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, Photo Archivist, and Susan Lavin, volunteer

TITLE: Spotlight Anchorage, 1964

COLLECTION NUMBER: B1969.006

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1964

Extent: 1 box; 0.2 linear feet

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Pana-Vue

Administrative/Biographical History:

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of one open reel magnetic audio tape, one script, and 180 color Pana-
Vue slides for a presentation on Anchorage developed by the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce in 1964. The slides were created after the Good Friday Earthquake in March of
1964, and the set includes several images of destruction and reconstruction.

Arrangement: Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

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

Physical Access: Original items in fair condition. Most images badly color-shifted.


Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

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:
Spotlight Anchorage, 1964, Anchorage Museum, B1969.006

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated to the Cook Inlet Historical Society by Herb Hilscher in 1969. Donated to the
Anchorage Museum by CIHS.

Processing Note
Original audio tape container discarded.

RELATED MATERIALS
Wanda Griffin Collection, B1995.004
Mildred Butler Slide Collection, B2000.026
Jack Anderson Slide Collection, B2000.028

SUBJECTS
Anchorage (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
 1 — AA1. Introduction. Title
 2 — AA2. Introduction. Sponsor
 3 — AA3. Introduction. Staff
 4 — AA4. Statistical. Map [Alaska inset in map of continental United States]
 5 — AA5. Aerial: Downtown. From inlet looking east [down Fourth and Fifth Avenues]
 6 — AA6. Aerial: Downtown. H St. & 6 th , N.E.
 7 — AA7. Aerial: Spenard. Top of Romig Hill [looking northeast]
 8 — AA8. Aerial: Ship Creek. RR yards, looking east
 9 — AA9. Aerial: Port. Looking southeast
 10 — AA10. Introduction. Foreward
 11 — AA11. Aerial: Railroad. Looking north
 12 — AA12. Alaska Railroad. Depot [engine 1514]
 13 — AA13. Shipping. Seatrain [railroad cars on barge]
 14 — AA14. Shipping. Containerized goods [dock]
 15 — AA15. Port of Anchorage. Ship docking
 16 — AA16. Port of Anchorage. “SS Anchorage” [New Orleans at dock]
 17 — AA17. Statistical. Highway network
 18 — AA18. Marine highway. Malaspina [ferry]
 19 — AA19. Highway. Summer [bird’s eye view of automobiles on Seward Highway]
 20 — AA20. Highway. Winter [Seward Highway]
 21 — AA21. Trucking. Van load [Mayflower moving truck]
 22 — AA22. Statistical. Air industry
 23 — AA23. Lake Hood. Planes along shore
 24 — AA24. Flying way of life. Plane & dog team [snowmachine next to airplane]
 25 — AA25. Flying. Intra-Alaska [passengers boarding Cordova Airlines airplane]
 26 — AA26. Air crossroads. Airport sign [logs of airlines]
 27 — AA27. U.S. Customs. World travelers [tourists in airport]
 28 — AA28. Airport. Boarding plane
 29 — AA29. F.A.A. Regional headquarters [men in conference room interior]
 30 — AA30. F.A.A. Communications [men in equipment room]
 31 — AA31. Family. Price specials [man, woman, and child cutting ads from newspaper]
 32 — AA32. Family. Groceries [bird’s eye view of shoppers in store aisles]
 33 — AA33. Family. Mainstreet hallmark [Woolworth’s building, Fourth Avenue and E Street]
 34 — AA34. Family. Home décor [woman standing in dining room]
 35 — AA35. Family. Jewelry store [interior of J. Vic Brown & Sons]
 36 — AA36. Family. Dining out [people at buffet line]
 37 — AA37. Statistical. Cost of living
 38 — AA38. Statistical. Typical wages
 39 — AA39. Family. Christmas lights [caroling figures outside residence]
 40 — AA40. Churches. Christian Science [L St. and 13 th Avenue, looking north]
 41 — AA41. Churches. St. Mary’s [Episcopal Church, Lake Otis and Tudor Road]
 42 — AA42. Education. Alaska Methodist University [Grant Hall]
 43 — AA43. Education. AMU Library [interior]
 44 — AA44. Education. AMU Biology Lab
 45 — AA44. Education. AMU Auditorium [interior]
 46 — AA46. Aerial: U of A. State University [Fairbanks]
 47 — AA47. University of Alaska. Constitution Hall [Fairbanks]
 48 — AA48. Education. Elementary School: interior [students in classroom]
 49 — AA49. Education. Inlet View: winter [students lined up outdoors]
 50 — AA50. Aerial: School. Central Junior High [looking west]
 51 — AA51. Aerial: School. Catholic Junior High
 52 — AA52. Aerial: School. East High [looking northeast]
 53 — AA53. Statistical. Schools
 54 — AA54. Government. Area officials [men consulting map, one smoking cigar]
 55 — AA55. Government. Public Safety building [fire station at C St. and Seventh Avenue]
 56 — AA56. City: Recreation. Beach games [volleyball, Goose Lake?]
57 — AA57. City: Recreation. Hockey rink
 58 — AA58. City: Recreation. City library [Z.J. Loussac Library]
 59 — AA59. Court system. Federal District Court [courtroom interior]
 60 — AA60. Court system. State court building [Third Avenue and I St.]
 61 — AA61. Government. Meter maid
 62 — AA62. Statistical. Medical [number of facilities and costs]
 63 — AA63. Medical facilities. Providence Hospital [looking southeast, with rainbow]
 64 — AA64. Medical facilities. Alaska Psychiatric Inst. [aerial looking east]
 65 — AA65. Medical facilities. Presbyterian Hospital [Ninth Avenue and L St.]
 66 — AA66. Medical facilities. Clinic [exterior of optometrist office, winter]
 67 — AA67. Medical facilities. Air Force hospital [aerial looking northeast, Elmendorf Air Force Base]
 68 — AA68. Medical facilities. U.S. Public Health Hospital [Alaska Native Hospital aerial, Third Avenue looking southeast]
 69 — AA69. Earthquake. Contemplating loss [two men with dog standing amid Turnagain-by- the-Sea destruction]
 70 — AA70. Earthquake. Toppled home [Turnagain area looking west, Mt. Susitna in background]
 71 — AA71. Earthquake. Reflected disaster [damaged homes around flooded area or sinkhole]
 72 — AA72. Earthquake. Lower 4 th Avenue [damage to businesses including Denali Theater, D & D Bar Café, McLain’s Camera]
 73 — AA73. Earthquake. East 5 th Avenue [close-up of building damage, possibly Alaska Sales & Service]
 74 — AA74. Earthquake. Government Hill School
 75 — AA75. Earthquake. Park tennis courts
 76 — AA76. Earthquake. Turnagain slide [aerial looking north]
 77 — AA77. Earthquake. Headlines
 78 — AA78. Earthquake. Demolition [Bagoy’s Florist]
 79 — AA79. Earthquake. Cleaning up [building demolition]
 80 — AA80. Earthquake. Utility repair [along Fourth Avenue]
 81 — AA81. Earthquake. Rebuilding business [construction workers on site]
 82 — AA82. Earthquake. Temporary quarters [Matanuska Valley Bank, Earthquake Branch]
 83 — AA83. Aerial: City model. Plan for the future
 84 — AA84. City model. Business center
 85 — AA85. Alaskan Command. General officers [four men in uniform]
 86 — AA86. Alaskan Command. Headquarters [exterior, Elmendorf Air Force Base]
 87 — AA87. Alaska Defense. General and friend [Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara shaking hands with uniformed officer]
 88 — AA88. Alaska Defense. National Guard [one civilian and one uniformed soldier standing in front of hangar, 144th Air Trans. Sqdn, Alaska Air National Guard]
 89 — AA89. Communication. ACS operators [switchboard]
 90 — AA90. Communication. White Alice antennae
 91 — AA91. Communication. Satellite tracking [radome]
 92 — AA92. Communication. Trapper Lake: ham radio [man standing next to log cabin on lake shore]
 93 — AA93. Communication. TV station [clown and children on KENI set]
 94 — AA94. Statistical. Information service
 95 — AA95. The Arts. Our Town [play being performed on stage]
 96 — AA96. The Arts. Music festival: Shaw [Robert Shaw, conductor]
 97 — AA97. The Arts. TOSS singers [young women standing at desks in amphitheater, singing]
 98 — AA98. The Arts. Opera [production being performed on stage]
 99 — AA99. The Arts. Ballet [two women in ballet poses]
 100 — AA100. The Arts. Modern painting [three people standing near canvas, one smoking cigarette]
 101 — AA101. The Arts. Local artist [Fred Machetanz posed with one of his paintings]
 102 — AA102. Tourist facilities. Biggest hotel [Anchorage Westward Hotel]
 103 — AA103. Tourist facilities. Ballroom
 104 — AA104. Tourist facilities. Enlarged motel [architectural model of Travelers Inn]
 105 — AA105. Tourist facilities. New motel [Travelodge on Barrow St.]
 106 — AA106. Housing. Anchor Park
 107 — AA107. Aerial: Housing. Lake Otis suburb [looking west, College Gate]
108 — AA108. Aerial: Housing. East residential area
 109 — AA109. Housing. Turnagain home
 110 — AA110. Housing. Park South home
 111 — AA111. Housing. Building log cabin
 112 — AA112. Aerial: Housing. Apartments [winter, base housing?]
 113 — AA113. Aerial: Housing. Mobile homes
 114 — AA114. Housing. Garden [woman with flower garden]
 115 — AA115. Statistical. Banking
 116 — AA116. Statistical. Payroll
 117 — AA117. Statistical. Annual gross business
 118 — AA118. Aerial: Economy. Swanson River Oil [Kenai Peninsula oil rig]
 119 — AA119. Economy: Oil. Offshore drilling [Cook Inlet oil rig]
 120 — AA120. Statistical. Oil and gas
 121 — AA121. Aerial: Economy. Goose Bay oil [oil rig, looking southeast]
 122 — AA122. Economy: Oil. Tanker loading [Richfield, Frank A. Morgan]
 123 — AA123. Economy: Oil. Refinery [totem pole and refinery, Standard Oil, Kenai Peninsula]
 124 — AA124. Economy: Gas. Flame on inlet [Cook Inlet well]
 125 — AA125. Economy: Gas. Reduction station [two men working valves outside Natural Gas Corp. District Regulation Station, Anchorage]
 126 — AA126. Economy: Gas. City gas pipes [workers laying pipeline]
 127 — AA127. Economy: Power. Eklutna Hydro Plant
 128 — AA128. Economy: Power. Coal [truck loading coal]
 129 — AA129. Land resources: Mapping [Bureau of Land Management surveyors]
 130 — AA130. Economy: Timber. Sawmill operation
 131 — AA131. Aerial: Economy. Matanuska Valley [looking southeast toward Palmer]
 132 — AA132. Economy: Agriculture. Barley harvest
 133 — AA133. Economy: Agriculture. Potato field
 134 — AA134. Economy: Agriculture. 40-pound cabbage
 135 — AA135. Economy: Agriculture. Dairy herd
 136 — AA136. Economy: Agriculture. Air-shipped milk
 137 — AA137. Economy: Agriculture. Scotch Highlander bulls [Kodiak Island]
 138 — AA138. Economy: Fishing. Kodiak king crab [boat raising trap]
 139 — AA139. Economy: Fishing. Salmon tender
 140 — AA140. Economy: Fishing. Salmon jumping
 141 — AA141. Economy: Mineral. Gold dredge [aerial]
 142 — AA142. Economy: Fur. Trapper [man with wolf, fox, coyote, and ermine furs]
 143 — AA143. Economy: Fur. Local design [man inspecting furs, nametag “Royal”]
 144 — AA144. Economy: Fur. Retail outlet [interior of David Green Master Furrier]
 145 — AA145. Economy: Fur. Rendezvous Auction [Alaska Native drummers on stage with Hess & Son Auctioneers, Fur Rendezvous]
 146 — AA146. Economy: Tourism. Rendezvous parade [float]
 147 — AA147. Economy: Tourism. Rendezvous sled-dog race [bird’s eye view of teams on Fourth Avenue in front of federal building]
 148 — AA148. Beauty contestant. Modeling otter
 149 — AA149. Recreation: Winter. Curling
 150 — AA150. Recreation: Winter. Girl watching [woman wearing shorts and skis]
 151 — AA151. Statistical. Winter temperatures
 152 — AA152. Recreation: Winter. Romig Ski Hill
 153 — AA153. Recreation: Winter. Alyeska aerial
 154 — AA154. Recreation: Winter. Olympic skiers
 155 — AA155. Recreation: Winter. Skiers at the top [Alyeska]
 156 — AA156. Recreation: Summer. July 4 parade [majorettes parading on Fourth Avenue, looking west near Kennedy’s Hardware]
 157 — AA157. Recreation: Summer. Garden party [cookout]
 158 — Recreation: Summer. Highway travel [automobile pulling trailer along Seward Highway]
 159 — AA159. Recreation: Summer. Camp grounds
 160 — AA160. Recreation: Summer. Highway accommodations
 161 — AA161. Recreation: Summer. Goose Lake beach
 162 — AA162. Recreation: All Year. Indoor pool [The Spa?]
 163 — AA163. Recreation: Summer. Water skiing
 164 — AA164. Recreation: Summer. Motor boating [Norgas]
 165 — AA165. Recreation: Summer. Saltwater cruising [Kenai Peninsula]
 166 — AA166. Recreation: Summer. Hooligan fishing
 167 — AA167. Recreation: Summer. Family outing [young girl angling]
 168 — AA168. Recreation: Summer. Day’s catch
 169 — AA169. Recreation: Summer. Sport flying [floatplane taxiing]
 170 — AA170. Recreation: Fall. Geese flying
 171 — AA171. Recreation: Fall. Bull moose
 172 — AA172. Recreation: Fall. Guides with trophies [Rainy Pass Lodge]
 173 — AA173. Recreation: Spring. Polar bear
 174 — AA174. Scenery. Mt. McKinley [from Wonder Lake]
 175 — AA175. Scenery. Portage Glacier
 176 — AA176. Scenery. Matanuska V. Glacier
 177 — AA177. Finale: Coming Home. Aerial: from H east
 178 — AA178. Finale: 4th Ave., Spring 1964 [looking east, with 515 Club, Hewitt’s Drug Store, National Bank of Alaska]
 179 — AA179. Finale. Sunset on Cook Inlet
 180 — AA180. Sign off. Just the beginning! Guide written: October 1, 2014