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⛸⛸⛸ Throughout most of Alaska, lakes and ponds have frozen solid, making the conditions perfect for ice skating. Whether you prefer to skate on an indoor rink, or outdoors on a frozen body of water, please be safe- don’t end up like poor Charles Ingersoll! ... 📷: From the October 30, 1905 issue of the Daily Alaskan, against a public domain image of ice skaters, text reads: “Good Skating on Lake Dewey: Lower Lake Dewey is covered with a coating of smooth ice and skating is excellent there. Several Skagwayans tried the lake yesterday afternoon and they say it is in first-class condition. The ice is not yet very thick, but it is sufficient, so it is claimed, for skating parties.” ... 📷: From the January 6, 1916 issue of the Valdez Daily Prospector, against a public domain ice skating diagram, text reads: “’Happy’ Moore will open his big ice-park tonight, and it is expected that he will draw a big crowd, as he has the rink in fine condition, and a perfect sheet of ice for skating. A comfortable cabin has been secured for a waiting room and a large phonograph will furnish the music. If you wish an hour of pleasure, get your skates and go to the ice carnival.” ... 📷: From the February 5, 1913 issue of the Douglas Island News, above a public domain image of a fallen skater, text reads: “Representative Charles Ingersoll, of Ketchikan, recently fell on the ice while skating, dislocating his hip, and as a result may not be able to attend the meeting of the Alaska legislature next month.” ... #NDNP #ChroniclingAmerica #IceSkates #FrozenLake #SkagwayAlaska #KetchikanAlaska #ValdezAlaska #IceSkating #WinterSports #IceRink #PublicDomain #FrozenPond #IceSkatingRink #⛸

Great news! Fine Books Magazine just listed the Alaska Digital Newspaper Project as one of their "10 Bookish Insta Feeds to Put on Your Radar"! Thanks for the shout-out, #FineBooksMagazine and to our readers and followers for your support! ... 📷: Image collage with blog headline that reads: "Eye Balm: 10 Bookish Insta Feeds to Put on Your Radar by Barbara Basbaines Richter on January 11, 2019 8:13 AM" with a screenshot of the Alaska Digital Newspaper Project Instagram account listed below. ... #AlaskaHistoricalNewspapers #FineBooksMagazine #Top10List #NDNP #ChroniclingAmerica #LibraryOfCongress #AlaskaStateLibrary #BookishInstagram #LinkInBio

On Save the Eagles Day, it's hard to imagine now, but between 1917-1953, the Territorial Government of Alaska paid a bounty for each eagle killed, as they were seen as a threat to the salmon harvest. The Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game states that this led to the killing of nearly 130,000 eagles. Congress exempted the Territory of Alaska from the federal Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940, but the bounty was removed in 1953 and eagles were fully protected under statehood in 1959. ... 📷: From the 4/12/1920 Cordova Daily Times, over a photo of the Eagle Tree at the Alaska State Library, text reads: “Extinction of Eagles is Laid to Alaskans: New York, April 12 (by Associated Press).—A warning against the threatened extinction of the bald or American eagle, the national bird of the United States, was issued here recently by the American Museum of Natural History, which stated that the reports indicated that “more than one-half and, perhaps, three-quarters of the entire species have already been sacrificed. Destruction of the birds is attributed to hunters in Alaska who are killing them for a bounty paid by the territorial government. Never numerous, the museum authorities say, more than 5,600 eagles were slain in a few months in their favorite breeding ground, the Alaska peninsula. Hunters have extended their operations into the British provinces adjoining Alaska, it is said, to extend their gains.” ... 📷: From the 5/11/1920 Alaska Daily Empire, over a public domain eagle illustration, text reads: “We shall try to double the number: Six thousand American bald eagles have been destroyed in Alaska in the last year and the government has been asked to take steps to protect them.—(Ford’s International Weekly.) The people of Alaska will do their best to make the number killed 12,000 this year. The eagle is one of the most destructive of all agencies that prey upon game and commercial fish and animals in Alaska. They destroy young deer, ptarmigan, grouse and water fowl, fur-bearing animals and fish in great numbers. Alaska could very easily spare all her eagles, but there is no danger that the species will be exterminated—more’s the pity. They are too numerous for that."

Today is the first Caturday of 2019! 😸Celebrate the end of the first week of January with these cat-related stories from Alaska’s historical newspapers: ... 📷: From the 12/12/1908 issue of the Daily Alaskan, pictured with public domain kittens, text reads: “For the Children: The Cat and the Mouse. About twelve people can best play this game, although a larger number can play if there is room enough for them to romp around in a circle. All but two of the party join hands in a circle. One of the two stays within the circle and is called the mouse, and the other remains outside and is called the cat. To begin the game the children with their hands clasped must start going round in a circle, at the same time moving their arms up and down. The mouse, who is inside, runs out through a convenient opening, and the cat dashes in. Then all the arms are suddenly lowered so that the cat cannot escape. The cat cries “Mew, mew!” and tries to find an exit. She soon manages to escape from the circle and pursues the mouse who tries to save herself by again running into the ring. Should she get in with the cat on the outside the cat must pay a forfeit, and if the mouse is caught she herself must pay a forfeit. The cat and mouse name their successors, and the game is started again.” ... 📷: From the 12/28/1920 issue of the Daily Alaskan, text reads: “Boston Has A Two-Legged Cat: This cat, owned by a Boston family, was born without forelegs. She hops like a kangaroo, using her tail as a balance.” Includes photo of a black and white cat with two hind legs. ... 📷: From the 12/18/1921 issue of the Alaska Daily Empire, text reads: “Tabby Rules Supreme at Eighteenth Annual Cat Club Show: Miss Claire Ogden with Argent O’Mar; Sapphire, Blue Persian Champion; Winter Pax Shaded Silver"; includes photos of three show-winning cats. ... 📷: From the 1/9/1917 issue of the Seward Gateway, with public domain Louis Wain cat illustrations, text reads: “LOST—Big yellow cat named Tom. Please return to Anton Eide. 1-4-3t” ... #😺 #Caturday #AlaskaHistoricalNewspapers #SewardAlaska #JuneauAlaska #SkagwayAlaska #HistoricNewspapers #CatsInTheNews #😸 #Microfilm #Digitization #NDNP #ChroniclingAmerica

Happy New Year's Eve! 🎉🍾🎩 May 2019 bring happiness and prosperity to all! ... 📷: A collage of New Year greetings and wishes from the following papers, clockwise from top left: ... "Wishing a Happy New Year to You All" from the Dec 31, 1915 issue of the Daily Alaskan ... "A Happy and Prosperous New Year" from the Dec 31, 1908 issue of the Daily Alaskan ... "Happy New Year" from the Dec 23, 1911 issue of the Daily Alaskan ... "A Happy New Year to All" from the Dec 30, 1905 issue of the Daily Alaskan ... "Happy New Year to All" from the Dec 26, 1914 issue of the Iditarod Pioneer ... "Happy New Year" from the Dec 30, 1926 issue of the Seward Daily Gateway ... "Happy New Year" from the Dec 31, 1914 issue of the Daily Alaskan ... #HappyNewYear #NYE #NewYearsEve #2019 #HistoricAlaskaNewspapers #SkagwayAlaska #IditarodAlaska #SewardAlaska #NDNP #ChroniclingAmerica #Digitization

Although we've been experiencing cold, icy days for weeks now, today is officially the Winter Solstice with about 6 total hours of daylight in Juneau. Swipe for news items on the from Alaska's historic newspapers on the Winter Solstice: ... 📷: From the December 21, 1909 issue of the Daily Alaskan, text reads over a stock photo of snowy trees: "Today is the shortest day: Today is the shortest day of the year and at 3:15 tomorrow morning the earth will cease its journey from the sun and enter the winter solstice. From then on the days will gradually become lighter and longer." ... 📷: From the December 21, 1916 issue of the Alaska Daily Empire, text reads over a stock photo of snowy trees: "Will burn lights a trifle longer today: Today is the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice will occur at about 7 o'clock this evening, Juneau time. At that hour the sun will have reached farthest south for the year, and then will begin the northward journey which will continue for six months. It will be several days before there will be any perceptible change in the length of the days, but the change will come, and with the lengthening days another spring and summer. The winter solstice occurs at 10:51 p.m., December 21, Washington time. Juneau time is about four hours behind that of Washington." ... #HistoricNewspapers #NDNP #ChroniclingAmerica #WinterSolstice #ShortestDay #1916 #1909 #SkagwayAlaska #JuneauAlaska

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