{"id":519,"date":"2018-03-15T21:49:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T02:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scorellis.com\/?p=519"},"modified":"2018-06-30T12:25:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T17:25:39","slug":"dads-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scorellis.com\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"Dad’s Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The following photos were taken in 1957 and 1958 by Dad.\u00a0 He had a cheap camera, and some Kodachrome slide film.\u00a0 With zero expertise but a sarcastic and witty future son who would spend uncounted countless hours restoring these photos and spending hundreds of dollars on a slide scanner that he would only use 80ish times and for naught but the admiration of anyone who should chance visit this page, Ron (Dad) managed to produce some pretty incredible photos.<\/p>\n

Enjoy Alaska, as seen through the eyes of a 20-something Airman in the United States Air Force. Or rather, as seen through a camera lens….<\/p>\n

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01\u00a0Looking Toward site Radome<\/p><\/div>\n

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According to Dad, in Alaska in 1957, there wasn’t a whole lot to do.\u00a0 So he’d walk, and take pictures.<\/p>\n

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02\u00a0Winter Scene of Tundra<\/p><\/div>\n

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03\u00a0Ron in parka WINTER 1957<\/p><\/div>\n

This photo of a fishing boat in dry dock is iconic.\u00a0 It was one of the first photos I saw in this collection.\u00a0 It’s starling blues and browns really demonstrate the durability of the slide medium, over time.\u00a0 It makes me want to get all my digital photos printed as Kodachrome slides.\u00a0 Dad said it was probably a salmon fishing boat, and that when he took this photo, the salmon wouldn’t have been running yet.<\/p>\n

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04\u00a0Fishing boat in dry dock SPRING<\/p><\/div>\n

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06 River Naknek WINTER<\/p><\/div>\n

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07\u00a0RIVER Naknek Loading dock – winter<\/p><\/div>\n

The hangar in this next photo is the black building to the left.\u00a0 The basketball court was in the hanger, sometimes had to push airplane off court to play – Mt Denali is in background.<\/p>\n

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08 hanger<\/p><\/div>\n

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09\u00a0Hangar WINTER, Mt. Denali, 1957<\/p><\/div>\n

In this next photo, the area here had been cleaned up.\u00a0 Previously it had been a trash dump<\/p>\n

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10 hangar, tundra<\/p><\/div>\n

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11 Spring Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n

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12 Winter Sunset from\u00a0 Radar site – the road was ice – special tires on trucks, motor pool took airmen around to activities<\/p><\/div>\n

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13 Winter view from room<\/p><\/div>\n

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29_ aircraft control and warning<\/p>\n

43 little plane – officer took for a joy ride, was doing touch and goes on the river<\/p>\n

52 Cummins, Baggs, Dick Franklion<\/p>\n

56 thompson, second from left<\/p>\n

59 Al Crandell From California – basketball<\/p>\n

61 ALmondor tugach mountains<\/p>\n

53 Tsgt Brown<\/p>\n

73. grant’s landing<\/p>\n

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