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Anchorage Tour (HD): Delaney Park "Park Strip" from 2010-03-12T19:28:48
This clearing at the edge of town once functioned as a firebreak between Anchorage and its neighboring forest. At other times, it acted as an airstrip, a golf course and even a makeshift housing de...
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Wendler Building from 2010-03-12T16:52:58
Wendler Building (HD) In such a male-centric city, it has often been tough for Anchorage’s ladies to sit down and enjoy a cocktail without—well, being crowded out by the men.
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Oscar Gill House from 2010-03-12T16:51:35
Oscar Gill was a local statesman who played a key role in Alaska gaining statehood, but his house achieved fame all on its own. Gill was Anchorage’s mayor during Prohibition, when bootlegging was b...
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Oscar Anderson House from 2010-03-12T16:49:49
This 1915 A-frame building was the first actual home built in Anchorage, initially standing out amongst the sea of tents surrounding it.
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Old City Hall from 2010-03-12T16:48:08
Old City Hall (HD) When it went up in 1936, this was—for a little while, at least—Anchorage’s biggest building, encompassing every major municipal function from the mayor’s office and firehouse to ...
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Fourth Avenue Theatre from 2010-03-12T16:46:44
4th Ave Theatre (HD) this grand, art-deco theatre was opened in 1947 by Cap Lathrop, a 20th-century media mogul who wanted to establish Alaska as the Hollywood of the North.
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Fourth Avenue Theatre from 2010-03-12T16:46:44
4th Ave Theatre (HD) this grand, art-deco theatre was opened in 1947 by Cap Lathrop, a 20th-century media mogul who wanted to establish Alaska as the Hollywood of the North.
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Fourth Avenue Theatre from 2010-03-12T16:46:44
4th Ave Theatre (HD) this grand, art-deco theatre was opened in 1947 by Cap Lathrop, a 20th-century media mogul who wanted to establish Alaska as the Hollywood of the North.
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Anchorage Hotel from 2010-03-12T16:46:37
Anchorage Hotel (HD) In 1916, this two-story “high rise” was Anchorage’s first wooden building, towering over the tent city that comprised the rest of Anchorage at the time.
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Federal Building from 2010-03-12T16:46:32
It was huge, bold and smacked of permanence. Anchorage’s first concrete building was built in 1939 by the U.S. government, a sign that federal support was here to stay.
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Anchorage Tour (HD): Loussac Sogn Building from 2010-03-12T16:46:16
Loussac Sogn Building (HD) "Zack" Loussac was a Russian immigrant who came to Alaska in the early 20th century, ran a successful drugstore in Anchorage and ultimately had a huge impact on the city’...
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The Kenai: Alaska’s Playground (HD) from 2009-10-05T10:53
Discover the Kenai Peninsula in this HD video introduction - Alaska’s Playground. Produced for Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council