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Did you know that Alaska residents can work with a live tutor for subjects like English, math and history online for free? Live Homework Help is provided by Alaska State Library. Be sure to take advantage of it this year! lam.alaska.gov/sled/homework…#AKLearns#BacktoSchool2022
Get online tutoring for subjects like math, English, and history. Work with a live tutor or use the resources to study independently. This resource is free to Alaska residents through the Alaska State Library!
lam.alaska.gov/sled/homework…#aklearns
Percy Avugiak is the next Sheldon Jackson Museum Native Artist-in-Residence. He will be at the museum in Sitka most days from August 19 - September 10 and will host a painting class and two artists talks. Not in Sitka? Join in on Zoom! Learn more at content.govdelivery.com/acco…
These fashion plates come from the Daily Alaska Empire, 3/18/1932 and 3/26/1931.
ALT Women dressed in various mid-length styles with large lapels, wide belts and double breasted large buttons at the waist, ruffles, large ties, and other exaggerated accents. All are wearing cloche hats, heels, and gloves.
#FashionPlates were a way to portray styles and fashions through drawings and lithographs, before photography and modeling became the primary methods. These images come from the Daily Alaska Empire, 3/11/1929, 3/26/1931, and 10/3/1928.
ALT Women dressed in wrap style mid-length dresses accented with fur, a scarf, large beads and a tie. All are wearing gloves and cloche hats.
It’s another #ChronAmParty and we’re looking at #FashionPlates from Alaskan newspapers from the 1910s through 1930s. From left to right these images come from the Valdez Daily Prospector, 9/15/1914, and the Cordova Daily Times, 11/3/1922.
ALT Men dapperly dressed in suits, coats and hats holding canes.
In 1874 Cashman heard of a mining camp in British Columbia stricken by hunger and scurvy during winter. Along with several companions, she traveled by snowshoe for several weeks to carry supplies to the miners.
Newspapers: Douglas Island News, Cordova Daily Times, Daily Alaskan
Few people were as famous and well-liked in Alaska’s gold rush days as Nellie Cashman. Cashman was a prospector, philanthropist, and entrepreneur who spent several decades in the north and was known for her adventurous spirit and generosity.
#ChronAmParty#WomensHistoryMonth
The word "negro" is outdated, but not the controversies around racial construction and colonialism. Read more about the complexities of the struggle of African Americans and the 1936 Olympics: nps.gov/hofr/blogs/the-1936-…
For #BlackHistoryMonth we’re highlighting Jesse Owens, the Olympian who captivated the nation with his electrifying performance at the 1936 Berlin games. Here’s a photo of one of his long jumps, featured in the Daily Alaska Empire, 8/13/1936 #ChronAmParty#JesseOwens
ALT Jesse Owens became the first athlete since Paavo Nurmi to score a "tripple" in the Olympic Games. He won the 100, 200, and broad jump.
Photo of Jesse Owens performing a high jump.
A gigantic "thank you!" to the Alaska State Library for adding an OverDrive magazines subscription to the Alaska Digital Library. Magazine titles are available through September 30, 2022.
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Thanks to funding from IMLS and the Alaska State Library, the Alaska Digital Library now includes OverDrive magazines!
Check them out:
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It’s only one lucky (or unlucky) turkey that graces the dinner plate of the president on Thanksgiving. The winner in 1936 was a turkey from Utah, “King Norbest I” took the crown from amongst 1,000,000 other birds.
Nome Nugget, 12/26/1936
#TurkeyTroy#ChronAmParty#Thanksgiving
ALT King Norbest I, raised by Ed Spaulding of Provo Utah, won as the finest turkey from 1,000,000 birds. Photo of Gov. Henry H. Blood of Utah and Loiuse Hughes, "Miss Salt Lake City," give Norbest a sendoff to the White House for President and First Lady Eleanor's dinner. The Democratic donkey cage was Kin Norbest's home en route. (Associated Press Photo)
ALT Pie with a jack-o-lantern face on it. Text: The story goes that if you put a lighted candle in your window on Hallowe'en you can keep the spooks away. But our suggestion would be to invite little witches and sheeted ghosts to enjoy this luscious, mouth-drooling pie in the guise of a pumpkin. It's an Orange Parfait Pie topped with chocolate...made with the ease of all parfait pies...and sure to satisfy stay-at-homes as well as wandering goblins.
Oct 13, 1935 opening celebration footage for the first Douglas Bridge, connecting Juneau to Douglas Island. 2nd bridge completed in 1980. The 1st bridge was destroyed in 1982. #alaskahistory#juneauhistory#douglashistory
The sewn skins were then lashed to the boat frame and allowed to dry before the boat was used. 2/2
Image from Alaska State Library, news clipping from the Tundra Times, 3/18/1963
#SewCrafty#ChronAmParty#Sewing#Whaling#AlaskaNativeCrafts
For #NationalSewingMonth we’re highlighting an indigenous Alaskan sewing technique used to sew the skins of oogruk (bearded seals) together to create a waterproof shell for their #Umiak (whaling boats). These sewing sessions also served as social time for the women. 1/2
No matter what your classroom looks like this year, it's a good idea to help refresh your students on ways to succeed with distance learning! #BrainPOPbrnpop.co/3iWrtlW