. Cf. .40]
34 — [man with two small children standing next to passenger entrance at Anchorage International Airport, two men in white coveralls in background]
35 — [musher with team racing down Fourth Avenue past Lois Beauty Salon and Pacific Northern Airlines ticket office, sled sponsored by Bi-Rite Drug, Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Races]
 36 — [Fourth Avenue street scene, street cleared for Fur Rendezvous, spectators on sidewalks, police motorcycle parked at left, signs for businesses including Esquire Shop, 515 Lounge, Reed’s, J. Vic Brown & Son Jewelers, L.W. Hines Optometrist, Ship Creek Market, Toys Gifts]
 37 — [winter street scene, possibly intersection of Fourth Avenue and Gambell Street, with stop light, sign for Big Three Motors at right]
 38 — [couple posed in front of house in winter, Providence Hospital in background]
 39 — [automobile parked between two houses in winter, with high snow banks]
 40 — [two automobiles parked in driveway of house in winter, house and outbuilding at left, Chugach Mountains in background, possibly Mountain View neighborhood. Cf. .31, .33]
41 — [woman wearing eyeglasses and headscarf posed next to ice igloo, cache in background, probably Carr’s on Gambell Street]
 42 — [couple posed in front of house in winter]
 43 — [man working on automobile parked next to utility pole in residential area in winter, Providence Hospital in background]
44 — [family posed next to automobile parked next to utility pole in residential area in winter, Providence Hospital in background]
 45 — [man wearing white coveralls and hard hat operating Bucyrus Erie drilling equipment in yard in residential area, Chugach Mountains in background]
 46 — [Penn-Jersey Drilling Co. drilling equipment in yard in residential area, man wearing white coveralls and hard hat working behind truck]
 47 — [woman and two children posed at Anchorage International Airport, mobile ladders at left, terminal at right]
 48 — [parade marchers assembling on street next to Ideal Barber Shop]
 49 — [airplanes flying in formation over Fourth Avenue and signs for Kennedy’s Hardware, L.W. Hines Optometrist, Alaska Treasure, and Carlquist Jewelers, probably Fourth of July celebration]
 50 — [child leading two people in horse costume pulling wagon in parade on Fourth Avenue, passing spectators in front of I. Bayles Clothier]
51 — 1958 February 15, McTavish, Ben A. [casket and flowers at grave at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery in winter, buildings in background]
52 — June 1958, new construction begin in the area [view across grassy area to new housing, Cook Inlet in right background. Per Kristine Bunnell: “The viewpoint would be from Price and Parsons looking toward Pt. Woronzof”, Mountain View neighborhood]
 53 — [view across Fourth Avenue to Log Cabin Visitors Center, large billboard for Citizens Committee for Statehood in front of building, totem pole at right, pedestrians on sidewalk, City Hall at left]
 54 — [copper nugget at Log Cabin Visitors Center, with sign “5445 Pound Native Copper Nugget [...]”]
 55 — [icebergs in Portage Lake]
56 — Aug. 1958 [Chinese American man wearing suit and tie standing next to icebergs on Portage Lake]
 57 — [Chinese American man wearing suit and tie posed with young boy outside Fire Lake Fish Hatchery, automobile parked at left]
 58 — Hodge leaving March 58 [family posed next to Alaska Railroad Locomotive 1 on display across from headquarters building]
 59 — [Ruth & kid’s to State, June 59 [family posed at Anchorage International Airport, mobile stairs at right; print date Jul 59. Portion of image overexposed]
60 — [Chinese American women and small child walking towards airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other airplanes in right background; print date Jul 59]
61 — July 59 Frank wife & Hoon passing Anch. [Chinese American woman posed with young boy in front of Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-7 airplane on tarmac at Anchorage International Airport, other passengers walking at left; print date Jul 59]
 62 — [exterior of hospital in winter, Elmendorf Air Force Base]
63 — [view looking down road heading downhill in winter, buildings in middle ground possibly along Ship Creek, Chugach Mountains in distance]
 64 — [view across Ship Creek industrial area to Elmendorf Air Force Base in winter, possibly taken from Mountain View area]
 65 — [view looking across treed area to buildings on far bluff of Ship Creek in winter, possibly Elmendorf Air Force Base as seen from Mountain View area]
66 — [view looking down road heading downhill in winter, buildings in middle ground]
 67 — [view looking across treed area to buildings on far bluff of Ship Creek in winter, possibly Elmendorf Air Force Base as seen from Mountain View area]
 68 — 1957 Memorial’s Day [two young children standing next to pile of flowers set at base of flagpole in cemetery at Elmendorf Air Force Base, man holding camera at left]
 69 — [three young children standing next to pile of flowers set at base of flagpole in cemetery at Elmendorf Air Force Base]
 70 — [three young children standing next to grave stone of Francis Joseph McLaughlin, Elmendorf Air Force Base cemetery] Other locations
 71 — [exterior of Kenai Chapel, Protestant church later called Kenai Bible Church, circa 1952- 1955]
72 — [Seward street scene, looking down 4 th Avenue to Resurrection Bay, Mount Marathon racers in distance, spectators lining sidewalks in front of businesses including The Nobby, Watsjold Market, 1955-1959]
73 — [Seward street scene, looking up Second Avenue, Mount Marathon racers in distance, spectators lining sidewalks in front of businesses including Don’s Café, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in left background, 1955-1959]
74 — [view from street to top of Mount Marathon, automobiles and houses in foreground, 1955-1959]
75 — [crowd of spectators at Mount Marathon race, man in background holding trophies, 1955-1959]
76 — [Mount Marathon racer wearing number 51 running up to automobile on street, crowd of spectators watching at finish line, 1955-1959]
77 — [Mount Marathon racer wearing running up to automobile at finish line, signs at left for The Northern Pool Liquor, Bobbie’s Bar, and Taxi, 1955-1959]
 78 — [automobiles parked outside the Alaska National Bank of Fairbanks in winter, 1955-1959]
 79 — [Fairbanks street scene at Lacey and Second Avenue in winter, with pedestrians walking under Lacey Street Theater marquee advertising Walt Disney’s Music Land Plus Texas Lady, signs for Chena Department Store, Daily News Miner, 1955-1959]
 80 — [Fairbanks street scene on Lacey Street in winter, with automobiles on road and pedestrians walking under Lacey Street Theater marquee advertising Walt Disney’s Music Land Plus Texas Lady, signs for Chena Department Store, Daily News Miner, 1955-1959]
 81 — [Fairbanks street scene on Second Avenue in winter, automobiles parked in front of businesses including Savoy Bar, Elbow Room, Chrysler-Plymouth, [B?] & B Coffee Shop, 1955- 1959]
82 — [two women and man standing in front of entrance to Constitution Hall during Constitutional Convention, possibly delegates, 1955-1956]
83 — [Sun posed with man and woman in front of entrance to Constitution Hall during Constitutional Convention, possibly delegates, 1955-1956]
 84 — [bird’s eye view of Homer spit and Kachemak Bay, glacier at left; print date Oct 59]
 85 — [view through trees of road bridge over river, Homer area; print date Oct 59]
 86 — [numerous airplanes on ground at Homer airport; print date Oct 59]
 87 — [view across airstrip ay Homer airport to hill above; print date Oct 59]
 88 — [distant view of CAA buildings at Homer airport; print date Oct 59]
 89 — Oct 59 Homer airport [view down airstrip, Kachemak Bay at left, CAA buildings at right; print date Oct 59] [Outdoor recreation]
 90 — [two men fishing from small sandbar, Piper PA-11 floatplane tail number N30961 parked at right, coffee pot on camp fire in left foreground, 1950-1955]
 91 — [two men fishing from small sandbar, Piper PA-11 floatplane tail number N30961 parked at right, 1950-1955]
 92 — [Piper PA-11 floatplane tail number N30961 parked at sandbar, man crouched down in foreground, 1950-1955]
 93 — [man crouched down tending coffee pot on camp fire on small sandbar, floatplane parked at right, 1950-1955]
 94 — [close-up of two metal basins full of hooligan or eulachon fish in back of automobile, man wearing waders standing at left, fish nets on ground at right, 1950-1955]
 95 — [man wearing broad-brimmed hat and waders dumping one basin of hooligan into another behind automobile, 1950-1955]
96 — [Sun and man wearing broad-brimmed hat and waders posed with basin full of hooligan behind automobile, train tracks in right background, Seward Highway in right background, 1950-1955]
 97 — [man crouched down at campsite in wooded area, metal barrels at right, possibly cabin at left, 1955-1959]
 98 — [man sitting on tree stump next to log cabin, wearing knife or gun holster on belt, 1955- 1959]
 99 — [Piper PA-11 floatplane tail number N30961 parked at lakeshore, 1955-1959]
 100 — [two men sitting next to log cabin, 1955-1959]
 101 — [two men sitting next to log cabin, 1955-1959]
 102 — [view of log cabin from lake, large boulder at left, 1955-1959]
 103 — [view of log cabin from lake, 1955-1959]
 104 — [man and woman standing next to log cabin, woman holding fish, man smoking cigarette, two duck carcasses hanging in background, 1955-1959]
 105 — [boat with outboard motor tied to log dock on lake, large boulder at right, 1955-1959]
 106 — [man posed in front of log cabin, sections of carcass hanging from cabin eaves, 1955- 1959]
 107 — [sections of carcass hanging from cabin eaves, 1955-1959]
108 — [Sun standing next to sections of carcass hanging from cabin eaves, 1955-1959]
 109 — [man standing on shore next to Piper PA-11 floatplane tail number N30961 parked at small log dock, boat tied up at right, 1955-1959]
 110 — [two men standing on small log dock preparing Piper PA-11 floatplane tail number N30961, boat tied up at right, 1955-1959]
 111 — Aug 58 Nancy Lake [view from water of cabins and numerous boats tied to lakeshore]
 112 — [bear hide tacked to wall of log cabin, Nancy Lake, 1958]
 113 — [view of log cabin from lake, Nancy Lake, 1958]
 114 — Sept. 58 Lake Lucille to Jean’s cabin [woman standing on dock helping children into small boat, second woman in bow, baggage on dock]
 115 — [woman and child waving from dock next to small boat, second child and woman in boat, Lake Lucille, 1958]
 116 — [Sun field dressing moose; print date Sep 58]
117 — [Sun and woman field dressing moose, Sun holding knife and smoking cigarette; print date Sep 58]
118 — [woman carrying small dog walking on beach, young boy in foreground, man in background, 1955-1959]
 119 — [young boy and two young girls wearing matching outfits standing next to automobiles parked on beach, 1955-1959]
 120 — [family eating at picnic table on beach, camp fire at left, automobiles parked in background, 1955-1959]
 121 — [family eating at picnic table on beach, grill rack on camp fire, automobiles parked in background, 1955-1959]
122 — [family eating at picnic table on beach, father holding camera, automobiles parked in background, 1955-1959]
123 — [Chinese American family eating at picnic table next to river, automobile parked at right, 1955-1959]
124 — Fall 59 Eagle River picnicking [Chinese American family eating at picnic table next to river, canned peaches on table, Sun sitting at left]
125 — Fall 59 Eagle River picnicking [Chinese American family eating at small card table outdoors, Sun sitting in center, canned peaches and Coca-Cola on table, man at left eating with chopsticks, Quaker Oats container filled with chopsticks on table, automobile in background]
126 — [people picnicking at Eagle River campground, automobiles parked in background, Chinese American family unpacking supplies next to card table in center, 1959]
127 — [two young girls standing next to Chinese American men unpacking supplies at Eagle River campground, river in background, 1959]
 128 — 59 Oct Little Susitna River Ken & kids [two young boys playing in sand, driftwood on beach, low brush in background; print date Oct 59]
 129 — [automobile parked next to shack in winter; print date Oct 59] [People]
130 — [Sun sitting with young boy in armchair in living room, ashtray on table at right, magazine holder in background, 1950-1955]
131 — [Chinese American woman posed with baby sitting on rocking horse, television set at right, 1955-1959]
132 — [Chinese American woman holding young girl posed next to Christmas tree, rack holding clothing in background, 1950-1955]
 133 — [three young children in living room, two sitting on couch, infant chair and moveable gate at right, television tray tables in front of couch, Christmas tree at left, 1950-1955]
 134 — [four children in dining room, young girl in center holding balloon, boys playing with toys, 1955-1959]
 135 — [boy blowing out candles on birthday cake, young girl sitting at table, balloons in background, 1955-1959]
 136 — [woman sitting on couch holding infant, two young girls playing with dollhouse, Christmas tree at left, 1955-1959]
 137 — [two men and woman sitting on couch, ashtray on coffee table, radio on side table at left, 1955-1959]
138 — [Sun sitting with two men on couch, 1955-1959]
 139 — [two men and woman sitting on couch, radio on side table at left, 1955-1959]
140 — 3 mos, Rosemary [Chinese American baby holding rattle sitting in infant chair; print date Mar 60] Guide written: March 8, 2018